It's spectacularly absurd and I love it. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy Rita devolves into her true form, a nauseating bit of CGI that looks Jabba the Hutt mated with a ball of Silly Putty. But if you can get behind the type of comic book storytelling that swings wildly for the fences in that superhumanly macabre way only comic book storytelling can, Doom Patrol is both your jelly and your jam. 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. Again, it’s often a ton of fun, but for three-quarters of the episode the crew is in the modern-day timeline just sitting around Doom Manor. Guerrero is tasked with a…different sort of burden. And folks, it’s fucking strange. Don't have an account? Doom Patrol: Season 1 Teaser - Meet the Doom ... Doom Patrol: Season 1 Episode 15 Season Final... 7 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This July, 7 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This June, Comics On TV 2020: What’s Coming That We Can’t Wait For, 7 Greatest Female Superheroes On TV Right Now, Meet Doom Patrol, the World’s Strangest Heroes. https://www.ign.com/.../02/16/doom-patrol-season-1-premiere-pilot-review Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: Aaron Sorkin Gets into the Messy Politics of Protest, ‘Lupin III: The First’ Review: The Classic Anime Aesthetic Is Transformed For 3D, 'David Byrne's American Utopia' Review: It's Time to Start Making Sense, I Was Not Emotionally Prepared for ‘The West Wing’ Special on HBO Max, 'John Bronco' Review: Walton Goggins' Mockumentary Is More Effective as a Car Commercial. It stalls and falls flat a little bit when the story changes to the "yeti" storyline. The plot while also being very weird is also very intriguing and you want to know what happens next. Bowlby channels the Gardners, Hepburns, and Kellys of the world into a performance that easily could have been a caricature of old-timey talk if the actress didn’t cut it with so many flashes of humanity. Cliff Steele (Fraser), a.k.a Robotman, a NASCAR driver whose body was destroyed in a car accident, but his brain was implanted into a welded-together frame by team leader/mad scientist Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton). As the two characters with actual faces, occasionally deformed as they are, both Bowlby and Guerrero are stellar as Elasti-Woman and Crazy Jane. 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). It's less about fighting bad guys and more about them being losers having to fix themselves. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. A mysterious donkey shows up to literally fart an ominous message into the sky. The Doom Patrol's members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities--but also left them scarred and disfigured. “Critics, what do they know? Ah, what the heck, play us out Jim. CGI really noticeable and annoyingly poor quality. For the first time in the history of talking about comic books on the internet, Nobody is wrong. Doom Patrol has a great cast of actors, no denying that. 2020, DC Universe (Season 1); HBO Max, 9 episodes, 2019, DC Universe (Season 1); HBO Max, 15 episodes. While having weird characters they are also very intriguing and very likable, you want them to succeed. Doom Patrol is full of swearing, violence and even, within the first 10 minutes, some sex and nudity.