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 the Chief, 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
personality 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 of him; and
Cliff Steele, whose brain was placed in a robot body following a car accident.
The team is later joined by cybernetically-enhanced superhero Vic Stone.
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 of the Chief, whom they eventually learn is responsible for the tragic events
that gave them their powers.
First season
premiered on February 15, 2019 on DC Universe. In July 2019, the series was
renewed for a second season, which is set to premiere on June 25, 2020 on both
DC Universe and HBO Max.
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