Television LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS (Season 4 Premieres May 15, 2025)

Pick 5 of your favorite episodes in season one [multiple votes allowed]

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Season 3 has just dropped, had no idea it was coming.
I really enjoyed S1, was underwhelmed by S2.
5 minutes into E1 of S3 and I'm not feeling too optimistic...
 
aunshi189 said:
Season 3 has just dropped, had no idea it was coming.
I really enjoyed S1, was underwhelmed by S2.
5 minutes into E1 of S3 and I'm not feeling too optimistic...
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thanks for the heads up.
I enjoyed season 2. What didnt u like about it?
I remember every episode being unique andmemorable.
 
AristotleAmadopolis said:
thanks for the heads up.
I enjoyed season 2. What didnt u like about it?
I remember every episode being unique andmemorable.
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There's not a lot I can articulate about it really. S2 had some very stunning visuals but I just found the episodes less conceptually interesting than S1 I guess. I'm struggling to explain because a lot of it didn't feel memorable to me.

I'm glad you enjoyed it though, hopefully S3 is more of the same for you.
 
Skipped the 1st episode. But the the next 3-4 are waaay better than volume 2.
 
Law Talkin’ Guy said:
Watched the first two last night. The one with the crab was really good I thought.
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I really enjoyed Bad Travelling, the three robots ep was incredibly underwhelming to me. i was hoping for a longer season, so hopefully the rest of the episodes are good.
 
Mason's rats was my favourite episode.

A quick ranking of episodes: 7, 2, 8, 3, 9, 1, 6, 5, 4.

The second half of the list is pretty interchangeable, there wasn't a standout bad episode for me.
 
aunshi189 said:
Mason's rats was my favourite episode.

A quick ranking of episodes: 7, 2, 8, 3, 9, 1, 6, 5, 4.

The second half of the list is pretty interchangeable, there wasn't a standout bad episode for me.
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Three Robots (#3.1) was preachy. The Very Pulse of Things (#3.3) and Jibaro (#3.9) were pretentious nonsense, but yeah, this season had few lows.

Bad Traveling (#3.2) was obviously the crown jewel of the season, but too many are sleeping on Swarm (#3.6). It doesn't live up to Beyond the Aquila Rift, still the best episode in the series history, but it had a lot going on. Its greatest weakness was the forced tryst between the main characters that came out of nowhere.
 
Madmick said:
Three Robots (#3.1) was preachy. The Very Pulse of Things (#3.3) and Jibaro (#3.9) were pretentious nonsense, but yeah, this season had few lows.

Bad Traveling (#3.2) was obviously the crown jewel of the season, but too many are sleeping on Swarm (#3.6). It doesn't live up to Beyond the Aquila Rift, still the best episode in the series history, but it had a lot going on. Its greatest weakness was the forced tryst between the main characters that came out of nowhere.
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I agree completely on 3.2 being preachy. While I suspect I agree with the politics behind the preaching more than you do I can't stand attempts at 'satire' which lack all subtly. I also didn't like how 2022 it was in its references, for me, Sci-fi should look at a bigger picture of the human experience than some cheap rednecks are bad and lol Elon Musk jokes. I quite liked the animation of it though.

3.2 actually highlights for me while my enjoyment of the series is decreasing over time. It was a good episode but it felt a little formulaic. I think I would have loved it if it was part of S1 but the very realistic animation style combined with a grim story of gory death and the depths of human character. I suppose it didn't feel very innovative to me.

I agree that 3.6 probably deserves higher than I gave it in my initial ranking. I wanted more time seeing the swarm than exploring the human love interest. It did showcase how to have a potentially 'preachy' message that humans are greedy but doing it as much more of a subtle undertone.

One of the saving graces of the program is how digestible it is, an underwhelming episode doesn't feel like a loss of time.
 
Thoughts on each episode:
Episode 1 (The Three Robots: Exit Strategies): Good follow up to the other three robots episode(s?). I think the ending felt like a little bit of a letdown, but these are good comedic episodes. These humorous episodes are generally not what I’m watching this series for, but they have their place.

Episode 2 (Bad Travelling): Thought this episode was really great. The visual style was amazing, and a nice blend of realism but also style. Very nice worldbuilding too. With these kinds of episodes there has to be something more than just the straightforward “text” of the episode, and I do think there’s more subtext here but I’m not sure exactly what it was.

Episode 3 (The Very Pulse of the Machine): Now we’re getting to what this series can do when it’s at its best. This one definitely reminded me of Fish Night which is one of my favorite episodes. The visuals are amazing, and again I have to sit with this one more to get the subtext, but I’ll be very happy to rewatch this.

Episode 4 (Night of the Mini Dead): Another very good comedic episode. The visual style was cool, and the comedy landed fairly well. Too short though, and not much more to the episode than what’s on screen.

Episode 5 (Kill Team Kill): Pretty poor. The animation seemed pretty bad and cheap at times, and a lot of the humor fell flat for me. I felt like it was trying to have its cake and eat it too by being both satirical, but also simply being what it was trying to satirize.

Episode 6 (Swarm): Another great episode. Again, the visuals and worldbuilding were absolutely amazing. The story was great, but felt like it ended abruptly and I want much more.

Episode 7 (Mason’s Rats): Pretty good episode. Tone felt a bit all over the place, but very good stylish visuals and a fairly fun, if predictable, story.

Episode 8 (In Vaulted Halls Entombed): Another pretty great episode. Blah blah blah, amazing visuals, yeah yeah yeah…. This kind of realism does sort of fall apart in the characters’ faces, but it’s still amazing. Fun story that is obviously a Cthulu story in all but name. As with Swarm, I want more.

Episode 9 (Jibaro): Here we go again, like Episode 3 this is Love Death and Robots at its absolute best, and also very reminiscent of the director’s episode The Witness, another one of my favorites from season 1. Visually absolutely amazing. I don’t know how this isn’t whatever the modern version of rotoscoping is, but from what I understand it’s not and that’s almost literally unbelievable. The colors are great, the energy in some of the close shots is amazing, but the episode also knows when to cut to wide shots as well. This episode was a fantastic way to end a great season.

Overall this season was fantastic, and maybe even better than the first. Jibaro might be the best episode of the series, and Bad Travelling, The Very Pulse of the Machine, and Swarm were also standouts. Kill Team Kill felt like the only stumble.
 
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I really enjoyed this season. I felt Swarm was missing its last few minutes. The ending seemed abrupt.

Mason's Rat's was really good both visuals and story for me.

The tomb monster was legit Lovecraftian horror.

Kill Team Kill cracked me up. It was like they took all the dumb shit and shit talking from the military and threw it into one episode.

All in all a solid entry overall to this series.
 
Another good installment, really enjoyed the swarm one, and the last one with the deaf dude and the river siren was very unique and well crafted. Watched them all in succession in one sitting will probably watch again down the line. 8/10 overall
 
Bad Traveling, The very Pulse of the Machine were the best ones.
rat episode was fun
swarm was also pretty good
tomb episode was like it's a Cthulhu story
Jibaro was visually beautiful even though not much substance.
 
Is there a better variety of style in this season? I thought S2 was way too CGI/mo-cap heavy, which made the season feel a little stale.
 
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