by Michelle Willson, Editor-in-Chief
The Umbrella Academy exceeded all possible expectations in its new season that premiered July 31 on Netflix.
Normally I’m scared to watch second seasons or movies of popular shows because I feel like they’re just trying to ride the financial wave of their predecessors.
I stood corrected with the Umbrella Academy series. There is not a single thing that I could find wrong with the second season of Umbrella Academy.
Each of the Hargreaves children were given different character arcs.
Viewers got to see how what they went through in the first season affected their characters going into the second season. The direct links from the first season was evident. It shows how the group of siblings moved on from what had happened and how they used the knowledge they have from the first season to get through obstacles in the second.
The second season matches how I thought the characters would cope with everything that came up.
The characters ended season one trying to avoid the apocalypse by going back in time using Five’s powers. Season two started with each of the siblings falling in different years into 1960s Dallas.
The characters look the same age as they did at the closing of season one. This was kind of upsetting because in the last scene of season one, it looks like they are going to return to their kids’ selves. But I can see how that would be hard to write into season two if they already planned that they’d be separated in 1960s Dallas. At least as adults you know they could take care of themselves.
The audience was quickly able to deduce that the Hargreaves didn’t know that each other were anywhere near.
When Five shows up, he must not only try to get his siblings all in the same place but also avoid being hunted by the commission and fight back anything that is to come. The series also has a lot of connection to the first season. I watched the first season four times and there were little things that were said that then made a big difference in the new season.
One of my favorite parts of this season happens in one of the first episodes when you get to see Hazel all grown up saying that he lived his life with the love of his life from the first season. I’m really glad that we got to see how Hazel ended up especially since he ended up as a good guy in the first season.
The second season ends on such a good cliffhanger that I am biting my nails to see what will happen next. I can tell you that I am absolutely excited about how the season came to be, and so I give it a 5 out of 5-star rating. I cannot wait to see what umbrella Academy has planned for season three.