Why Mother Glitches In Umbrella Academy Season 3
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 3
Why does Grace, the Hargreeves siblings' android mother, glitch so badly in The Umbrella Academy season 3? The answer is sadder than you might think. In The Umbrella Academy's original continuity, Sir Reginald Hargreeves quickly discovered regular nannies were not well-suited to raising super-powered children, so he did what any self-respecting alien billionaire would do and built an android with the face of his ex-girlfriend. Grace became the Hargreeves siblings' mother in every respect, not only taking care of household chores, but showing them the affection Reginald was wholly incapable of.
The Grace android returns in The Umbrella Academy season 3's Sparrow timeline, where Sir Reginald picked a different group of kids altogether. Sadly, she's a very different robot in this continuity. The Umbrella kids' mother was largely indistinguishable from any other human, but when the Sparrow version appears, she's glitching like a garage sale toaster. Her mechanical body spasms awkwardly, her voice box falters into a deep growl, and she even starts worshiping a glowing orb of black holes in the basement.
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Grace's glitches highlight one of the most tragic differences between the Umbrella Academy and the Sparrow Academy — the Sparrows treat their android like a robot rather than a mother. When Grace first appears in season 3, plate of cookies in hand, a surprised Diego asks, "Mom?" The Sparrow Academy's Jayme then replies, "She's a robot, you perv." This snarky retort is the first of many examples whereby the Sparrow Academy treats Grace like a mechanical slave, affording her no respect, kindness or
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