The umbrella academy is an american superhero web television series based on the comic book series of the same name written by gerard way created for netflix by steve blackman and developed by jeremy slater it revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father s death and the threat of an impending apocalypse. To be sure reginald hargreeves off earth origins were already well known to fans of gerard way and gabriel bá s umbrella academy comics and had been strongly hinted at in the season 1 finale. She was one of the children born on october 1st 1989 who wasn t adopted by reginald hargreeves.
Initially teased to be diego s love interest she was revealed to be far more than that. The new character lila became one of the most important individuals in the umbrella academy s second season. More of reginald hargreeves mysterious backstory is revealed in the umbrella academy season 2 so we break down who he really is after that head scene.
Umbrella academy season 3 on netflix will explore the backstory of reginald hargreeves and reveal some more of the superheroes born in 1989 according to its makers and stars. In the first season of the umbrella academy we learn all about the 7 children their special abilities their relationship with other and the complete lack of a loving relationship with their adoptive father sir reginald hargreeves a billionaire businessman and also a bit of superhero himself who took all these children in and trained them to become superheroes. 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. 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. Pogo the advanced. Although there were plenty of reasons to dislike sir reginald hargreeves the emotionally distant and manipulative father of the umbrella academy and the vengeful harold jenkins another character became the focus of viewers hatred in season 1 of the netflix series.
The following contains spoilers for the umbrella academy season 2 streaming now on netflix. Sir reginald is extremely cold hearted often mistreating and even experimenting on the children for. The umbrella academy the monocle sir reginald hargreeves a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist he was a recipient of the nobel prize for his work in the cerebral advancement of the chimpanzee and is the founder of the umbrella academy a group of adopted super powered children.
