![]() Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which – spoiler alert! – turns out is a result of the group's disruption of the timeline (déjà vu, anyone?). Some, having been stuck in the past for years, have built lives and moved on, certain they're the only ones who survived. Well, he was right – the time jump scatters the siblings in time in and around Dallas, Texas. The Umbrella Academy returns for season 3 (Image: Netflix)įive warned his family (so, so many times) that using his powers to escape from Vanya's 2019 apocalypse was risky. Taking to social media, Blackman revealed the episode title for an outing written by Blackman and Michelle Lovretta– a pleasant surprise that bodes well for production on the script side. So it makes sense that the season opener would be titled "Meet the Family"- as series showrunner, writer, and EP Steve Blackman revealed on Monday morning. Min) leading this group of five children and a green cube as Number One. And this new group has a very alive Ben ( Justin H. With the season finale to the streaming service's live-action adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series finding the super siblings in an altered 2019 timeline where a still-alive Reginald Hargreeves ( Colm Feore) formed a team called the "Sparrow Academy"- and not the Umbrella Academy. The show would rediscover its initial success if it followed through with its original intentions in providing a strong and emotional, more serious show.The cast and crew behind Netflix's The Umbrella Academy aren't wasting any time jumping into production on the third season- less than two weeks after the series was officially given the green light. While Family Reunion brings a lighthearted touch to heavy topics, it needs something more. Now in its second season, topics are predictable and boring and scenes feel forced. At its onset, the episodes were exciting and suspenseful. With this, there’s little excitement left in the show. Undoubtedly, viewers appreciate heartfelt shows, but Family Reunion writers too often take the easy road and follow with jokes. Storylines are often repetitive and viewers can safely assume that if something serious occurs, it won’t be long before laughter returns. The show approaches difficult topics, ripe with emotion: grief, black history, bullying, and debt, but the storylines fail to fully take advantage of them. There was a later episode about not trusting Jade after she ran off, but it’s dismissed once the episode ends. Strangely, the writers decided to give it five minutes in an episode before cutting it off. ![]() It skips the struggle of the firing like it bypassed finding Jade. But instead of showing the struggle, Part 2 kicked off with a celebration after the cop was fired and indicted. At the end of Part 1, a police officer racially profiled two of the young black main characters, leaving one of the parents wanting to move back to Seattle. It skips over the general excitement that viewers had been waiting to see for months.īut this show has a history for that. The first episode jumps over the subject, as it’s revealed in the second episode that she was grounded for three months. The family’s finances made the cut for a huge return in Part 3, but Jade’s running away doesn’t. Darn, just as they were gonna buy their own house too! It also ends with a second cliff-hanger, where the family is bankrupt from overspending. The adult humor may be difficult for children to understand.Īt the end of season 2, Jade portrayed by Talia Jackson, the daughter of football player, Moz, and his wife Cocoa ( Tia Mowry-Hardrict ) run away from her 15th birthday party with her unapproved boyfriend because he was kicked out of the party. There was also a scene with roleplay that had everybody shivering. One word of caution: lookout for some brief mature scenes including cursing. While this show is good-hearted and full of laughter, it doesn’t authentically address or portray serious events. Each episode ends with a dedication to someone close to the writers, finishing off the formula for a textbook ‘family feels’ genre of a show. Instead of having a mansion and going to parties, they now live with Moz’s parents and go to church. McKellen’s family works to respond to the day-to-day challenges of different sets of circumstances. Family Reunion is a show based in Columbus, Georgia about a famous football player, Moz McKellan, (played by an actual retired football player, Anthony Alabi ) whose family moved from Seattle, Washington to be more community-oriented.
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