The chaotic Doom Patrol series is careening towards their end, and this final season is just crazy as the rest of their adventures have been. A major enemy is lurking in the shadows, and striking at them seemingly at will. Now that they’ve apparently lost the special magic that kept them young, they are beset by a new series of problems. Attempts to deal with that go awry, to no surprise at all, in “Youth Patrol.”
The long tradition of having seen a horrible future and now having to prevent it continues with the team possibly least equipped to handle it in “Butt Patrol.”
With the usual amount of chaos and absurdity, the Doom Patrol returns for its fourth and final season. Last season shook up some of the status quo, and now they’re following up on that with at least a partial new direction, new leadership, and a lot more of the same craziness we’ve come to expect.
Starting on DC Universe, then leaping to HBO Max, but also notionally linked to the Arrowverse and the Titans, the Patrol has gone through some changes on screen and in the comics. Now, the third season of their truly unique show comes to an end with “Amends Patrol.”
The adventures of the world’s weirdest supers (note, I didn’t say superheroes) continue as the Doom Patrol gets close to the end of their third season. Rita is actually motivated for once, having a vested interest in stopping Madame Rouge now. The rest of the team, as usual, is wrapped up in their own drama…
…with some major developments for a few characters, events that should affect the team from this point going forward, and some really good writing and character exploration.
. The Sisterhood of Dada is still around (have you noticed that almost everyone on this show has some version of not-quite-explained immortality?) and up to something ominous but obscure and weird.
Rita’s trip back to the past comes with in-flight narration, and a really interesting take on how the amnesia that Laura suffered from comes about.
Caulder seems to actually be gone, although I wouldn’t bet against his return from the dead. Now, with their new mystery guest, the team has a new threat to handle in their own, bizarre way, in “Dada Patrol.”
Dying and coming back is a trope in superhero stories. The list of heroes who haven’t died and returned is probably a lot shorter than the ones that have.
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