Doom Patrol season 3: HBO Max greenlights the return of the superheroes ahead of DC FanDome

Our favourite band of misfit superheroes will be back in 2021. HBO Max has given the go-ahead for Doom Patrol Season 3.

We can all agree that the second season finale of Doom Patrol was abrupt. The season of the DC Universe series appeared to have been cut short and left viewers with more questions than answers. Well, fans can expect to get some of those answers as HBO Max has renewed the DC Comics show. Deadline reports that Doom Patrol Season 3 is set to air in 2021.

We don’t know what’s in store for the heroes. Most of them were either turned to wax or blown to pieces in the finale. The only one left was Timothy Dalton’s Niles Caulder, who was distraught seeing his beloved daughter Dorothy (Abigail Shapiro) take the next step in her evolution.

More doom and gloom on Doom Patrol Season 3?

Cliff Steele/Robotman (Brendan Fraser), Larry Trainor/Negative Man (Matt Bomer), Jane/Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr/Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby), and Victor Stone/Cyborg (Joivan Wade) are all set to resume their duties saving the day as the world’s most dysfunctional team of superheroes.

Looking at the brief promotional video shared for Doom Patrol Season 3, things do not look good for the team. Were they just decimated by a giant robot? Nothing good ever comes from meeting a giant robot.

This robot could be another figment of Dorothy’s imagination, or this is a sneak peek at another villain for the team. As if they don’t have enough problems.

Larry has been struggling with abandoning his family, while Rita has had to confront her traumatic relationship with her mother. Vic finally found a romantic partner, only for her to turn out to be some kind of genocidal maniac.

Jane’s had the most growth in rediscovering herself, but now the original host, little Kay, has been caught by her father. The only person whose life was looking up was Cliff’s, except he then had to miss his daughter’s wedding and is currently in a million pieces.

With the show now having found a new permanent home on HBO Max, hopefully Doom Patrol Season 3 will develop the characters better than its predecessor. The second season appeared to be stuck in a rut with most of the character arcs running in place. We need more of the grounded emotionality of season one, and less of the kookiness when the show returns.

Doom Patrol Season 3 will air on HBO Max in 2021.

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