1917 Patrol

"**1917 Patrol**" is the sixth episode of the third season of *Doom Patrol*. It premiered on HBO Max on October 14, 2021.

## Synopsis

Plunged back in time, Rita attempts to navigate the Bureau of Normalcy with help from an oddly familiar group. Meanwhile, Jane gives Kay her first taste of freedom, while Larry finds closure with his son.

## Plot

While traveling back in time, Rita saw a gentleman, a dog, and Isabel Feathers in a space in time while listening to the voice of the time machine's artificial intelligence, Shipley, speaking of Rita's wish to to be someone, reminding her of all her moments when she was a bad person, making Rita smile because she would travel to 1917 and become famous. Rita, without remembering her identity, arrived in Iowa, where she met a farmer, drawing everyone's attention when she saw the machine and the agents of the Bureau of Normalcy, who asked her attempt, but without knowing who it was, Rita took the name "Laura De Mille", showing her easy meltdown, causing the agents to arrest her. From afar, Ultimax and Monsieur Mallah drew the machine for their world conquest plan. In the present, Larry was still taking care of Paul. In The Underground, Jane sneaked Kay above ground to buy her shoes.

Cliff was playing video games until Vic interrupted him for advice on his decision to be normal, though Cliff told him it was better to be a superhero, angering Vic because it wasn't the advice he was looking for from his father figure. In the Ant Farm, Rita is brought before Laura herself, who gives her a manual with questions that said who she was and why she was, confusing Rita. Rita introduced herself as Laura De Mille and a member of the Sisterhood of Dada, surprising Laura, showing that that was her name while smoking, asking her about her powers, discovering that Rita possessed elasticity, noting that it was not a weapon. Laura questioned Cliff about the Sisterhood and the Eternal Flagellation, but she got nothing, since Cliff only gave her a bad drawing of him. Rita introduced herself to Holly McKenzie as a postal delivery and used her elasticity to push the letters into place, lamenting that she didn't have a name and Holly nicknamed her "Bendy" as the Sisterhood looked on.

At lunchtime, Rita was judged by the agents until Lloyd Jefferson took Rita to the Metahuman lounge, where Rita met the rest of the Sisterhood, Holly, Shelley Byron, Sachiko and Malcolm DuPont, listening to their motto "Piffle Paffle" and Malcolm explained to Rita that the ones that were chosen as weapons were sent to fight and the ones that weren't weapons were only good for the mail. Shelley invited Rita to join in having fun together. Kay made it to the shoe store, however, she turned off the path to grab a bike. Jane was confronted by Pretty Polly, misleading her about Kay and insulting her. During his trip up a mountain, Vic received notifications of photos taken by fans with him, asking Grid to turn off notifications. Rita was still working, noticing Niles' clothes, remembering him, before Laura arrived, revealing that she was part of the Sisterhood and invited her into Shelley's mind, surprising her because the Sisterhood was having fun. The Sisterhood gave Rita gifts of crafts as a welcome, discovering that she came from the future, despite Rita not remembering correctly, learning that Laura was a partier as well as a worker, sharing her cigarette with Rita and the Sisterhood began to dance.

In the party, Rita went looking for Malcolm, singing along with him, discovering his powers of invisibility, sharing a nice moment with him seeing his bird fly and Malcolm mentioned that he sold his heart, showing that it was now a cage for the bird, impressing Rita. until they were called by the Sisterhood to play. In the game, the Sisterhood recorded a video of them dancing and having fun. While playing, Cliff ran out of money, deciding to sell a date with Vic thanks to the advice of his date, Ginger, considering that all the strange things that happened to him were part of a plan from the cosmos to be a better person for himself. Clara and Rory. The next morning, Laura talked to Rita about the sad life of the Sisterhood, so she decided to help them not to be weapons so that they could be happy, inspired by their "Dada" and Rita was inspired so that they could show who they were to the world. , which Lloyd did not believe when he was tried for being black-skinned.

While watching Kay ride her bike, Jane was terrified that a man might harass her, but in reality the man protected her from being hit by a car. When Paul woke up, Larry gave his son food, discovering that Paul entered the Bureau of his own free will, blaming Larry for abandoning him, causing Gary to commit suicide and Sheryl to go berserk. Paul denied Larry being called his son, causing Larry to argue with him, claiming that it was not his decision to merge with the negative spirit, confessing his selfishness because he wanted a normal life, remembering when Paul was born and accepting that they would never have his son again. family relationship, asking Paul to get out. Sitting in a tree, Vic remembered Lloyd's question, the reason why Silas turned him into Cyborg and left a stone in the tree like Elinore did, deciding to find out who he really was in order to be happy.

Again at lunchtime, Rita finally decided to sit down with the agents to gain respect, convincing the Sisterhood, accepting themselves for who they really are. Due to the taunts of the agents, Rita began to melt in front of them until Malcolm suddenly appeared, advising her not to be seen sweating and Shelley encouraged Rita, pronouncing "Piffle Paffle". Proudly, the Sisterhood pronounced their motto before the agents, causing chaos in the kitchen. Sachiko turned the agents into clowns, handing out Sisterhood symbols, and Lloyd used his wheels to cause a chaotic wind. The fun ended when an agent asked the Sisterhood to come with him .The Sisterhood happily made their way to the agent, who was revealed to be Laura, displaying her shapeshifting powers, leading the Sisterhood to safety. In The Underground, Jane is confronted by Doctor Harrison and the rest of the people, who berate her for letting Kay out, who now returns with her bike. Jane argues with Harrison about her pride in Kay learning to ride a bike, returning to her position as host and Harrison finally deciding to confront Jane without further threats.

Running out of money, Cliff sells all of his friends' stuff and blueprints for his robot body to an anonymous buyer. Vic heads to Orsus Labs to meet with Dr. Chalmers and received a form about putting on synthetic skin. Larry waters his flowers until the parasitic growth causes him to vomit. Rita watched the time machine while talking to Malcolm, who was glad that Rita decided to stay and that the sky and the stars sent her right in 1917. Malcolm thought that Rita traveled back in time to cheer on the Sisterhood, which Rita assumed. After almost sharing a failed kiss, Malcolm returned the clip he had given him, now in the shape of a heart, and Rita used another clip to place it inside the cage as her heart, once again sharing a romantic moment between the two. Laura continues to investigate about the Sisterhood until she realizes that the Sisterhood knew she was in the Doom Manor, setting fire to a wall with the words "Piffle Paffle", scaring Laura.

## Cast

### Starring

* Diane Guerrero as Kay Challis/Crazy Jane
* April Bowlby as Rita Farr
* Joivan Wade as Vic Stone/Cyborg
* Skye Roberts as Kay Challis
* Riley Shanahan as Cliff Steele (physical)
* Matthew Zuk as Larry Trainor (physical)
* Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor (voice)
* Brendan Fraser as Cliff Steele (voice)

### Guest starring

* John Getz as Paul Trainor
* Micah Joe Parker as Malcolm DuPont/Agent !
* Wynn Everett as Shelley Byron/The Fog
* Miles Mussenden as Lloyd Jefferson/Frenzy
* Anita Kalathara as Holly McKenzie/Sleepwalk
* Gina Hiraizumi as Sachiko/The Quiz
* Catherine Carlen as Doctor Harrison
* Charity Cervantes as Isabel Feathers

### Co-starring

* Jackie Goldston as The Secretary
* Hannah Alline as Pretty Polly
* Jonathan Lipow as Monsieur Mallah (voice)
* Erik Passoja as Shipley (voice)
* Joseph Mazza as Agent Patton
* Franco Castan as Agent Wilson
* Jasmine Thomas as Agent Burdette
* Alexander Roberts as Agent Bix
* Ron Clinton Smith as Security Guard
* Aaron Gillespie as Sam
* Peg O´Keef as Betty Ann
* Lillian Searcy as Girl
* Libby Blake as Ginger
* Joel Ray Ishman as Lunch Man
* Shelli Delgado as Receptionist

## Trivia

* Paul refuses to admit his scapegoating Larry for eveything his father didnt have control over.
	+ Not being there for his childhood and young adult years. Larry was being kept hostage at tje Bureau of Normalcy at the time, for the safety of everyone around him; due to his irradiated body being poisonius.
	+ His brother committing suicide. Unlike Paul, he didnt give up hope Larry was alive and only did it to draw him out; to reunite Larry and Paul.
	+ Paul's son getting shot. Which is due to Paul calling the Bureau, who have become so corrupt thay collateral damage is just a Tuesday to them.
* The Sisterhood of Dada are immortals.