The Umbrella Academy
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Theres a lot of weirdness baked intoThe Umbrella Academy.
(This is, after all, a series that includes a chimpanzee butler.)
The premise is wild and elastic enough that you could introduce pretty much anything without stretching plausibility too far.
And if there is a fresh way,The Umbrella Academycertainly hasnt found it yet.
But it eventually turns out the real torture is the baggage from Klauss various addictions as he sobers up.
Withdrawal would be bad enough but for Klaus, being sober also means all the ghosts come out.
So the episode is a race against time: Can Klaus escape before his sobriety swallows him up?
So Klaus the cockroach lives another day but at what cost?
The Diego-Patch relationship was neverThe Umbrella Academys strongest.
When he found Patchs body, Diego wasnt particularly careful about whether he was leaving fingerprints behind.
But theres a very real chance theyre about to hunt him down.
And Diego isnt the only Hargreeves kid facing an unexpected threat.
While Klaus is getting tortured, Vanya is embarking on her sweetly awkward romance with Leonard.
So whats Leonards deal, anyway?
How much does he know about Vanyas past?
(After all, she wrote a whole book about it.)
Is Leonard working for himself, or is he operating at the behest of a different villain?
And either way, whats his endgame here?
What part of his story are we missing here?
Diego discovers Patchs body to the tune of David Grays This Years Love.
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