The Umbrella Academy

Warning: spoilers ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 4.

Sadly, the slimmed down episode count played a massive role inThe Umbrella Academy’s Rotten Tomatoes crash.

The truncated nature ofThe Umbrella Academyseason 4 also gave rise to a number of disappointing character arcs.

The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Poster Showing Five Walking

The same goes for Klaus' relapse.

There is little doubt thatThe Umbrella Academyseason 4 with ten episodes would have fared considerably better.

They saved the world by not existing, which is difficult to perceive as anything other than an anticlimax.

Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison using her powers and Elliot Page as Viktor surrounded by fire in The Umbrella Academy.

The Umbrella Academy is based on the comic book of the same name created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. The Hargreeves — collectively known as The Umbrella Academy — were born with superpowers, and their adoptive father utilized their abilities. However, as they grew older, the siblings grew apart as they dealt with their trauma. They are brought back together after their father dies and Five returns from the future with grave news: The world will end, and The Umbrella Academy has to stop it before it happens.

Several common threads emerge across the wave of critical reaction toThe Umbrella Academy’s final season.

However, as they grew older, the siblings grew apart as they dealt with their trauma.

Abigail talking to Reginald and looking concerned in The Umbrella Academy season 4.

Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane in The Umbrella Academy with question marks.

A worried Lila (Ritu Arya) gets her family to safety on the train in The Umbrella Academy.

Nick Offerman as Gene standing with Megan Mullally as Jean outside a store in The Umbrella Academy.

Klaus and Viktor from The Umbrella Academy season 4 next to a mystery silhouette.

Ritu Arya and Aidan Gallagher smiling in The Umbrella Academy with a subway grid as the background

The Umbrella Academy