The Umbrella Academy revolves around a bunch of non-biological siblings who possess superpowers but - crucially - are not superheroes. They are deeply hurt people, caused by the harsh upbringing from an industrial tyrant of a father who was incredibly damaging to his adopted children. This leads to escapist behavior, unchecked aggression and terrible superpowers unleashed by our group of super beings. And that's a problem, since the world ends in ten days. And a more functional bunch of super beings would be quite helpful in preventing that.

While the series may at first glance look like standard superhero fare catered for younger audiences, I can assure you right of the bat: it is most definitely not. This series is its own thing. It very cleverly does not depict the siblings as heroes, or even heroic for that matter. Let me be crystal clear: they are not even more traditional anti-heroes. They are just too damaged, too ill equipped to save themselves, let alone the world. And that's hilarious.

The end result is a slow burning series dripping with sarcasm, incredible music choices that left me dancing in my living room, a ton of drugs and booze consumed by an amazing cast of troubled characters with plenty of laugh out loud moments to boot.

Be warned tough; it takes its time showing its hand in the first season. Even the patience of a guy like me, who loves slow build-ups, was tested. But man, the pay-off... trust me, your jaws will drop to the floor, before you roll on that same floor laughing. And after that, you'll watch the second season straight away, which is arguably the best.

It's not perfect, mostly because the plots are a little predictable. But it's well shot, well lighted, well scored, well-acted and best of all, it's very well written. It was just such a welcome surprise to me that this series is so deeply funny and moving. These people making this show are having so much fun, it just jumps off the screen. After seeing The Umbrella Academy I'm convinced cinema doesn't need any more superheroes.

What we need are more characters like Klaus.