The cultiest of cult-favorite superhero shows is back with absurdist humor and real pathos
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Cast
Elliot Page (Vanya Hargreeves)Tom Hopper (Luther Hargreeves)David Castañeda (Diego Hargreeves)Emmy Raver-Lampman (Allison Hargreeves)Robert Sheehan (Klaus Hargreeves)Aidan Gallagher (Number Five)Justin H. Min (Ben Hargreeves)Colm Feore (Reginald Hargreeves)Ritu Arya (Lila Pitts)Jordan Claire Robbins (Grace)Kate Walsh (The Handler)Adam Godley (Pogo)Cameron Britton (Hazel)Mary J. Blige (Cha-Cha)Yusuf Gatewood (Raymond Chestnut)Marin Ireland (Sissy)Sheila McCarthy (Agnes)Javon 'Wanna' Walton ((2022))
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Creators
Steve Blackman, Jeremy Slater
Synopsis
On the same day in October 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 almost thirty years old, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of Hargreeves' 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.
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