TV Talk Rec Fest: SciFi/Fantasy

[yourlibrarian]

Welcome to day 4 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered science fiction or fantasy. These may come in a variety of genre formats but are likely centered on supernatural or futuristic events, worlds other than our own or different versions of our world.

Please include in your recs the following information:

Show Title:
Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
Warnings: (Could include gory content, raunchy situations, explicit sex, offensive content, etc.)
Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
Length of Series: (Number of seasons or number of episodes)
Why you recommend it: (What draws you to it? What niche does it fill/mood is it good for?)

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<strong>Show Title:</strong> <strong>Audience Rating:</strong> <strong>Warnings:</strong> <strong>Length of Episodes:</strong> <strong>Length of Series:</strong> <strong>Why you recommend it:</strong>

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[prisca]

Show Title: Umbrella Academy
Audience Rating: 12/16 years
Warnings: sex, drugs, alcohol, violence, but not all too graphic
Length of Episodes: 40-69 minutes
Length of Series: 4 seasons = 36 episodes (finished)
Wikipedia: Link
Why you recommend it: Umbrella Academy tells the story of seven (adopted) children of Sir Reginald Hargreeves, all of them with a special superpower. Hargreeves trains six of them to fight crime; one girl is left behind.

The first season starts with Sir Reginald's death, and six of his children, now grown-up (most of them have left their past behind and begun to build a new life), return home for his funeral. They soon discover some mysteries about their father, leading them to a future where they must use their superpowers to fight an imminent global apocalypse.

I will admit that the series' story is a bit weird (sometimes a bit more than that), but that's what it lives from. A robot as a mother, a chimpanzee as a butler, a ghost brother, another one living on the moon. Strange, but fun.

The characters are great, even the evil ones, and the storytelling always knows to surprise you with new ideas.

And the best of it: the series has an end! No annoying cliffhanger that leaves you behind with lots of open pots and unanswered questions.