The Ending Of Pop Squad Explained | Love, Death & Robots Explained
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- The Ending of Love, Death & Robots Season 2 Episode 3 "Pop Squad" (2021) Explained. Love, Death & Robots Explained.
Based on Pop Squad by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Pop Squad
Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Starring Nolan North, Elodie Yung, & Emily O'Brien
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This episode needs to be made into a full movie. I wasn't ready for it to end so quickly and the premise is fascinating
hopefully it does
Nah. I like it better like this
@@hatsandhoodies7108 why
there is a series kind of similar to this, i don't want to spoil it though. It's called the 3% and its on netflix.
@@alienmcqueen I feel like if they made this a full story (movie or running series) it’s hard to reach a climax that satisfies everyone. Everybody’s a critic now a days , ending it the way they did let’s your imagination end it where you’d like it to.
But that’s just my opinion. ❤️definitely loved this season even if it was just 8 episodes.
The final scene is so amazing. Not only does he experience something for the first time in years (the moments before death) he also has now a finite life with finite experiences, wich makes this experience so much more precious. Everything he and the mother have talked about before.
He also looks into the light wich is not only a metaphor for dying but also a symbol of enlightenment.
This episode was easily the best of the bunch. I loved it.
It also reminded me alot of Zima blue (last episode of the first season). The going back to the roots aproach and giving up a godly status only to enjoy the little things in life. And zima blue was my favourite episode of last season so that fits quite well.
The end scene scenery of the mossy city was so cool
i saw the rain as a symbol of baptism
What enlightenment? It didn't change sht. Worst, 2 agents dead outside a woman's home that has a child. This is so tragic in so many levels.
This one is the second best exponent of the love and death premise of this season, along with Snow in the Snow that the end is practically Love Death and a very beautiful Robot.
“It's not just about living forever... the trick is living with yourself forever.”
Did someone else say that before?
@@jansasiadek2507 Pirates of the Caribbean
@@jansasiadek2507 jack sparrows father potc
Wow
Man this episode hit hard. It gave me feelings like when I watched Black Mirror. Some of this stuff seriously makes you think about the quality of life and the gift we have been given.
It REALLY hits if you have young kids of your own.
Abortion supporters probably wouldn’t get this episode
@@seriousnesstv7902being pro choice is about…having choice
Not like y’all care about what happens to kids and humans anyway, considering poverty and starvation is just thr fault of individual people
@@abhirupan7630 blah blah blah😂
This episode almost had me in tears when she spoke about the child and how alive she felt. It gives a meaning what it means to be a human is the fact we will one day die but we will pass on our legacy to the next generation
Ahhh man, my kids are the same age as the ones in the opening and the way the little boy offered the dinosaur as a show of friendship is the way my youngest would do for strangers, especially if she's scared or unsure of them.
I was a mess the entire episode 😩
This Episode really moved me.
Same!
100%. Especially being a parent with a daughter about the same age as Melanie. Shit hit me hard, but the episode was also beautiful in a way.
Alice also said if she wasn't gonna live forever she'd let him get her pregnant. Sounds like even she wanted to experience the whole motherhood thing.
I’m sure there are plenty more that want the same as well, the idea of this short was very interesting
Thats why I have a problem with this episode:most characters treat it has an "experience".
"I want to experience motherhood"
"I wanted to experience something new so I had her"
This episode even tho it has a good concept falls flat in conveying the message if you actually put the time to digest what they're saying.
Sure that women wanted to die and pass her legacy to her children but when she says:"I saw so many things...with her everything its new"isnt that a selfish act too?Like living forever?"I had so many experiences I grew tired of them so I want a child because I'll have new ones"
The MC also fails to demonstrate why in one day he kills them without a second tought and in the other he's mercifull?
And dont tell me that he was mercifull before because he turned the tablet over or the simbology of the dinossaur because its still a big change in a very short moment.
This episode falls flat to me because it fails to show a more balanced perspective of the situation,maybe if they had more time but you cant count on "maybes"
@@jordancreed3003 I think you're failing to engage it fully. Give it another watch and see if your opinion has remained the same
@@errolmargiela1261 Sorry but I oit a deep tought into this episode.More tought than the writers.Amazing concept that falls incredible flat
@@jordancreed3003 No as I said I just think you haven't engaged with it properly. For example you said that through her motherhood she was being selfish, being a mother is part of being human and being human is selfishness, that doesn't make it bad writing
Only thing wrong with this premise though is I think the parents (and the "breeder" class as a whole) would react far more violently than depicted in the episode. They did show that one father almost take out Briggs but almost everyone would be doing that. Basically being on the "Pop Sqaud" wouldn't be a very long career.
I dont know. This was done in China for quite awhile with the one child policy. Especialy if the child turned out to be female. People kind of accepted it.
@@Etheral101 Correction THEY accept it. Don't ever include someone you don't know. In this damn world we try to make choices for other people because we think what we want is what everyone wants. Does everyone accept Hilter attempt of genocide of a culture.
People people are demoralized and beat down they tend to get desensitized to issue like that
Was just about to mention China but you've already done it. I completely agree.
Yah like the biggest gap in the episode is realistically those children would be anesthetized at worst in a controlled facility humanly.
Bc the rule of thumb when it comes to traumatic jobs like this is nobody likes doing this, and you wouldn’t want someone who did enjoy it working for you and they’d have hardcore therapy etc.
This is like our friendship Bryce: I can enjoy it because I know it’s going to end one day.
I think it's more like my friendship with Bryce: the whole thing looks like it was written by Paolo Bacigalupi.
It's already dead.
I didnt understand a thing but hi 0o0
Is there some shade going on here? lol
I loved this short film so much. If anyone is interested in the short story, it came from the book "Brave New Worlds". I highly recommend it.
You're right, so good!
That explains the somewhat conservative connection I found lol
@@brunovazquez1 what?
I love how you explained the connections like the red, the green and the eyes. Most reviews just synopsize the plot and don't go deep like that!
Thank you, I appreciate that! I only make an analysis if I can elevate the piece of art, not summarize it
The Art Style, atmosphere, the enviroment of this episode remind me of Dishonored. I think this is why i love this episode so much
I can see the Dishonored vibe. You looking forward to Deathloop?
@@AQS521 Absolutely ! The game looks super awsome
This had a blade runner vibe to it.
I loved it!
Indeed ❤
Blade runner mixed with equilibrium
Altered carbon
exactly what i thought
great season but wished there was more
Me too it was very short but I thinks thats why the 3rd season is coming out in 2022 so instead of doing like 18 episodes once theyre dividing them in 2 separated seasons, so i thinks its gonna end being kinda the same
Same!
You know, if they make seasons shorter, they will do them faster
I got blade runner Vibes from the entire thing, such a Great episode.
Same!
this episode brought tears to my eyes ngl
It's okay, me too haha
Same bro.. ending got me a bit lol
This episode was hauntingly beautiful. It’s stuck with me since I watched it.
Same!
This episode was basically a speedrun of Bladerunner
Aside from being deprived of the only thing that gave their meaningless lives "life". The situation they are in is equally horrific. They are basically relegated to being poor eternally, and since they don't have children to carry on their name or genes, if they die (through war, crime, execution or accident) it is true death, unremembered and forgotten.
I think you left out the most important part where she answered his question about why she would give up her life.
Answer: Because I’m not so in love with myself that I want to live forever.
Live long enough and you’ll see too much and stop wanting to live forever.
I really loved the styling on this episode, especially how the cars have a sort of 50s vibe on them
This style of animation should be used to make a Bioshock movie.
This episode is based on one chapter of the highly recommended book 'The bomb number six' by Paolo Bacigalupi..
This entire book has the same vibe as this episode.. Please read it!!
great recommendation ✨☺️☺️
Bruh there's no such book showing up wtf
@@cantlieman the name is Pump Six and Other Stories
After watching the episode, I ran hugging my 2 years old sister like I never did before. That really made me feel grateful.
i literally waited for this video right after i watched Pop Squad.
Haha yay, hope you liked it!
Interesting. I went the other way and interpreted the end as him experiencing the full weight of seeing the monster he has become. As he stares up into the sky, the memories of all the faces of the dead come at him all at once until he finally succumbs to the pain of knowing what he is in addition to the bullet wound.
very good analysis bro, keep these coming
Yay, thank you, more on the way!
Thank you for making this video 👍
Great analysis, loved this episode.
Great review for a powerful episode
Such an awesome show. Each episode is really well done and I'm always itching for more!
Completely agree! So excited for volume 3!
It was my favourite episode too, very touching ! Thanks for your videos
Awesome to hear, more on the way!
Wait, I didn't know Season 2 already came out?! I got to watch this season now then!
Do it! haha
Season 3 is out
I loved the Calorie Man and The windup Girl and Tool of War. All amazing stories by Paolo Bacigalupi I tore through them! I didn’t know he wrote this, but as soon as you said his name, his themes were obvious.
pop squad!!..my fav episode from this series
Good choice!
It definitely is the best episode of the volume!
Agreed! Even though the rest of them are worthy competitors
I fucking loved this episode. It brought me to tears.... granted my emotional state was all over the fucking place tho because when I watched it I was over at a friends house with a couple buddies and we were all baked as hell lol. We did this with season 1 back 2 years ago so we decided we’d continue the tradition 😂. Needless to say we’ll be back next year for season 3 lol.
Damn well had a grown man tear up
Same haha
Wow this really needs to be made into a full movie. Or a video game at least. The concept is amazing.
Right?! Would love a movie!
How would a video game of this be made? You just go around shooting kids? Lol
Baby central episodes always effect me. As someone who can’t ever have kids, the whole premise just hurts and the pain in his face. Just pain.
But how did the person that killed Briggs at the end knew where he was .. I thought he was there alone 😭
He looks at his gun and goes -shit.
Maybe that had some GPS like thingy which could be tracked by his partner.
@@study346 yeah more than likely got sent because he was taking too long or they heard something was wrong , if the baby would not have cried he would have prob had a better chance with something at least when he came back outside 😭 at least I think so
Maybe in the short story, the partner sensed him starting to turn so she starts shadowing him? That’s the problem when you limit these episodes to such short runtimes.
@@ericp1139 woww!! That’s literally soo good and I did not even once think about that 😭 that would make sense thoe , cos when they dude shot at him and he just stood there , that’s when she prob sensed him starting to turn
Maybe the agency of the Pop Squads take notice if an agent's gun is fired?
yo first? i love how you still do the "explained" series
I will always be doing this series!
@@BryceEdwardBrown
It was basically that movie Equilibrium with Christian Bale.
Truly amazing
I can't help but think of what Alex talks about everyday
This was an awesome video, Bryce... the best voice-over voice around ^_^
Haha stoooppppppp, thank you!
The Ipswich Collectibles easter egg intrigued me too... hmm..
does it mean some of the episodes are connected do you think?
@@davidmcelveen1913 even if they are in the same world, I can't imagine it's anything more than an Easter egg because Theres no other connection
Right? haha
Great analysis!
Thank you!
It just goes to show what humans are capable of. When we see atrocities that were committed in the past we always think "That wouldn't have been me", but I think a lot of us are wrong when we think that. When you normalize something so much it's hard to see the inhumanity of it, like owning slaves. Even today we have real examples of this like abortion. Every year we take hundreds of thousands of children's lives, and it's so normalized that you don't have to be bad to do it. It almost makes me wonder if most slave owners were good, I know it's a really weird thought but that's where my logic leads me when I see all of my friends willingly giving up the human lives they've created, because I know that they are all good people.
I read some manga, ln (from the isekai genre; basically modern humans transported in a fantasy world) where slavery was accepted by the protagonist also by the readers include myself I thought if i was in the stories would i stand against it ? Probably no maybe against abuse but not the slavery itself and most of other reader as well
That fact made me feel really weird since i am black and descendant of slaves
@@voodoodoll4960 Well I am also black and don't agree with that story. To each their own but if art is imitated and attempt like Hitler had with his mass genocide of a culture only in a terms of slavery is attempted again that person or persons will see hell from me.
to me he didn't die. He got shot on the shoulder, not lethal. The woman seeing him killed another of his own, could clearly decide to heal him, continuing the story.
Yes! I watched the entire second season in one sitting I was so exited!!!!
I feel like I’m on psychedelics when I watch this show.
I loved this episode too, it's a toss up between this and Snow In The Desert for my favorite
Can we have a movie about Pop Squad?
Please haha
There is basically that, it's called Equilibrium
Hey Bryce, one thing that i have noticed than the shop "IPSWITCH COLLECTIBLES" appears both in 'Pop Squad' and the 'The Drowned Giant'. Is it a continuity mistake or there is some connection?
One of my favorite easter eggs of the season!
My favorite episode so far it's an amazing awesome story I'd like to watch more 19min of it feel like a Tease this should be made into a movie same characters with the same story line and concepts! !!
I just finished watching it and had to come back to see this. Love this series!
“I have not stopped watching it since.” Only takes an hour to watch all...
I really like rewatching episodes! That's why I make the hidden details videos haha
I love the subtle things they show like how you can see the pollution in the air from overpopulation during Alice's performance when she is in the spotlight.
You didn't get a 5th Element vibe from it?
Definitely with the detective aspect!
I like how he says "the rich stay rich" because they don't die, but we literally live the exact same thing with intergenerational wealth.
In my opinion this is the best episode in all 3 volumes, it felt so deep for its short time
This is literally bladerunner from the premise down to the end shot of him in the rain
This is definitely my favorite episode
Great choice! It's up there on my list
They could make this episode a whole show
Please haha
This is my favorite episode of season 2, the last scene is pure emotion
128% Agreed!
Show reminds me of a dvd I grew up watching everyday after school... The animatrix
The episode reminded me so much of Blade Runner 2049, officer lives in an dystopian world, looks and feels dead inside, has a cool cruiser vehicle, cool gun and feels alive at the end of their lives.
Basically it has the same message as the captain speech against Auto from WALL-E: “I don’t want to survive, I want to live!”
This was my favorite of this season too.
Awesome to hear!
Humanity can have plenty for all, and a rich ecology but with limited human numbers or not at all.
This remind me so much with Blade Runner and both of the protagonist also become the guardian of the thing they hate
Wait, where did you get the original story?
I had to go and give my 7 and 3 yr old a hug and kiss whilst they were asleep after this episode.
Really cool aesthetic and animation. But it felt pretty rushed to me. It had the potential for blade runner esque depth but it had to up the tempo so much.
Regardless, still a top 3 ep from this season
Gave me chills when the bullet grazed his face. It really showed he wanted to die.
I’d like to say this is the future but it’s really looking like the near future, quite possibly a few hundred years or so away from a time like this.
This story reminds me of "Futu.re", a book by Glukhovsky
What's that book about??
This needs to be a full movie
Yeah it does!
Love, Death & Robots can really get to you.
I know right! This episode got me emotional
This is my favorite episode of LDR ever.
this episode kind of reminds me of that japanese animation where these men in suits go around and kill people's "happiness" it's a weird animation but both that vid and this episode of love death and robots are the same
Where can I see these original short stories???
As a parent, and a police officer…
This episode floored me
this episode was quite emotional for me.
This Short film screams Blade Runner in so many ways. but at the same time, though it is very much a twist in what Blade Runner was, its also a twist thats unique enough to stand on its own. one could even argue this to be a prequel to world of blade runner.
For me, it was more like Fifth Element. City high enough to reach clouds, flying cars that look old-fashioned and the diva singing opera...
So
Powerful
Pop squad is one of the fewest best episodesin season 2!!
Hey idk if this will even be seen, but I’ve been trying to look up an explanation for the ending quote where she says “I’ll make room”
What does this mean?
She’s pleading to take her life instead saying ‘kill me it’s okay I’ll make room’
I didn’t quite understand this but I also can’t find an answer anywhere lol
The scene at the opera, Briggs makes the comment that you can’t add too many more people to the room if no one leaves. The mothers knows that her death would make room for her daughter . There was “enough” room (resources, shelter, etc.) for the mother to live forever so with her death, her daughter wouldn’t take up the extra space required for both of them to live. They leave the parents alive to live forever but kill the kids because there isn’t enough “room” for everyone when no one dies.
I want this into a movie so bad. They are losing money! And I’m losing my mind wanting the plot finished
I always thought that living for ever would eventually feel like a curse. I mean how much emotional pain and loss can a human tolerate?
Then why have children and impose loss on them?
No it would be a blessing, however only if we could sustain the extra people
@@lucioh1575so they could experience good so they could continue your legacy maybe be better than us
Also mosly because we want a small version of yourself they are so cute these little monsters
@@voodoodoll4960 The unborn don't need to experience any goods.
Reproducing is selfish.
@@lucioh1575 They don't need to avoid harm either so...
Yeah it's selfish they are fuel to our societies and live don't they ?
Let just hope it's worth it
Fairly certain the pop in pop squad stands for population. As in a squad that monitors and controls the population size.
my live movie fan cast:
officer briggs as liam neeson
eve: gwyneth Paltrow
alice: rina sawayama
I really cried when I watched this episode😢😢😢😢
One could wonder why in the world like this there wouldn't be mandatory sterilization for 'immortals'. But, we wouldn't be getting this much drama that way now would we?
did it feel like bladerunner to anyone else more specifically bladerunner 2049? mixed with art deco style architecture with a hint of L.A Noir?
It's definitely heavily inspired by Blade Runner and 2049!
Principle reads
This has to take inspiration from the book brave new world it gave me strong ass vibes
CLIMET CHANGE SIMPLY WHAT WE HAVE NOWADAYS ALSO A PANDEMIC THIS EPISODE MAKES YOU WOUNDER WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BE LIKE
0:15 what’s this from??
All through the house
The movie what happen to Monday? It has the same premise check it out guys