There are good shows that get bad and bad shows that get better, and then there’s The Umbrella Academy. The Netflix series about a family of dysfunctional superheroes has varied wildly in quality throughout its four-season run, delivering phenomenal storylines, so-so story arcs punctuated by memorably great moments, and — in the case of the almost wholly unforgivable third season – total stinkers. Its uniquely inconsistent history means that the show enters its final stretch of episodes equally as likely to impress as disappoint. Luckily, it does a lot more of the latter.
