We're onto the second episode of Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, and that means it's time to listen back to the predictions we made for this episode immediately after watching "Meet the Family" (oh dear...) but we ALSO get to talk about that touching scene between Viktor and Allison, how the Sparrows treat their special guests, and what on earth is going on with Stanley's leaky ear. Plus favourite small recruit #4 (AKA Klaus Hargreeves) gets some good plot-advancing info from the wom...
Sep 05, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 13
At the start of this season of The Umbrella Academy, Josh and Mia talk about making the acquaintance of a whole new set of Hargreeveses - aka the Sparrows - and what it means for our Brellies. And amid the dance break and the fighting, there's another character we couldn't leave out - she's a slutty old dame and she goes by the name of the Hotel Obsidian! But before you listen, please, a moment of silence for Mr Pennycrumb - he was too good for this timeline... We're always keen to hear from you...
Aug 08, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 12
We're back with our first full-length episode on Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy! In this episode, we look at the season as a whole, so there WILL be spoilers if you haven't finished it yet! There's a lot to talk about, from a whole new Hargreeves family to get to know, to the character arcs of our familiar favourites, and we try and cover it all in our season summary and best bits. PLUS we give our predictions for what Season 4 holds for the Brellies (and maybe the Sparrows..?)! TW // sexual a...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 11
We react to the finale of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
Jul 01, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 10
We react to Episode 9 of Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy!
Jun 30, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 9
The title? If you know, you know. We react to Episode 8 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
Jun 29, 2022•6 min•Season 3Ep. 8
WOW. Our first reactions to Episode 7 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
Jun 28, 2022•6 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Our reactions to Episode 6 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3! It's mitten season...
Jun 27, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 6
We share our first reactions to Episode 5 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
Jun 26, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Straight off the back of Episode 4 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3, here are our first reactions! (Mia sincerely apologises for her phone vibrating Twice)
Jun 25, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 4
How has so much already happened and we're only on Episode 3 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3?! Here are our short Wednesday night musings on the episode...
Jun 24, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Our thoughts on Episode 2 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3! Spoiler alert: we love it.
Jun 23, 2022•5 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy is out now on Netflix and we're bringing you our hottest takes, fresh from the oven.
Jun 22, 2022•4 min•Season 3Ep. 1
It really is the end of something as we close out our rewatch of Umbrella Academy Season 2! In our final episode we hear from Josh about how Elon Musk spoke to him about The Mars and writing for the show, we find out Harlan's real feelings about THAT accident, and we say au revoir to our favourite group of misfit superheroes. Well, this group at least... Got thoughts on Season 3 you want to share? Head to https://anchor.fm/brolly-buddies/message to record a message and send it our way! And as ev...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 16
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the finale of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! It's the second half of our two-parter The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 9, ‘743’, with the wonderful Cesar! We talk about Harlan's newfound abilities, being proud of Luther (what?!), and what on earth Tiger Beat is. Oh and we probably touch on some important things about plot and characters and Reggie having a secret face! You can find Cesar @cesar_eft on Twitter here or Instagram here to geek out about...
Feb 24, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 15
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! In the first half of another two-parter, Josh and Mia are joined by the wonderful Cesar to discuss their take on The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 9, ‘743’. As the penultimate episode of Season 2, there’s equal parts silliness, sadness, and suspense, as we catch up with Vanya's stay with the FBI and her visit from Ben, our fav new band Luther and the Fives, and the happenings at the Commission, where...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 14
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! So here it is, the second part of our amazing two parter. It's part 2. We're talking Bring It On, fart jokes, time travel, more fart jokes, the truth about the apocalypse, and then even more fart jokes. It's the smelliest episode yet but our commentary smells like roses. We'll be back again soon with Episode 9, so make sure to subscribe or follow on your platform of choice. Fancy featuring on the podcast...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 13
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that yes, we've done another 2-parter for Season 2 Episode 8 of The Umbrella Academy, 'The Seven Stages'. Can you blame us?! We're only a few episodes away from the finale! Will Ben ever be clean again? How has Five not already invalidated his own existence? And are we burnin' or buryin'?! We'll be back again soon with Part 2, so make sure to subscribe or follow ...
Jan 06, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 12
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! In this special festive episode, Josh and Mia attempt to explain the plot of last year's one-shot from Dark Horse comics, 'Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas: Tales from the Umbrella Academy'. We speculate about how it would look as a Netflix episode, whether a character is based on Gerard Way, and what the ending really means... PLUS we dive into Santa's Sack for some verbal treats from listeners! We'll b...
Dec 23, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Since we recorded this episode, Elliot Page, the actor who plays Vanya Hargreeves, has announced that he is trans, and uses he/they pronouns. We don’t think there are any instances in this episode where we use their deadname or misgender them, but sincerely apologise if we’ve missed any. WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about homophobia. Part 2 of our episode on ‘Öga for Öga’ is here! I...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 10
WARNING: this episode may contain spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! We’re releasing this episode in two parts, so you lucky listeners get double the fun for Season 2 Episode 7 of The Umbrella Academy, ‘Öga for Öga’. There’s a lot to cover, like Swedish pronunciation, the origin of the polka, and Matalan jeans… is it all relevant? Not necessarily! But don’t worry, we also talk a lot about Five, The Handler, why Ben is like a weeping angel, and we have a special guest a...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 9
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Josh and Mia are back to talk about Season 2 Episode 6 of The Umbrella Academy, ‘A Light Supper’ - AKA ‘Team Zero’, AKA ‘Leave Elliott Alone, B*tch!’, AKA ‘I Think I Was Inside Of You’, to name but a few of the potential alternate titles inspired by the Hargreeves siblings' (& some others') antics. Did we see any of it coming? Listen now to find out! Fancy featuring on the podcast? Head to https://anch...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 8
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! First up, sorry for the delay on this one! We should be back to our normal schedule now so make sure you’ve subscribed to keep getting our new episodes as they come. This time, Josh and Mia are discussing The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 5, ‘Valhalla’, from baby Pogo and his origin story, to the first family meeting (featuring some Hargreeves who have impossibly got sexier). Klaus, Allison, and Vanya ...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 7
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about homophobia and racism. In this episode, Josh and Mia kick things off with the theory Josh formulated about The Handler and the Hargreeves after watching Episode 3 for the first time, and commiserate another measly sparrow spotting. But this episode of The Umbrella Academy also gives us a lot in terms of Lila’s backstory, Dave before Klaus, and Viss...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 6
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about racism, discrimination, and police brutality. This episode, we dive into the predictions we had for episode 3 after watching 'The Frankel Footage' for the first time, and, spoiler, we weren't great at the whole prediction thing. Luckily, we get to talk about what the actual events that unfold in 'The Swedish Job', like Vanya's cornfield escape, Kla...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 5
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Wait, where's Josh?! He seems to have been replaced by two of the team who brought us BABY POGO and AJ CARMICHAEL! Yep, in this very special episode, Mia was lucky enough to be joined by Weta Digital's VFX Supervisor, Chris White, and Animation Supervisor, Aidan Martin, to talk about their work on our favourite talking/space-craft-piloting chimp, and the Commission boss who also happens to be... a goldfish...
Aug 24, 2020•42 min
Hey hey, your two favourite Brolly Buddies (slash the only two) have a quick announcement for you about our release schedule going forwards. We'll generally be moving from a weekly to a fortnightly schedule for our usual episode-by-episode breakdown of Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy' Season 2, but we're aiming to get some good bonus content in between too. Maybe we'll have a listener mailbag episode, or some guest co-hosts, and an interview or two with some of the people who helped make the sho...
Aug 22, 2020•2 min
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about racism, discrimination, and police brutality. This week, Josh and Mia listen back to the predictions they made for this episode after their first watch of Episode 1 - and then talk through what ACTUALLY happens: the Hargreeves siblings get closer to reuniting as Five tracks down Diego, Luther pays Vanya a visit, and Allison discovers what Klaus has...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! In this episode, Mia and Josh do a deep dive into the first episode of The Umbrella Academy Season 2, 'Right Back Where We Started'. Join us as we do things like count sparrows, track Number Five's shoes, and... try to understand Luther's physiology (not for the first time). We're always keen to hear from you, so if you're feeling chatty you can leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/brolly-buddies/...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 3
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! Son of a biscuit! Fresh off the back of a binge-watch of Season 2, Josh and Mia sat down last Saturday (24 hours after its release!) to talk through their first impressions of the new season, and what happened to our favourite dysfunctional super-powered family this time round in The Umbrella Academy. We answer questions like: does Josh still "hate" Luther? Is Klaus's cult... a bit problematic? What's the deal with Five and The Handler?! And fret not, we also go in-depth...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 2
