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Notes on - Doom Patrol: Done Patrol

 

Done Patrol notes

Up they pop back out of the time stream to right where they left Isabel

See, not this would have made a one woman show

Larry:  So, what’s first.  Immortus, or butts?

Jane DOES have access to all the powers now, although the alters retain their own internal voices they’re all working together

Cliff couldn’t lift the seats because he’s getting old, nothing to do with the Parkinsons

Did Vic steal Willoughby’s sword, or just the design?

Rouge fled to battle to go get Rita

Rouge:  Here I am, about to be the sole survivor of a super team, again, and it’s all my fault.

Rita’s right.  Rouge didn’t run away, she came to Rita

Rouge:  I’m a selfish coward.  That seems to be the one thing I can’t shape shift away from.

Rita:  So why did you come here? Why did you wake me up?

Rouge:  I don’t know.  Just having a bit of a freakout, I suppose.

Rita:  You came here because you knew I would hold you accountable.

Realistically, the DP doesn’t really stand a chance against Immortus if she was fucissing

What was the name of Jane’s alter thay made silver words into weapons…

Teddy:  Kill them all!

Isabel:  Oh my God, are those butts?

And here’s Doctor Yu and Timothy singing Shipoopi, which of course saves the day from the butts

And of course Isabel sees their musical number as being a dcompetition with hers, so she breaks into her number from Our Town.  And the butts and everyone else join in.

Cliff:  Just go with it.  Whatever the fuck’s happening, it’s working.

*** In the town of Cloverton, Things are never over-ton!

The DP quietly backing out of the building is hysterical

And Rouge shows up with Rita just in time to see the Poltergeisty finale

So… The butts and Immortus are both just over now??

Larry:  Look, I don’t mean to be a wet blanket, but

Rouge:  ‘But it’s basically my entire personality…’

I love that their default victory lap is pancakes

Their not wrong that all of the problems can be traced back to themselves

Larry’s right, everything still feels very unfinished

***  This. This feels nice.  Us.   Here.  Together.

Rita is clearly saying goodbye

It’s sweet how devoted Rouge is to Rita at this stage

Vic has adorable bionic tattoos now to remind him of special things.  I might get the DP image as a tattoo

Oo, that’s ominous.  You’re around us all day, what do you need a reminder of us for?

So the entire underground is all in control at once.  SO she is going to be called Kaleidoscope.  Or K for short.  Which is just so right.

Isabel:  Hey, besties!

Cliff:  What the fuck?

So Isabel has been off being super famous in various realities in the timestream?  No wonder she’s happy

And now she’s brought toenails to give them their longevity back

And for Cliff she has a crystal that will make sense later.  Again, ominous.

Oh my God, Rouge’s scream.  We all instantly know what it means.

I can’t believe they let Rita die.

She’s Larry’s oldest friend, it’s good they focus on him

Cliff is right to point out that they know for a fact that they can go to the afterlife and get her.  We know that’s possible.

So Larry’s looking for something Rita had a strong connection with and can only think of alcohol.

Ghost Rita!  Of course we knew that was possible.

Larry:  See, Immortus gave is these toenails that made us all young again, which… sounds gross, I know, but it really wasn’t that bad…

Larry:  We can’t give up.  Don’t make me give up.

Larry:  You were the only person who saw me.   Right from the beginning.  You saw the shitty, fucked up pieces of me, and you.. you still loved me.  Like I wasn’t even broken at all.

One last team meeting.

Everybody is understandably all in on going to rescue Rita from the afterlife

April Bowlby is just destroying me here.  She’s so good

Is Rita saying that the team is intrinsically toxic together and are holding each other back?

Rita:  We’re screw ups. But that doesn’t make us bad people.

I agree with Cliff.  This is fucked.

I actually briefly thought that This was a villain pretending to be Rita in order to destroy them

Bless Vic for supporting her decision.

Oh my God this is so sad.

They’re all making sacrifices to the things they remember about her.  Vanity and alcohol, that’s what all of their memories are based on.  I like that they let it stay awkward and muddy

Larry actually put on a suit.

Rouge:  This isn’t just the end for Rita.  You know that… right…?

Larry:  We know.

Jane’s Ave Maria is going to kill me.

They’re doing such a good job balancing the sad and the humor

And now a fart joke.

Rita really stepped up to make sure they were all ok before leaving

I think Secret Rendezvous was one of the movies we saw in Nostalgia Patrol

They’re really crying about Rita.  And watching the movie again

Cliff was going to leave without saying goodbye to Jane?

I don’t know how many more heartbreaking goodbyes I can take

K is heading off to get a sublet and paint.  Cliff is leaving to be with Clara and Rory.

PERFECT goodbye between Jane and Cliff.

They all actually get to choose whatever lives they want for themselves.

Keeg wants so see 104.

All these shots of the rooms of Doom Manor closed up with sheets over everything.  Oh my God.

Rouge is staying in the manor alone by herself?

Vic already does know what his future is going to be and loves it

Rouge:  DO you think someone can be both good and bad?

Vic promises to keep Rouge from going too far.  That’s sweet

John’s old rage inspores Larry to not give up for once and actuallu go find what he wants

Larry’s gleefully heading out to find his love

K meets Casey in the basement

Oh, Casey is there to get the spaceship.

Sad we havne’t seen Dorothy

Nice seeing K make the choice to go with Casey.  I still miss Shelley though

Rory’s 1st birthday

Cliff’s Parkinson’s is finally finishing him off

Rita finds Malcolm and his bird in the afterlife!!

How long could Rama be a piece of lead underwater I wonder

Larry’s bandages unwrapping is such a powerful metaphor

Vic and Deric are making the dream happen

Rama and Larry turned into new life in the sun.  I think

K is painting in the spaceship

Where did they get the kitten?

And rouge went to burn the Ant Farm to the fucking ground.  Blesss her

I like that Clara is doing the engine repair

Clara dies of cancer

Cliff:  It’s OK.  I made it home.

I like how imperfect they made Rory in his life

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