10 Things We Need To See In Doom Patrol Season 2
Doom Patrol is returning for a second season, and there's plenty of comic weirdness to adapt.
Doom Patrol kicked off in early 2019 with a phenomenal first season, which amazingly managed to match the mind-bending weirdness of the source material, and now that season 2 is in production, we're all wondering where the show will go next.
Season one already proved that the show won't shy away from the utter insanity of the comics, with episodes featuring Danny, the telepathic, teleporting, genderqueer street, and Baphomet, the ghostly singing severed horse head, which guides the heroes when summoned, and the show even included its own brilliantly ludicrous additions to the Doom Patrol mythos, like Ezekiel the prophetic cockroach, and The Butts.
Of course, weirdness isn't all there is to Doom Patrol. At its heart, the show - like the comics - is the story of a dysfunctional surrogate family coming together, and helping each other heal from past trauma. Both the absurdity and emotional resonance are key to a successful Doom Patrol adaptation, and the first season pulled it off masterfully.
With over five decades of some of the weirdest, and most sentimental comics of all time to draw from, there's really no telling what "The World's Strangest Heroes" could be dealing with in the upcoming season, but there are some iconic characters and stories that need to be adapted.
10. The Brotherhood Of Evil
If there's one supervillain team that's known as the Doom Patrol's rivals, it's definitely the Brotherhood of Evil. The Justice League has the Legion of Doom, the Teen Titans have the Fearsome Five, and the Doom Patrol has the Brotherhood.
Generally led by The Brain - who was actually briefly referenced in season one - the Brotherhood has a revolving door lineup of members which has included Phobia, Plasmus, Warp, and several others, and almost always features Monsieur Mallah and The Brain.
The Brotherhood would be the logical choice for the Big Bad in season two not only because of their history in the source material, but also because Mr. Nobody, who served as the TV show's first villain, was originally a member of The Brotherhood, but was kicked out, in the comics.
Having season two focus on Nobody's original team, which launched his supervillain lifestyle, would feel like the natural progression of the show, and would serve as the best kind of fan service for everyone wanting to see Robotman fighting a French gorilla with a machine gun.