As an ensemble show, The Umbrella Academy doesn't have time to delve in every character's difficulties. As such, at least one significant Luther storyline from the comics was largely cut from season 2. It did drop in some easter eggs, however, to pay homage to it. Here's how.
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The Umbrella Academy's second season has finally arrived on Netflix, and for fans who were hoping to get a bit deeper with one of the first season's characters, the new season is something of a revelation. Looper spoke with series showrunner Steve Blackman about Ben's emotional season 2 moment.
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The stakes on The Umbrella Academy keep rising. Fortunately, the Hargreeves aren't quite as ill-equipped as they were in the previous season. Astute viewers have noticed that the Umbrella Academy seems to be better at using their powers. Here's how The Umbrella Academy's powers work together.
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As it turns out, the JFK plot line from The Umbrella Academy season 2 is actually grounded in a real-world conspiracy.
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Among all the Hargreeves siblings on The Umbrella Academy, Number Five had the craziest season 1 arc. Now, season 2 has arrived, and Five's journey has only gotten weirder. We sat down with Five actor Aidan Gallagher to talk about what it was like bringing a temporal paradox to life on screen.
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The silhouettes of five people, a floating green box, and then a seventh person who looks just like Ben, have now taken the place of The Umbrella Academy. But who is the Sparrow Academy, what are their powers, and most importantly, what are Reginald's intentions with them?
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Not all sitcom pilots are great, nor do they typically wind up perfectly representing what a show will become should it run for multiple seasons. Sometimes it's fun to look back at a show's pilot and see if there are things that only make sense in hindsight.
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In season 2 of The Umbrella Academy, the origins of each of the team's parents are revealed, and when it comes to "Mother," the truth of the maternal robot Grace becomes even more twisty.
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Both shows are masterworks of animated comedy, and since they come from the same creator and feature similar animation styles, there's a question that's always been hanging out there in the Groening ether: Do The Simpsons and Futurama exist in the same universe? The answer is ... complicated.
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Audiences have seen Number Two throw knives with deadly precision, leaving some to believe he has telekinesis or magnetism-related abilities. In season 2, Diego moves from guiding knives to bullets, which has only stoked the fires of speculation.
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The Breaking Bad writing team considered multiple possible endings for the series, each as gloomy and emotionally punishing as the last.
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One of the longest-running questions among fans of both the Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy comics and Steven Blackman's Netflix adaptation is what happened to Ben Hargreeves? Season 2 sheds some light on the subject, but some answers are still outstanding.
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It would be tough being the grandson of the smartest man in the universe in any event, but for Morty Smith — half of the dysfunctional duo at the center of the smash hit Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty — "tough" doesn't quite cut it. Here are the worst things Rick ever did to Morty.
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The youngest member of the House Stark, Rickon was often overshadowed by his older siblings, but he was always an important part of the Stark family despite his short time on the show .Here's what, the actor who played him, Art Parkinson looks like today.
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For much Bones' run, the series also saw a revolving door of supporting players stepping in as the so-called "Squints," who served as interns alongside Bones' titular forensic anthropologist. Zack Addy was head squint. What's the actor who played him been up to since the show ended?
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Some excellent news has broken for fans of Money Heist, as it's been confirmed to return for a fifth season of heisting hijinks. Unfortunately, it's also been confirmed that the upcoming fifth season of Money Heist will indeed be its last.
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Lil Nas X was the perfect candidate for a pranking on Quibi's Punk'd revival, but how did he react to being on the show?
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It's been a long time since Punk'd was last rebooted for BET back 2015, but now the show is back again, this time with Chance the Rapper on streaming platform Quibi. Here's how things went crazy for YouTube star Liza Kushy.
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This new addition to the cast finds her story more than a little bit intertwined with that of Elliot Page's troubled Vanya on season 2 of The Umbrella Academy. As for the actor who plays Sissy, her name is Marin Ireland, and it's almost impossible you haven't seen her face before.
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In an exclusive interview with Looper, Seth Green hopped on the phone to chat about what it's like working on Robot Chicken, his love of Star Wars, and how he got cast in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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In tandem with the release of The Umbrella Academy season 2, which dropped on Netflix on July 31, series star Aidan Gallagher spoke with Looper about what it means to go from fan of the source material to the object of fan scrutiny, and how he feels about the ways the show differs from its source.
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The Umbrella Academy's sprawling storyline is a lot to keep track of -- here are the details on what actually happened in Season 2 of the series.
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Here are some of the biggest questions we're still looking for answers to after finishing The Umbrella Academy season two.
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In April 2020, Showtime's popular psychological spy thriller series Homeland came to an end. Or did it? That's the question some fans have been asking since watching the season 8 finale. So, will there ever be a season 9 of Homeland? Here's what we know.
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While we wait to see if there's more ghoulish fun headed our way in Castle Rock, here's a look at a few things you might not know about the most Stephen King-centric confection ever produced.
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As of this writing, almost a full five years have passed since Hannibal aired its astonishingly brutal, beautifully fatalistic series final. Creator Bryan Fuller has excited fans by talking of a possible season 4, but it's yet to materialize. Here's why we're still waiting for more Hannibal.
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From sci-fi actors to sitcom stars, here are some familiar faces from classic '90s television shows who wish they hadn't accepted the part in the first place.
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