The umbrella academy on netflix follows the story of seven children adopted by alien turned billionaire sir reginald hargreeves played by colm feore who form a group of young crime fighting. Sir reginald hargreeves adopted seven of 43 children all born on. The umbrella academy season one finale provided a first look into sir reginald hargreeves backstory before starting the academy.
But there s a prologue. One big mystery from netflix s the umbrella academy involves the billionaire eccentric dad reginald hargreeves we never see him exhibit any kind of strange powers. The story follows six adopted siblings who were raised to be superheroes by eccentric billionaire inventor sir reginald hargreeves.
Early last year netflix released the umbrella academy based on the comics written by gerard way and illustrated by gabriel bá. In the series as in gerard way and gabriel bá s comics sir reginald hargreeves a k a. Netflix s wildly successful the umbrella academy introduces the hargreeves siblings as the adopted children of mysterious billionaire reginald hargreeves but the show indicated in the season 1 finale that he might be more closely related to them after all.
Sir reginald hargreeves is one of the biggest mysteries in the umbrella academy as well as the origins of the commission and a fan theory suggests there s a connection between them as reginald could be the founder of the commission based on the comic book series of the same name created by gabriel bá and gerard way the umbrella academy was released on netflix in february 2019 and. It s a flashback in which a much younger sir reginald hargreeves the. In the final episode of the umbrella academy season one something strange happens with no prior explanation or build up.
In the very first episode of season one we re. What the heck is the sparrow academy and why have they replaced the umbrella academy as sir reginald hargreaves crime fighting force of choice. Inventor of the televator the levitator the mobile umbrella communicator and clever crisp cereal.
He adopts the members of the umbrella academy at birth. Sir reginald hargreeves also known as the monocle is an alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist. He adopted seven of the forty three children who were all born on the same day in 1989 to mothers without any previous signs of pregnancy.
Sir reginald reggie hargreeves is an alien who assumed a human identity and gained a reputation as an explorer and eccentric billionaire as the head of the umbrella company.
