The Umbrella Academy TV Show: 7 Things Netflix Must Get Right

7. The Story

As is the case with most successful comic books, both parts of Umbrella Academy are ready movie/series scripts that shouldn't need much work when adapting them for the screen. The story of the first part is as follows:

Suddenly, without a warning, 43 children are born by random women showing no previous signs of pregnancy. A renowned scientist adopts seven of them, as only that many of them survive. He then disappears to train the children in order to save the world. It turns out that (presumably - a minor spoiler) six of these children have supernatural powers. When their father dies, they come together to stop the apocalypse that's about to occur.

The main plot is strong and greatly written. There are a lot of side-characters, side-villains and side-plots, since seven different characters make for seven different stories that interlace at the most crucial moments. This description applies to both parts of Umbrella Academy, the second of which involves the murder of JFK and an incredibly intelligent Shubunkin goldfish.