I heard a rumour ... that The Umbrella Academy can devour your entire life.

[PoulePouletteEternellement]

At least for the time it has you glued to your sofa.

God, I wish I'd had the self control to turn off my laptop. Started S1 yesterday afternoon. Finally fell asleep maybe halfway through Ep1, S2 at about 2 am this morning.

I am determined not to get pulled back in. Unless someone says I should.

Rather enjoyed the quirky, quite gentle, early episodes - until it morphed from comic book to horror. And by then I was too invested to walk away.

And now I feel rotten and sluggish from all the sitting. So am getting nothing useful done today.

Just me then?

Huge fan!! It's great isn't it!

Good isn't it

Love this thread title!

Love it! I'm on series two.

Everyone I've spoken to (remotely) today has asked why I look so shattered ...

I was too tired to make head or tail of the start of S2 - I take it you think I should persevere, CherryTree?

S1 was great, despite the padding in Eps 6/7 (iirc). The world building. The house. Mom. Agnes. Number 5. The epic scale of the thing. I guessed about Vanya, but hope they'll realise the full potential of Klaus (😍) in S2 ...

And I didn't even realise that was Mary J. Blige until I looked up reviews of S1!

Big fans of this in my house. Have watched both series a couple of times.

Will be interested to see how Vanya is played in S3 now that Ellen Page is Elliot Page.

Well, I've tried twice - just cannot get through S2 Ep1.

Vanya having dinner with a family for whom she's nannying/babysitting? The man looks as if he might be up to no good (made me miss Mad Men!) - but I just can't seem to recapture the feeling of caring what happens.

But if it sticks around on Netflix I may give it another try in a while. Presumably it does get better?

(So frustrating - every time I open Netflix I see a clip of Star Trek Discovery promising new episodes. There are no new episodes, I've seen them all and am now bereft.)

I have just started watching this last night. Only 2 episodes max a day for me though!

I have just discovered this - DH binge watched the whole first series before introducing me to it. He then waited for me to catch up so we can now watch the rest together. I love it, so well done. Excited to hear there will be a season 3 to look forward to eventually.

Meh it’s ok
I enjoyed it but it wasn’t life changing or anything

I love it so much but I’m a huge fan of Gerard way and my chemical romance. He’s been working on the umbrella academy for so long so knew it would be something I would like. Can’t wait for season 3!

@PursuingProxemicExactitude s2E1 was dire. I pretty much played games on my iPad while it was on with the occasional glance at the screen to see if it was nearly finished. It got a lot better in E2.

My DH and DS watch what seems like hundreds of these!

Just finished the final one...... roll on the sparrow academy!

Brilliant
Absolutely brilliant