Life With LEO(h) review
Life With LEO(h) is Octavia Bray’s audio rom-com about a robotics lawyer who comes home to find an android in her life. He can make decisions for himself, except that he’s been programmed to love her. The show gets a lot of comedy out of that setup, but it also gives Jeanine and LEO(h) a real disagreement about what it means to choose someone.
Follow the episode numbers from 101
The official transcript index puts the story in order, from “Life With Jeanine” to “Life With Wedding Bells.” Start with 101, then go from 110 to 201 when you reach the second season. The episode numbers match the ones on the audio listings. I’d use the index to find my place if the listening app showed me season two first. Read Me Romance is the better fit for choosing a narrated book by title. With LEO(h), the episodes build on each other.
Carlos Garcia created the show artwork.
The romance comes down to a disagreement
In the first episode, Jeanine apologises for comparing LEO(h) to an appliance. He tells her he forgives her, and she wonders whether his programming leaves him any real choice. That’s the scene I’d read if you want to know what the show is doing with the android premise. Later, in “Life With Half-Off Rotisserie Chickens,” he makes her a heart-shaped waffle with all the parts of an actual heart. Then she tells him she has a date. The joke lands because they can be considerate and jealous in the same conversation.
Anabel’s take
I’d give it the first episode. What got me in the script was that Jeanine’s apology feels like the end of a small fight until she asks whether he was free to forgive her. The absurd waffle is the sort of detail I’d remember later, but that earlier question is what makes me want to follow the two of them through the series.