Most, if not all, TV shows have a very real fear of being canceled. The axe will definitely fall at some point, but WHEN? Our team of network sources and insiders gives us the most up-to-date information on whether or not Doom Patrol will be canceled or kept going. Our handy cancel/renew tracker will keep you up to date on the status of “The DC Universe TV show Doom Patrol!
Doom Patrol Season 5 Cancelled or Renewed
According to tvcancelrenew, As of November 3, 2022, DC Universe hasn’t decided whether Season 5 of Doom Patrol will be canceled or kept going. We check on Doom Patrol every day, and this page will be updated as soon as the show is canceled or renewed. Mark this page as a favorite and come back to check for the latest news.
Doom Patrol Season 4 Releasing
Season 4 of Doom Patrol will start in October 2021. The first part of Season 4 will start on December 8, 2022. The first two episodes will air at the same time. Up until January 5, 2023, a new episode will come out every week. After that, the show will take a break until the end of the season, when the last six episodes will air.
Where to Watch
Season 4 will only be available to stream on HBO Max starting December 8, just like Season 3. Season 1 of Doom Patrol ended in May 2019 on the streaming service DC Universe, which is no longer available. The second season started in June 2020 and ran until August same time on both HBO Max and DC Universe.
]Starting with the third season, which started in September 2021 and ended in November 2021, Doom Patrol was only available on HBO Max.
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Doom Patrol Season 4 About
Doom Patrol is about the unlikely heroes of the team’s name. They all got their superpowers because of bad things that happened to them, and most people don’t like them. In the first few seasons, fans saw each character come to terms with their unique powers and the bad things that happened in their pasts that led them to where they are now.
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The show takes care to talk about each character’s psychological scars and how they affect them, but it also has its share of weirdness, and it looks like Season 4 will do the same. Warner Bros. Television released an official summary of Season 4 before the Doom Patrol panel at New York Comic-Con 2022. See for yourself:
In the upcoming fourth season, the team goes to the future by accident and finds something bad there. Faced with the fact that they are about to die, the Doom Patrol must decide for good whether their own happiness or the fate of the world is more important.
Time travel has been used as a plot point in several interesting shows, and having it as a plot point in a show like Doom Patrol has many benefits. First, since Cliff Steele/Robot-Man had been tested for years, a new era would give him a chance to find out more about the past (and even the future).
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Vic Stone/Cyborg will learn what it means to be a superhero without superpowers now that he has changed his body with synthetic skin and taken on a human shape. Vic would also be able to get urgently needed upgrades in the future if he could travel through time.
This would give the group another strategic advantage when he turns back into Cyborg. For now, he will have to find new ways to help his friends while stepping back from all the glory and fame he’s used to as Cyborg. And since Madame Rouge and Rita have been to the past, there are a lot of possibilities for them. The fact that Doom Patrol goes back in time could also make it possible for crossovers between that show and Titans and Stargirl.
Episodes Guide
Season 4 of Doom Patrol will have 12 episodes, which is more than Season 3. Each episode will be between 44 and 58 minutes long. Before the release date was announced, the episode names were made public. Some episodes may have names that fans of the Doom Patrol comics will recognize.
Episode 5’s title, “Casey Patrol,” may be a reference to Casey Brinke/Space Case, a paramedic who later joins the team and is revealed to be a space hero. Episode 10’s title, “Immortimas Patrol,” is probably a reference to General Immortus, an ancient invader who has fought the Doom Patrol members many times in the comics.
The “Butt Patrol” title of Episode 6 suggests that the “butt monster” will also be back. Here is a full list of episode names and when they will air:
- Episode 1: “Hope Patrol” – December 8, 2022
- Episode 2: “Nostalgia Patrol” – December 8, 2022
- Episode 3: “Fame Patrol” – December 15, 2022
- Episode 4: “Youth Patrol” – December 22, 2022
- Episode 5: “Casey Patrol” – December 29, 2022
- Episode 6: “Butt Patrol” – January 5, 2023
- Episode 7: “Portal Patrol” – TBA
- Episode 8: “Orqwith Patrol” – TBA
- Episode 9: “Tomb Patrol” – TBA
- Episode 10: “Immortimas Patrol” – TBA
- Episode 11: “Done Patrol” – TBA
- Episode 12: “Doom Patrol” – TBA
Doom Patrol Season 4 Cast
Many people are happy to hear that the whole cast will be back. Fans can expect to hear Brendan Fraser in his voice role and see Riley Shanahan as Robot-Man, April Bowlby as Rita Farr/Elasti-Woman, Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor/Negative Man, and Mattew Zuk in costume, Diane Guerrero as Kay Challis/Crazy Jane, and Joivan Wade as Cyborg.
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Niles Caulder, played by Timothy Dalton, might not come back because the character died in Season 3. However, death has never really been a problem in the Doom Patrol world, so he might come back.
Laura De Mille/Madame Rogue, played by Michelle Gomez, joins the team in Season 4. She was first seen in Season 3. She is a strange metahuman who can travel through time and take on the appearance of other people, animals, and things. Elijah Rashad Reed will join the Doom world as a recurring character named Deric.
Deric is a smart and civic-minded robotics teacher who gets pulled into Vic Stone’s life, which is very different from his own. Sendhil Ramamurthy is another new addition to the cast. He will play the villain Mr. 104, who is described as a charming and interesting man who can change into any element he wants.
This makes him a threat to any enemy he meets. Madeline Zima is also joining the cast as a recurring character. She will play Casey Brinke/Space Case, an EMT who gets caught up in the Patrol’s adventures and finds out how she got to be the way she is.
