Doom
Patrol Season Two 6/10
Full
of spoilers. I finished the second season of Doom Patrol. I normally
cover each episode but since I watched so many in clumps I am gonna
just talk about the characters and how I felt about them by the end
of the season. I broke them down into categories of good, okay, and
ugly. This season was a roller coaster. I rated this one lower than
the previous season because there was a lot of time wasted on some
uninteresting characters or some characters, by the time the season
ended, were right back where they started and any character growth
they experience meant nothing. Some story aspects were straight up
just forgotten about. CK told me that there is a third season coming
and that shit better be incredible every single episode to make up
for this one. I almost don't care if it continues or not. It made the
same mistake that Umbrella Academy did in its second season where I
can only watch people fuck up with no progress for so long.
The
Good
Cliff.
This bastard was good. Even though he fucked up a lot he would later
fix whatever new problems he created. Well, he would at least try.
From meeting his daughter after 30 years and fucking that up to
finally reconciling with her, finding out she is pregnant and he is
gonna be a grandfather, and even being invited to her wedding...only
to go help fight a problem that he nor the team were equipped to deal
with. Out of the whole team he is the most fucked in terms of not
living a normal life. He spent decades being miserable as a human and
more as a robot. He doesn't eat, drink, and can't feel anything. His
body freezes up. I was looking forward to how his relationship with
his daughter would go but by the end of this season he got wrapped up
in some bullshit so that was ruined. I like his character, his voice,
the way he looks, and how his reaction to everything crazy that
happens is exactly how I'd react. Just a lot of confused cursing. I
won't mention how he gets blown into space and its never brought up
again after he lands back on Earth.
Jane.
One of the best characters on this show. Imagine having over 60
personalities in your body and every one of them has a super power
and almost none of them think you're doing your job right. So what do
they do? They jump in, solve the issue, then act like you could have
done it but didn't because you are a fuck up. Jane ends up getting
high and it makes the Underground fall apart. Eventually she
relinquishes control to the others and they can't deal with it. Later
she has another take over control of her body and it is a
clusterfuck. No matter what she did she couldn't make anyone happy.
She seemed to be making progress as the show went on only to have her
dumped back at zero and being fucked over by the Underground even
though she was right. By the time Miranda shows up and makes
everything worst I couldn't understand what was going on with this
character anymore other than continuing to make her suffer.
Weird
Shit. This show has been consistent with their use of weird shit.
From Danny The Street that stayed my favorite character whether it
was a street, a brick, or a tire. How could you hate a gender queer
street that offers sanctuary to anyone that needs it? Flex Mentallo
who can flex and do pretty much anything from rescue cats to making
cupcakes appear out of thin air. Or give an entire city an orgasm.
The villains were great though I hated that they usually didn't last
more than one episode whereas last season Mr. Nobody was there the
whole time. Candlemaker was one of the most creative looking villains
on a show full of them. This show makes me run to the internet after
watching to look up these characters and see if they are real or not
and in every case they are and have been around for decades.
The
Okay
Rita.
Oh, I want to like her more than I do but every time they have her
character changing they snatch her ass back to the start. She has
incredible powers when she can control them and it was nice to see
her not melt whenever she got stressed. She battled issues from her
youth and treatment at the hands of her mother and how she turned out
to be a monster. Dealing with knowing that she and the rest of her
team were just lab rats for Niles. Teaching Dorothy how to cook.
Wanting to fight crime on her own. She did a lot. Then they just pull
her right on back! Everything she learned meant nothing by the time
the season ended. Her acting is great though and I love her
character. I just wish they would allow her to grow.
Larry.
Oh, Larry. This is another character that suffers from growing and
then having it all changed. I liked watching him comes to terms with
the fact that he was a shitty father and terrible husband to his wife
and a bad boyfriend to the guy he was cheating with. Watching him and
the Negative Spirit begin to understand and work together. And then
they snatch it all away! Come the fuck on! Larry gets set up by his
own kid. Finds out he left his family in shambles. Discovers that
this lady who shows up with a dead grab ass playing space crew has a
Negative Spirit herself and learned to use it in five years and
hasn't age while his dumb ass has to wrap himself in ribbons or else
he'll give everyone radiation poisoning. If anyone on this show
needed a goddamn break it was him.
The
Bad
Niles/The
Chief. Fuck this guy. Worst father ever! Every guy on this show is a
shitty father but this one is the worst. We find out that he kept his
daughter locked under Danny for decades where she couldn't
participate in the fun and get to actually be around people. We find
out that he is the one that gave all the team their powers because he
wanted to live forever or long enough to make sure his daughter was
dead. He uses Jane to play with his daughter in her Baby Doll form
which leads to her dying. He blasts Cliff into space for no reason.
He wants his daughter to stay a child forever even though she is over
100 years old. He used everyone around him and not only ruined
multiple lives he continued to put them in danger to save his
daughter...that he needed to kill. By the time we get to the point
where it is obvious that his daughter was a monster and would destroy
the world he manages to fuck that up too and the entire team gets
taken out. I hated him this entire season and the fact that he
appears to be the only one left alive is bullshit.
Cyborg
& Roni. UGH! Cyborg went through so much last season that when he
left the mansion I was fine with it even though I really liked him.
He has a lot of shit to work through. I get it. Thinks he killed his
mom. His body gets more robot parts when he is injured. He damn near
beat his father to death. But then they went and had him go to a PTSD
group and meet Roni and they hooked up and it was so fucking wack.
Every time they came on screen we would sigh heavy because their
story is boring. It has nothing to do with the rest of the team. Even
when they are in this crazy place that feeds off their stupidity the
fact that they are together is used as an example of how dumb they
are. They don't make one another better in any way. What is her
secret past? Don't care. I legitimately do not care about her
character in any way. I can't believe they did this entire fucking
season and Cyborg was lame.
Dorothy.
This fucking kid. I felt so bad for her at the start of the season.
Cliff and Jane wondering what Niles fucked to create her. Finding out
that she couldn't have fun on Danny. Her imaginary friends are
terrifying as fuck. A glowing faced woman. A giant tarantula. A
wolf/moose. A giant candle man that slaughters people when she makes
a wish. By the time she even damn near killed Jane I was over her
story arc. Get rid of her! Niles was ruining so many people's lives
to save this girl that he knew was dangerous. I get it. She can't
help it that she is a weapon. But fuck that. When she launched
herself to the moon I was happy. Niles could've left her there. He
didn't and instead brought her back and shot Cliff into space. She
didn't ask where Cliff was. She hides everything from everyone which
would be fine if the shit she was hiding wasn't so damn deadly. The
first season was spent trying to save this girl and the second was
watching her and her father make the team worst. Okay. Cool. Do
better next time.
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