Here's what The Umbrella Academy did right: it focused on the development of extremely memorable, even lovable characters. (Lovable in the sense that you feel sympathy for them, not that you'd want to be their best friend in real life.) Everything else is icing on the cake. The plot is decently interesting. I didn't love the ending but I can forgive it. Costumes, set designs, and general cinematography were a lot of fun too.

I have a feeling that Aidan Gallagher ("Number Five") is going to start getting noticed in a big way after this. He was extremely convincing playing a very fascinating character. In fact he's the one who put this over the edge for me to feel it deserves a rating and review. I hope to see him in more productions, and of course I'm looking forward to a second season of this show as well.