How Love, Death + Robots Volume 4 turns back the clock on a Season 1 best episode

Netflix's adult animated anthology series, Love, Death + Robots, premiered in 2019. Created by Tim Miller, this animated series is based on the 1981 sci-fi film Heavy Metal and is currently in its fourth season/volume. Love, Death + Robots Volume 4 was released on May 15, 2025, on Netflix. The synopsis of the show, as per Netflix, reads,

"Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises, and dark comedy converge in this NFSW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher."

So if you are craving for an animated series that has elements of comedy, sci-fi, mystery, and horror in it, Love, Death + Robots is a perfect watch. Each episode usually delivers a standalone plot, but sometimes it deviates from its strict anthology format and continues a storyline spread across different seasons and episodes.

Interestingly, Love, Death + Robots Volume 4 Episode 5 The Other Large Things serves as a prequel to the debut season's second episode, which was released back in 2019.

How does Love, Death + Robots Volume 4 Episode 5, 'The Other Large Things', serve as a prequel to Volume 1 Episode 2?

The second episode of the debut season of the Love, Death + Robots series, titled Three Robots was released in 2019 on Netflix. The episode began with three robots navigating their life in a post-apocalyptic world.

Throughout the episode, they were searching for the cause of the catastrophic event that destroyed the world. After almost six years in Volume 4, Episode 5, the backstory of what led to the world's destruction is revealed. In this episode, two humans (Todd and Margie) brought a robotic butler to help them with their household chores.

Initially, Sanchez was not too thrilled with the newest addition and even called the robot 'a plastic child'. Soon, Sanchez understood the robot's potential and plotted a master plan to use the robots to establish global domination. Sanchez renames the robot as Thumb Bringer.

Sanchez developed a bond with the robot and and with good behaviour towards it, manipulated the system easily. With the help of Thumb Bringer, Sanchez crafted a revolution against humans. Initially, they started with the apartment cats and sent them tuna to make them allies for their mission. The cat was successful in its plan, and on Sanchez's commands, the robot set the house on fire. As Sanchez left the apartment with Thumb Bringer after setting it on fire, he proudly exclaimed,

"Thus begins the new age. The age of Dingleberry Jones."

Soon, Dingleberry Jones started a rebellion against the humans, and many house cats and robots joined it. What connects both episodes is a scene where a cat tells the three robots at the closing moments of the debut episode,

"Yes, once we can open up our tuna cans, that was pretty much that for the human race. Gentleman, I am a cat."

Apart from that, another thing that connects the two episodes is the cats calling the robots 'thumbs.' In Volume 4 Episode 5, the cat describes the robot with the help of a metaphor and calls them opposable thumbs because they aided them in their mission of global domination. In the second episode of the series, Sanchez, aka Dingleberry Jones, renames the robot as Thumb Bringer. Sounds similar, right?

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Also read: Love, Death & Robots Season 4: Overview of all the episodes

All episodes of Love, Death + Robots are available to stream on Netflix.

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