Doom Patrol (TV series)

Doom Patrol
Genre	Black comedy Drama Science fiction Superhero
Based on	Doom Patrol by Arnold Drake Bob Haney Bruno Premiani
Developed by	Jeremy Carver
Starring	Diane Guerrero April Bowlby Alan Tudyk Matt Bomer Brendan Fraser Timothy Dalton Joivan Wade Skye Roberts Riley Shanahan Matthew Zuk Michelle Gomez
Narrated by	Alan Tudyk (season 1)
Composers	Clint Mansell Kevin Kiner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	46
Production
Executive producers	Jeremy Carver Geoff Johns Greg Berlanti Sarah Schechter Chris Dingess Tamara Becher-Wilkinson
Cinematography	Christopher Manley Noah Greenberg Magdalena Gorka Scott Winig Scott Peck John C. Newby
Editors	Harry Jierjian Brian Wessel Sara Mineo Brandon Hwang Marc Pattavina Arman Tahmizyan JD Dawson Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul Leigh Dodson Jaron Downs Damian Gomez Imelda Betiong Katie Ruzicka Justin Guerrieri
Running time	38–58 minutes
Production companies	Berlanti Productions Jeremy Carver Productions DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	DC Universe
Release	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15) – August 6, 2020 (2020-08-06)
Network	HBO Max
Release	June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25) – January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)
Network	Max
Release	October 12 (2023-10-12) – November 9, 2023 (2023-11-09)
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Doom Patrol is an American superhero television series developed by Jeremy Carver. Based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, the series features Jane (Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr (April Bowlby), Vic Stone (Joivan Wade), Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer and Matthew Zuk), Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan), the Chief (Timothy Dalton), and Madame Rouge (Michelle Gomez) as the members of the eponymous Doom Patrol. Although Bowlby, Bomer, and Fraser reprise their roles from the series Titans, the two shows are set in separate continuities.

The series premiered on February 15, 2019, exclusively for the DC Universe streaming service. The second season aired on both DC Universe and HBO Max, with the two streaming services releasing episodes simultaneously on June 25, 2020. A third season, released exclusively on HBO Max, premiered on September 23, 2021. The fourth and final season premiered on December 8, 2022, and concluded on November 9, 2023.

Doom Patrol follows the unlikely heroes of the eponymous team who all received their powers through tragic circumstances and are generally shunned by society. Most members of the team were treated by Niles Caulder, a medical doctor who gave them residence in his mansion to help protect them from the outside world. Their name derives from an earlier Doom Patrol team that was formed by the Chief.

The first members of the Doom Patrol to be introduced in the series are Jane, the dominant identity of a traumatized woman with dissociative identity disorder; Rita Farr, who struggles to prevent her body from turning to a gelatinous state; Larry Trainor, who has an entity of negative energy living inside him; and Cliff Steele, whose brain was placed in a robot body following a car crash. The team is later joined by cybernetically enhanced superhero Vic Stone and shapeshifter Madame Rouge.

In the first season, the Chief is captured by the malevolent Mr. Nobody, sending the Doom Patrol on a journey to rescue him. Along the way, they discover secrets about themselves and the Chief, who they eventually learn is responsible for the tragic events that gave them their powers.

The second season sees the Doom Patrol joined by Dorothy Spinner, the Chief's daughter who possesses the ability to bring her imaginary friends to life. While the members of the Doom Patrol face their own personal dilemmas and contend with the truth about the Chief, Dorothy inadvertently endangers the world when her powers threaten to unleash an ancient entity known as the Candlemaker.

In the third season, Dorothy's battle with the Candlemaker reaches its climax and the Doom Patrol suffers a tragic loss when the Chief finally dies of old age. However, the Doom Patrol's ally Willoughby Kipling salvages Chief's head, stating that his time isn't over yet. In the aftermath, the team go their separate ways as they struggle with their identities when the arrival of Madame Rouge in a time machine sets them on a new path as well as having an encounter with the Brotherhood of Evil.

In the fourth and final season, the Doom Patrol begin doing more heroic activities while dealing with the coming of Immortus and the imminent Buttpocalypse.

• Diane Guerrero as Jane: The dominant identity of Kay Challis, created to protect her.^[1] She and the other identities received their own unique powers from an experiment Kay was involuntarily subjected to. Leela Owen portrays the teenage version of the character while in her Miranda identity.
  • Guerrero also portrays two of Kay's other identities: Driver 8, who manages the transportation in Kay's subconsciousness, and Karen, who possesses mind control powers.
• April Bowlby as Rita Farr / Elasti-Woman: A former Hollywood actress, born Gertrude Cramp, whose cellular structure was altered into a gelatinous state after being exposed to an underwater toxic gas. Her powers allow her to change her body shape, but also cause her to struggle with maintaining a solid form.^[2] Lana Jean Turner portrays Rita as a child.
• Alan Tudyk as Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody (season 1): An omnipresent supervillain capable of traveling through dimensions and altering reality. Aware of being in a television series because of his abilities, he often breaks the fourth wall and manipulates events through his narration.^[3] Ed Asner portrays Mr. Nobody in his hospital patient disguise.
• Matt Bomer and Matthew Zuk as Larry Trainor / Negative Man: A former United States Air Force pilot with a negative energy entity living inside him. Disfigured from the plane crash that ensued when he made contact with the negative spirit, he is covered in special bandages to prevent the spread of the radioactivity emitting from his body. Bomer voices the character and appears as Larry without bandages, while Zuk physically portrays the bandaged Larry.^[4] Braxton Alexander portrays Larry as a child.
• Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan as Cliff Steele / Robotman: A cyborg and former NASCAR driver whose brain was transplanted into a robotic body after a car crash destroyed his own. Fraser voices the character and appears as the human version of Cliff, while Shanahan physically portrays him as a cyborg.^[5] Gibson Todd portrays Cliff as a child.
  • Shanahan also voices the Brain, the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil, in season 3.^[6][7]
• Timothy Dalton as Niles Caulder / The Chief (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3–4): A medical doctor responsible for treating the members of the Doom Patrol and giving them residence in his mansion.^[8] Abi Monterey portrays the Chief as a child.
• Joivan Wade as Victor "Vic" Stone / Cyborg: A young, ambitious superhero who received cybernetic enhancements from his father Silas following an accident that led to his mother's death. While not a resident of Doom Manor, he joins the team because of his longtime friendship with the Chief.^[9] Braelyn Rankins portrays Vic as a child.
• Skye Roberts as Kay Challis (seasons 3–4; recurring seasons 1–2): The original identity of a young girl who developed Jane and other distinct identities from childhood trauma. Due to her experiences, she remains a child in her subconsciousness while her identities assume control of her body. When in control of her body, Kay possesses a sonic scream.
• Michelle Gomez as Laura De Mille / Madame Rouge (seasons 3–4): A shapeshifter with ties to the Chief and the Brotherhood of Evil, later becoming a member of the Doom Patrol.^[10]

An uncredited actor voices Cyborg's computer system Grid.

An uncredited baby portrayed Rory, the son of Clara. Van Clark portrayed him at age 6, Jonah Cloer portrayed him between the ages of 15 and 24 and Matthew Zuk portrayed the adult Rory.

Uncredited extras performed the Scissormen, mindless drones with scissors for hands who reside in the Orqwith Dimension.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
16	1	"Fun Size Patrol"	Christopher Manley	Jeremy Carver & Shoshana Sachi	June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)
In 1927, a caged Dorothy is kept locked up in a circus as the "ape faced girl", who has to entertain the crowd with her summoned creature. When the ringleader attempts to punish her creature, the voice of the Candlemaker calls out to her, telling her to make a wish. As she blows out a candle, everyone in the circus is killed, with the exception of Niles Caulder. In the present, Larry tries in vain to restore Dorothy, Caulder, Rita, Cliff, Jane, Vic and Danny to their normal size. While the rest of the team deals with personal problems, Rita learns to use her powers. Rita suggests Caulder to call Willoughby Kipling for help; though initially against the idea, Caulder eventually gives in. Kipling agrees to help in exchange for Caulder's most valuable possession: a talisman that grants immortality. The group is returned to their normal size, minus Danny who remains the form of a brick. Afterwards, Vic leaves Doom Manor. Dorothy overhears Caulder talking to Kipling about his condition. Later, the Candlemaker calls out to her once more, telling her to make a wish to save her father, but she refuses to comply.
17	2	"Tyme Patrol"	Harry Jierjian	April Fitzsimmons & Neil Reynolds	June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)
Caulder reveals to the group of his deal with Kipling and works on finding new ways to prolong his life in order to protect Dorothy. Rita learns that Caulder wants to use Continuinium, an alien element that controls time, currently in possession of Dr. Jonathan Tyme, a scientist imbued with the power to manipulate time. Rita, Cliff and Jane travel to Tyme's dimension with Caulder's help, but fail to recover the element. In Detroit, Vic attends a PTSD therapy group meeting and meets Roni Evers, a military veteran who he bonds with over the loss of their mothers. Larry goes to attend his son Gary's funeral, and reveals himself to his other son, Paul. Larry later visits Gary's home, where he finds several mementos of him kept by Gary in a shed. As he takes a walk back home, he is captured by a flock of butterflies.
18	3	"Pain Patrol"	Samira Radsi	Tom Farrell & Tamara Becher-Wilkinson	June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (September 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) In 1888, a young Caulder encounters Red Jack, an interdimensional being who feeds on pain under the guise of Jack the Ripper. In the present, Red Jack delivers a letter to Caulder, along with a piece of Larry's bandage, demanding his appearance. Caulder and Rita agree to go together to save Larry. Red Jack attempts to convince Caulder to be his apprentice in exchange for immortality, but upon refusal, decides to unleash pain on him, as well as Rita and Larry. Caulder manages to kill Red Jack and escape with the others. While home alone, Dorothy accidentally breaks Danny in half while playing with her imaginary friends. Later, while attempting to fix Danny, Caulder begins drawing up a blueprint for "Robotman 2.0". Cliff and Jane go to Clara's house, where Cliff attempts to tell her the truth, but ends up causing her to call the police. While sleeping on the bus, Jane's other alters confront her, eventually demanding that she either leave the Manor, or lose her status as the primary alter. On the way back, she ends up being locked up as the other alters prepare to take over. After having a sexual encounter, Vic asks Roni out on a date, but the latter does not show up. She sends him an email, detailing her previous criminal records.
19	4	"Sex Patrol"	Omar Madha	Eric Dietel & Tanya Steele	July 2, 2020 (2020-07-02)
The Dannyzens try throwing a party to revive Danny and succeed in doing so. Vic returns to the Manor and receives advice from Karupt about his relationship with Roni. Rita consults Flex on how to control her power; she resorts to having Flex give her an orgasm, which attracts a sex demon, The Shadowy Mr. Evans. The SeX-Men, a paranormal unit of the Pentagon, crashes the party looking for Mr. Evans. Hammerhead, after taking over Jane, learns from one of the SeX-Men that Mr. Evans intends to give birth to a baby, whose cries would result in the death of all children. In trying to save Kay, Hammerhead prevents the birth of the baby, and sends Evans back to his dimension. The Candlemaker convinces Dorothy to stay up after bedtime and join the party. Upon learning that Caulder wanted Danny to keep her locked up, Dorothy intends to break Danny's brick form, but stops when she realizes Danny shares her sentiment. Jane's other personas eventually concede and allow her to take over as primary again. Danny is given a new form, a tire, and teleports away with the rest of the Dannyzens.
20	5	"Finger Patrol"	Glen Winter	Chris Dingess & Shoshana Sachi	July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09)
Dorothy and Jane's identity Baby Doll become friends until Baby Doll summons Flaming Katy, who kills Dorothy's imaginary friend Manny. Larry and Rita go to visit Paul and meet the rest of his family. Cliff discovers the human upgrades that Caulder plans for him. Vic heads back to Detroit with Cliff and both ask Silas for a better design for Cliff, but he refuses the job. After receiving advice from Cliff, Vic apologizes to Roni and makes up with her. He later learns that she was formerly enhanced with cybernetics for black ops missions. Later, while alone with Larry, Paul betrays him and members of the Bureau of Normalcy arrive to arrest Larry. He releases the negative spirit, who defeats them, but Larry's grandson Dex is shot in the crossfire. After Baby Doll and Katy kill Manny, Dorothy allows the Candlemaker to infiltrate the Underground and kill them.
21	6	"Space Patrol"	Kristin Windell	Neil Reynolds	July 16, 2020 (2020-07-16)
Caulder's old research team, a group of ageless astronauts called The Pioneers of the Uncharted, visits Doom Manor. Feeling guilty over Baby Doll's death, Dorothy steps in the Pioneers' spaceship and heads to space. Cliff finds Jane unconscious and covered in wax, and Caulder deduces Dorothy is responsible. The two pursue Dorothy in a second spaceship. After finding Dorothy, Cliff convinces her to return. Rita lands a role in a local theater production, but then learns it is based on a past event where she went berserk and attacked the town in her blob form. Larry learns that one of the Pioneers, Valentina "Moscow" Vostok, also possesses a Negative Spirit, and her two companions have long died, while their corpses are possessed. After helping Moscow bury her friends, Larry decides to commit to amending with his family. After examining Roni, Vic learns that her old enhancements are slowly poisoning her. In an attempt to find a cure, he finds out the tech was distributed by S.T.A.R. Labs and Caulder Robotics. In the Underground, Jane attends a funeral for Baby Doll and Katy, after which Miranda returns and takes over as Primary. While returning to Earth, Caulder opens the airlock door, blowing Cliff into space.
22	7	"Dumb Patrol"	Jessica Lowrey	Tamara Becher-Wilkinson & Eric Dietel	July 23, 2020 (2020-07-23)
Cliff crashes on the side of the road and starts walking back home. Caulder travels to the Northern Yukon Territory to search for Dorothy's mother, Slava. While there, he has a nightmarish encounter with the Candlemaker who tells him that Dorothy belongs with him. Vic takes Roni to Doom Manor, where she meets Larry, Rita and Miranda. In preparation for her role in a local theater production, Rita visits the Cloverton beekeeper, who later gives her advice on dealing with her childhood trauma. A mysterious package is delivered at the Manor containing the White Space painting. The painting infects Larry, Vic and Roni with Scants, small creatures who provoke their minds to do bad ideas. After Kipling appears to explain the situation, all five are sucked into the White Space, where they get captured by the Scants. The Scants take them to their Queen, but Miranda defeats her. Roni secretly takes a sample of the queen's "Uma Jelly". Cliff makes it back to the Manor and sees a pregnant Clara there waiting for him. In the Underground, Jane finds out that Scarlet Harlot's station is closed. Kipling later meets Caulder in Yukon to discuss Dorothy.
23	8	"Dad Patrol"	Amanda Row	Tom Farrell & April Fitzsimmons	July 30, 2020 (2020-07-30)
Caulder takes Dorothy out of town to a fair. Kipling gets a warning about a cataclysmic event from Bunberry and contacts Caulder. While Caulder is feeling sick Dorothy has fun until she has a vision, in which she runs away from the Candlemaker in Yukon. Cliff makes breakfast for his daughter Clara and the two bond. Jane and Larry go to Arkansas to retrieve a stuffed animal that belonged to Kay, in order for Jane to prove she is capable as primary for Kay. Jane learns that Miranda kept Kay's animal in a safe spot years ago, then apologizes to her in the Underground. Miranda, however, then pushes Jane into the Well, where she finds the bodies of the missing alters. Vic learns from local news and FBI agents that Roni committed a murder as revenge for her past experiment. He later confronts her, and learns she used the Uma Jelly to enhance herself. The two briefly fight, but Vic is unable to take Roni in. Kipling arrives at the fair and tells Caulder that Dorothy needs to be taken away, but the Candlemaker's powers begins to manifest in the real world.
24	9	"Wax Patrol"	Christopher Manley	Chris Dingess & Tanya Steele	August 6, 2020 (2020-08-06)
In 1969, Miranda as the Primary meets a young man named John who she falls in love with. During their housewarming party, she discovers that John intended to throw an orgy, betraying her trust. Miranda loses her Primary status, and as a result decides to jump into the Well, while Jane takes over and leaves John. In the present day, Herschel, Dorothy's giant spider imaginary friend, appears at Doom Manor and summons the team to help fight the Candlemaker. Rita, Vic and Cliff face off against their own imaginary friends formed by the Candlemaker. The entire team minus Miranda is defeated and is covered by the Candlemaker's wax. Miranda is summoned to the Underground by the other alters who question the disappearance of Jane. While Jane discovers Miranda's corpse in the Well, Kay deduces at the same time that the current Miranda is actually Daddy from the Well. Slava appears and convinces Dorothy to confront the Candlemaker alone, despite Caulder's objection.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
25	1	"Possibilities Patrol"	Dermott Downs	Tamara Becher-Wilkinson & Eric Dietel & Shoshana Sachi	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
After Dorothy convinces the Candlemaker that they can be friends instead of enemies, the Doom Patrol is un-waxed and Caulder dies of old age. A week later, the group recovers from his death in varying ways: Rita quits her play, Larry confronts the Negative Spirit who convinces him to finally let go, Vic tracks down Roni planning to blow up a building and reports her to the FBI, while Cliff is confronted by Caulder's spirit, who unsuccessfully attempts to get Cliff to incinerate Caulder's body so that his spirit can move on, and convinces Cliff to go see his daughter. In the Underground, Jane finds out that Miranda is actually the manifestation of all negative emotions that the alters have amassed over the years and attempts to fully take over Jane's physical body. With the help of Kay and other alters, Jane uses a plane to escape the Underground and wrest control over her body. Larry leaves the Doom Patrol and heads to space. A week later, Rita is alerted to an incoming arrival, which turns out to be a mysterious woman in a time machine, who is looking for Caulder. In a mid-credit scene, at the Northern Yukon, Kipling takes Caulder's severed head and remarks that his time isn't over yet.
26	2	"Vacay Patrol"	Christopher Manley	Tom Farrell	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
In 1949, the Brotherhood of Evil assigns Garguax the Decimator to go undercover in Codsville Mountain Resort and wait for a signal to assassinate Rita Farr. Garguax and his servant Samuelson however continue to wait for decades as the signal never arrives, even after learning of the Brotherhood's disbandment. In the present day, the Doom Patrol agree to go to Codsville Resort on vacation to take their minds off of Caulder's death and other personal drama. While at the resort, Garguax overhears the Doom Patrol and learns of Caulder's fate and Rita's state of mind. Realizing his mission no longer has purpose, he intends to leave the resort, much to Samuelson's dismay. As they prepare to leave, they finally receive a signal from the Brotherhood, prompting Samuelson to turn on Garguax and kill him, then the Doom Patrol. Rita attempts to escape, but is stopped by a time-traveled version of herself. Meanwhile, Larry returns to the Manor, with the Negative Spirit no longer inhabiting his body.
27	3	"Dead Patrol"	Christopher Manley	Jeremy Carver & Steve Yockey	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
The Doom Patrol's corpses are shipped back to the Manor, shocking both Larry and Dorothy. Through Danny, the two make contact with the Dead Boy Detectives agency, a teenage detective trio specializing in supernatural phenomena. They learn that the Doom Patrol's souls are trapped in the underworld, prompting Larry to go rescue them. The two detectives, Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, accompany Larry to the underworld, while Dorothy stays behind with the medium Crystal Palace. In the underworld, each of the Doom Patrol member encounters a family member in their afterlife: Cliff meets his father, Vic meets his mother, while Jane and Kay meet their grandmother. Eventually, Larry and the boys locate the gang and help them escape Death's servant, the Night Nurse. Rita is assisted by a masked man who she does not recognize, as the man sacrifices himself to the Night Nurse. Afterwards, Dorothy decides to join the Dead Boy Detectives on a journey. The Doom Patrol then finds the time-traveling woman casually inhabiting the Manor.
28	4	"Undead Patrol"	Kristin Windell	Tamara Becher-Wilkinson	September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30)
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (September 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The time-traveling woman explains to the Doom Patrol that she is looking for Caulder, though she has suffered amnesia from her journey. After searching the Manor, she finds a film reel which reveals her identity as Laura De Mille, and that she has shapeshifting powers. Meanwhile, the gang slowly turns into zombies, due to having been attacked by the Night Nurse. Kipling arrives at the Manor and reluctantly recruits Laura and the zombified Doom Patrol to help him recover Caulder's head from Darren Jones. Jones transforms into a Were-butt and summons a horde to fight the gang, but ultimately loses. Afterwards, Caulder's head volunteers to sacrifice his brain to the Doom Patrol, which would cure their affliction. Laura learns that Caulder's head requested for the Bureau of Normalcy to eliminate her, leaving her depressed, but she discovers Rita appearing in the film reel. After the gang cures themselves, they return to dealing with their personal problems: Larry finds a tumor growing in his stomach alongside signs of sickness; Vic becomes conflicted after learning from Silas about an alternative surgery using synthetic skin that could've saved his life; Jane continues to mourn Caulder's death; Cliff attempts to order medication for his brain condition; and Rita becomes concerned when she suspects Laura's involvement at Codsville. Meanwhile, a surviving Were-butt, now zombified, heads toward Cloverton.
29	5	"Dada Patrol"	Kristin Windell	Shoshana Sachi	October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07)
Laura assigns the Doom Patrol to find the Sisterhood of Dada, a group of metahumans who escaped the Ant Farm, believing that her time-traveling purpose is to kill them. Cliff, Larry, Vic, and Jane head out to find the Sisterhood while Rita and Laura stay at the Manor, where they discuss Rita's appearance in the film reel. The team encounters members of the Sisterhood who attempt to psychologically manipulate them, while Larry discovers Paul, who can only utter random words. The team returns to the Manor, refusing to help Laura further with pursuing the Sisterhood. Jane argues with Dr. Harrison when Kay is in need of new shoes due to her outgrowing the ones that she's been wearing. In an attempt to prove Laura wrong, Rita fixes her time machine and attempts to use it. Meanwhile, Larry's tumor mutates further, being able to move freely within his body and glowing blue.
30	6	"1917 Patrol"	Omar Madha	April Fitzsimmons	October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14)
Rita arrives in 1917, where she becomes amnesiac and is captured by the Bureau of Normalcy. After being given a new name Bendy, she quickly befriends the metahuman workers there, who secretly form the Sisterhood of Dada, alongside a young Laura who is also a member. She forms a romantic bond with one of their members, Malcolm. In the present day, Cliff becomes addicted to video games and online gambling, leading to him selling the others' personal belongings and eventually agreeing to sell his own blueprint design. After a self-discovery journey, Vic decides to undergo a surgery for synthetic skin. Larry nurses Paul back to health, then argues with him about his status as a Bureau member and Larry's responsibility as a father. Afterwards, his tumor begins to cause him great pain. Jane decides to let Kay take over and visit the real world to obtain some new shoes, much to the other personas' dismay. Laura continues to research about the Sisterhood until they reach out to her.
31	7	"Bird Patrol"	Omar Madha	Ezra Claytan Daniels	October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21)
In 1949, Laura attempts to betray the Sisterhood of Dada to the Bureau of Normalcy as meta weapons. In the ensuing struggle, Malcolm is killed by a Bureau member, leaving Rita distraught. In the present day, Larry's tumor grows into a blue larva, which he is unwilling to get rid of; Cliff continues to struggle with his gambling addiction; Jane is unable to talk to Kay after the other personas conspire to grief her despite leaving a new pair of shoes for her; and Vic decides to go through with the surgery after contacting Roni. The gang and Laura are then summoned by Rita and the Sisterhood to witness the birth of a bird-like creature, created in Malcolm's image. When Rita releases the creature from its cage, it splits into multiple smaller versions and teleports each Doom Patrol member away, while Laura, having recovered her memory, escapes amidst the chaos.
32	8	"Subconscious Patrol"	Rebecca Rodriguez	Tanya Steele	October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)
In 1949, Laura accepts an offer to join the Brotherhood of Evil under a new name, Madame Rouge, and is tasked to time-travel to 2021 to recover Caulder's technology. Rita plans to foil Laura and the Brotherhood's schemes by returning to the present first, recovering her old memories in the process. She time-travels to Codsville and stops her 2021 self from escaping the resort, ensuring that she would die and meet Malcolm in the underworld. In the present day, the Sisterhood's creation has enacted the Eternal Flagellation, which causes people all over the world to switch places with their subconscious selves. Rita gathers the subconscious selves of the Doom Patrol: Vic's childhood toy General Tony, Kay in adult form, and Cliff and Larry's former human selves. The Doom Patrol later manage to escape their subconscious and confront their other selves. They then are returned to their lives, as Cliff is confronted by Clara over his addiction; Larry attempts to bring the larva home; Jane discovers all the other personas have disappeared, leaving her and Kay in the Underground; and Vic completes his synthetic skin surgery, completely removing his Cyborg enhancements. Meanwhile, Laura confronts Rita.
33	9	"Evil Patrol"	Rebecca Rodriguez	Eric Dietel	November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)
Laura escapes Rita and locates the Brotherhood of Evil, now living in a retirement home in Florida. The Brain assigns her with another mission to earn membership. Rita attempts to convince the Doom Patrol to pursue the Brotherhood, but fails due to Vic having given up his powers, Kay/Jane having seemingly lost the other personas, Larry trying to take care of the larva, and Cliff trying to mend his relationship with Clara. Laura infiltrates the Doom Manor and manages to incapacitate Cliff, delivering him back to the Brotherhood so the Brain can steal his body, but the Brain betrays Laura and orders Monsieur Mallah to dump her in the woods. Rita gathers the Doom Patrol to rescue Cliff, but then argues over her personal vendetta with Laura. Meanwhile in the Underground, Kay discovers a dark area where seemingly evil spirits inhabit. As she runs back to her room in horror, she lets out a scream, which causes Jane to scream in the real world, triggering Larry's larva and causing their bus to crash.
34	10	"Amends Patrol"	Harry Jierjian	Chris Dingess	November 11, 2021 (2021-11-11)
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (September 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The Doom Patrol encounters Sisterhood member Shelley, who takes them into the Fog while Rita pursues the Brotherhood alone. In the Fog, Larry learns that the larva, named Keeg, wants to merge with him in order to stay alive. Vic helps contain Keeg's spirit until he and Larry returns to the Doom Manor, allowing Larry and Keeg to merge. Laura is left alive by Mallah who decides to part ways with the Brain, allowing her to use the discarded giant robot from the dumping grounds, with Cliff's brain operating it. The Brain is severely wounded by Laura and Cliff's rampage and is later killed when Rita finds him and pours boiling water directly on him. Jane learns that all of the other personae have taken refuge in the Fog, but in doing so, they are slowly dying due to being separated from the Underground. She makes a deal with Dr. Harrison to seemingly hand over her status as primary, forcing the others to return. Cliff makes amends with Clara and promises to be better, before returning to the mansion, where his Parkinson's causes him to lose control of his new robot body and begin rampaging. After deciding to let a remorseful Laura live, Rita manages to stop Cliff by growing to a giant size. Afterwards, Rita rallies the team into pursuing heroic activities as a super group, and reluctantly accepts Laura's request to join them. They then use the time machine to travel to the Suez Canal, where a testicle-like monster is wreaking havoc, under the team name "Doom Force", which everyone except Cliff dislikes.

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Doom Patrol was announced in May 2018, as an intended spin-off of Titans for video on demand service DC Universe after co-creator and executive producer Geoff Johns revealed that Titans' fourth episode would feature and be titled after the Doom Patrol.^[25] Despite the initial order and sharing characters and actors, however, Doom Patrol occupies a separate continuity from Titans.^[26][27][28]

Fifteen episodes were developed for the first season, which premiered on February 15, 2019, and concluded on May 24. Jeremy Carver wrote the pilot, and served as an executive producer alongside Johns, Greg Berlanti, and Sarah Schechter. Production companies involved with the series include Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.^[29][30][31] The series is influenced by writer Grant Morrison's run of the comic.^[32]

The second season premiered on both DC Universe and WarnerMedia's video on demand service HBO Max on June 25, 2020.^[33][34][35] The season was originally intended to have 10 episodes, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was shut down before the 10th episode could be completed and the season instead comprised nine episodes.^[36] The third^[37] and a fourth season were later released on HBO Max,^[38] with the fourth being the final season.^[39]

The casting for Doom Patrol's first season was rounded up between July and October 2018. April Bowlby, Brendan Fraser, and Matt Bomer were cast as Rita Farr, the voice of Cliff Steele, and the voice of Larry Trainor, respectively, after being cast as the characters for guest appearances in Titans.^[2][40] Diane Guerrero was cast as Jane.^[1][2] Joivan Wade was cast as Victor "Vic" Stone / Cyborg,^[9] Alan Tudyk was cast as Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody,^[3] and Riley Shanahan was cast to physically portray the cyborg version of Cliff.^[5] Timothy Dalton was cast as Niles Caulder / Chief^[8] and Matthew Zuk was cast to physically portray the bandage-covered Larry.^[4] In March 2019, Mark Sheppard was cast as Willoughby Kipling.^[12][41]

In January 2020, Roger Floyd was cast as Red Jack, a malevolent entity, in the series' second season.^[20] Other second-season castings that February included Abi Monterey as the Chief's superpowered daughter, Dorothy Spinner,^[14] and Karen Obilom as Roni Evers, a military veteran with a mysterious past who Vic meets while attending a PTSD support group.^[15] Samantha Marie Ware was cast as one of Jane's identities in March,^[42] later revealed to be the former primary identity Miranda. Michelle Gomez was cast as Madame Rouge, a new series regular for the third season in March 2021.^[10] In April, Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant were cast as the Dead Boy Detectives.^[21] Later that month Micah Joe Parker, Wynn Everett, Miles Mussenden, Anita Kalathara and Gina Hiraizumi were cast as members of the Sisterhood of Dada, while Madalyn Horcher was cast as a guest in connection with Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant.^[22][43] In September 2022, Madeline Zima was cast as Casey Brinke for the fourth season,^[17] while Sendhil Ramamurthy joined the cast as Mr. 104 in a recurring capacity for the fourth season in October.^[16]

Principal photography for the first season began at the end of August 2018, in Olde Town Conyers, Georgia.^[44] Filming continued in Georgia throughout September, in Lawrenceville and at Briarcliff Mansion.^[45] Principal photography for the first season finished in April 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Filming for the second season began November 2019 in Georgia.^[46]

Filming for the third season began in January 2021,^[47] and was wrapped in June.^[48]

Filming for the fourth season began in February 2022 and was completed in August.^[49]

The first season of Doom Patrol premiered on DC Universe on February 15, 2019,^[50] with episodes releasing until May 24.^[51] The first season consists of 15 episodes.^[52] A second season premiered on both DC Universe and HBO Max on June 25, 2020.^[35] The third season premiered on September 23, 2021, exclusively on HBO Max.^[53] The first half of the fourth season premiered on December 8, 2022, with the first two episodes of the season available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis on HBO Max.^[54] The second half of the fourth season premiered on October 12, 2023 with the first two episodes, and the rest debuting on a weekly basis on Max until the series concluded on November 9.^[55]

In the United Kingdom, the first season was released exclusively on StarzPlay on January 2, 2020.^[56] The second season premiered on July 16, 2021,^[57] while the third season premiered on November 14 in the same year.^[58]

In Australia, the series is streamed on the Australian streaming service Binge.^[59]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 96% approval rating based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "DC Universe finds breakout material in this iteration of Doom Patrol thanks to a fully committed cast and the writing's faith in weirdness."^[60] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 70 out of 100 based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[61]

Jesse Schedeen of IGN rated the series premiere 9.0 out of 10, praising its "wicked" sense of humor and the show's cast that "works incredibly well to form an entertaining dysfunctional family".^[62]

The second season holds a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 reviews with an average rating of 8.3/10. Its critical consensus reads: "As entertaining as the first, but with more emotional depth, Doom Patrol's second season explores darker corners without sacrificing any of its wonderful weirdness."^[63]

The third season has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. Its critics consensus states: "By adding strange new spices and a heaping tablespoon of unconventional plotting, Doom Patrol remains an endearing bazaar of absurd delights."^[64]

The fourth and final season has received a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10. Its critics consensus states: "A dream team of DC Universe misfits take a worthy final bow in a fourth and final season that stays true to its perverse and quirky heart."^[65]

Rita Farr, Larry Trainor, and Cliff Steele from the Doom Patrol continuity were intended to appear in the original season 1 finale of Titans. The appearances were removed after the original season finale was pulled.^[76][77]

The Titans version of Cyborg appears in the season 4 episodes "Dude, Where's My Gar" and "Game Over", with Joivan Wade reprising the role.

The Doom Patrol incarnations of Jane, Rita Farr, Vic Stone, Larry Trainor, and Cliff Steele make cameo appearances in the Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths", which depicts the series as taking place on the world of Earth-21. Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Matthew Zuk, and Riley Shanahan appear in their respective roles from Doom Patrol through archival footage.^[78]

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