'Love, Death & Robots' is, unfortunately, rather disappointing. The premise for this animated anthology series is a rather good one, allowing for a variety of creative adult-aimed animations, which is somewhat of a rarity. However, the delivery is far from perfect. The biggest issue here is the writing. While each individual short has clearly been animated by different groups of people, allowing for a huge variety of styles that individualise them, most of the short stories have been adapted by the same person. This means that despite the visual differences, the writing issues are carried over throughout the entire series. Firstly, the dialogue is mostly unconvincing and this really makes it hard to care about the characters, which obviously limits investment. Another issue with the writing is that most episodes have the same structure, which makes things more predictable as the series progresses. It doesn't help that this structure isn't all that great to begin with. The shorts aren't constructed as if they are short films (which, at the end of the day, they are), but rather as if they are long-form stories (whether that be full series, or in some cases feature films) condensed to a very short time. Of course, this makes them feel very rushed which limits investment even further. It also doesn't help that most of them are based around some sort of twist or reveal. Most of the time, this just comes out of nowhere and feels like something tacked-on to garner shocks, rather than a natural part of the narrative (there are a few standouts to this, however, such as 'The Witness'). This is perhaps down to the actual writing rather than the story, though. The narratives also often end really abruptly and unsatisfyingly, which leaves a negative lasting impression of the shorts. It seems as though they realised that they only had a short amount of time and decided to just end the episode at the point in which that ran out. Another issue with the series as a whole is, despite it purporting to be an 'adult' show, it is actually very childish. It's as if it has been devised by a group of thirteen year-old boys with a fresh insight on swearing and the female anatomy, making the majority of bad language and nudity just come across as gratuitous and unnecessary. Most of the more mature aspects rarely add to the stories and that's a shame because if used appropriately, they could have created a more adult tone that allowed for a deeper exploration of certain themes. Unfortunately though, they just make the majority of shorts feel immature and crass. It's also very sexist as a whole, unnecessarily objectifying women on several occasions, which can be rather uncomfortable. The show isn't completely bad, though. In fact there are a few episodes that, for the most part, avoid the aforementioned issues (such as 'Three Robots' and 'Zima Blue') and others that are interesting enough to get past some of the bigger issues. Another highlight is, of course, the animation. Each episode has a unique visual style and, for the most part, this really elevates the stories and makes them more enjoyable as you can see the care and attention given to that side of things. It's just a shame that the writing doesn't live up to this. Overall, 'Love, Death & Robots' is definitely disappointing on the whole due to its many issues, although the quality of the shorts does fluctuate and there are definitely some good episodes here. A lot of them are worth a look purely for the animation, too. It's decent, but doesn't live up to its full potential, especially with some of the big names attached to it. 6/10