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The Umbrella Academy season 2, episode 6 review: A Light Supper

By Joe Anthony Myrick

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (L to R) AIDAN GALLAGHER as NUMBER FIVE, EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN as ALLISON HARGREEVES, ROBERT SHEEHAN as KLAUS HARGREEVES, TOM HOPPER as LUTHER HARGREEVES, DAVID CASTA„EDA as DIEGO HARGREEVES and ELLEN PAGE as VANYA HARGREEVES in episode 206 of THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX/NETFLIX © 2020
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (L to R) AIDAN GALLAGHER as NUMBER FIVE, EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN as ALLISON HARGREEVES, ROBERT SHEEHAN as KLAUS HARGREEVES, TOM HOPPER as LUTHER HARGREEVES, DAVID CASTA„EDA as DIEGO HARGREEVES and ELLEN PAGE as VANYA HARGREEVES in episode 206 of THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX/NETFLIX © 2020 /
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This episode of The Umbrella Academy is all about families reconnecting and disbanding as the newly dubbed “Team Zero” reunite with their old man for supper. Spoilers will follow.

Previously on The Umbrella Academy, after a drunken triad, Vanya, Klaus, and Allison decide it’s time to get their affairs in order before the world ends in six days and counting. For Vanya, that means telling Sissy she loves her, only for Sissy to choose her husband over her. For Allison, it means telling her husband the truth about her powers. And for Klaus, it means finally confronting his cult.

Speaking of confrontations, Number Five finally comes face-to-face with old frenemy The Handler after a skirmish with her daughter, Lila.

Meanwhile, Diego and Luther were invited by their old man to a “light supper,” per the title of this episode. Then, as we discover in this episode “Reggie” actually invited all of his future children to supper. How did that supper go? Well, as disastrous as you’d expect an Umbrella Academy family supper to go.

Guess Who’s Coming To Supper?

The dinner scene in question was a clear highlight of the episode. Not just because it’s hilarious to see the siblings reveal their powers like a Show and Tell session only for Reginald to be utterly unimpressed, but for a poignant post-dinner conversation between he and Number Five.

Aidan Gallagher has always been good at playing an old man trapped inside of a young boy’s body, but his performance truly shined brighter than it ever has in his conversation with Colm Feore. It genuinely felt like watching two old-timers wise beyond their years having a chat. Gallagher held his own and was able to match Feore’s own veteran acting ability.

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Speaking of Gallagher, with Five in a position where he needs to find a solution to get “Team Zero” – sorry, Diego, that one’s not gonna stick – back where they belong without having to rely on The Handler’s help, there was a new desperation to him that we hadn’t seen before – without steering too far away from the character’s personality or making his desperation seem erratic. Gallagher pulled that off marvelously.

(Not A) Cult Classic

Maybe it’s just me, but I am not feeling this whole “Klaus runs a cult” storyline. It made for a cute montage as comic relief to recap what he’s been up to the last three years, but seeing it turn into its own arc several episodes later – which may last even longer, since Klaus failed to turn his followers away as he hoped – just feels like it’s dragging at this point.

It just doesn’t feel compelling, funny, or even significant enough to justify the storyline lasting this long. It’s just background fodder at this point. You’ve got all of these angles at the forefront that actually mean something – including Klaus’ relationship with Dave – and then in the background, you just see Klaus’ legion of followers just roaming around with little-to-no relevance to the plot.

It feels more like an inconvenience or a distraction to the main storylines. On the bright side, I am at least interested to see if Ben’s infatuation with Klaus’ follower, Jill, as a potential love interest – which was teased in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment from that aforementioned montage in a previous episode – goes anywhere.

Changing The Future

Speaking of the main storylines, the most interesting thing coming out of this episode is wondering how The Umbrella Academy’s actions could affect the future. Such a question was posed in the last episode when the group ran down how their new lives are all connected to JFK, but even things outside of that like Dave enlisting prior to the assassination could have major ramifications on the timeline.

We may not even learn how – if any – of their actions effect the future until the season finale, but it’s certainly something to keep in mind for future episodes.

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All episodes of The Umbrella Academy are available on Netflix now. Let us know in the comments how you felt about this episode and the rest of season 2. And while you’re at it, pour one out for Elliott. R.I.P.

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