Undercover Brits: 'The Umbrella Academy'

Surprise! It's time for another installment of Undercover Brits, and today we are investigating the final season of The Umbrella Academy. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Ba, for four seasons, The Umbrella Academy has followed the adventures of the adopted Hargreeves children as they attempt to stop the apocalypse with their superpowers. However, every time they stop the world from ending in one timeline, they find themselves scattered to a new one, also about to be ripped apart.

Steve Blackman serves as showrunner of the Netflix superhero series, which debuted its final season on Thursday, August 8, 2024. The final set of episodes sees the siblings band together one last time to stop the world from ending one last time. Technically, the Hargreeves were born all around the world, but they were raised by the very British Reginald Hargreeves (played by the very Canadian Colm Feore) in the northeastern United States. So all of the siblings, with the exception of one, have American accents.

However, there's more than one Brit among the superpowered misfits. Okay, actually, there's one Brit and an Irishman, but we're counting the latter while acknowledging that Ireland is a separate country. It's Brit-adjacent! So follow along as TellyVisions dives into one of our favorite hobbies: scouting out Brits putting on American accents. Make sure to tell us if any of these surprised you or if you already spotted our brethren in the Netflix series.