![]() ![]() ![]() However “Casey Patrol” does have me wondering if there is something under the surface of our relationships to our favorite characters. Is it possible that all of us have more in common with our favorite DC superheroes than we realize? Is that why we’re drawn to them? Unfortunately, Green Lantern or Firestorm won’t be popping out of a comic book to share their personal traumas anytime soon, so we won’t be able to test the theory the way Dorothy did. Perhaps there is something to the link between these two characters. Once she enters the real world, she struggles with the concept of mortality, much like Dorothy did in Doom Patrol season two. Casey spent her early existence as a comic book character. Niles forced Dorothy to hide away in Danny, fearful of what would happen if his daughter ever entered the real world. Both of them grew up away from the real world, sheltered and isolated. I thought about the parallels between Casey and Dorothy, and there are few more that the show didn’t explicitly point out. As Casey confesses her insecurities, it dawns on Dorothy that both of them must face their fears, especially when it comes to their fathers. ![]() She’s afraid to face her father, fearing that she might destroy him and lose him forever. Once Space Case realizes she’s in the real world and her actions have consequences, she begins to lose her confidence. However, as the episode progresses, we realize that Casey has more in common with Dorothy than it initially appears. Seeing something here? Everything that is hard for Dorothy comes easy for Casey. Casey’s archenemy Torminox is a mutated version of her father and Space Case has no anxiety about facing him. She doesn’t need the Dead Boy Detectives or her imaginary friends to go on heists for her. In reality, this was a Dead Boy Detectives adventure and she was too scared to use the trinket.Ĭasey, on the other hand, doesn’t fear adventure. She creates a fantastical tale about how she and the Candlemaker stole a trinket that allowed her to commune with her father’s spirit. At first, Dorothy tries to hide this by telling stories. Dorothy has not fully processed the death of her father Niles and has unresolved feelings about the way he raised her. If you get a chance to rewatch the episode, pay attention to Dorothy’s body language every time Casey speaks.Īs the action unspools, it starts to become clear why Dorothy is drawn to Casey. Well, she’s as excited as you can be when all of your neighbors are being transformed into brainwashed cyborgs. Dorothy feels detached, pushing away friends like Maura Lee and Danny, but when she meets Space Case, she can’t contain her excitement. She only rarely comes out of her trailer and spends most of her time reading Space Case comics. She is living inside Danny’s pocket dimension, closing herself off from the world. When we catch up with Dorothy, she is in a funk. “Casey Patrol” marks her live-action debut and while it takes a few liberties with her story, most of what we see is pretty faithful to the page, including her costume. Naturally this led to some existential trauma. ![]() In the comics, Casey was a paramedic whose life was turned upside down when she discovered that she was actually a comic book character who had somehow entered the real world. Space Case is the superhero alias of Casey Brinke, a character who was introduced in Gerard Way and Nick Derington’s mind-warping Doom Patrol run. The episode was an interesting character study on Dorothy and the relationship she has with her favorite comic book character, Space Case. With its fourth episode, “Casey Patrol,” the series took a break from the Buttpocalypse storyline (if you know, you know) to catch up with Dorothy, Maura Lee Karupt and Danny the Ambulance. If you’ve been watching HBO Max’s Doom Patrol, then you might have an idea about some of the problems Dorothy has recently been facing. Others read comic books because they admire the characters and wish they had the strength and wisdom of their favorite superheroes.ĭorothy Spinner falls into that last category. For me personally, I enjoy long-running serialized narratives. Some people do it for escapism, others do it for the extraordinary artwork, nostalgia, or a combination of various reasons. All of us are drawn to the DC Universe for different reasons. ![]()
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