Doom Patrol has breathed new life into superhero TV

Vulture

"Three episodes into its run, Doom Patrol has proven to be curious, vulgar, and brazenly metafictional as it traverses genres, tones, and styles to tell the story of its eccentric characters who feel less like a traditional superhero group than a family burdened by trauma," Angelica Jade Bastién says of the DC Universe series. "Not even halfway through its debut season, the show’s confident elasticity had already blended name-checks of writer Grant Morrison (who wrote the most iconic run of the Doom Patrol comic); Alan Tudyk’s villainous Mr. Nobody dryly asking the audience, 'Aren’t you sick of superhero TV shows?'; a puppet show about a Nazi scientist hiding in Paraguay; and a henchmen’s legs being ripped off then used as a weapon. But what surprises me about Doom Patrol is its heart." ALSO: Matt Bomer on his Doom Patrol role: "I’d never really seen a gay male superhero."