Here's the thing. I like the plot, even with all the usual plot holes of any series/movies that deal with time-travelling because time travel in itself is impossible to write without plot holes. I like the acting, each cast member has given a pretty solid personality to their characters and that is also writing's good doing. Overall, this would be an 8/8.5 show for me, but it just really tries too hard to give you the whole "retro music/awkward dancing 5-min long scenes" that EVERY single show and movie has been doing lately. For example, "La Casa de Papel" does it so much that it is barely an enjoyable show anymore. You simply know that on every episode, you're going to sit through an unnecessarily long sequence of either a weird remix of a famous song or a song that you never heard of, all while the characters dance awkwardly, stare unnaturally at each other, and do the same moves every time.

While Umbrella Academy doesn't do it nearly as often, the few times it does attempt to do the meta "music + awkwardness" mix, to me, it just breaks the mood. However, there were several scenes where the music was very well placed and it improved the setting.

I'm just getting a little tired of the cliches. It seems like there is no creativity anymore and every show became a parody of themselves in anything they did well for their first season.

But basically, it is a pretty good show, it just tries too hard to be cool and accepted.