List of Love, Death & Robots episodes

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18

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

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8

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

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9

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

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10

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

In dystopian London, a young woman named Sonnie participates in underground "Beastie" fights — remotely controlled bio-engineered gladiator beast battles. The ringmaster, Dicko, attempts to bribe Sonnie to throw the match, but she declines. Her teammates Wes and Ivrina explain that Sonnie was sexually assaulted and mutilated in the past; her desire for revenge eventually becomes her "edge". Sonnie enters the arena piloting her beast Khanivore, to fight the opponent, Turboraptor. After a brutal match, Khanivore wins. Later, Dicko's mistress visits Sonnie and seduces her, only to impale Sonnie's head with a concealed weapon. Dicko then reveals himself and taunts Sonnie, asking if she is scared now. The mistress then stomps on Sonnie's head, crushing it. However, Sonnie's voice is heard through surrounding speakers, revealing that her human body is only a "bioware processor spliced to a spine". Her consciousness was always inside Khanivore - the possibility of actual death in combat being her real "edge". Sonnie as Khanivore breaks out of her holding tank and kills the mistress, then prepares to kill Dicko. The screen fades to black as she asks: "Are you scared now?" mirroring Dicko's question. This episode is currently listed fourth in the series. Cast :  Helen Sadler, Hayley McLaughlin, Time Winters, Omid Abtahi, Christine Adams, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Braden Lynch

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2

"Three Robots"

Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres

Philip Gellat

John Scalzi

Blow Studio(Spain)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

17 minutes

Long after the fall of humanity, three robots (K-VRC, XBOT 4000, and 11-45-G) wander through a post-apocalyptic city, exploring first-hand how humans lived based on the things they left behind. They investigate human sports, nutritional consumption, and eventually pets when they encounter a living cat, which proceeds to follow them. The three robots learn about their origins and later arrive at what appears to be a nuclear missile base. 11-45-G explains that humans died out from environmental disasters caused by their own actions, while K-VRC states that at one point, humans genetically engineered their cats, giving them intelligence and opposable thumbs. The cat then proves this by showing it can speak, demanding to be petted, while many other cats in the base corner the three robots. This episode is currently listed first in the series. Cast :  Josh Brener, Gary Anthony Williams, Chris Parnell

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3

"The Witness"

Alberto Mielgo

Alberto Mielgo

N/A

Pinkman.TV(Spain)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

12 minutes

A man murders a woman in an apartment in Hong Kong. He then realizes that a woman in the hotel across the street, identical to his victim, has witnessed the murder. He starts to chase her. The woman flees to a fetish club where she works as a dancer under the alias Zawora. The man enters the club, guided by the host. During her dance, she sees the man in the audience and he chases her through the city streets. The woman steals a gun and hides in an apartment, but the man finds and corners her. They proceed to fight over the gun, with the woman ending up shooting the man dead. She then realizes that a man in the hotel across the street, identical to her victim, has witnessed the murder, implying a time loop. This episode is currently listed eighth in the series. Cast :  Emily O'Brien, Ben Sullivan, Matt Yang King, Nolan North, Anastasia Foster

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4

"Suits"

Franck Balson

Philip Gelatt

Steven Lewis

Blur Studio(United States)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

17 minutes

A small community of farmers pilot mech suits to defend their land from an invading swarm of insectoids which they call "DeeBees". When the defense field fails, DeeBees pour in faster than they can be repelled, so the community heads for underground shelters. All suits are called in and one neighbor, Jake, sacrifices himself when surrounded to kill a large portion of the swarm. A giant insectoid breaks through, but one of the farmers' wives destroys it with a well-aimed shot from a turret gun. Come dawn, the barriers are back to normal and the community has returned to a sense of safety. The camera zooms out to show that DeeBees populate the whole planet, and the farmers have set up isolated domed colonies across the planet. This episode is currently listed ninth in the series. Cast :  Neil Kaplan, G. K. Bowes, Scott Whyte, Courtenay Taylor, Tudi Roche

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5

"Sucker of Souls"

Owen Sullivan

Philip Gelatt

Kirsten Cross

Studio La Cachette(France)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

13 minutes

Flynn, a mercenary, and Dr. Wehunt, an archaeologist, escape through a tunnel, fleeing an unknown assailant. Moments before, Dr. Wehunt's intern, Simon, discovers a cave with inscriptions describing an "eater of souls". Suddenly, a demon devours Simon, then mutates into a larger, more bestial form. Flynn flees with Dr. Wehunt and informs his two employees Micky and Gary of the situation by radio. On their way, they are confronted by the demon, which is revealed to be Dracula. Although Dracula attempts to kill Flynn, it stops and retreats after seeing a cat. Dr. Wehunt explains that Dracula fears and hates cats. The two reunite with Micky and Gary in a chamber, but they are cut off from the main exit. When Dracula follows them, Dr. Wehunt finds another exit through a secret tunnel while Gary sets up a C4 explosive. The team escapes. When Dracula enters the chamber he is killed in the explosion. However, the tunnel leads the team to another chamber filled with similar vampires. This episode is currently listed seventh in the series. Cast :  Michael Benyaer, Fred Tatasciore, Laura Waddell, Jonathan Cahill, Scott Whyte

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6

"When the Yogurt Took Over"

Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres

Janis Robertson

John Scalzi

Blow Studio(Spain)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

6 minutes

A group of scientists mutates yogurt by fermenting bacteria. Although initial tests fail, a researcher takes the mutated bacteria home for her homemade yogurt, where it becomes sentient. The yogurt asks to meet US leaders, to whom it claims to have solutions for the country's problems. As payment, the yogurt requests control over the state of Ohio. The leaders, including the president, initially laugh at the offer, but accept it after the yogurt threatens to make a similar deal with China instead. Soon, the yogurt gives the president a plan to eradicate the United States national debt, warning him that any deviation will be catastrophic. The government cannot help but deviate, and the global economy collapses within 6 months except for Ohio. In desperation, the government gives the yogurt supreme executive power over much opposition. A decade later, humans live prosperous lives under the yogurt's reign. The yogurt suddenly decides to initiate space launches, leaving the humans behind on Earth. This episode is currently listed fifth in the series. Cast :  Maurice LaMarche, Alexia Dox

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7

"Beyond the Aquila Rift"

Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère

Philip Gelatt

Alastair Reynolds

Unit Image(France)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

17 minutes

The Blue Goose spaceship's crew members, Thom, Suzy, and Ray, are returning home from a successful mission, but an error in the hyperspace routing causes unexpected events to happen. Thom awakes from suspended animation and is greeted by Greta, an old flame. She tells him that he and his crew are hundreds of thousands of light-years from Earth, nearly beyond the Aquila Rift, and centuries have passed: there is no way for them to get home. They have sex and rekindle their relationship, but Thom is still in disbelief of the situation, especially after Suzy wakes up and hysterically claims that Greta is not real. He demands the truth from a tearful Greta, who tells him that his experiences are a simulation and that he is not ready to see reality, as she truly does care for him and all those who find their way there. He insists, so she reluctantly relents and awakens him. Thom is revealed to be an emaciated old man; their ship caught in an enormous web with countless others; his crew either dead or trapped in their own trances; and "Greta" an alien arachnid creature. As horrified Thom loses his mind from the encounter, "Greta" returns him to the dream world, minus his recent memories, just as she had with his crew and the others. She reawakens him and greets him all over again. This episode is currently listed second in the series. Cast :  Henry Douthwaite, Madeleine Knight, Rebecca Banatvala, Delroy Brown, Grahame Fox

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8

"Good Hunting"

Oliver Thomas

Philip Gelatt

Ken Liu

Red Dog Culture House(South Korea)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

17 minutes

In early 20th-century China, Liang and his father track a shape-shifting huli jing named Tsiao-Jung to her den. There, Liang meets Tsiao-Jung's daughter Yan, who attempts to explain the plight of the huli jing. Tsiao-Jung urges Yan to escape before she is decapitated by Liang's father. Unbeknownst to his father, Liang lets Yan go. Five years later, Liang's father dies and he moves to Hong Kong and finds work as an engineer. One night, Liang encounters Yan, who has taken a permanent human form due to industrialization supplanting magic and now works as a courtesan. Yan informs him that she was drugged by the governor of Hong Kong, a client of hers, who surgically switched her real legs with cyborg parts before she killed him during an altercation. As Liang engages in robotics engineering as a hobby, he builds her a flexible metal alloy body which allows Yan to morph into a robotic huli jing. Parting as friends, Yan helps a woman fend off a rape by attacking her rapists. This episode is currently listed tenth in the series. Cast :  Elaine Tan, Matt Yang King, Gwendoline Yeo, Maddox Henry, Sumalee Montano, JB Blanc

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9

"The Dump"

Javier Recio Gracia

Philip Gelatt

Joe Lansdale

Able & Baker(Spain)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

10 minutes

A city inspector tries to convince "Ugly" Dave Dvorchek to move out of his house in a dump. However, Dave refuses to leave. He instead tells the inspector a story about his past encounter with Otto, a muck creature that has fused with whatever material it consumed in the dump. Otto killed Dave's friend, but Dave bonded with it and made it his pet. As the uninterested inspector attempts again to get Dave to sign his eviction papers, Otto arrives and eats him alive, severing one of his hands in the process. Afterward, Dave plays fetch with Otto using the inspector's severed hand. This episode is currently listed eleventh in the series. Cast :  Nolan North, André Sogliuzzo, Gary Cole

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10

"Shape-Shifters"

Gabriele Pennacchioli

Philip Gelatt

Marko Kloos

Blur Studio(United States)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

16 minutes

In a world where werewolves are common knowledge but discriminated against, two close werewolf friends, Lt. Decker and Sgt. Sobieski, serve in the US Marines in Afghanistan. They are ambushed by Taliban militia while escorting a convoy. Decker's senses locate the assailants, who are then killed by gunfire from the APC. After returning to base, Decker and Sobieski are antagonized by some of their comrades. Later that day, Sobieski is assigned to a Watchtower position. That night it is attacked and Decker races ahead of the backup convoy to help the troops. Upon arrival, Decker finds Sobieski and all the other soldiers slaughtered by another werewolf. Commander Reyner orders Decker to find the Taliban werewolf and bring him in alive. The next night, Decker sneaks out of the base camp into the desert and meets an old man and a younger man he previously encountered, both of whom morph into werewolf form. After fighting and killing them both, the injured Decker returns to base and ends his service in disgust. He reclaims Sobieski's body and buries him in the desert with his dog tag. This episode is currently listed twelfth in the series. Cast :  Graham Hamilton, Adam Bartley, Jim Pirri, James Horan, Ike Amadi

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"Helping Hand"

Jon Yeo

Philip Gelatt

Claudine Griggs

Axis Studios(Scotland)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

10 minutes

Astronaut Alexandria Stephens attends to a faulty satellite in Earth's orbit. During a spacewalk, her old-model EVA suit is hit by a stray screw from orbital debris, casting her hopelessly adrift with only 14 minutes of oxygen. She seals the upper left arm of her suit using her watch strap, then removes the left glove, exposing her left arm to the vacuum of space. Throwing the glove pushes her back toward the satellite, but she narrowly misses grabbing hold. As she drifts back past her beaten-up maintenance vehicle The Anthem, she decides to break off her now frozen left forearm and throws it in the last-ditch attempt to make it back to her ship. Back on board, she performs emergency self triage then radios Bill, her ground controller, who asks with relief if she "still needs a hand". This episode is currently listed fourteenth in the series. Cast :  Elly Condron, Chris Parson

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12

"Fish Night"

Damian Nenow

Philip Gelatt

Joe Lansdale

Platige Image(Poland)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

10 minutes

Two door-to-door salesmen get stuck in the desert after their car breaks down due to a broken radiator. Spending what remains of their day around the car, the older man informs the younger man that the desert was once a sea floor teeming with life. At night, they wake up to find the ghosts of prehistoric marine life floating around the car. In awe of the sight, the young man undresses to swim through the air, while the old man urges him to return. As the young man becomes a luminescent being, a ghost Megalodon appears. Despite the old man's calls of danger, the young man remains unaware until the ghost shark devours him, leaving the old man in despair as the sun rises and the ghosts disappear. This episode is currently listed thirteenth in the series. Cast :  Kirk Thornton, Yuri Lowenthal

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"Lucky 13"

Jerome Chen

Philip Gelatt

Marko Kloos

Sony Pictures Imageworks(Canada)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

13 minutes

After two crews on the Dropship #13-02313 are lost, other Marines become superstitious and give the unlucky ship to rookie Lt. "Cutter" Colby. Cutter flies nineteen missions without casualty; under her charge, the ship is renowned as "Lucky 13". Cutter, loyal to her craft, passes up upgrading to newer models. On its last mission 13 is shot down, but all its occupants survive. The troops evacuate as Cutter occupies enemy combatants; when overwhelmed, Cutter sets 13 to self-destruct to kill as many enemy troops as it can. After reaching the trench, Cutter watches as the ship does not detonate until enemy troops take over, where 13 takes them all down with her. Cutter is awarded a medal and a cutting-edge new ship, but she longs for one more mission with Lucky 13. This episode is currently listed sixteenth in the series. Cast :  Samira Wiley, Daisuke Tsuji, Nestor Serrano, Stanton Lee, Noshir Dalal, Jeffrey Pierce, David Paladino, Jeff Schine, Melissa Sturm

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14

"Zima Blue"

Robert Valley

Philip Gelatt

Alastair Reynolds

Passion Animation Studios(England)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

10 minutes

Journalist Claire Markham is invited to interview the reclusive artist Zima Blue, who wishes to tell his story before unveiling his final work. Zima, who began in portraiture, moved on to murals focused on abstract shapes in a single shade of blue. He continued making larger murals until they were incorporated into celestial bodies, asteroids, and even nebulas. When they meet, Zima reveals to Claire that even though many assume he is a cybernetically enhanced man, in truth he is an advanced android originally built by a roboticist to clean ceramic pool tiles (known as Zima Blue tiles), with the tiles being the first thing he saw. He was upgraded and modified as a test-bed for hardware and software to his current state, passed from owner to owner after his original owner died. Expressing a deep yearning for meaning through his art, he unveils his final piece: he immerses himself in the re-constructed pool that he originated from, casts off all of his modifications, and reverts to his original state as a simple pool tile cleaning machine. This episode is currently listed eighteenth in the series. Cast :  Kevin Michael Richardson, Emma Thornett

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15

"Blindspot"

Vitaliy Shushko

Vitaliy Shushko

N/A

Elena Volk's Independent Studio(Russia)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

8 minutes

A cyborg crew — Hawk, Kali, Sui, and Rookie — attempt to rob a convoy for a heavily guarded microchip as it is in motion to a tunnel. As they plant explosives on the back car, Sui drops one of his when swerving to avoid a desert rat, alerting the guards. Kali opens cover fire as Hawk moves in to deal with the turrets. Once in the tunnel, they have a limited window to get the microchip, but as Hawk readies, he is blindsided and destroyed by a massive defense bot. Using the distraction, Sui knocks it off the convoy, but it shifts into vehicle mode and gives chase, crushing Kali as it does. Sui sacrifices himself to destroy the defense bot's CPU and the convoy. Rookie survives and takes the targeted microchip, lamenting the loss of his team. He is approached by Bob, the team's coordinator, and the crew who are now in hologram form, tell him that bob backs up all of their brains before each mission with bob telling him he should have read his contract. This episode is currently listed seventeenth in the series. Cast :  Aaron Himelstein, Carlos Alazraqui, Jill Talley, Brian Bloom, Chris Cox

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16

"Ice Age"

Tim Miller

Philip Gelatt

Michael Swanwick

Digic Pictures(Hungary)Atomic Fiction(United States)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

10 minutes

A couple, Gail and Rob, find an antique refrigerator after they move into their new apartment. Opening it to get ice, they discover a tiny preserved mammoth, and returning to the freezer, they realize that a fast-moving time-dilated civilization is developing. Within ten minutes, the civilization goes from Medieval era to Industrial Revolution then modern-day, but some minutes later they see the civilization use a nuclear bomb, which burns Rob's face. Finding the fridge civilization escalating their warfare, they close the freezer and order pizza. After an hour, and afraid they did not make it, they open the freezer and find the civilization has rebuilt and has moved further into its future with technology evolving at an unprecedented level. They ultimately evolve into a race of energy beings, return to a singularity, and vanish from the freezer. Believing the mini-people are gone, Rob unplugs the refrigerator to clean it in the morning. As they have breakfast, they find the freezer now has a prehistoric world, with primitive sapiens under attack by dinosaurs. This episode is currently listed third in the series. Cast :  Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Topher Grace, John DiMaggio, Roger Craig Smith

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17

"Alternate Histories"

Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres

Philip Gelatt

John Scalzi

Sun Creature Studio(Denmark)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

7 minutes

Multiversity, an alternative history research simulation app, shows a user six different timelines involving the death of Adolf Hitler in 1908 instead of 1945. Potential consequences of each death include different outcomes from WWI and WWII; various individuals reaching the Moon first; time travel paradoxes; and post-apocalyptic scenarios. Exiting the demo, the user selects a possible alternate timeline where "Lincoln shoots first". This episode is currently listed fifteenth in the series. Cast :  Rebecca Riedy, Dieter Jansen, Scott Whyte, Chris Cox

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"The Secret War"

István Zorkóczy

Philip Gelatt

David W. Amendola

Digic Pictures(Hungary)

March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

16 minutes

A platoon of Red Army soldiers hunts ghouls in the Siberian forests. Sgt. Sergei Pavlovich and Lieutenant Nikolai Zakharov raise concerns that the men are too dispersed, but the Major dismisses their worries. Following a bloody victory, Scout Okchen finds the decomposed corpse of a fallen Secret Police agent, Boris Grishin. Grishin's notebook describes "Operation Hades", an attempt to summon ghouls to fight for the Red Army. However, the summoners failed to control them and were killed. Sergei wishes to use this information to get rid of the ghouls, but Zakharov fears it would expose the government's past errors. As they locate a burrow, Okchen, and another soldier, Pogodin ready munitions to seal the ghouls' nest, but the blast instead opens the entire burrow. The horde is larger than expected, so Zakharov orders a last stand, commanding his son to relay a message to bombard their current location to kill the horde. The ghouls kill the whole platoon by the morning, but planes fly over them and begin carpet-bombing the site. This episode is currently listed sixth in the series. Cast :  Stefan Kapičić, Bruce Thomas, Jeff Berg, Antonio Alvarez, Victor Brandt

In a futuristic retirement community staffed by robotic helpers, the house-cleaning 'Vacuubot' of an elderly woman named Jeanette malfunctions, which accidentally gain sentience and becomes increasingly aggressive. She contacts the automated customer support, but the solutions given prove unhelpful. After several urges to surrender by customer support, her neighbor Bill comes to her rescue. Although they destroy the robot, the customer support tells them that the Vacuubot has added them to a termination list. Jeanette rejects the customer support's offer for the termination whitelist as she, Bill, and her dog ride off, chased by an army of robotic helpers. Cast :  Nancy Linari, Ben Giroux, Brian Keane

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2

"Ice"

Robert Valley

Philip Gelatt

Rich Larson

Passion Animation Studios(England)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

13 minutes

Brothers Sedgewick and Fletcher move to an ice-covered colony planet where almost the entire population has been genetically modified to have superhuman abilities. Sedgewick, who is not 'modded', is branded as an "extro" by his peers. Against his brother's advice, Sedgewick accompanies him to a race across ice floes with other modded youths to catch a glimpse of the massive Frostwhales that breach through the ice to breathe. As they race back to safety, Fletcher seems to injure his leg, forcing Sedgewick to carry him. The brothers barely survive the breach, having been unlucky that the Frostwhales hit the ice one time fewer than they habitually do. They enjoy the view of the Frostwhales breaching, after which Sedgewick realizes Fletcher faked his injury to help his brother gain the others' respect. Cast :  Archie Madekwe, Sebastian Croft, Beatriz Godinho, Alexander Lobo Moreno, Miguel Amorim, Mike Bodie, Maria Teresa Creasey

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3

"Pop Squad"

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Philip Gelatt

Paolo Bacigalupi

Blur Studio(United States)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

18 minutes

In a dystopian future, humanity has gained drug-induced biological immortality. In order to avoid overpopulation breeding becomes strictly forbidden and any children found are summarily executed by the police force while their parents are prosecuted. After his latest execution, Detective Briggs becomes unnerved by his lover Alice's casual admission that she would let him impregnate her. As his job begins to take a mental toll on him, Briggs decides to conduct a personal investigation. He encounters a woman, Eve, buying an antique toy train set and follows her back to her dilapidated home, where she has been harboring her toddler daughter, Melanie. He asks Eve why she chose to raise a child in such conditions; she explains how her daughter changed her life. Briggs sympathizes and spares them both when Eve tries to kill him preemptively. As he leaves the house, he encounters his police partner Pentle, who realizes what he has done. The officers exchange gunfire, killing each other. Cast :  Nolan North, Elodie Yung, Emily O'Brien, Michelle C. Bonilla, Dendrie Allyn Taylor, Debra Cardona, Ike Amadi, Noshir Dalal, Andrew Hawkes, Jennifer Hale, Ayana Shira Haviv, Piotr Michael

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4

"Snow in the Desert"

Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère

Philip Gelatt

Neal Asher

Unit Image(France)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

18 minutes

Snow, an albino man, wanders across a barren planet. He is being hunted by the merchant Baris for his unique physiology which grants him a regenerative ability that renders him virtually immortal. At a bar, three bounty hunters intercept him. Snow barely survives the altercation after a woman named Hirald saves him. Snow thanks her and leaves. At night, Hirald visits Snow's camp to express her intention to travel with him. She then reveals that she is an agent sent by Earth Central Intelligence and requests Snow to come willingly so that they might study his physiology for the greater good. Hirald soon learns that Snow's wife committed suicide more than a century ago due to him not aging; the two then make love. Baris' goons ambush Snow's hideout, but Snow finishes them off with Hirald's help. Baris then shoots and seemingly kills Hirald; however, she recovers and kills him. The damaged Hirald then reveals herself to be a cyborg. Following a past accident, her surviving human brain and nervous system were fused with an artificial body, rendering her virtually immortal like Snow. The two bond over their loneliness and desire to find love within their immortality. Cast :  Peter Franzén, Zita Hanrot, Alaïs Lawson, Jonnie Hurn, Piotr Michael, Julie Nathanson, Scott Whyte

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5

"The Tall Grass"

Simon Otto

Philip Gelatt

Joe Lansdale

Axis Studios(Scotland)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

11 minutes

Unexpectedly, a steam train breaks down in a field of tall grass. A passenger named Laird steps outside against the conductor's advice. While smoking, he witnesses a number of strange lights and wanders into the tall grass to investigate. He soon becomes lost, and the lights are revealed to be glowing ghoul-like creatures emerging from the ground. The creatures attack and chase him through the field, but at the last moment, the conductor saves him. The conductor confides in Laird that the train breaks down at that same spot every so often. He believes the field of tall grass opens up a door to another world, and the creatures were once lost humans who have transformed. The train steams off as numerous lights and roarings appear throughout the field. Cast :  Joe Dempsie, Steven Pacey

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6

"All Through the House"

Elliot Dear

Philip Gelatt

Joachim Heijndermans

Blink Industries(England)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

7 minutes

On Christmas Eve, siblings Leah and Billy are awoken by the sound of rustling downstairs. Believing it to be Santa Claus, they sneak down to catch a look. They are horrified to find that it is actually a grotesque monster, who hears their approach and corners them. It identifies them both as "good" and regurgitates a present for each before climbing out through the chimney. Lying in bed, Billy notes that the present he received was exactly what he had wanted. Later in bed, Leah asks billy what would have happened if they both weren’t "good". Cast :  Divi Mittal, Sami Amber, Fred Tatasciore, Brynley North

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7

"Life Hutch"

Alex Beaty

Philip Gelatt

Harlan Ellison

Blur Studio(United States)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

14 minutes

A pilot named Terence crash-lands on a craggy planet below a space battle against a hostile alien force. He locates a nearby shelter—dubbed a Life Hutch—that has previously crash-landed as well. As the Life Hutch's automated systems activate, the maintenance robot malfunctions and attacks anything that moves, ripping his side and crushing his fingers. He loses consciousness and recalls moments from the battle in which he piloted one of the many attack ships before being hit by space debris. When he wakes, he accesses his flashlight and tricks the robot into attacking itself as it tracks the light beam. After destroying the robot, he activates a rescue beacon and waits for aid. Cast :  Michael B. Jordan, Michelle C. Bonilla, Brian T. Delaney

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8

"The Drowned Giant"

Tim Miller

Tim Miller

J. G. Ballard

Blur Studio(United States)

May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)

14 minutes

The gigantic, naked corpse of an unknown man washes up on the shore. Academics come to observe the giant, mounting him and encouraging spectators to do the same. One of the academics, Steven, becomes entranced by the giant and decides to watch from afar. Through philosophical perspectives, he narrates the decomposition and the desecration of the corpse as time goes on, along with the waning interest of the townspeople, who eventually forget the giant's existence. Months later, the remains of the giant appear in various parts of the town. Cast :  Steven Pacey, Laura Pacey

The three robots (K-VRC, XBOT 4000, and 11-45-G) embark on yet another post-apocalyptic trip. They investigate sites where remnants of humanity from different societal classes tried unsuccessfully to survive the apocalypse. At a primitive survivalist camp for the poor, food scarcity caused by overhunting triggered lethal conflicts. An oil rig refurbished into a luxury resort for the rich failed when the inhabitants relied too much on AI, which rebelled and began the robot uprising. Government officials in a self-sustaining bunker resorted to cannibalism after a fungus ravaged their hydroponic crops. The final site the robots visit is a high-tech rocket launch base, built exclusively by and for the Earth's richest, with the far-fetched intention to quickly leave the dying planet and colonize Mars. Their plans failed; it is revealed that humanity had more than enough resources to save both the environment and themselves, but perished because of their greed. The robots discover that one shuttle did leave with some of Earth's inhabitants inside—unbeknownst to them, it was the intelligent cats instead of the humans. Cast :  Josh Brener, Gary Anthony Williams, Katie Lowes, Chris Parnell

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2

"Bad Travelling"

David Fincher

Andrew Kevin Walker

Neal Asher

Blur Studio(United States)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

21 minutes

A "thanapod", a giant man-eating crustacean, boards a shark-hunting ship, slaughters most of its crew and occupies its hold. After drawing straws, the ship's first mate and navigator, Torrin, is unfairly chosen by a bigger crewmate (who drew a shorter straw than Torrin) to confront the thanapod. Puppeteering the body of a slain crewman, it demands to be taken to the nearby Phaiden Island, where it will presumably feed on the unsuspecting population. Torrin accepts on the condition that his life be spared. Throwing the cheating crewmate to the thanapod, and holding the crew at gunpoint, he asks them to vote on whether to obey the thanapod or to trick it by dropping it off on a farther deserted island, a longer trip that makes survival less likely but spares Phaiden Island's population. Torrin then executes two of the crew for supposedly voting to go to Phaiden Island and feeds their bodies to the thanapod to buy time. In actuality, every crewman voted for the shorter voyage. The thanapod demands more food to feed its newly hatched offspring. When the crew mutinies, Torrin kills them and feeds them to the thanapods. Nearing Phaiden Island, Torrin sets the oil in the ship's hold on fire and escapes in a lifeboat, killing the thanapod and its brood. Cast :  Troy Baker, Kevin Jackson, Anthony Mark Barrow, Chantelle Barry, Parry Shen, Time Winters, James Preston Rogers, Jason Flemyng, Elodie Yung, Max Fowler

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3

"The Very Pulse of the Machine"

Emily Dean

Philip Gelatt

Michael Swanwick

Polygon Pictures(Japan)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

17 minutes

Astronaut Martha Kivelson is left alone on the surface of Io after an SEV accident causes the death of her partner, Burton. With her own oxygen exhausted and support from her space station hours away, Kivelson uses Burton's supply and drags her body across the moon back to their landing craft. After taking morphine to numb the pain of a broken arm, Kivelson begins to experience hallucinations. She hears Io itself speaking to her through Burton, provoking her interaction. Desperate to reach her destination in time, she takes amphetamine, worsening her hallucinations. She eventually comes to view the moon as a machine whose purpose is "to know [her]", before falling unconscious. Waking up with critical oxygen levels, Kivelson jumps into a river of thermal liquid and seemingly assimilates into the moon, suggesting her hallucinations are in fact real. Her voice is later heard reporting back to Earth's station. Cast :  Mackenzie Davis, Holly Jade, David Shatraw

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4

"Night of the Mini Dead"

Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon

Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon

Jeff Fowler & Tim Miller

Buck(United States)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

7 minutes

In an episode presented entirely with sped-up miniatures, a pair of lovers defile a church and cemetery at night, accidentally raising the dead and causing a zombie apocalypse. Hordes of zombies quickly overrun population centers across the planet, wiping out most of humanity. As the world devolves into anarchy, the remaining humans try to fight back but instead give rise to giant mutant zombies when a nuclear power station is destroyed. Unable to stop them, the President of the United States eventually launches every nuclear missile in the American arsenal, which triggers other nations to launch their respective nuclear missiles as well. The short ends as the obliteration of the Earth is depicted as little more than an insignificant fart on the scale of galactic events.

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5

"Kill Team Kill"

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Philip Gelatt

Justin Coates

Titmouse(United States)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

13 minutes

A team of US Army Green Berets in Afghanistan, led by Sergeant Nielsen, is sent to investigate mysterious killings, only to come face-to-face with a cybernetically enhanced grizzly bear. The squad loses two of their members before SFC Morris, who's attached to Task Force Griffin, rescues them. Morris explains that said bear was developed as part of a top secret CIA experiment code named Project Barghest to develop advanced military weapons, but went rogue. The survivors return with Morris back to the secret CIA underground base Camp Eisenhower that was built in 2002 to find its inhabitants massacred. They prepare to lure the bear but miscalculate its position inside the base. After an ambush that costs the life of Morris and Folen, Nielsen and Macy manage to take down the bear with extra armaments. It then activates a self-destruct mechanism that destroys the entire base, killing the two. Cast :  Joel McHale, Seth Green, Gabriel Luna, Steve Blum, Andrew Kishino

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6

"Swarm"

Tim Miller

Tim Miller & Philip Gelatt

Bruce Sterling

Blur Studio(United States)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

17 minutes

Simon Afriel arrives as part of a two-year research mission to an alien planet inhabited by a race referred to only as the Swarm. Joining with another human researcher, Galina Mirny, the two explore the Swarm hive, which is composed of multiple castes of alien species that had been absorbed into the hive, each playing a specific role in maintaining the ecosystem. Simon reveals to Galina that his goal is to obtain and exploit the Swarm's genetic information, pairing it with artificial pheromones to create a new, more subservient swarm that will help humanity expand. Despite initial disapproval, Galina chooses to assist him as long as the nest remains unharmed. As time passes, the two become increasingly intimate. Their experiments, however, trigger a hostile response from the hive, which forcibly assimilates Galina. The Swarm speaks to Simon, explaining how the hive had absorbed intelligent species deemed as threats in the past and reduced them to symbiotic species. It tells Simon he can assist doing so with humans and retain his intelligence or be forcibly assimilated himself. He accepts the offer as a challenge, insisting that the human race will never become parasites.Cast :  Rosario Dawson, Jason Winston George

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7

"Mason's Rats"

Carlos Stevens

Joe Abercrombie

Neal Asher

Axis Studios(Scotland)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

10 minutes

In a future version of Scotland, a farmer named Mason is distressed to discover the rats in his barn are bigger than before, standing upright on two legs, using tools and attacking him with crossbows as they pilfer his genetically modified supplies. Enlisting the services of the high-tech Traptech pest control company, Mason installs five TT-6 pulse lasers into his barn. The lasers are effective until the leader of the rats discovers their positions and disables each laser. At his wits' end, Mason is talked into buying the TT-15, a scorpion-like mobile assault robot by Traptech. For the next several days, the TT-15 does its job gruesomely well; much to Mason's growing discomfort, especially at all the damage the robot leaves in its wake to his property. After one of its laser shots destroys his mug, narrowly missing his head, a furious Mason storms into the barn; only to see the interior destroyed and the rats mounting a heroic final stand against the mech. They manage to severely damage it using one of his tractors outfitted with the missing pulse laser as a tank. Mason, moved by the rats' valor and solidarity in the face of the TT-15's onslaught, finishes the mech off with a shotgun blast to the CPU. He makes peace with the rats; the group raises a glass of brandy, distilled from Mason's grain, and watches the sunset together as he cancels a check for Traptech. Cast :  Craig Ferguson, Dan Stevens

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8

"In Vaulted Halls Entombed"

Jerome Chen

Philip Gelatt

Alan Baxter

Sony Pictures Imageworks(Canada)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

15 minutes

A MARSOC team are sent to rescue a hostage from insurgents. As they follow them deep into the mountain tunnels, they find the hostages' and insurgents' bodies eaten by a swarm of mysterious spider-like creatures. The team loses four men to the swarm of spiders and other traps within the tunnels, leaving team leader Sgt. Coulthard and Harper as the only survivors. The duo finds a glowing light and follows a mysterious sound into a deeper chamber, revealed to be a prison containing a gigantic, eldritch deity. The deity induces visions of world destruction in Coulthard and Harper, convincing Coulthard to release it, and forcing Harper to kill him. The deity then instructs Harper to release it. She is then seen walking into the desert with her eyes gouged out and ears cut off as she mutters an alien language. Cast :  Joe Manganiello, Christian Serratos, Jai Courtney, Debra Wilson, Fred Tatasciore, Noshir Dalal, Stanton Lee, Jeff Schine

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9

"Jibaro"

Alberto Mielgo

Alberto Mielgo

N/A

Pinkman.TV(Spain)

May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)

17 minutes

In an alternative timeline, as a group of conquistadors and priests stop their trek deep in the forest, a siren draped in gold and jewels emerges from the nearby lake. With her call, she sends the entire group into a frenzy, causing them to kill each other before drowning themselves in the deep waters. However, the deaf knight Jibaro is unaffected by her and manages to escape in a panic. Intrigued, the siren stalks Jibaro and even sleeps next to him at night. When Jibaro awakens and realizes her presence, they become infatuated with each other. After a chase ensues between the two, they begin a violent dance and embrace in a kiss. After she bites his tongue with her sharp teeth, Jibaro knocks her unconscious and rips off most of the gold and jewels from the siren's body; critically wounding her. He discards her into the river and attempts to make off with the loot. The siren's blood taints the surrounding body of water. When Jibaro drinks from it, his hearing is restored, leaving him vulnerable to the siren's call. He follows it and drowns at the bottom of the lake. Cast :  Girvan 'Swirv' Bramble

This episode shows the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing their song "Can't Stop" live at Slane Castle in 2003, the band and audience depicted as marionettes. This episode is currently listed tenth in the series. Cast :  Red Hot Chili Peppers (Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, Chad Smith)

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2

"Close Encounters of the Mini Kind"

Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon

Written by : Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon

N/A

Buck(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

7 minutes

Presented in the same sped-up miniature style as "Night of the Mini Dead", the episode begins with police officers responding to a spaceship landing in the Nevada Desert. Despite coming in peace, the aliens were then killed by the careless officers after mistaking the leader's penis for a gun. In response, a beacon activates, alerting a fleet of flying saucers orbiting Earth. The saucers fly over the United States, destroying landmarks and pulling humans and objects up via tractor beams. Alien troops and tripods descend, attacking civilians worldwide. In retaliation, humans seize alien weapons and dismantle a tripod to utilize its black hole weaponry. This initially works, but the effort backfires when they try to combine the weapons at Dodger Stadium for a killing blow, resulting in the accidental generation of a black hole that destroys the alien fleet, the Earth, and a small part of the Milky Way. This episode is currently listed first in the series.

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3

"Spider Rose"

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Joe Abercrombie

Bruce Sterling

Blur Studio(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

17 minutes

Set within the universe of "Swarm", cyborg-enhanced Lydia Martinez, alias "Spider Rose", settles in an asteroid ring after her crew, including her husband, was massacred by Jade of the rival Shaper Council years prior. Bent on revenge, she tries to trade her jewel to a Mechanist investor for a WMD but is instead given a trial with a pet that absorbs DNA from creatures it eats via cocooning. Recovering from her past, Lydia nurtures and bonds with the creature, nicknaming it Nosey. Jade returns and attacks her, but Lydia eliminates his clones and kills Jade Prime. Realizing her habitat is too damaged for survival, she lets Nosey consume her. Afterwards, the investor assesses the jewel and the repossessed Nosey, emerging from its cocoon more human-like. This episode is currently listed second in the series. Cast :  Emily O'Brien, Feodor Chin, Piotr Michael, Sumalee Montano

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4

"400 Boys"

Robert Valley

Tim Miller

Marc Laidlaw

Passion Animation Studios(England)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

15 minutes

In a postapocalyptic world, Slash hones the psychic ability he shares with the remaining members of his street gang, the 'Brothers', while in hiding. After an enemy attack, they traverse the ruined city and encounter Hilo of the rival gang 'Soooooots', who harbors resentment after the enemy, whom Croak dubs the 400 Boys, wiped out his crew. Slash proposes a parlay to unite the surviving gangs against the 400 Boys. Their path is interrupted by Bala of the 'Galrogs', who leads them to consult with the Old Mother. She reveals that a past war broke the world, allowing "outside beings" to "ooze through the cracks." The newly allied gangs gather more fighters and confront the 400 Boys, who manifest as violent, destructive gigantic babies. Despite suffering heavy losses, they manage to defeat the 400 Boys one by one, with Slash executing the last of them. This episode is currently listed fifth in the series. Cast :  John Boyega, Ed Skrein, Sienna King, Dwane Walcott, Rahul Kohli, Pamela Nomvete, Amar Chadha-Patel

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5

"The Other Large Thing"

Patrick Osborne

John Scalzi

John Scalzi

AGBO(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

9 minutes

A disgruntled Persian cat named Sanchez grows frustrated with his human owners, a crude couple he sees as minions. When they bring home a helper robot, Sanchez is initially hostile but comes to appreciate its ability to communicate with him. Aspiring to world domination, he recruits the robot as a servant, renaming it Thumb Bringer. He commands it to feed him, take control of surrounding electronics, and order similar robots for other cats in the building — ultimately to kill all the humans "for the revolution." As he escapes with Thumb Bringer, Sanchez declares a new age and reveals his true name: "Dingleberry Jones." This episode is currently listed fourth in the series.Cast :  Chris Parnell, John Oliver, Fred Tatasciore, Rachel Kimsey

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6

"Golgotha"

Tim Miller

Joe Abercrombie

Dave Hutchinson

Luma Pictures(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

10 minutes

Father Donal Maguire is briefed on alien marine cephalopods called the Lupo, who initiated contact, desiring to converse with him after he witnesses the supposed resurrection of a dolphin known as Blackfin that the Lupo believe is the Messiah. Pressured by superiors, the military, and public opinion, Donal agrees to meet the alien representative during a walk along the beach. When Blackfin reappears and communicates a 'gospel' to the representative, it concludes that humans have been killing dolphins. In response, it declares a crusade as the Lupo fleet appears in the sky and begins exterminating humanity, much to Donal's dismay. This episode is currently listed seventh in the series. Cast :  Rhys Darby, Moe Daniels, Graham McTavish, Phil Morris, Michelle Lukes, Matthew Waterson

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7

"The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur"

Tim Miller

Tim Miller

Stant Litore

Blur Studio(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

15 minutes

In the distant future, human society celebrates a royal wedding between nobles from different Jupiter moons in a space arena. The MC introduces the entertainment: a ritual death race between gladiators, including Mei, and a stampede of Triceratops. As the race unfolds, the gladiators eliminate each other until only Mei and another fighter—revealed to be her lover—remain. Mei spares her and wins the duel. The MC, however, announces a final challenge: mounted combat against a Tyrannosaurus that proceeds to kill the lover. Enraged, Mei wounds the beast but eventually empathizes with it, recognizing their shared fate as entertainment for the audience in power. She mounts the Tyrannosaur, and together they kill the bridal couple before succumbing to their injuries. This episode is currently listed sixth in the series. Cast :  MrBeast, Bai Ling

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8

"How Zeke Got Religion"

Diego Porral

J. T. Petty

John McNichol

Titmouse(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

15 minutes

During World War II, a bomber crew is tasked with dropping bombs from a B-17 on a church in France. The mission is led by a mysterious man. As they approach the target, a Nazi officer performs a ritual, sacrificing several priests to summon a fallen angel. Despite successfully destroying the church, the angel survives and attacks the bomber midair. It kills most of the crew but is ultimately stopped when Zeke fires a shot that strikes it with the golden cross of another crew member. The force of the impact presses the cross into the angel, killing it. One of the few survivors, Zeke—who had been a nonbeliever—begins to believe in God again. This episode is currently listed third in the series. Cast :  Keston John, Braden Lynch, Roger Craig Smith, Gary Furlong, Bruce Thomas, Andrew Morgado, Scott Whyte

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9

"Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners"

Patrick Osborne

John Scalzi

John Scalzi

Aaron Sims Creative(United States)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

8 minutes

In a mockumentary style, several different smart household appliances directly speak to the camera telling how their owners use them. This episode is currently listed ninth in the series. Cast :  Melissa Villaseñor, Ronny Chieng, Amy Sedaris, Kevin Hart, Josh Brener, Nat Faxon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Brett Goldstein

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10

"For He Can Creep"

Emily Dean

Tamsyn Muir

Siobhan Carroll

Polygon Pictures(Japan)

May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15)

14 minutes

London, 1757: A poet in the St Luke's Asylum is forced by Satan to write the one poem that would destroy the world. The poet is defended by the cat Jeoffry but gives in when Satan threatens the cat. Jeoffry allies with his fellow street cats who distract Satan long enough so that Jeoffry can destroy the poem, which succeeds and prevents Satan from destroying the world. This episode is currently listed eighth in the series.Cast :  Dan Stevens, JB Blanc, Jim Broadbent, Nika Futterman, Jane Leeves, Dave B. Mitchell