Youth Patrol

"**Youth Patrol**" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of *Doom Patrol*. It premiered on HBO Max on December 29, 2022.

## Synopsis

When Rita awakens unexpectedly aged, a mishandled spell teenage-ifies the Doom Patrol just as Willoughby asks for their help stopping the rise of Immortus and the end of the world as they know it.

## Plot

In his room, Larry meditates to connect with Keeg and Mister 104, deciphering their location. He wants to go rescue his son, but he fears that Rita won't wake up; Vic recommends he go save Keeg. While smoking in her room, Jane kept thinking about Shelley and began masturbating, causing her to be sent to The Underground. Annoyed by her "interruption," Jane criticized the rest of the personas for not letting her do her intimate need, even though it wasn't her body, but Pretty Polly told her that she was the one who arrived, confusing the others for what she meant. did, but Jane chose to return to the surface. Cliff got into the car he and Laura took to repair and he thanked Laura, realizing that the radio worked. Willoughby Kipling appeared behind, asking what trouble they had gotten themselves into and ordered the others to be gathered to explain the danger of Immortus, which was connected to them.

Rita finally woke up, realizing that she had begun to age. Larry continued his search in a forest while seeing flashbacks of Mister 104, passing out as 104 approached Larry. The Doom Patrol regrouped at the table to listen to Kipling, who told them how Immortus was real, since he was only counted as a legend and a forgotten deity, warning that it would be the end of time if he rose, confusing Cliff and Laura because they had prevented the Buttpocalypse. Kipling warned them that Immortus could swallow the entire universe, proving that it was a threat to reality and Laura remembered the Immortus Project, a former Bureau of Normalcy project to achieve immortality, which was discarded, however, Kipling claimed it was the reason for his visit, revealing that the team was the result of the project, except for Laura and Vic. Kipling told the team how Niles got a part of Immortus' longevity, the longevity talisman, after stealing it from Eric Morden and breaking it to pieces, Niles gave Rita, Larry, Cliff and Jane the power of longevity, mentioning that the talisman had been stolen and warned the team not to lose their longevity, as this would prevent the rise of Immortus. To Kipling's frustration, the Doom Patrol revealed that Rita lost her longevity at the hands of Doctor Janus. Seeking to avoid aging, Rita tried to find Niles's experiment to regain her youth until finding a box that said experiments unlikely to rejuvenate, finding a potion that would help her, before Cliff surprised her, dropping the potion.

In a strange fog, the team went to the lab, being affected by the potion, finding clothes from the past, except for Laura, confusing everyone, but Kipling mentioned that a rejuvenation spell was used, making them teenagers again. The Doom Patrol noticed that they felt younger inside while Kipling discovered that the spell was experimental, showing great cavalry, which was the way chaos wizards grow, impressing everyone and Laura recounted how she withstood the spell thanks to his bureau training. Kipling realized that the spell was one Khepri, worrying him because it was a very bad thing. Suddenly, Larry appeared at the Ant Farm, watching as Mister 104 stood before Forsythe, revealing his name to be Rama and his desire to study organic chemistry, being forced to deoxygenate his agents with his elemental powers, making Larry feel bad, before waking up in Rama's cabin. and Larry tried to go after Keeg to no avail, as Rama forcibly stopped him against a wall and tried to calm him down, mentioning that he tried to get rid of Keeg, causing him to fire a lightning bolt at Larry which bounced off him. Rita, despite the situation, claimed that they all looked good, frustrating Kipling, who tried to find his mentor April, because if Kipling was a teenager, his magic didn't work, however, Rita asked not to do anything to the about it, although Kipling warned that they did not have time because they would die until rejuvenated. After Cliff mocked Kipling for being a virgin, the sorcerer located his mentor in Toledo, ordering the team to prepare to ride in the car.

Back at the Ant Farm, Rama teleported into a memory of Larry, seeing him also suffer from the experiments with the Negative Spirit. The Doom Patrol stopped at a gas station, allowing Rita and Laura to go to the bathroom while Jane and Cliff got snacks for the road, of which Vic ordered Takis. Cliff talked to Jane about how they could have been best friends if they had met in high school, but Jane felt good about getting past that stage in her life as Cliff talked about the positive side of being a teenager, asking her to talk about her love for Shelley. Jane noticed a group of teenagers smoking and the duo approached them, receiving their compliments, and Jane asked for weed, but Charlie asked her to buy snacks for them in exchange for their weed. Rita allowed Laura to use the bathroom for being the leader while the two discussed how April could possibly help her avoid aging, leaving because of Laura's refusal and Rita left the gas station, being followed by Laura to talk to her. When Jane and Cliff arrived with their new friends, the duo asked to go to an cool party with their new friends, convincing Vic to go, however, Kipling chided them for their adolescent desire to party while discussing the Decreator, frustrating Kipling, who scolded the team for their ineptitude. Cliff, Jane, Vic and the trio insulted Kipling, calling him boring and a virgin, so Kipling agreed to go to the party for 5 minutes. Forsythe initiated the experiment, removing Larry's containment suit, causing the agents to die in front of him from their radioactive environment, worrying Rama about Larry's suffering.

Turning his skin to lead, Rama reached out to Larry to calm him down, sharing calming looks while the two actually clasped their hands. Upon arriving at the pool party, Cliff began to celebrate, dancing and drinking, Vic livened up the party by jumping into the pool, Jane danced with her new friends, and Kipling smoked with a group of teenagers. Vic got out of the pool to sit with Jane, who offered him a cigarette, mocking his friend for not taking it, calling him a "nerd", confusing Vic as Jane claimed to believe that he was the typical good guy, and Jane talked to Vic about how it felt weird to be living her teenage years because Kay took her out after that stage. While listening to Jane, Vic remembered the adventures with the Detroiticons in his youth, feeling bad for not fixing things, but Jane advised him to do the impossible to regain their great friendship and Vic was busy with his work as a hero, before he Jane will state that the world will always be rescued, wondering who would rescue them. Motivated by what Jane said, Vic decided to do something, receiving Jane's luck while she continued to smoke. The smoke from Jane's cigarette made a colorful cloud come out, spilling drops that became a bridge, surprising Jane, who decided to walk until she reached Kay and tried to apologize for having masturbated on her body, however, Kay told her that it was both of their bodies, making Jane feel good, before she snapped back to reality.

Jane realized that Kipling had become a kid, before discovering that they both reached their childish age. In a bus terminal, Laura found Rita turned into a girl, being criticized by Rita for having endured the spell of youth, but Laura confessed that she was affected, but since she was ashamed of her youth, she changed her form to her adulthood. Laura talked to Rita about how she had suffered in her youth, considering that her adolescence was not like the others, showing her fear of not having found someone who understands her and Rita remembered how they were both best friends when she did not remember her life until her betrayal. , crying for not being able to recover their friendship. Laura calmed Rita down, admitting that she felt guilty for the betrayal of the Sisterhood of Dada and Malcolm's death, crying in front of Rita to show her girlish form and feeling sorry, Rita comforted her old friend, sharing a hug. Jane and Kipling confronted Cliff, who was still having fun, to go look for April, however, Cliff decided to continue celebrating, admitting to being a "weirdo" in front of Jane by not being well, criticizing the reason for his glove, angering Jane by Cliff's behavior, who convinced his new friends to go somewhere else to party. Cliff got mad at Jane for not talking about his problems, refusing to go with his real friends to party and Kipling asking for Vic's location. For his part, Vic, turned into a kid, went to Detroit to visit Deric's apartment to apologize and gave his friend a hug, who was confused by the situation.

At the cabin, Larry finally woke up, hearing Rama talk about seeing his past, acknowledging that Larry always had guardian spirits like Keeg and the original. Rama told Larry that he joined Janus to stop causing suffering, mentioning that his powers would occasionally go out of control, fearing that he would cause extinction, assuming that Immortus could help him, mistaking Larry for the identity of Immortus, whom he took to be like someone bad. Rama got mad that they both suffered from the bureau agents and Immortus could change that, but Larry befriended Rama to help him with his condition, something Rama accepted and Keeg turned to Larry, making them laugh because Keeg wanted to get them together on romantic stage. As they shared glances, Larry was transported to another dimension by scissors and Rama followed him to save him. Jane and Kipling ran out of time to find April, before the Knights Templar arrived with Bunbury to help, threatening Kipling to return to them and Kipling reluctantly agreed, being helped by Bunbury to return to his adulthood, confusing the young Jane. Jane tried to run away from Bunbury, but ended up turning into a baby, which Bunbury used to get close to her as Kipling frustratedly asked her to hurry. Bunbury used his magical powers to extract something within her, causing Baby Jane to scream as Kipling looked on in wailing.

## Cast

### Starring

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

### Special appearance by

* Michelle Gomez as Laura De Mille/Madame Rouge

### Guest starring

* Mark Sheppard as Willoughby Kipling
* Sendhil Ramamurthy as Rama/Mister 104
* Elijah Rashad Reed as Deric Hayes

### Co-starring

* Hannah Alline as Pretty Polly
* Tyler Crumley as Young Willoughby Kipling
* Zuri James as Calvin
* Moses Jones as Marcus
* Shay Mack as Driller Bill
* Ethan McDowell as Charles Forsythe
* Sparrow Nicole as Winona
* Tim Peek as Knight Templar
* Braelyn Rankins as Young Vic Stone
* Ava Grace Roberts as Young Laura De Mille
* Robby Sherwood as Jeremy
* Macoy Stewart as Charlie
* Lana Jean Turner as Young Rita Farr
* Va Lui as Mama Pentecost (uncredited)

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## Trivia

* The young Kipling's hair is a reference to the hair of Mark Sheppard's character Paddy Armstrong in the film *In the Name of the Father*.
* Cliff's "weirdo" speech to Jane is similar to one that Jughead Jones gives to Betty Cooper in *Riverdale*.
* It is confirmed that a week has passed since the events of "Butt Patrol".
* it makes sense that Jane reflexively is pulled into the Underground when she attempts mastubating. Sex was one of the traumas that Kay sufferered; plus Miranda added to it before Jane took over