Love, Death & Robots

    Love, Death & Robots is an adult animated anthology series that began streaming on Netflix is 2019.  The series was created by Tim Miller and explores multiple different genres such as comedy, horror, science fiction, and more. Love, Death & Robots gained much popularity after the success of its first season and was nominated for multiple different Emmy awards. Each episode of the show focuses on an important social issue, producing different tales that explore alternate realities in a post-apocalyptic world.     The show's animation and attention to detail greatly impressed me and made me feel as if I was immersed in the dystopian worlds with the main characters. 

    The first episode of season 2 titled "Automated Customer Service" was one of my favorites. The episode was set in the future and followed the life of a suburban, white woman Jeanette, as she's getting ready to leave her home. As Jeanette gets ready, viewers notice that she lives in a society where robots exist and operate in the homes  of their owners. When Jeanette tries to leave, she notices that her robot vacuum cleaner is acting strange. All of a sudden, the robot glitches out and turns lethal, trying to attack Jeanette. By the end of the episode, Jeanette's whole house is under the control of different robots. Although she luckily escapes, the episode ends with chilling visuals of the Jeanette driving away as an army of robots chases her. The short hints at the dangers of technology and the ways in which humans depend on technology for too much. Love, Death & Robots also wants viewers to question how long it will take before the machines we use turn on us. It is symbolic that Jeanette chooses to live a life on the run from the robots because she chooses a life of freedom, rather than succumbing to society's expectations of using this harmful technology. Love, Death & Robots wants their viewers to follow in Jeanette's footsteps.