When we last left our heroes, most of them had died.
Fortunately, they appear to be only mostly dead, and help is on its way– not Billy Crystal, but Crystal Palace, and some characters from Sandman.
Click through for an account of the afterlife, zombies, cannibalism, killer buttocks, and a time-lost amnesiac. In short, a couple more episodes of Doom Patrol.
Welcome to “Spooky Season”! As the Bureau begins out October Reviews, our shows do not take any time off, so you’ll have it squeeze those movies in where you can. Evil gets into your brain this week. Chapelwaite is grieving. Per a good suggestion, Y: The Last Man joins the BBTT, but the title informing me that our favorite multi-genre muscian had passed away distracted me from the summary of political intrigue. The Good Doctor plans for a wedding as the hospital staff shakes up. Stargirl takes a regret-filled trip to the past, while Supergirl searches for magical totems as Lena gets witchy. What If will conitue last week’s episode, but gives us not advanced notice. Doom Patrol assists Madame Rouge. The Queen speaks on See. In Foundation, the Empire argues with himself. American Horror Story, Titans, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the Boys speciall all are also on the table, but didn’t give us any descriptions, so they don’t get mentioned.
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The year rolls past the equinox into the last quarter, and we have a fall television season actually give us a premier with The Good Doctor starting its fifth season as our stars get married. Over on Evil, the team does their taxes. Chapelwaite’s children learns disappointment. Stargirl protects Solomon Grundy. Supergirl chases a totem. What If? has a new episode, though it is typically non-descript at this point. Riverdale welcomes us to Alice Cooper’s musical pleasant dream. American Horror Story takes some college students on a camping trip. Doom Patrol faces the undead. Titans go boating. Star Trek’s Lower Decks make an appearance as well. On See, we visit a peace summit. Foundation prepares us for Ascension.
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“Even if he’s a supervillain– which he’s clearly not– he’s on vacation.”
–Cliff Steele
The most brilliant absurdist superhero show ever returns for a third season.
Between last year’s COVID affected production and release schedules and the move to streaming from broadcast seasons, I am not sure that fall premiers and summer re-runs are still a thing. A John Diggle Cameo joins us for Supergirl’s twelfth episode focuses on a socially just Guardian, but Stargirl is back at episode seven, giving fallout from Yolanda’s remorse. The stream side was staggared as well as Titan’s take their ninth episode with some soul, but we are just getting the first three episodes of Doom Patrol’s third season. Over on Evil, someone is afraid of cracking some eggs. Chapelwaite gets committed. What If still doesn’t give us advanced knowledge of which changes we will get to see, but there’s a Multiversal Avengers theory out there, as well as a Thor-centric episode still in the works. Riverdale sends Jughead and Betty season for missing friends. American Horror Story offs the Gardners. On See, the family has a royal dinner party.
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CYBORG: Hey, Larry! You okay?
LARRY: Not since the early 60s, no.
CYBORG: *heh* This is Ronnie
LARRY: Hey.
RONNIE: Hello.
CYBORG: Well, just keep doing… whatever. We’re looking for Niles. Know where he is?
LARRY: Space.
RONNIE: As in, outer?
LARRY: Mmm hmm.CYBORG: Any idea when he’ll be back?
Doom Patrol’s second season comes to a premature ending, as the strangest show on television continues to prove it’s also one of the best.
But keep the kids away. Far away.
The list of new shows shortens, but it would have been a feat of dedication to finish the Umbrella Academy already. Perry Mason continues his deeper investigation into the churches extra investments, while Stargirl goes on the run from the villains. It’s a Brand New Day, and the sun is high on SHIELD, while the Doom Patrol gets into candle making. Once you’re done with that, you can watch a Muppet version of a put-upon SysAdmin deal with … well, muppets.
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Another summer week, another light list. Perry Mason actually starts being a lawyer this week. Stargirl gets to discover more about her school’s janitor, while the Doom Patrol tackles their daddy issues. The Agents return to the eighties after their bottle episode last week. If that wasn’t enough Comics for you this week, Netflix has stashed something away for just such a rainy day: The Umbrella Academy drops season two on Friday! If you were just looking for cheap laughs, Robot Chicken drops a few episodes to end their season.
[Edit to add:] Muppets Now comes out this week. Is that the Genre enough that it should be included here for Bureau 42? It certainly is no less so appropriate than Perry Mason, so it is included. As always, feel free to debate and comment if something should not be added or if something good is being missed.
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Another calm summer week, Stargirl takes on Brainwave’s son, Brainwave, and the Doom Patrol start taking stupid pills. Perry Mason introduces us to his son and ex-wife. The Agents continues their victory lap season by visiting their past failures, and Blindspot didn’t actually end with the last episode as expected, but we get a series finale this week.
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“I should have seen the signs. Hacking secret documents. Poking around dark corners of the military. It’s young love!”
–Dr. Silas Stone
Doom Patrol’s second season continues with a wild party, a burgeoning relationship, a dysfunctional family reunion, 1950s space explorers, a production of Our Town,1, and some unanswered questions.