Genre: Action, Adventure, Superhero
Based on Doom Patrol Comic book by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, Bruno Premiani
Developed by Jeremy Carver
Timothy Dalton
Niles Caulder/The Chief
Matthew Zuk
Negative Man
Alan Tudyk
Mr. Nobody
Matt Bomer
Larry Trainor/Negative Man (Voice)
Joivan Wade
Victor Stone/Cyborg
Riley Shanahan
Robotman
April Bowlby
Rita Farr/Elasti-Woman
Diane Guerrero
Crazy Jane
Brendan Fraser
Cliff Steele/Robotman (Voice)
Phil Morris
Silas Stone
Julie McNiven
Sheryl Trainor
Kyle Russell Clements
John Bowers
Devan Chandler Long
Flex Mentallo
Tommy Snider
Ernest Franklin
Alec Mapa
Steve Larsen
Mark A. Sheppard
Willoughby Kipling
Bethany Anne Lind
Clara Steele
Charmin Lee
Elinore Stone
Julian Richings
Von Fuchs
Lilli Birdsell
Martha/Mother Archon
Tamara Becher-Wilkinson
Tom Farrell
Composers: Clint Mansell, Kevin Kiner
Executive producers: Jeremy Carver, Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Chris Dingess
Cinematography: Christopher Manley, Noah Greenberg, Magdalena Gorka, Scott Winig, Scott Peck
Editors: Harry Jierjian, Brian Wessel, Sara Mineo, Brandon Hwang, Marc Pattavina, Arman Tahmizyan, JD Dawson, Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul
Production companies: Berlanti Productions, Jeremy Carver Productions, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television
Distributor: Warner Bros. Television Distribution
The Plot: DOOM PATROL reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of Super Heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Niles Caulder aka The Chief. 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.
I was really looking forward to this series after seeing their cameo in the titans show.
The first season was very good.
Pros: This is the weirdest concept for a superhero show I had ever seen. But this show got me to care for these characters and what do they get up too, the storytelling was so very tight to fit to all the stuff going on, the main villain does a great job of messing with our heroes heads & this series have a mix of dark humour & weirdness.
Cons: This first season was a little too long, Two many subplots to keep your mind on what’s going on & I didn’t get the attention of this first season at first.
The Casts:
- Diane Guerrero as Jane: The dominant identity of Kay Challis, a young woman who developed 64 distinct identities from childhood trauma and received powers for each identity following an experiment she was involuntarily subjected to.[3] Inside Kay’s subconsciousness, Guerrero also plays Driver 8 and Karen, while Anna Lore plays Penny Farthing, Stephanie Czajkowski plays Hammerhead, Tara Lee plays Lucy Fugue, Chelsea Alana Rivera plays Silver Tongue, Hannah Alline plays Pretty Polly, Jackie Goldston plays the Secretary, Monica Louwerens plays the Weird Sisters, Helen Abell plays Black Annis, Sarah Borne plays Baby Doll, Samantha Marie Ware plays Miranda, and Shay Mack plays Driller Bill. Skye Roberts portrays Kay as a child (also her own form in her subconsciousness) and Leela Owen portrays the teenage Kay while in her Miranda identity.
- April Bowlby as Rita Farr: A former Hollywood actress, born Gertrude Cramp, whose cellular structure was altered into a gelatinous state after being exposed to a toxic gas. Her powers allow her to change her body shape, but also cause her to struggle with maintaining a solid form. 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. Ed Asner portrays Mr. Nobody in his hospital patient disguise.
- Matt Bomer and Matthew Zuk as Larry Trainor: A former United States Air Force pilot with a negative energy entity living inside of 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 the bandages in flashbacks, while Zuk physically portrays him when wrapped in bandages.[6] Braxton Alexander plays Larry as a child.
- Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan as Cliff Steele: 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 in flashbacks, while Shanahan physically portrays him as a robot.[7] Gibson Todd plays Cliff as a child.
- Timothy Dalton as Niles Caulder / the Chief: A medical doctor responsible for treating the members of the Doom Patrol and giving them residence in his mansion. Although he helped save their lives, the Chief also orchestrated the events that caused the members to develop their powers as part of an effort to protect his daughter Dorothy. Abigail Shapiro plays 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.
Recurring:
- Julie McNiven as Sheryl Trainor, Larry’s wife and the mother of his children
- Kyle Clements as John Bowers (season 1), Larry’s secret lover who also served in the Air Force. Tom Fitzpatrick portrays the character as an old man in the present.
- Phil Morris as Silas Stone, Victor’s father and a scientist who rebuilt him as a cyborg
- Phil Morris also portrays Doctor Cowboy, the imaginary friend of Cyborg.
- Mark Sheppard as Willoughby Kipling, an occult detective, chaos magician and member of the Knights Templar
- Curtis Armstrong as the voice of Ezekiel (season 1), a talking doomsday prophet cockroach
- Alec Mapa as Steve Larson / Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (season 1), a tourist who undergoes Von Fuchs’ enhancement procedure and is turned into a mismatched fusion of animal, vegetable and mineral
- Charmin Lee as Elinor Stone (season 1), Victor’s mother and Silas’s wife
- Alimi Ballard as Joshua Clay (season 1), the metahuman caretaker of the original Doom Patrol
- Tommy Snider as Ernest Franklin / Beard Hunter, a bounty hunter with the ability to track down individuals by consuming their facial hair
- Jon Briddell as Darren Jones (season 1), an agent of the Bureau of Normalcy, an organization which once experimented on Larry after his accident
- Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo, a superhero and cereal mascot who can alter reality through muscle flexes
Guest:
Introduced in season 1:
- Julian Richings as Heinrich Von Fuchs, the Nazi scientist whose experiments changed Morden into Mr. Nobody
- Katie Gunderson as Kate Steele, Cliff’s wife
- Alan Heckner as Bump Weathers, one of Cliff’s pit crew who has an affair with Kate, and later raises Clara after she is orphaned
- Chantelle Barry as the voice of Baphomet, an oracle in the form of a female horse
- Lilli Birdsell as Mother Archon, Elliot’s mother and the high priestess of the lost city of Nurnheim
- Ted Sutherland as Elliot Patterson, an 18-year-old boy who is the key to the Cult of the Unwritten Book’s attempt to summon the Decreator, an interdimensional entity who will unmake the world
- Will Kemp and Dave Bielawski as Steve Dayton / Mento, leader of the original Doom Patrol. Kemp plays the younger Mento and Bielawski plays the older Mento.
- Jasmine Kaur and Madhur Jaffrey as Arani Desai / Celsius, a member of the original Doom Patrol. Kaur portrays the younger Celsius while Jaffrey portrays the older Celsius.
- Dennis Cockrum as Sydney Bloom, a film producer of Bloom Studios who Rita tries to get cast in one of his upcoming movies
- Lesa Wilson as Rhea Jones / Lodestone, a member of the original Doom Patrol
- Alan Mingo Jr. as Morris Wilson / Maura Lee Karupt, a former agent of the Bureau of Normalcy-turned-crossdressing cabaret singer on Danny the Street.[15] Morris Wilson’s drag queen–pseudonym, “Maura Lee Karupt”, is a pun on the phrase, “Morally Corrupt”.
- Pisay Pao as Slava, an immortal primitive woman with whom Niles falls in love and the mother of Dorothy
- Bethany Anne Lind as Clara Steele, Cliff’s daughter who survived a fatal accident in 1988, and was believed to be the only survivor of her family. Sydney Kowalske plays a younger Clara Steele in flashbacks.
- David A. MacDonald as Daddy, Jane’s sexually abusive father
- Haley Strode and Susan Williams as Dolores Mentallo, Flex’s wife. Strode plays the younger Dolores while Williams plays the older Dolores.
- Victoria Blade as Millie, Eric Morden’s ex-girlfriend
I recommend watching this show to those that was excited for this show more than me.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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