Love Death and Robots Plus Dae and Kat

Thanks to Drarker, we're building a Tiermaker list for our thoughts on volumes 1-3. Can Kat and Dae agree on anything after Fish Night and The Very Pulse of the Machine?
 

We've covered all of the currently released three volumes of LDR, so come join us as we talk about our favorite episodes of the volume two and three, and also we'll talk about one episode each, that we could do without.  Come join us on 37 because we plan to take a pause on LDR+ until volume four drops!

Deep in a forest, a band of knights take a break in their journey next to a small lake. Unbeknownst to them, the water is the home of a siren, whose body is covered in golden scales and jewels. She rises from the lake and ensorcels the knights, compelling them to a watery doom. Only one knight, deaf and unable to hear her calls, is immune to her spell and though he is initially frightened of what she can do, his greed drives him closer to the siren, who likewise seems intrigued by his ability to resist her powers. The two engage in a short-lived semblance of courtship, before the knight violently knocks the siren unconscious and strips her of her scales and gems. He disposes of her body in the river when he’s done and the blood that flows from her injuries seems to curse the water. When the knight accidentally takes a drink, his hearing is restored, but the miracle is short lived as the vengeful siren sings out and the knight is helpless. The short ends with his drowned body coming to rest on the lake bottom amongst the rest of his companions.

When a Special Forces team advances into a mysterious cave in pursuit of enemy fighters with a hostage, they end up getting way more than they bargained for. They stumble across several dead bodies just before they’re attacked by a horde of flesh-eating spiders, who chase the survivors deeper into the cave system until they stumble upon a massive cavern with a temple seemingly made for giants. Unable to resist a mysterious pull that calls them closer, the remaining pair of soldiers discover a monstrous demi-god chained in the temple. When it possesses the commanding officer, his subordinate defends herself and then takes extreme action to prevent herself from doing the monster’s bidding. She stumbles out of the cave alive, but blinded and whispering an alien language.

When Farmer Mason discovers that the rats living in his barn and stealing his wheat have evolved intelligence, he turns to an extermination company to deal with the problem. They install several laser turrets, which starts a full-on war, but the rodents take the first round by destroying the equipment. Mason then upgrades, purchasing a literal rat-killing scorpion machine. Its excessively violent methods make Mason uneasy however, and during the final battle within the barn, Mason has a change of heart, destroying the scorpion before it can wipe out the rest of the rats. The act seals a new truce between Mason and the rats, who offer Mason a tiny flask of the moonshine they’ve been brewing with his wheat.

When two humans are investigating a huge nest of highly organized, symbiotic creatures living in space, they think they have discovered an almost perfect system. Believing the creatures to be non-sentient, one researcher convinces the other to try and weaponize their discovery for the benefit of humanity. Unbeknownst to them, their efforts trigger a genetic defensive response in the organisms of the swarm, and the scientists are captured and then forced to comply with the swarm’s demands to breed more humans as new additions to its fleet of symbiont servants.