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The Umbrella Academy Recap: Time Enough at Last


The shortened season doesn’t have enough time for all of these subplots.

That’s roughly how long Five and Lila spend wandering the endless maze of subway tunnels before they end up acting on their mutual attraction, pausing their quest to cancel the apocalypse in favor of holing up in a cheerful little universe for two. A well-chosen song — “Ahead by a Century” by The Tragically Hip — does some emotional heavy lifting, and Aidan Gallagher and Ritu Arya, two of the show’s strongest actors, manage to sell this love story with little more than glances and smiles. It’s Abigail Hargreeves, apparently emerging as the final season’s true villain, and slipping into Gene’s skin to take control of the militia.

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