Lets grade the umbrella academy season by season.

Season 1 8* Great opening, really innovative ideas, and some impressive acting. I liked the development of the story, though more could have been made of Vanya, rather than just keeping her as the cast aside one. But on balance It was a good start.

Season 2 10* I'd argue better than its first series. The development of the characters, yet another strong story. New characters that are fun and add to the story, particularly the Swedes, who I just loved every second of their screen time. That really great opening to the first episode shows some really high quality special effects.

Season 3 0* What happened? A poor story that ends up meandering, like the gibberings of a crack addict. New cast in the form of the Sparrow academy, that showed such promise and delivered so little. Poor visuals that genuinely make you wonder why they are using 30 year old bargain basement CGI. I get that it was a time of lockdown. But if this was all they could come up with, they shouldn't have bothered. Wait until the battles with the virus were over and try again.

Season 4 has been discussed, but I'm honestly not sure I'll return for any more.

So 18 starts over 3 series works out at 5.6 stars. Shame it was ruined by season 3. Then again its Umbrella academy so being ruined by season 3 is pretty accurate on balance.