The Don Hertzfeldt Collection Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Lily and Jim (student film)

A blind date ends in disaster.

2. Billy's Balloon (student film)

A boy and his balloon.

3. Rejected

In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...

4. The Meaning of Life

A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.

5. Watching Grass Grow

VHS time-lapse footage and rare pencil tests capture Don Hertzfeldt's progress animating The Meaning of Life in the early 2000s.

6. Wisdom Teeth

Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.

7. It's Such a Beautiful Day

Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.

8. World of Tomorrow (1)

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

9. World of Tomorrow (2): The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.

10. World of Tomorrow (3): The Absent Destinations of David Prime

A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.

11. On Memory

A non-fiction animated essay about the nature of memory.

12. ME

An experimental musical fable about narcissism and pain.