Hands down one of the top episodes of season 1. Amazing build up, great spread of stories which touched upon every character, and most importantly consistently creative use of the fourth wall.
7 Reviews
One of the best of the season.
rdwferdous30 March 2019
Empathize Patrol
imdbdc-0548517 July 2019
We think it is an episode to empathize with them and that makes you feel what they feel.
It is a deep episode and one of the best episodes of the season.
The best perforrmances so far.
With a big revelation about the possible future and about their childhoods, and with a very funny short moment.
Mr.Nobody continues with his little but strong manipulations.
My name is Inigo Montoya: you killed my father. Prepare to DIE
d.rust31 March 2019
Really interesting backgrounder on the Patrol. It fleshes out the characters in a way that wouldn't have been available to us except snippets over a season of episodes.
Rita is far more accessible as a once ruthless actress oozing talent. Larry somehow corrals his negativity in memories of his paramour. Vic confesses a dark secret and shows a shallow nature his mother would disapprove of. Crazy Jane isn't quite so crazy, just an abused childhood leading to a fracture in her personality. And Cliff. He's shrill and over the top as something seems to be constantly gnawing at him. Is it Clara or is it Bump?
Yeah, they need therapy. They're a mere whisker from falling apart.
Rita is far more accessible as a once ruthless actress oozing talent. Larry somehow corrals his negativity in memories of his paramour. Vic confesses a dark secret and shows a shallow nature his mother would disapprove of. Crazy Jane isn't quite so crazy, just an abused childhood leading to a fracture in her personality. And Cliff. He's shrill and over the top as something seems to be constantly gnawing at him. Is it Clara or is it Bump?
Yeah, they need therapy. They're a mere whisker from falling apart.
Season one - to add character depth (part 1)
butterman_19994 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
As I said numerous times in the past, any show's first season is bound to have mixed reactions, as it is necessary to jump through hoops and follow procedural formulaes when attempting to flesh out the characters in the "first season".
This episode was slower-paced than the usual we've come to expect so far, but with an entire episode dedicated to flashbacks, self-exploration, and as the title suggests, "therapy", one surely must go in not expecting big explosions with fire rising up in the sky at every other turn.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
One of the slightly regular but not often explored (if you can catch what I am trying to say as the exact words/expression escapes me at the moment) thematic in the Grant Morrison run of the comic book was Cliff Steele's "questionable" grasp on reality, seeing as how his link(s) to the tangeable reality as we have come to believe it is through our limited senses, something poor Cliff has to learn he no longer has due to essentially being an organic "computer" encased in a crude metal container.
The comics would sometimes remind us that what Cliff sees and hears may be either faulty memories and hallicinations, as the tehnology (remember: this was the mid-end 80s!) was limited in terms of allowing his brain/mind to be able to fully "absorb" what his outer metal shell allowed in, in terms of outside stimuli.
In essence, I was quite intrigued by this episode's ever-increasing manic behaviour of Cliff, as it seemed quite in tune with the aforementionned themes conveyed in the Morrison comics. Alas, the episode's let down was the reveal of this being caused by an external act of sabotage - although said act in itself was quite absurd and derailed off the usually beaten paths, fitting therefore perfectly with the overall weirdness of the Doom Patrol.
This episode was slower-paced than the usual we've come to expect so far, but with an entire episode dedicated to flashbacks, self-exploration, and as the title suggests, "therapy", one surely must go in not expecting big explosions with fire rising up in the sky at every other turn.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
One of the slightly regular but not often explored (if you can catch what I am trying to say as the exact words/expression escapes me at the moment) thematic in the Grant Morrison run of the comic book was Cliff Steele's "questionable" grasp on reality, seeing as how his link(s) to the tangeable reality as we have come to believe it is through our limited senses, something poor Cliff has to learn he no longer has due to essentially being an organic "computer" encased in a crude metal container.
The comics would sometimes remind us that what Cliff sees and hears may be either faulty memories and hallicinations, as the tehnology (remember: this was the mid-end 80s!) was limited in terms of allowing his brain/mind to be able to fully "absorb" what his outer metal shell allowed in, in terms of outside stimuli.
In essence, I was quite intrigued by this episode's ever-increasing manic behaviour of Cliff, as it seemed quite in tune with the aforementionned themes conveyed in the Morrison comics. Alas, the episode's let down was the reveal of this being caused by an external act of sabotage - although said act in itself was quite absurd and derailed off the usually beaten paths, fitting therefore perfectly with the overall weirdness of the Doom Patrol.
This episode shocked me.
djperezachurra31 March 2019
Disappointed
alan-wardy30 March 2019
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