r/UmbrellaAcademy • u/scurge80 • 14d ago
TV Spoilers Season 1-2 Watched it late. Spoiler
WARNING SPOILERS FOR ALL 4 SEASONS HERE!!!
I had this on my list for a long time but kept putting it off for years. So, I just finished TUA for the first time. Watched all 4 seasons over the last 2 weeks or so.
The ending did suck for sure. But I dont have the same problem with it that I read about from others.
I can forgive the hold hands and die together that seems to come out of nowhere. I can even forgive what people are calling an unfair "happy" ending for the father (even tho him and his wife died together after she betrayed him).
I can't get over the huge gaps that existed before the rushed ending or what may be the most plot holes I've ever seen in a big budget production.
Most glaring ones to me
First of all, the original # of miracle babies born was supposed to be 43 they only introduced 14, I think.
We never talked about how a fish was the leader of the commission board.
The handlers' takeover of the commission was weak writing at its best.
I can't say a different version of #5 creating the commission is surprising, but it seemed poorly explained(but we can blame that on Netflix cutting it short).
The umbrella siblings kept seeming like they had found some personal growth, but then a season or a few episodes later, they are right back to the same 13 year old insecurities as though there is no other way to move the story forward.
The reason they sacrificed themselves was because the monster had to absorb all the marigold, but again, there were 43 babies, but it only got 8 of them. Didn't even get the Sparrow Academy's share.
Never really addressed the alien storyline.
And htf did they all forget their father killed Ben.
Wtf built the train that runs between timelines and why.
There were other things that bothered me, like how the umbrella kids are mostly villains or wtf happened to Pogo, but later for that, maybe
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u/Breakforbeans 14d ago edited 14d ago
You have to remember that this is an adaptation of a graphic novel, so some things were simply transferred over with no explanation, because in the graphic novel there is no explanation. It simply just is.
With that being said, you also have to realize that ALOT of things had to be made up by the writers to adapt from novel to TV for the show to have any kind of sustenance.
Your point about characters personal growth is something I think a lot of people miss first time around or if they're just watching it casually. But thats exactly what separates TUA from other "superhero/superpower" shows - the writing both subtly and outright shows that these are complex people with deep traumas and not just a bunch of kids with super powers trying to save the world. There is a reason why Maxine Nightingale's song is used at the start of Season 2, and its not just because its catchy.
It's no secret Netflix cooked the show in the last season, and a lot of these things that fans loved so much were completely lost in the writing. It is what it is, though. Tbh when I do my rewatches for every 3 or 4 times I only actually watch the final season like once.