The Umbrella Academy

The Umbrella Academy is an American action-comedy series developed by Steve Blackman and Jeremy Slater based on the comic series of the same name by Gerald Way.

The series follows seven children born on the same day and their journey to become superheroes after being adopted by an over-arching scientist.

Summary
"On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his "children" to save the world. But not everything went according to plan. In their teenage years, the family fractured and the team disbanded. Now, the six surviving thirty-something members reunite upon the news of Hargreeve’s passing. Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Vanya and Number Five work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father's death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse."

- Netflix Press Release

Cast and Characters




Episodes

 * Season One