"We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals" is the first episode of the first season of The Umbrella Academy. It aired on Netflix on February 15, 2019.
Synopsis
Years after they rose to fame as young crime-fighting superheroes, the estranged Hargreeves siblings come together to mark their father's death.
Plot

Reginald obtains seven children.
Enter Sir Reginald Hargreeves, billionaire inventor. He sets out to adopt as many of the children as possible. Sir Reginald manages to get seven of them.

Reginalds death is brought up during a newscast

Vanya and Allison reunite

The Umbrella Academy present themselves to the reporters.

The siblings dance to "I Think We're Alone Now."

Number Five explains the anomaly.

The siblings train.
With the funeral done, the Hargreeves begin to break up. Viktor leaves in a taxi after saying goodbye to Pogo, while Number Five goes in search of coffee. Diego leaves and Klaus hitches a ride, leaving Luther and Allison at the Academy. Grace, the children's robot "mother," recharges her systems.

Number Five is surrounded by guards.

Diego at the riverside.
Cast
Starring
- Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves
- Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves
- David CastaƱeda as Diego Hargreeves
- Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves
- Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves
- Aidan Gallagher as Number Five
- Mary J. Blige as Cha Cha (Credit only)
- Cameron Britton as Hazel (Credit only)
- John Magaro as Leonard Peabody (Credit only)
- Adam Godley as Pogo
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Guest Starring
Co-Starring
- T.J. McGibbon as Young Viktor
- Cameron Brodeur as Young Luther
- Blake Talabis as Young Diego
- Dante Albidone as Young Klaus
- Eden Cupid as Young Allison
- Ethan Hwang as Young Ben
- Sean Sullivan as Middle Aged Five
- Paskal Vaklev as Teenage Boy
- Anna Nadtotchii as Tatiana (Credited as "Teenage Girl")
- Janet Monid as Instructor
- Adam Growe as Jim Hellerman
- Lee Rumohr as Ringleader
- Murray Furrow as Syd
- Karl Campbell as Goon Leader
- Michael Mast as Paparazzi #1
- Phil Borg as Paparazzi #2
- Cherie D'Elia as Paparazzi #3
Appearances
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Trivia
- "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals" is also the name of the story in the second issue of The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite.
- During his audition, Viktor plays a medley of music pieces from The Phantom of the Opera, including "The Phantom of the Opera theme," "Angel of Music," "Think of Me," and "The Music of the Night." The music itself is played by violinist Lindsey Stirling.
Changes from the Comics
- This episode begins the adaptation of the first comic arc, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite. However, several changes are made for television.
- The more fantastical elements from the comic, such as the space-squid from Rigel X-9 are absent completely.
- The characters of Abhijat and Ben the robot are not present in the series.
- While Luther is still stationed on the Moon, the base is designated Moon Station 01 rather than Annihilation Control.
- Luther's ape-like physique is apparently kept hidden from his siblings as they all remark on his size as if it is a relatively new development, and he retreats from the fight with Diego once his arm is cut.
- Diego does not display his comic counterpart's ability to indefinitely hold his breath. His powers appear to revolve around his accuracy with throwing knives, including bending them in mid-flight.
- Klaus is not shown to be able to levitate or have telekinesis like his comic counterpart.
- In addition to being able to travel through time, Number Five can teleport through space as well.
- Ben Hargreeves is introduced as a spirit in communication with Klaus. In the comic, Ben does not appear to his brother in this way, and is only seen in flashbacks.
- Unlike the comic, Viktor is shown to have a somewhat closer relationship with his siblings and joins them for Sir Reginald's funeral. His counterpart in the comic, Vanya, is not present at the funeral and has limited interaction with her siblings prior to becoming The White Violin.
- Mom is also known as Grace, and is a fully artificial robot. It is revealed that she named the children.
- Pogo appears to be the only sentient chimpanzee in the world, unlike the large number of sentient chimpanzees in the comic stories.
- In the comic, the first mission for the Umbrella Academy is against the Eiffel Tower and Zombie-Robot Gustave Eiffel when they are ten years old. Number Five has already run away to the future, leaving only Numbers One, Two, Three, Four, and Six to go on the mission. This episode establishes that the first mission for the Academy was foiling a bank robbery when they were thirteen years old, and the mission was enacted before Number Five went to the future. However, the Eiffel Tower mission is referenced with photos of the team in front of the monument shown both on television and the front page of a newspaper.
- During the flashback to seventeen years previously, Ben is referred to by name, not number. As this is before Number Five disappears, the children should not have names yet.
Music
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Picture Book | The Kinks |
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Phantom of the Opera Medley | Lindsey Stirling |
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The Walker | Fitz and the Tantrums |
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I Think We're Alone Now | Tiffany |
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Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | They Might Be Giants |
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Gallery
External Links
- (rating 7,9)
We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals on IMDb
The Umbrella Academy Season One | |||
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"We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals" ⢠"Run Boy Run" ⢠"Extra Ordinary ⢠"Man on the Moon ⢠"Number Five" ⢠"The Day That Wasn't" ⢠"The Day That Was" ⢠"I Heard a Rumor" ⢠"Changes" ⢠"The White Violin" |