Should you watch Murderbot?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Murderbot
Series · 2025
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet... even though it just wants to binge soap operas.
The sides of Murderbot
- A security robot that hacked its own controls
- Scientists surveying a dangerous planet
- A space soap opera watched on repeat
Murderbot is good for you if…
- you like a killer robot who just wants to watch its shows.
- you like a mission on an alien planet where things go wrong.
- you like Alexander Skarsgård as a machine that hates small talk.
Murderbot is bad for you if…
- you don't laugh at jokes about killing, even from a robot.
- you want a love story at the center.
About: free will · trust · being yourself
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