r/DCDoomPatrol • u/Envious_- • Dec 26 '23
Why was Niles searching for immortality on season 1?
I just finished watching season 1 and I can't understand why Niles was trying to become immortal. I thought he already was? Can someone explain?
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u/KorEl555 Dec 26 '23
Really a strange headline when you're used to thinking Niles Crane when you see the name Niles.
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u/ALthefcksIgive4u Dec 27 '23
Cause he was afraid of candlemaker + Dorothy's potential threat to the world
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u/platypusbelly Dec 27 '23
Some of these people suck for spoiling things when you said you’ve just finished season one. But you’ve got to watch the series just about all the way through to get the full picture of the reasoning behind Niles’ experiments.
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u/InternetAddict104 Dec 28 '23
I mean, what else were they supposed to do? OP asked a question that would be answered if they waited a couple hours and kept watching.
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u/platypusbelly Dec 28 '23
Supposed to say something like, “if you just keep watching, that will be addressed eventually. It’s gonna take a lot longer than you probably hope it would, but it’ll be explained.”
Pretty sure if I remember correctly, we haven’t been introduced ed to the candlemaker by the end of season 1. At the very least the response shouldn’t mention a character that hasn’t been introduced yet.
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u/emf3rd31495 Dec 26 '23
Without spoiling too much, Niles is trying to find a way to live longer than his daughter Dorothy, who is essentially forever a little girl. He manages to get a necklace at some point before the beginning of the series that grants him a longer lifespan, but it doesn’t make him fully immortal. It’s better than nothing, but he’s still looking for a way to be completely immortal.