Dad Patrol

"**Dad Patrol**" is the eighth episode of the second season of *Doom Patrol*. It premiered on DC Universe and HBO Max on July 23, 2020.

## Synopsis

DC Universe: While Jane sets out to prove her worth in The Underground, Cliff goes into “dad” mode and Niles devotes a day to Dorothy, who’s finally growing up.

HBO Max: Determined to prove her worth in The Underground, Jane brings Larry to rural Arkansas to help her retrieve an invaluable item. Meanwhile, Niles organizes a special day for Dorothy, who hides a personal development from her declining father. And Cliff gives father/daughter bonding with Clara his best shot, while Rita embraces her superhero status as "The Beekeeper" and Vic is forced to confront the real Roni.

## Plot

### Arkansas, 1954

Kay Challis' father puts her into a well for disobeying him and ends up dropping a beloved toy in the process.

In the Underground, Jane is concerned that both Scarlet Harlot and Lucy Fugue have gone missing, but Miranda comes in and discredits Jane by claiming that Kay is starting to heal. A younger version of Kay chimes in that she wants Harry, the toy she dropped in the real well. As a result, Jane says she'll go get Harry.

At Doom Manor, Cliff gives Clara tour of the place and tries to bond with her.

Elsewhere, Niles and Dorothy stop at a gas station and he gets a call on a peanut butter cup from Willoughby who says that there are whisperings that the end of the world is coming if Dorothy matures any further. However, while Dorothy is in the convenience store, she discovers she's having her first period.

Back at Doom Manor, Larry wakes up in his room and finds a recording that he and his son made before his fateful test flight back in the sixties. But before he listen to it, Jane shows up and asks him to come to Arkansas with her.

At the convenience store, the clerk comes to help Dorothy and explains that getting her period is part of growing up, but she also tells her not to tell her dad since some dads can't handle their daughters growing up.

Rita meanwhile tells Vic about her heroics as Beekeeper and imagines herself with in a crimefighting duo with Vic. However, Vic notices a headline that the VP of Quorum has been found murdered. To make matters worse, Vic can't reach Roni.

Jane explains to Larry where they're going and how Flit won't even get close to the farm. Jane explains that she doesn't know how things work, but she might disappear if Kay gets better. They get to the well and Jane has a flashback to when a teen Kay, as Miranda, gets put into the well again.

At the Manor, Cliff and Cara talk with his estranged daughter revealing that she's marrying a woman and that this makes her a a lesbian. However, she is struggling with the fear of failing at marriage given Cliff's own bad record with them. Cliff gives some awkward, but heartfelt and well-meaning advice, and before she leaves, Clara invites Cliff to her wedding.

Elsewhere, Niles takes Dorothy to a fair. She wins a blue stuffed bear for Jane, but she ends up having a vision of an indigenous woman who appears to be her mother bringing her a pair of red boots, telling her that it's time. She sees the woman repeatedly as she and Niles go about their day. Unaware of this, Niles sends her into a funhouse alone where the woman takes her to the Yukon and tells her she is ready. In addition, the Candlemaker tells her that it is time to let him out. Scared, Dorothy flees back into the funhouse.

Still in Arkansas, Jane goes into the well, and after some searching, she finds a safe space in the stones where the toy was placed as well as a letter Miranda wrote to their father.

In the Underground, Jane gives Miranda the toy and cedes her role as primary only for Miranda to throw the toy back into the well and shove Jane in as well. While inside there, much to Jane's horror, she finds the bodies of Scarlet and Lucy in the well along with those of Baby Doll and Flaming Katy.

In Detroit, Vic and Rita show up at Roni's place where the FBI are investigating. They find the vial of uma jelly in their search. Vic eventually finds Roni at the diner and confronts her. The uma jelly from their fight with the scants has saved her from dying. However, in the process. she revelas that she did in fact, kill the Quorum VP and may kill again. Vic tries to stop her, and the two of them fight. But in the end, Vic is forced to bust out his Cyborg arm to stop her from harming him. As a result, Roni ends up leaving. Rita arrives at the scene but doesn't stop the other woman from leaving.

At the fair, the day begins to run out and Willoughby shows up. However, before they can get very far, they discover that things are melting, which can only mean that Dorothy has grown up and that the Candlemaker is coming. As a result, they have missed their chance to stop things from going full on apocalyptic.

## Cast

### Starring

* Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane (inhabiting Kay Challis’s body)
* April Bowlby as Rita Farr
* Joivan Wade as Vic Stone/Cyborg
* Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor (voice only)
* Brendan Fraser as Cliff Steele (voice only)

### Special appearance by

* Timothy Dalton as Dr. Niles “The Chief” Caulder

### Also starring

* Riley Shanahan as Cliff Steele (physically only)
* Matthew Zuk as Larry Trainor (physically only)

### Guest starring

* Mark Sheppard as Willoughby Kipling
* Samantha Marie Ware as "Miranda"
* Karen Obilom as Roni Evers
* Abigail Shapiro as Dorothy Spinner
* Pisay Pao as Oyewah
* Bethany Anne Lind as Clara Steele

### Co-starring

* Leela Owen as Young Miranda
* Skye Roberts as Kay Challis
* Dave Macdonald as Daddy
* Jackie Goldston as The Secretary
* Sarah Borne as Baby Doll
* Hannah Alline as Pretty Polly
* Suzie Haines as Cop #1
* Todd Truly as Agent #1
* Leslie Black as Agent #2
* Laketa Renèe Booker as Mom
* Ava Metallo as Young Girl
* Lynne Ashe as Carol
* Fletcher Hammond as Young Paul Trainor
* Lex Lang as Voice of Candlemaker
* Troy Hogan as Carney
* Tim Peek as Knight Templar #1

## Gallery

### Videos

Doom Patrol Season 2 Episode 208 Teaser DC Universe
## References

1. ↑ "Doom Patrol episode photos show off some dad time" - Batman News