Three to Tango - Doom Patrol
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1949, The Brotherhood of Evil headquarters

A robot head, The Brain, making a speech from a central chair, declares that Niles Caulder will be stopped. A talking gorilla with a French accent, Monsieur Mallah, is the only other person in the room. They request their guest be sent in. A man with a transportable phonograph enters to play music and announces Garguax, the Decimator.

They give direction to Garguax to eliminate a female target in order to hamper Niles. The target is Rita Farr. Garguax and his manservant travel to Codsville Mountain Resort for the mission. They make themselves at home among the posh clientele.

They are still stationed at Codsville in 1957 when the newspapers report that the Doom Patrol have defeated the Brotherhood of Evil.

Garguax stays put through until he finally becomes frustrated in 1991, pulling Rita's picture off the fridge in their cabin.

In the present-day, Rita binges on ice cream and tries to ignore the key Niles left her. The newspaper reports the sinkhole the woman with the drill left with a picture of the woman. She starts to lose control of her solidity and lets herself pool in a big flower pot.

In space, Larry's being given a tour by the Negative Energy being. They arrive at the Negative Energy being's home and get sucked in.

Cliff's helping take care of his grandson but Clara and her partner aren't so sure about the arrangement. Cliff gets stuck when the sprinklers come on.

Vic is monitoring online chatter and surveillance of Roni when his system is shut down. His implant goes blue and he calls his dad.

Silas informs him that Quorum knows Vic was involved with Roni's escape and they've manually shut down his access.

Vic finds Rita in the pot and she asks him to go on vacation with her. Jane arrives as the Secretary persona and she arranges the vacation for them. At the Codsville Mountain Resort. When Vic asks if Jane is coming, he is informed that Jane is not available.

Jane and Kay are chatting in the big field. Kay asks if Jane is okay with Niles's death. Kay wants to go on the vacation so Jane surfaces and agrees to go.

Clara comes out to talk to Cliff about his hand tremor. She wonders if it's Parkinson's.

Jane and Vic pop by to tell Cliff they're going on vacation. Rita's in a sack over Jane's shoulder. Cliff wants in on the vacation and Hammerhead emerges to knock him out of stuckness.

Cliff, Rita, Jane, and Vic arrive at Codsville but it's a ghost town.

Larry is inside the nebula and looks completely healed from his radiation. He sees his disfigured self approaching and reaches out to touch his face. It's the Negative Energy being who then transfers the physicality to Larry and disappears.

Larry finds himself back in his room but he's alone. The Negative Spirit isn't there.

Vic's looking for a cellular signal and sees Cliff looking at The Backbone. Cliff starts climbing but jams up immediately.

They discuss Cliff's issues and Roni and Vic's tech.

Rita, in her sack, and Jane sit near the lake and discuss Jane's role in Kay's personas and Rita's situation.

Rita thinks she might be best suited to be Putty Woman. They agree that they're glad The Chief is gone.

Cliff heads to a sauna. He meets Garguax. They get to talking and discover they both hate Niles.

Cliff joins the others at dinner where they're all drinking from long straws. Garguax makes his entrance and sits at another table.

Vic thinks he's a supervillain and goes to question them. Garguax's manservant, Samuelson, is belligerent. Vic gets fixated, insisting they take on Garguax.

Rita shares that Niles left her the key and that she ignored the call to action. She takes form and admits to being unheroic.

Vic outs Cliff's brain issue and Cliff continues to refuse to have it checked out. He storms out.

Jane tells Vic off from trying to make them into a super team. Vic storms out.

Garguax spots Rita through a window. Samuelson is ready to attack her but Garguax doesn't want to carry out his mission, feeling the cause is moot now that Niles is dead and the Brotherhood gone. He tells Samuelson that they will leave that night. Samuels is unwilling to abandon their task.

Cliff goes back to the Backbone while Jane finds a Labyrinth. Rita finds an art studio. Vic tries to find a cell signal.

Cliff climbs the Backbone and gets stuck at the top. Jane sits in the middle of the Labyrinth. Rita makes a pot but gives up when it doesn't go right. Vic breaks his phone and throws it away.

The Backbone falls down. Jane opens her eyes and sees Niles's wheelchair. In her mind, Kay curls up in a protective pose. Jane screams and storms away.

Larry stands alone by the window, wondering what's going on.

At Codsville, the team sits in the lounge, drinking. Cliff plays with umbrellas. Kay suddenly starts dancing and Jane moves accordingly. Rita joins her. Cliff jumps in. Vic completes their circle.

As Garguax and Samuelson are leaving, a beeping is heard,  indicating the target is on-site.

The drill woman emerges and runs to the Codsville amenities building.

The team's dancing is interrupted by Garguax bursting in. He says, "Run," and collapses, having been shot in the back by Samuelson with an enormous weapon.

Samuelson hits everyone except Rita. Kay is visibly upset by this turn of events. Rita tries to escape but is stopped by the drill woman who pushes her back into the lounge and barricades the door.

Samuelson opens fire on Rita.

Samuelson arranges all the team members' bodies on the dance floor, chooses a song on the jukebox. and leaves.

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Doom Patrol
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Episode Number:
2
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Doom Patrol Season 3 Episode 2 Quotes

It's called The Backbone. 'The quickest way to discover who you really are. The only way to reach the top is to let go of all your fear.' Ooh, says here back in the 70s, Nixon climbed up and when he came back down, he resigned. Huh.

Cliff

Dad, I am really happy we are in each other's lives again. I am. But if you're going to keep looking after Rory and driving my wife nuts in the process, I need to be sure it's safe. For his sake. And also, I love you.

Clara