Love, Death & Robots Volume 2 Review: A formidable anthology that is worth all the hype

The second season of Netflix’s animated sci-fi anthology series may not surpass the highs of season one, but it doesn’t fall short either

Bhuvanesh Chandar

Originally written on 14th May 2021

If you are an immortal man with regenerative body cells, living on an alien planet far into the future, and if you are surrounded by the blood and bones of soldiers you just killed, now might be a good time to kiss your cyborg lover. This may sound bonkers, but creators of dystopian sci-fi are pushing the limits of their creativity to such an extent these days that this scene from the latest season of Netflix’s NSFW anthology Love, Death & Robots is not the most amusing by any stretch.

Compared to the first season, which had 18 episodes, season two has only eight, and yet it manages to retain everything good from the first. Even how the episodes are numbered seems to follow a well-thought pattern.

Remember the short in season one titled Three Robots? Love, Death and Robots Volume 2 begins with a similar relatively harmless-looking setting, and with visuals akin to a children’s animated show. In a world where technology has developed so much that humans have grown lazy, a malfunctioning AI-operated vacuum cleaner proves to be more than a headache to an old lady and her pet dog. Also, who likes an automated customer service voice that sounds more psychotic than helpful? Episode 1, Automated Customer Service, hardly hints at the bizarre horror that makes up the rest of the season.

It is the second episode, titled Ice, that reminds us of.

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