In a small town, a young, tight-knit group of friends fall in and out of love over the course of one intoxicating, music-filled summer night.

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

Scientists and sci-fi writers explore a hypothetical first-contact event between aliens and humans.