Creators:
Jeremy CarverCast:
Matt Bomer, April Bowlby, Timothy Dalton, Brendan Fraser, Diane Guerrero, Riley Shanahan, Alan Tudyk, Joivan Wade, Matthew Zuk, Bruno Bichir, Dwain Murphy (more)VOD (1)
Seasons(4) / Episodes(46)
Plots(1)
Doom Patrol reimagines one of DC's most beloved groups of Super Heroes: Robotman aka Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser), Negative Man aka Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer), Elasti-Woman aka Rita Farr (April Bowlby) and Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), led by modern-day mad scientist Niles Caulder aka The Chief (Timothy Dalton). Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities, but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found their purpose through The Chief, coming together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence. Following the mysterious disappearance of The Chief these reluctant heroes will find themselves in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg (Joivan Wade), who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of superpowered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them. Based on the characters created for DC by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user NinadeL (5)
Doom Patrol (2019)
I wasn't interested in the Titans series, but I tried this one after long hesitation and I don't feel good about combining these two ideas. However, as a standalone project, Doom Patrol is nicely bizarre. It's got a bit of Frankenstein and 1950s Hollywood to it, so it's not all that foreign to me.
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Season 1 (2019) (S01)
Yes, Cyborg is really the last DC character I would follow in any medium. Yet the adventures of the robotic Brendan Fraser and his nightmare-derived idea buddies have something going for them. The various strange experiments conducted by the evil Nazi are reminiscent of Hellboy, while the problems of Rita Farr, aka Elasti-Woman, are very entertaining. So, when you no longer care and when you're done with the golden age, Doom Patrol will be there waiting for you. In terms of the acting, I'm very happy with Matt Bomer, a veteran of Glee, The Last Tycoon, and the later American Horror Story series. What is positive is the shortening of the planned 2nd season by five episodes, because that's exactly how long this first one would need to be really good.
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Season 2 (2020) (S02)
DC was strangely multiplied by comic magical realism, resulting in the second season of the wild Doom Patrol. Remember Pushing Daisies? Yes, something like that, multiplied by ten. Add some intense melodrama, a circus setting, a few layers of trauma, toxic family relationships, and you'll have a rough idea of why it's such an attractive show.
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Season 3 (2021) (S03)
After the major changes at the end of the second season, it was necessary to ensure that the group of monsters found a new goal and sense of purpose even after the death of their leader, Victor Frankenstein. The storyline involving the boss's ape daughter had run its course, and while the first few episodes of the season stumbled a bit, the story found its direction in the second half. The reduced number of main characters allowed for a deeper focus on individual personalities, and each one stood out better than the last. Cyborg managed to reconnect with his human side, Elasti-Woman relived her entire life thanks to time travel, and Robotman fully embraced his role as a grandfather. Particularly, the episodes Dada Patrol and 1917 Patrol convinced me of the show's value, which only seems to work with the logic of nonsense. In the end, I think I’ll look back on the entire show fondly.
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Season 4 (2022) (S04)
The final season began as a parody of the generic superhero narrative, but it wouldn’t be Doom Patrol if it didn’t immediately turn into DC weirdness on a whole new level. Time travel, zombie butts, old Hollywood nostalgia, a musical episode, accepting the demons of each character, a bunch of drag characters, comic book metaphors, dealing with aging… it’s all here in abundance. The ending is touching, but I preferred the third season more.
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