Well, I really enjoyed this episode.
We open with a flashback to something that happened in the Congo two years ago.
There’s a medical tent that looks like a Doctors Without Borders-jot down operation.
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A catatonic-looking Gar Logan is brought in, though he doesn’t have green hair or skin yet.
Instead, he has some kind of strange animal bite on his arm that’s green and scaly.
It’s enough to scare away everyone in the tent…well, almost everyone.
The only problem is, it’s not just Gar’s house.
That mysterious doctor is named Niles Caulder, and he is the Chief.
Rita might have the toughest time of all of them.
One of those old black-and-whites is even playing on a TV in the room.
Then, we finally see who’s in the bed: A gigantic mound of seething flesh.
This is the Doom Patrol body horror I signed up for!
Dinner begins, and it’s a delicious smorgasbord courtesy of Larry.
Then Rita comes in, thankfully not looking like she did in the room.
That’s when the Chief comes in.
They put her on an operating table and get to work saving her life.
Afterward, the Chief does two things.
and offers his help with Rachel’s condition as well.
That doesn’t go so well.
After strapping her down to a table, Rachel, understandably, starts freaking out.
Black energy starts swirling everywhere as she hurls the Chief into the wall, breaking his back.
Thankfully, that’s right when Robin and Starfire show up, having followed Rachel’s trail.
They have a stare-down with Robotman and Negative Man, but no Marvel-style scuffles actually break out.
In the show to come, the role will be played by Timothy Dalton rather than Bruno Bichir.
