The Umbrella Academy

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Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 15, 2019
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 119 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 119
  3. Negative: 18 out of 119

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  1. WarfD
    Jul 6, 2022
    6
    Significantly worse than the first season. Characters are still fun to watch, but some of them significantly lost their charisma and intellect, a lot of new characters are just plain and boring, the plot is barely moving and the ending is just bad, making the most powerful organization in the setting kinda dumb and useless. Still watchable, but you can find better shows to spend time on.
  2. EliasH
    Aug 2, 2020
    4
    This season seemed rushed and poorly written.
    The bad CGI talks for itself.
  3. Sarajones
    Aug 2, 2020
    6
    I did love this season but with the umbrella academy is that it’s like x men but with time travel they have the same house and group of dynamic of x men when I watched season 1 I said the same thing I never knew anything about this book because it was not a huge as marvel however they changed the characters in the books to make them more relatable but marvel already made the charactersI did love this season but with the umbrella academy is that it’s like x men but with time travel they have the same house and group of dynamic of x men when I watched season 1 I said the same thing I never knew anything about this book because it was not a huge as marvel however they changed the characters in the books to make them more relatable but marvel already made the characters that stan created he made them all related human and flawed in the books and they made them like that in the marvel movies/shows I know umbrella academy only have 3 books i think if they announce season 3 that should be it’s last it’s also had back to the future in it as well this season is better then the first I just wish it did not copy x men and back to the future it needed its own identity that is the problem with the series I say this season is better then first but I am in a situation I don’t want to give high rating because it did have its problems so I think I am going to give it 6.1 because of the problems I have just mentioned future the future… Expand
  4. marianpilka
    Aug 9, 2020
    5
    Overall, I loved many things about season 2. Starting from main plot idea, Ikea mafia, some side stories and characters was interesting, immersive and fun... BUT... the whole Vanya story, including her super forced love story (obviously as it's netflix series so it had to be homo love story) was so dull, boring and plainly dumb that I wanted to fast forward them and pretend it did notOverall, I loved many things about season 2. Starting from main plot idea, Ikea mafia, some side stories and characters was interesting, immersive and fun... BUT... the whole Vanya story, including her super forced love story (obviously as it's netflix series so it had to be homo love story) was so dull, boring and plainly dumb that I wanted to fast forward them and pretend it did not happen as it was ruining the whole story building effort made so far by slowing the action to the point you want to vomit over yourself. Harlan story was also cut off in a way that may be compared to the middle finger to the audience. So much potential but no.
    Besides all that, I could find some less logical glitches alongside season 2 but it was not that bad.
    For sure it had so much more potential, if only Netflix' writers had not forced the Ellen Page love story which streches on a half of the season and impacts the plot so much but in fact - add so little.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

15
#15 Most Discussed TV Season of 2020

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Aug 14, 2020
    75
    The violence factor is as high as the candy-colored production values, Kate Walsh returns as the dripping-evil top villain, and Ritu Arya adds snap as a sharp-talking wild card. Race and LGBTQ issues provide ballast, but for the most part “The Umbrella Academy” is just inspired bloody silliness the second time around.
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  2. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Alex Abad-Santos
    Aug 3, 2020
    90
    All that time spent on extreme exposition pays off in a flashier, more entertaining, tighter second chapter. Season one of Umbrella Academy set the board, and season two plays the game. There’s a lot more zapping and superpower-ing in season two, which should appease comic book fans who want to see superheroes do that kind of thing. But it also swings for something way more emotionally resonant.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Jul 31, 2020
    50
    For a show with an occasionally impressive exterior (the interplay between Klaus and Ben gets an impressive-looking added wrinkle), the emotional heartbeat underneath is largely absent. Part of that comes from being stretched thin enough that characters without a well-established core are often left flailing, but it’s mostly due to the show’s continued affinity for the reset button.
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