- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 15, 2019
Critic Reviews
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Funny, sweet, outrageous; third time out it once again puts on a brolly good show.
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The third season of The Umbrella Academy may just be the most emotional and personal season yet.
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Season three continues to honestly grapple with everything its seven protagonists went through in the past.
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The Umbrella Academy never met a time traveling wrinkle it didn’t like, and for season three, there’s a lot of fallout to sort through. But with strong characters both old and new, there’s plenty of reason to see it through.
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Generally speaking, these characters are interesting enough that the audience can just have fun hanging out with them, but it does lose its way every so often. Still, once The Umbrella Academy dives into the meat-and-bones of the Kugelblitz (and beyond), it kicks things into overdrive with a stunning cosmic conclusion.
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Even if a lot of Season 3 feels like downtime, it’s still largely enjoyable downtime, thanks to a cast that understands their characters and how to play off of one another.
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Perhaps eight episodes would have been more effective in creating a tightly coiled season with more streamlined stories and less meandering between major story turns. In the end, it feels like a very densely plotted season that doesn’t mind sacrificing the potency of emotional moments trying to pay everything off.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 51
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Mixed: 6 out of 51
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Negative: 22 out of 51
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Jun 28, 2022They have clearly run out of ideas, out politics first, have backwards character development
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Jun 22, 2022
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Jun 29, 2022