Not a good season. Story is full of holes. At the end they try to suggest there was some big masterplan going on. I don’t see it. Skip this season if you haven’t started already
Definitely a step down from the previous two seasons. There's too much melodrama and not enough plot. It's bogged down by lot of strange and baseless decisions, and the writing is pretty directionless.
That being said, it's still entertaining. I'm looking forward to the next season, but this time I'll be cautiously optimistic.
Not bad by any means, but definitely the worst season of the show yet. It felt like there was a lot of pointless drama, and certain plot points just didn't have any impact - like Stan. Characters kept dying and it was as if no one actually cared all that much, especially when Harlan died, which confused me because there had been a lot of build up with Viktor protecting him.
I was also kinda mad that they killed of the two most interesting Sparrows first. Meanwhile we had to sit through lots of Sloane, who was probably the least interesting of them all.
There were some great moments - namely the stuff involving Reginald and Five. Those are easily the best and most interesting characters in the show as far as I'm concerned, and the quality of a scene is almost always improved by their inclusion.
What tf did they do to to Allison?!?!
This season didn't feel as tightly constructed as the first two. Characters seemed to just run off suddenly for a side-quest every episode with little forward momentum toward the larger plot until the end. That being said, it had plenty of great character moments and development, and I still really love the show, it just took a bit more effort to get through this time.
It still has swag, but... It just doesn't excite me anymore. Season 1 was excellent, season 2 felt okay-ish to good, but I don't remember much of it, so it wasn't memorable (for me, at least).
Before s3, Five carried the whole show on his back, but now Klaus is a great contender as well. They both are amazing. And much needed as well, because Allison and other Ben are just terrible. I didn't like Vanya/Viktor from the beginning, and I still feel the same (and I still don't feel that it was necessary to incorporate Ellen/Elliot Page's transition - after all, she/he is an actor, and for me, it didn't provide any extra to this season but took a lot of screen time from it). I liked the relationship of Luther and Sloane. The latter would be a great addition to the Umbrella team as well.
And again, Allison.. I hope she won't be in the next season, it was insufferable to watch her.
Robert Sheehan carried this season. I said what I said
I really enjoyed this season three. I think it was the best, yet. The pace was better. The characters have found their grove. There were even profound moments. Elliot Page was able to say some very important things about identity through his character’s transition from Vanya to Victor. The initial challenge of being replaced, to having to save the world from oblivion, yet again, gave the story arc a relentless drive. Great, chaotic storytelling. I give this season an 8 (enjoyable) out of 10. [Comic Book Adaptation]
Apart from the total character assassination of Allison and strange plotlines (I look at you, Viktor), I really loved this season. Also, why does Robert Sheehan has the same superpower everywhere he appears?
With each season Luther get dumber and five get more cynical, I think it balances
Season 3 seems to be the turning point for this kind of show, where the enthusiasm has gone from the creative team, and it just becomes a job, so gets formulaic and often confused (cough cough, thinking of you too Doom Patrol).
It is a reminder of a lesson that I am increasingly taking - if Netflix things it is good enough to fund a series for, then I should read the original material, and, depending on the ratings, watch Series 1
although i’m left with more questions than before i can’t say i didn’t enjoy this season. the last two episodes especially had me on the edge of my seat super stressed for the characters lives after we found out the true nature of reggie. cant wait for the next season
I enjoyed this season quite a bit, but like almost everyone else, I find Allison to be just completely unbearably annoying and obnoxious. It's funny, because there are plenty of sympathetic villains who do terrible things and I love watching them, but whatever Allison is at this point, I can barely stand it.
6.5/10 - Not that good but it has it's moments. Probably really enjoyable if one loves a weird story. I'm more into the science aspect of Sci-Fi and this is more fiction/fantasy. Plus I don't like time traveling, multiverses, etc. as it makes the story meaningless for me. So it was still quite enjoyable for that.
It simply isn't as much about the overall story than it is about the ride.
The season didn't seem to matter as much as other ones. Viktor's plotline was handled well and I'm happy that the show didn't spend too much time on coming out scenes. They did something weird to Allison and I hope that goes somewhere next season because they didn't seem to do much with it this season. I'm happy for the actor that plays Luther given that he no longer needs to wear the ape apparatus. Someone needs to do Elliot's hair better, it looks like it's reminiscing about Spider-man 3.
TL;DR: seems like they're setting up next season rather than making any daring narrative decisions this go around. Excited for season 4 in the hopes that it's more interesting because the characters are intriguing and the threat of apocalypse is full of possibility.
Great show, always enjoy it. But honestly... I'm confused.
Unacceptable ending. I don’t know if y’all will come back. Don’t DO me like that.
I was very disappointed after 5 eps but there was no way I wouldn't finish the season but I'm still disappointed tho not that much.
Plus:
- new or previously unknown aspects of powers (hoped it would be for everyone or more of them than two but I guess Victor had his revelation in season 2 maybe the rest will have in the next seasons)
- bonding of sibling which previously hated eachother (Luther and Vanya) or more or less barely speak to eachother (Diego and Allison) tho very brief I need to mention it
- I like that we're getting more psychology of Reginald also seeing that Reginald isn't so bad/powerful and isn't the one who made their lives like they are, as the new family ended up mostly different it just makes me think Umbrella Academy just let him be as he was (which doesn't make them good for not drugging him or bad for putting up with his abuse)
- Idk I just love this hotel
- I like dark Allison, her powers don't do much to make her a boss bitch but this could be it
- Allison/Victor fight was THE FRICKING BEST SCENE. Omg I love when they're together but I also love when they're fighting.
Minus:
- I never expected neither sth bad from this season or sth greater that last seasons, i wanted same fun and all but it seems like there is so much less comedy this season. Maybe bc they as me are used to pretty much anything up this point.
- Previously I think everyone from the family had a story to get through, in season one and two from the beginning, here it seems the only one with some personal plot are Luther, Victor and Diego, with Allison having sth here and there thrown without consistency
- the whole Diego has a son thing is annoying and without any sense whatsoever, I really hoped watching ep 6 itll be already revealed as a joke and the boy disappears from the story. EDIT: so it was a joke, well... not greatly executed, it lasted toooooooo long and wasnt believable at all bc they didn't explained anything, why it was 12 years for her or why dindt she tell Diego before. Im confused why having it in the show, the reason which Lila after everything revealed wasn't enough at all. They also forgot about the boy death so quickly I forgot about him as well.
- I think Umbrella's family is even more stupid than last seasons, the most infuriating example was when Allison came looking for Claire. Firstly, it was stated that they had to change the future bc well Sparrow Academy and they were discussing that they might be themselves here in this future so going for her daughter could mean at least shes going to see herself and probably fight with herself in front of the daughter (not a good thing) or the daughter could not even exist bc they know for sure they werent growing up in Umbrella and didnt make the same choices so how her daughter could even exist?! I understand shes a mother she had to see but OMG dont walk into the house in the middle of the night!!!!!!! I'm not a genius but at least stay away and see who the f lives in the house. It's why I couldn't feel for her at all which made this scene pointless.
- I understand the ship Allison/Luther was a scandalous (?) one but I sort of liked it, then she met Ray and he really wasn't that great as she remembers him in this season so her pining over him just makes me annoyed. He was from the 60s through and through and she has a mind of a 21century black woman, that's not gonna end well in those times so after all of season 3 I dont understand why she couldn't bring him to 21 century.
- The Sparrow family has so much cooler powers in a way of battle so in each battle with Umbrella Academy I couldn't believe Sparrows won't win so when they didn't from various reasons I was again annoyed and confused. Their whole lives they were practicing for battles and they're so bad at them (maybe the first one was the only one they showed some thinking)
- OMG Ben (and Marcus as well) is so dumb, focusing so much on hating and blaming everything on Umbrella even when its so OBVIOUS its not them. I cannot...
- the plot with their mothers had so much potential. E.g. if they saw they would be so much more miserable with their lives not as Umbrella Academy, one of them killed their parents, someone's a terrorist, someone's used by their parents, feared, in an asylum... I think it wouldn't be a tough thing to create a different explanation for another apocalypse. It would be so easy after knowing their surnames to check where are they now, which could lead to them knowing how would they be without Reginald... and it couldn't be a long plot even... ehhh, I was so hoping for that while waiting for 3rd season.
- lila's powers still not being explained, the new thing we know is that she refers to it as mimicking others so why the heck she could use Sloane's powers when she just saw her by the window and she wasn't even using her power?! I also never understood how she could use the powers so well and know how to use the powers sometimes better than the one living with them their whole lives. As I would understand she mimics what she sees other do with the powers and be limited to only know what she saw, even immediately without practicing but for her to just see a normal person standing and somehow know what power does she have and how to use it? And know what to do with the power that the original one doesn't know it could be done? And yet I am to believe she can lose to anyone and be at the same level as Luther or Allison's powers which are constantly referred to as inferior?
- Most of the family doesn't use their powers or does it scarcely, like Allison and Luther (and even Ben) use it couple times without much effect, Klaus use it once but differently and I dont thing Diego used it more than once.
- yet again Victor's powers getting an upgrade which makes the rest of the family expendable, like Allison at this point... why is her power even significant to be liked by fans (in the show when they had their figurines and all)? It never became as great as it was depicted in the finale of season one or 1st ep of season two when the whole family was fighting and she could control many people at once. Even the last scenes when she used it on Reginald it didn't even work so how could it be so 'wow'?
- the whole last episode was so disappointing! They used the whole previous ep to constantly discuss if they should wait and die or die trying to save the world, OVER AND OVER the whole ep was a pointless discussion and then the last ep we were going to have battles, a teaser to the next season and they still had so much to talk over. It couldn't be done in one ep. The battles became so easy so the only thing to prolong them was to use 'jumpscare' moments for characters to even get hurt so we could feel some anxiety, and boom all guards are dead. The scene after that didn't have the time to be more explained and it all left me with anger and questions why so much of 3rd season's plot was pointless and forgettable and the things that should be the greatest from all of the season had the least time to be so.
FRUSTRATION!
This show is one of my favorite shows on "TV" of all time. Yes, there are ups and downs but taken as a whole, it is exquisite.
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This season was entertaining enough to keep you hooked and make you watch all of it, but it wasn't as good as the first two. Allison was really THE pain in the ass this time; pretty annoyingly. The new additions in the form of Lila and the Sparrow's were kinda nice, but nothing crazy about it. It was a tight enough finale, to finish it for good in here, so i'm ok with it. No major cliffhangers nor burning questions to answer. It was a 7 at best