What I’m Watching: Doom Patrol (Season Finale)

Doom Patrol: Season 3, Episode 10 “Amends Patrol” (B+)

While I was watching this episode I was remembering how the first two seasons ended, with the team shrunk down and seemingly dead, respectively. It’s great, therefore, to see this season go out on a completely different note, with them now becoming time travelers with a plan to remember who they are when they get to their next destination and using Cliff’s new robot body as their vessel of transport. That’s certainly an improvement over how things were at the start of the episode, and I’m glad that Madame Rouge is now an official member of the team, thanks largely to Cliff’s ability to get through to her, convincing her that if he could become a good person, she could too. Rouge putting him in the giant robot body was an interesting change, and though the two of them didn’t ultimately fell the Brain, Rita was more than happy to do so when he tried to propose an alliance and she poured scalding water on his exposed noggin instead. Larry wanted to be a willing participant in his next symbiotic experience led to his inevitable merge with the parasite, though they still have some coexisting to sort out. What’s going on with the Underground and Kay is not good, but Jane seems to be in control for the moment and was able to step in to ensure that Cliff didn’t die as he seemed so willing to do. This show continues to be a unique delight, and I’m very much looking forward to season four.

Season grade: A-
Season MVP: April Bowlby as Rita and Michelle Gomez as Madame Rouge