DCE-Hulu: Doom Patrol- 'Puppet Patrol'

After skipping last week to wrap up Titans (finally!), let's return to the Show that has yet to annoy/disappoint me.

Will it keep it up?

The main B-Plot of the Show is giving us all of the missing Backstory on Negative Man, all surrounding the last day before the accident and the aftermath.

I'd be annoyed by the interruptions, but they make it work.

In the main Plot, they try to go to Uruguay to get info on Mr. Nobody.  It doesn't go well- as you'd guess- and they end up stuck at a Motel.

3 of them find a way to get there, however, and discover that the Lab is still there.

Also there are no people in Town, since I guess they could be bothered to hire Extras.

They run into trouble and, well, you can guess what happens.

To find out the whole story, watch the Show.

A weird Episode, but still fun.  There are really 3 parts to the whole thing.  Part one- the main Plot in Uruguay.  That one is fun and inventive, using the Puppet Show thing to full effect.  They snuck in some back story to boot.  Crazy Jane shines the most here, while Robotman's part is neat, but confusing.  He straight up smashes a bunch of 'people' and then...didn't realize that he was 'killing them?'  How did he not get that with all of the blood splattering?!?  Part two- the Cyborg/Elastigirl Plot.  They have lots of tension, but bond over their issues.  It's simple and innocuous time-filler.  Part three- the flashbacks.  These worked really well for me, telling a Story that isn't usually told in these.  This is the tale of Negative Man's struggle with his sense of self, his Wife's struggle to accept her reality and the struggle of the man in his life trying to make things work.  It's arguably the strongest of these so far- even when you include the stuff in Titans.  Nothing against Robotman's, but this felt more relatable, even though my situation is absolutely-nothing like Trainor's.  Obviously some people are not going to like it for certain reasons, but why care about that?  The Episode keeps the fun, eclectic feel, even if it is somehow missing Mr. Nobody.  Was he just on a smoke break for over a week in Episode time?  At least he made a nice Puppet.

Next time, will they find more clues?  Will they fight new villains?  Did they leave their Bus there?  See you then...