DCE-Hulu: Doom Patrol- 'Doom Patrol Patrol'

Another week and a weird adventure with the Doom Patrol.  Will this intentionally-redundant Title be worth it?

This Episode focuses on Elastigirl in the Flashbacks.  As such, we get such lovely stuff as her losing control and smothering a creepy Producer to death.  Joy.

In the Main Story, the group- or 3 of them to be exact- investigates the original Patrol.  What secret are they hiding and will it help them rescue the Chief?

In the B-Plot, Robotman and Cyborg try to (separately) bond with the latter's Dad.  Will this help them work together?

Back in the other Story, things start to get weird.  What's going on?  Will this help them save the Chief?

To find out, watch the Show.

A somewhat dour Episode, but still with some good craziness.  This one feels the most like a Titans Episode.  It's as if the people who made that Show so bleak were trying to worm their way into Production.  Here's hoping that this is not a sign of things to come.  The actual Stories are at least interesting.  It's nice to see them try to use some form of the original Doom Patrol- led by Mento- in this Universe, even if they are removing most of the core Members.  Where is Beast Boy?  This one also really pushes me to wonder why certain people don't seem to age at all.  Elastigirl is in her, what, 80s now?  If she has to constantly-struggle to keep her face up and not in goop, is she also somehow managing to pull the wrinkles and lines back too?  That doesn't even cover Crazy Jane or The Chief either.  For what it's worth, the B-Plot was a little bit stronger, if on the nose.  Incidentally, we are back to not using Mr. Nobody at all here, but still using Timothy Dalton.  How is he a Guest Star that just happens to be in 5 out of 6 Episodes so far?  Yes, I still find that weird, even though this Episode features Cops turned into Piñatas!  This feels *mostly* like a return to form after the odd 2-Parter, but I'm just worried that dour will overwhelm deliciously-weird here.  Here's hoping it won't!  In the meantime, I have another fake Google stand-in to add to my ever-growing collection...

Next time, more strange adventures.  I don't read ahead on these, so enjoy being in the dark on these too.  See you then...