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.