Doom Patrol (TV series)

Doom Patrol is an American superhero television series developed by Jeremy Carver. Based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, and specifically Grant Morrison's run on the title, the series features Jane (Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr (April Bowlby), Vic Stone (Joivan Wade), Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer & Matthew Zuk), Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser & Riley Shanahan), and Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton) as the members of the eponymous Doom Patrol. Although Bowlby, Bomer, and Fraser reprise their roles from the series Titans, the two shows were said to be set in separate continuities, before nonetheless having a crossover during the fourth and final season of Titans.

The series premiered on February 15, 2019, exclusively for the DC Universe streaming service. The second season aired on both DC Universe and HBO Max, with the two streaming services releasing episodes simultaneously on June 25, 2020. A third season, released exclusively on HBO Max, premiered on September 23, 2021. In October 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on December 8, 2022. In January 2023, it was announced that the fourth season would be its final season which concluded on November 9, 2023.

Plot
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 Niles Caulder / 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 Kay Challis / Crazy Jane, the dominant identity of a traumatized woman with dissociative identity disorder; Rita Farr / Elasti-Woman, who struggles to prevent her body from turning to a gelatinous state; Larry Trainor / Negative Man, who has an entity of negative energy living inside of him; and Cliff Steele / Robotman, whose brain was placed in a robot body following a car crash. The team is later joined by cybernetically enhanced superhero Victor Stone / Cyborg.

In the first season, the Chief is captured by the malevolent Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody, sending the Doom Patrol on a journey to rescue him. Along the way, they discover secrets about themselves and the Chief, who they eventually learn is responsible for the tragic events that gave them their powers.

The second season sees the Doom Patrol joined by Dorothy Spinner, the Chief's daughter who possesses the ability to bring her imaginary friends to life. While the members of the Doom Patrol face their own personal dilemmas and contend with the truth about the Chief, Dorothy inadvertently endangers the world when her powers threaten to unleash an ancient entity known as the Candlemaker.

In the third season, Dorothy's battle with the Candlemaker reaches its climax and the Doom Patrol suffers a tragic loss when the Chief finally dies of old age. However, the Doom Patrol's ally Willoughby Kipling salvages Chief's head, stating that his time isn't over yet. In the aftermath, the team go their separate ways as they struggle with their identities when the arrival of Laura De Mille / Madame Rouge in a time machine sets them on a new path as well as having an encounter with the Brotherhood of Evil.

In the fourth and final season, the Doom Patrol begin doing more heroic activities while dealing with the coming of Immortus and the imminent Buttpocalypse.

Main

 * Diane Guerrero as Kay Challis / Crazy Jane: The dominant identity of Kay Challis, created to protect her. She and the other identities received their own unique powers from an experiment Kay was involuntarily subjected to. Leela Owen portrays the teenage version of the character while in her Miranda identity.
 * Guerrero also portrays Driver 8, a train conductor identity of Crazy Jane who manages the Underground's transportation.
 * Guerrero also portrays Karen, a blonde, ditzy and affection-controlling identity of Crazy Jane. When Karen controls Crazy Jane's body, her hair becomes blonde.
 * Skye Roberts as Kay Challis (seasons 3–4; recurring seasons 1–2): The original identity of a young girl who developed Jane and other distinct identities from childhood trauma. Due to her experiences, she remains a child in her subconsciousness while her identities assume control of her body. When she is in control of her body in this show, Kay possesses a sonic scream and her hair is longer than Crazy Jane's hair.
 * April Bowlby as Rita Farr / Elasti-Woman: A former Hollywood actress, born Gertrude Cramp, whose cellular structure was altered into a gelatinous state after being exposed to an underwater toxic gas. Her powers allow her to change her body shape, but also cause her to struggle with maintaining a solid form. At the end of the third season, she becomes the new leader of the group. 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 / Negative Man: 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 early flashbacks, while Matthew Zuk physically portrays him when wrapped in bandages and wearing prosthetic makeup when not in bandages. Braxton Alexander portrays Larry as a child.
 * Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan as Cliff Steele / Robotman: A cyborg and former NASCAR driver whose brain was transplanted into a robotic body after a car crash destroyed his own body and killed his wife. Fraser voices the character and appears as the human version of Cliff in flashbacks and when he's in the Underground, while Riley Shanahan physically portrays him as a cyborg. Gibson Todd portrays Cliff as a child.
 * Shanahan also voices the Brain, the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil in season 3.
 * Timothy Dalton as Niles Caulder / The Chief (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3–4): A medical doctor responsible for treating the members of the Doom Patrol and giving them residence in his mansion. In season 2 he gives up his immortality to help the team and let his daughter grow up. In the beginning of season 3, he dies of old age. Abi Monterey portrays 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. At the end of season 3 he removes his cybernetic enhancements and gains synthetic skin. Braelyn Rankins portrays Vic as a child.
 * Michelle Gomez as Laura De Mille / Madame Rouge (seasons 3–4): A shapeshifter with ties to the Chief and the Brotherhood of Evil. At the end of season 3, she joins the Doom Patrol.

Crazy Jane's identities
• Anna Lore appears as Penny Farthing, an identity of Crazy Jane who is very timid. Unlike when she is controlling Crazy Jane's body, she doesn't stutter in the Underground.

• Stephanie Czajkowski as Hammerhead, an aggressive bald-headed identity of Crazy Jane with super-strength and enhanced durability. When Hammerhead controls Crazy Jane, her skull chest tattoo appears on Crazy Jane's chest.

• Tara Lee as Lucy Fugue, an electrokinetic identity of Crazy Jane. When Lucy Fugue controlled Crazy Jane, her voice turned metallic. "Killed" by Daddy.

• Chelsea Alana Rivera as Silver Tongue, a ferrokinetic identity of Crazy Jane who create sharp metal versions of the words that she says. When Silver Tongue controls Crazy Jane, her lips are silver.

• Hannah Alline as Pretty Polly, a Gothic dress-wearing identity of Crazy Jane with Xs over her eyes.

• Jackie Goldston as the Secretary, a bespectacled identity of Crazy Jane with genius-level intellect and can perform advanced tasks. When the Secretary controls Crazy Jane's body, she wears glasses.

• Monica Louwerens as the voice and motion-capture of the Weird Sisters, a three-headed elderly identity of Crazy Jane.

• Helen Abell as Black Annis, a misandrist identity of Crazy Jane who guards the entrance to the well in the Underground.

• Sarah Borne as Baby Doll, a child-like telekinetic identity of Crazy Jane. When Baby Doll control's Crazy Jane's body, her hair is in pigtails. "Killed" by Candlemaker.

• Ana Aguilar as Balladeer, an identity of Crazy Jane who often leads the mourning processions in the Underground.

• Catherine Carlen as Doctor Harrison, an identity of Crazy Jane with the power of persuasion. When Doctor Harrison controls Crazy Jane's body, her hair sports a silver streak and her sclerae turn blue.

• Samantha Marie Ware as Miranda, the former primary identity of Kay before Crazy Jane took over. She threw herself in the Well in the Underground following her failure to keep Kay safe and was later impersonated by Daddy.

• Shay Mack as Driller Bill, an African-American identity of Crazy Jane with super-strength.

• Va Liu as Mama Pentecost, an Asian identity of Crazy Jane who is fluent in many languages.

Recurring
• Julie McNiven as Sheryl Trainor (seasons 1–2), 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.

• 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 played a younger Clara Steele in flashbacks.

• 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 (seasons 1, 3), Vic's mother and Silas' wife.

• Alimi Ballard as Joshua Clay (season 1), the metahuman caretaker of the original Doom Patrol.

• Tommy Snider as Ernest Franklin / Beard Hunter (seasons 1–2), a bounty hunter with the ability to track down individuals by consuming their facial hair.

• Jon Briddell as Darren Jones (seasons 1, 3–4), an agent of the Bureau of Normalcy, an organization which once experimented on Larry after his accident who is later turned into a were-butt.

• Devan Chandler Long as Flex Mentallo (seasons 1–2), a superhero and cereal mascot who can alter reality through his muscle flexes.

• Abi Monterey as Dorothy Spinner (seasons 2–4), the daughter of the Chief and a primitive woman who can bring her imaginary friends to life.

• Karen Obilom as Roni Evers (seasons 2–3), a military veteran with a mysterious past and a genderbent version of Ron Evers who Vic meets while attending a PTSD support group.

• Lex Lang as the voice of the Candlemaker (seasons 2–3), a dangerous entity who comes into contact with Dorothy and tempts her to make a wish.

• Vanessa Carter and Kat Cressida as Darling-Come-Home (season 2), one of Dorothy's imaginary friends who has a mirror-like face with glowing eyes. Carter physically portrays Darling-Come-Home and Cressida voices the character.

• Brian T. Stevenson as the voice of Herschel (season 2), Dorothy's imaginary friend who takes the form of a giant spider.

• Charity Cervantes as Isabel Feathers (seasons 2–4), a community theater actress who is cast as a character based on Rita in Micki's play. After accidentally becoming lost in the timestream because of Madame Rouge, Isabel becomes possessed by Immortus.

• Jonathan Lipow as the voice of Monsieur Mallah (season 3), an intelligent gorilla who replaced Eric Morden in the Brotherhood of Evil and acts as the Brain's second-in-command.

• Sendhil Ramamurthy as Rama / Mister 104 (season 4), a man with molecular-restructuring abilities.

• Madeline Zima as Casey Brinke / Space Case (season 4), a superheroine from Dorothy's favorite self-titled comic book series who materialized in the real world.

• Elijah Rashad Reed as Deric Hayes (season 4), an old friend of Cyborg.

An uncredited actor voices Cyborg's computer system Grid.

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 who perished in a car accident.

• 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.

• Gabrielle Byndloss as Patty, a woman who Cyborg saved from a mugging.

• Chantelle Barry as the voice of Baphomet, an oracle in the form of the female horse, Falada (from the fairytale, The Goose Girl).

• 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.

• Ethan McDowell as Charles Forsythe, a member of the Bureau of Normalcy that once experimented on Larry. Ted Ferguson portrays an older Forsythe.

• Matthew Sean Blumm and Michael Harney as R.J. Steele, the father of Cliff and the grandfather of Clara. Blumm portrayed him in season one while Harney portrayed him in season two and three.

• Will Kemp and Dave Bielawski as Steve Dayton / Mento, leader of the original Doom Patrol. Kemp portrays the younger Mento and Bielawski portrays the older Mento.

• Jasmine Kaur and Madhur Jaffrey as Arani Desai / Celsius, a member of the original Doom Patrol with power over fire and ice. 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 with magnetic abilities. Lesa Wilson portrays the younger Lodestone while an uncredited actress portrays the older Lodestone.

• 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. Morris Wilson's drag queen-pseudonym, "Maura Lee Karupt", is a pun on the phrase, "Morally Corrupt".

• Pisay Pao as Slava, an immortal fur-covered cavewoman with whom Niles fell in love and the mother of Dorothy.

• David A. MacDonald as Arthur "Daddy" Challis, Jane's sexually abusive father. MacDonald also voices and motion-captures the version of him in the Underground's Well area whose body is composed of puzzle pieces. Samantha Marie Ware also portrays Daddy's Miranda form.

• Joan Van Ark as the voice of Mrs. Franklin, the mother of Beard Hunter who is often heard off-screen.

• Haley Strode and Susan Williams as Dolores Mentallo, Flex's wife. Strode portrays the younger Dolores while Williams portrays the older Dolores.

• Victoria Blade as Millie, Eric Morden's ex-girlfriend.

Introduced in season 2
• Mark Ashworth as the ringmaster, the owner of a freak show that captured Dorothy.

• John Getz as Paul Trainor, Larry's son. Fletcher Hammond portrays a younger Paul.

• Brandon Perea and Dan Martin as Doctor Tyme, a former scientist who gained the ability to manipulate time through contact with an alien element called Continuinium. Perea physically portrays Doctor Tyme and Martin voices the character.

• Roger Floyd as Red Jack, an inter-dimensional being who derives his power from the pain of others.

• Michael Tourek as Kiss, the second-in-command of the SeX-Men.

• Michael Shenefelt as Cuddles, a member of the SeX-Men responsible for surveillance.

• Tracey Bonner as Torture, the leader of the SeX-Men.

• Brad Brinkley as Shadowy Mr. Evans, a sex demon.

• Irene Ziegler as Micki Harris, a community theater director and playwright.

• Mariana Klaveno as Valentina Vostok, a member of the Chief's space research team who made contact with a negative energy entity.

• Derek Evans as Zip Callahan, the pilot for the Chief's space research team.

• Jason Burkey as Specs, one of the members in the Chief's space research team.

• Jhemma Ziegler as the Scant Queen.

• Phil Morris as Doctor Cowboy, the imaginary friend of Vic.

• Joshua Mikel as Imaginary Jesus, the imaginary friend of Cliff.

• Donna Jay Fulks as the voice of Roxy, Rita's imaginary friend, a woman made of disparate facial and body features cut out of magazines.

An uncredited baby portrayed Rory, the son of Clara. Van Clark portrayed Rory at age 6 and Jonah Cloer portrayed him between the ages of 15 and 24.

Introduced in season 3
• Walnette Marie Santiago as Mel, the wife of Clara.

• Stephen Murphy as Garguax the Decimator, an alien warrior employed by the Brotherhood of Evil to assassinate Rita Farr.

• Billy Boyd as Samuelson, Garguax's loyal and overzealous servant.

• Sebastian Croft as Charles Rowland, a member of the Dead Boy Detectives who died from hypothermia in a lake after being bullied.

• Ty Tennant as Edwin Paine, a member of the Dead Boy Detectives who died in 1916 after a horrific experience.

• Madalyn Horcher as Crystal Palace, a teenage girl who was once possessed by a demon, and saved by the Dead Boy Detectives. She serves as the Detectives' medium.

• Rose Bianco as Grandma Jane, the grandmother of Kay.

• Ruth Connell as Night Nurse, a demonic being that works for Death.

• Erik Passoja as the voice of Shipley, the A.I. of the time machine that Madame Rouge operated.

• Micah Joe Parker as Malcolm, a former member of the Sisterhood of Dada with a bird cage in his chest and the power of invisibility. Based on the character of Agent !.

• Wynn Everett as Shelley Byron / The Fog, leader of the Sisterhood of Dada with the ability to alter reality in thick fog.

• Miles Mussenden as Lloyd, an artist and member of the Sisterhood of Dada with parts of a bicycle attached to his back. Based on the character of Frenzy.

• Anita Kalathara as Holly, a narcoleptic member of the Sisterhood of Dada who plays Barry Manilow through headphones to keep awake. Based on the character of Sleepwalk.

• Gina Hiraizumi as Sachiko, a germophobic member of the Sisterhood of Dada kept in a glass case. Based on the character of The Quiz.

• David Annone as Wally Sage, a former adman who was made into a soldier by the Bureau of Normalcy due to his abilities to bring any drawing to life. He was the creator of Flex Mentallo and also created the Scissormen and the Orqwith Dimension. By season 4, Wally became part of the Cult of Immortus where he brought Torminox out of the Space Case comics to aid them.

• Richard Gant as General Tony, the action figure that Vic once owned.

• Brendan Pedder as the voice of Puppet Harry, the puppet version of Kay's stuffed sheep.

Introduced in season 4
• Joseph Avail as Codpiece, a supervillain.

• Joseph Echavarria as Stewart, a minion of Codpiece who can manifest a cannon from his butt.

• Keiko Agena as Dr. Margaret Wu, a scientist at the Bureau of Normalcy.

• Timeca Seretti as Doctor Janus, a psychic vampire.

• Dylan Saunders as the voice of Theodore "Teddy", a were-butt.

• James Smagula as the voice of Nicholas, a were-butt and the twin brother of Theodore.

• Riley Shanahan as Alistair Kincaid, a character in Rita's movie Secret Rendezvous.

• Tyler Mane as Richard Frank / Torminox, an archenemy and the father of Casey Brinke who came from the comic series Space Case.

• David Lengel as Jonathan, the host of World of Wut.

• Brooke Jaye Taylor as Clair Delaire, the Mayor of Cloverton.

• Aniya Syndelle as Joy, a student of Vic and Deric

• Jordan Makale Williams as Anthony, a student of Vic and Deric

Uncredited extras performed the Scissormen, mindless drones with scissors for hands who reside in the Orqwith Dimension.

Development
Doom Patrol was announced on May 14, 2018, as an intended spin-off of Titans for video on demand service DC Universe after co-creator and executive producer Geoff Johns revealed that Titans' fourth episode would feature and be titled after the Doom Patrol on February 10, 2018. Despite the initial order and sharing characters and actors, however, Doom Patrol occupies a separate continuity from Titans.

Fifteen episodes were developed for the first season, which premiered on February 15, 2019, and concluded on May 24, 2019. Jeremy Carver wrote the pilot, and served as an executive producer alongside Johns, Greg Berlanti, and Sarah Schechter. Production companies involved with the series include Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television. The series is influenced by writer Grant Morrison's run of the comic.

On July 20, 2019, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Doom Patrol had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on both DC Universe and WarnerMedia's video on demand service HBO Max on June 25, 2020. The season was originally intended to have 10 episodes, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was shut down before the 10th episode could be completed and the season instead comprised nine episodes. In September 2020, the series was renewed for a third season exclusively on HBO Max. In October 2021, HBO Max renewed the series for a fourth season. In January 2023, HBO Max stated that it would be the final season.

Casting
In July 2018, it was announced that April Bowlby, Brendan Fraser, and Matt Bomer would star in Doom Patrol as Rita Farr, the voice of Cliff Steele, and the voice of Larry Trainor, respectively, after being cast as the characters for guest appearances in Titans. Diane Guerrero was also announced to be joining Bowlby, Fraser, and Bomer as Jane. In August 2018, Joivan Wade was cast as Victor "Vic" Stone / Cyborg, Alan Tudyk was cast as Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody, and Riley Shanahan was cast to physically portray the cyborg version of Cliff. The next month, Timothy Dalton was cast as Niles Caulder / Chief and Matthew Zuk was cast in October 2018 to physically portray the bandage-covered Larry. In March 2019, Mark Sheppard was announced as Willoughby Kipling.

In January 2020, Roger Floyd was cast as Red Jack, a malevolent entity, in the series' second season. Other second-season castings that February included Abigail Shapiro as the Chief's superpowered daughter, Dorothy Spinner, and Karen Obilom as Roni Evers, a military veteran with a mysterious past who Vic meets while attending a PTSD support group. Samantha Marie Ware was cast as one of Jane's identities in March 2020, later revealed to be the former primary identity Miranda. On March 10, 2021, Michelle Gomez was cast as Madame Rouge, a new series regular for the third season. In April 2021, Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant were cast as the Dead Boy Detectives. Later that month Micah Joe Parker, Wynn Everett, Miles Mussenden, Anita Kalathara and Gina Hiraizumi were cast as members of the Sisterhood of Dada, while Madalyn Horcher was cast as a guest in connection with Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant. On September 23, 2022, Madeline Zima was cast as Casey Brinke for the fourth season. On October 17, 2022, Sendhil Ramamurthy joined the cast as Mr. 104 in a recurring capacity for the fourth season.

Filming
Principal photography for the first season began on August 30, 2018, in Olde Town Conyers, Georgia. Filming continued in Georgia throughout September 2018, in Lawrenceville and at Briarcliff Mansion. Principal photography for the first season finished on April 10, 2019.

Filming for the second season began November 2019 in Georgia.

Filming for the third season began on January 4, 2021. Filming wrapped on June 6, 2021.

Filming for the fourth season began in February 2022 and was completed on August 16, 2022.

Release
The first season of Doom Patrol premiered on DC Universe on February 15, 2019, with episodes releasing until May 24, 2019. The first season consists of 15 episodes. A second season premiered on both DC Universe and HBO Max on June 25, 2020. The third season premiered on September 23, 2021, exclusively on HBO Max. The first half of the fourth season premiered on December 8, 2022, with the first two episodes of the season available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis on HBO Max. The second half of the fourth season premiered on October 12, 2023 with the first two episodes, and the rest debuting on a weekly basis on Max until the series concluded on November 9, 2023.

In the United Kingdom, the first season was released exclusively on StarzPlay on January 2, 2020. The second season premiered July 16, 2021. The third season premiered November 14, 2021.

In Australia, the series is streamed on the Australian streaming service Binge.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 96% approval rating based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "DC Universe finds breakout material in this iteration of Doom Patrol thanks to a fully committed cast and the writing's faith in weirdness." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 70 out of 100 based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Jesse Schedeen of IGN rated the series premiere 9.0 out of 10, stating that "Doom Patrol is the best reason yet to sign up for DC's streaming service. [Doom Patrol] offers a wicked sense of humor with heart, wit and tragedy to spare. The cast works incredibly well to form an entertaining dysfunctional family."

The second season holds a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 reviews with an average rating of 8.3/10. Its critical consensus reads, "As entertaining as the first, but with more emotional depth, Doom Patrol's second season explores darker corners without sacrificing any of its wonderful weirdness."

The third season has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. Its critics consensus states, "By adding strange new spices and a heaping tablespoon of unconventional plotting, Doom Patrol remains an endearing bazaar of absurd delights."

The fourth and final season has received a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10. Its critics consensus states, "A dream team of DC Universe misfits take a worthy final bow in a fourth and final season that stays true to its perverse and quirky heart."

Titans
Rita Farr, Larry Trainor, and Cliff Steele from the Doom Patrol continuity were intended to appear in the original season 1 finale of Titans. The appearances were removed after the original season finale was pulled.

The Titans version of Cyborg appears in the season 4 episodes "Dude, Where's My Gar" and "Game Over", with Joivan Wade reprising the role.

Arrowverse
The Doom Patrol incarnations of Jane, Rita Farr, Vic Stone, Larry Trainor, and Cliff Steele make cameo appearances in the Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths", which depicts the series as taking place on the world of Earth-21. Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Matthew Zuk, and Riley Shanahan appear in their respective roles from Doom Patrol through archival footage.