On October 1, 1989, forty-three women give birth to forty-three children, despite none of them showing any sign of pregnancy until labor began. Seven of those children were adopted by eccentric billionaire
Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and turned into a superhero team known as "The Umbrella Academy". In the present, five of these children, now grown up, live separate lives.
Number One / Luther lives on the moon,
Number Two / Diego stops a
home invasion,
Number Three / Allison walks on the red carpet at a film premiere,
Number Four / Klaus leaves
rehab and immediately begins to use drugs, and
Number Seven / Vanya plays the violin. After watching the news, they all learn about Reginald's death. The children decide to reunite in their old home, the academy, to talk about their father's death. Visiting his father's bedroom, Luther begins to suspect that his father was murdered by one of the others, as his monocle is missing. Diego reassures Luther that the
coroner stated that Reginald died of
heart failure but Luther remains suspicious. In a
flashback to the Umbrella Academy's first public appearance, the academy successfully stop a bank robbery. Reginald and Vanya watch the action from a rooftop, and Vanya asks why she can't help. Reginald tells Vanya that she just isn't special, and later in an interview, he tells the public that he adopted six children, instead of seven. Back in the present, a lightning storm causes the group to go outside. Once there, they watch as a young
Number Five, one of the siblings, arrives at the academy through a strange ball of blue energy. Five explains that he traveled to the future, came back, and became stuck in his 13-year-old body, though he's actually a 58-year-old man. Later, the group holds a funeral for Reginald. In a flashback, Reginald trains and monitors all the children. He also gives all of them a tattoo of an umbrella on their wrists, except Vanya, who draws her own umbrella tattoo using a pen. In the present, the group part ways. Five visits a coffee shop, where he kills several men who try to kidnap him. At a river, Diego is revealed to have taken Reginald's monocle, which he dumps in a river. Klaus, who has the ability to speak to the dead, begins to talk with his dead brother,
Number Six / Ben. The episode ends with Five visiting Vanya, where he tells her that in eight days the human race will
come to an end, but he doesn't know why or how. ==Production==