It has taken me seven episodes to write my first review of this series.

"First", because I know I'll come back sometime and add to the thoughts here.

And the first *has* to be around the soundtrack.

UA had drifted across my radar few times, but I've been feeling superhero burnout for a while. And I gave it a purposeful pass-by.

Then I saw the reviews here about the music, the soundtrack, and I thought I needed to check. - I walk around with music sound-tracking every mental process, so soundtracks are everything to me.

I watched. And listened. And watched. And listened.

And grabbed by superlative cinematography, a script that drags you to various boundaries but never tips you over the edges into Inanity or Maudlin... and THE MUSIC.... Here I am.

S1E7: Sort of binge-watched till here - and then they play Radiohead's "Exit Music for a Film", with the perfect juxtaposition that has been shown right through and I knew I had to sit and pen this review.

Exquisite soundtrack, perfect song selection where needed - and no fear of using classical when appropriate. Masterly!

I'm loving this.

Finely crafted, the storyline so far has held together, an almost impossible feat when palying with time travel in an allegedly superhero film.

I'd rather call this sci-fi than superhero. Less compartmentalisation. And hopefully more people with see it that way, and enjoy it like I am.

And the next time I come back here, more on the quirky and likeable siblings of the Umbrella Academy.