A re-imagining of one of DC's most beloved group of outcast Super Heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The Chief). The Doom Patrol's members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities - but also left them scarred and disfigured.
Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence - and to protect Earth from what they find. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of super-powered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them.
Picking up after the events of Titans, Doom Patrol will find these reluctant heroes in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse, but with a warning that is hard to ignore: their lives will never, ever be the same.
I usually loathe musicals and musical episodes, for a number of reasons. If nothing else, they usually feel like they are made for the actors more so than the audience. The Strange New Worlds one started out okay, but went on for far too long for my taste. There are only two musical episodes I am actually okay with. The first one is the one on Buffy, because it wasn't just whimsical but serious in parts and actually helped the story along. The second one is now this one, for both a similar reason and the fact that it actually took the (at one point literal) piss out of the premise.
What I really enjoyed about this episode was the ending. Straight up using the main theme for that (and then basically just cutting out) really helped drive the point home. Well done, IMO.
Wow that pizza parlor scene was just all sorts of cringe.
by lighton posted 2 years ago
mrverene said:
Both, but spoilers are just from 1, and really the first few minutes. i'm just paranoid about spoilers since I once got groused at for mentioning an actor guest starring in an episode, which gave nothing of the plot away.
Thank you. When in doubt, use spoiler tags. :)
I liked 4x2. Are they reusing the Beard Hunter actor in a new role as Butt Hunter? :D (If not, I don't understand why they'd introduce themselves to him as agents - he was already in the Doom Patrol manor in a previous season... Didn't he meet the whole crew?)
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This is the end. Not one of my favorite show finales, but I'm okay with it. :)
I didn't particularly enjoy this musical episode. Yes, great attention to detail, the singing performances were done well technically, but IMHO other shows did their musical episodes better. https://next-episode.net/the-magicians and https://next-episode.net/star-trek-strange-new-worlds come to mind.
What about you guys?
I usually loathe musicals and musical episodes, for a number of reasons. If nothing else, they usually feel like they are made for the actors more so than the audience. The Strange New Worlds one started out okay, but went on for far too long for my taste. There are only two musical episodes I am actually okay with. The first one is the one on Buffy, because it wasn't just whimsical but serious in parts and actually helped the story along. The second one is now this one, for both a similar reason and the fact that it actually took the (at one point literal) piss out of the premise.
What I really enjoyed about this episode was the ending. Straight up using the main theme for that (and then basically just cutting out) really helped drive the point home. Well done, IMO.
I didn't particularly enjoy this musical episode. Yes, great attention to detail, the singing performances were done well technically, but IMHO other shows did their musical episodes better. https://next-episode.net/the-magicians and https://next-episode.net/star-trek-strange-new-worlds come to mind.
What about you guys?
Thank you. When in doubt, use spoiler tags. :)
I liked 4x2.
Are they reusing the Beard Hunter actor in a new role as Butt Hunter? :D (If not, I don't understand why they'd introduce themselves to him as agents - he was already in the Doom Patrol manor in a previous season... Didn't he meet the whole crew?)