The essential episodes of The Umbrella Academy
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Umbrella Academy — each pick states its reason.
- 01
We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals
Years after they rose to fame as young crime-fighting superheroes, the estranged Hargreeves siblings come together to mark their father's death.
- 02
After sharing the story of his time travel with Vanya, Five hunts for the owner of a fake eye. But two mysterious assassins are hot on his trail.
- 03
Five lets Luther in on his secret, Klaus returns from a harrowing trip through time, and Vanya begins to feel different without her meds.
- 04
As Vanya practices controlling her new abilities, Allison tags along with a local cop to find out what happened outside the restaurant.
- 05
Vanya veers between shock and despair as she makes a string of unsettling discoveries. A serendipitous development leaves Five at loose ends.
- 06
As a lifetime of secrets and resentment bring the Umbrella Academy crashing down, the Hargreeves siblings realize the worst is still to come.
- 07
After dropping his siblings into an alley in Dallas — in different years — Five scrambles to track them all down and stop a new doomsday threat.
- 08
As the sit-in approaches, Allison reconnects with Klaus, the Swedes chase Vanya into a cornfield, and Luther makes a distressing discovery.
- 09
A desperate Five concocts a risky plan to intercept another version of himself. The FBI tortures Vanya. Diego discovers what causes the apocalypse.
- 10
As the Fives plot against each other, one of the siblings makes a big sacrifice to help Vanya, and Lila learns the truth about her parents.
- 11
Reeling from the events at Dealey Plaza, the siblings head to the farm to help save Harlan — only to find themselves drawn into a deadly showdown.
- 12
After averting a doomsday in Dallas, the Umbrella siblings return to a very different Academy — now ruled by the powerful and hostile Sparrows.
- 13
Reginald goes all out to convince the children to sign on to his plan. Five tries to recover a drunken memory. Allison has a change of heart.
- 14
The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want
The family teams up to find a kidnapped Viktor while attempting to adjust to normal life. Lila and Five probe a mysterious group called the Keepers.
- 15
With Ben and Jennifer in peril and the Cleanse underway, the family unites for one last fight to save the world — and end the infinite devastation.
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