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Murderbot

★ 7.4 42K votes 2025–present 2 seasons · 13 episodes Returning Series Apple TV
Deadpan coolDetached, understated and effortlessly stylish.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 8/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 8/10Space & sci-fiSpace, aliens and grand-scale science fiction.This show: 7/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 7/10SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 7/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Alexander SkarsgårdNoma DumezweniDavid DastmalchianSabrina WuAkshay KhannaTamara Podemski
Starring
Alexander SkarsgårdNoma DumezweniDavid DastmalchianSabrina WuAkshay KhannaTamara Podemski
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About

"A killer robot who'd rather binge TV"

Murderbot follows a security cyborg who secretly disables its own control module, gaining free will it barely knows what to do with. Rather than embrace freedom, it just wants to binge-watch soap operas in peace, but duty keeps dragging it into protecting a group of well-meaning, oblivious human scientists on a hostile planet. The show is a breezy blend of action and deadpan comedy, driven almost entirely by its wry inner monologue and the tension between the robot's programmed competence and its very human anxieties about being seen.

Watch it for

the deadpan inner monologue that turns an existential killer robot into a reluctant, awkward introvert.

Maybe skip if

you want big sprawling sci-fi spectacle rather than a small, character-driven, wry comedy.

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All Seasons

Season 12025
7.519K104h 17m
Season 2
03

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Alexander Skarsgård Murderbot
Noma Dumezweni Mensah
David Dastmalchian Gurathin
Sabrina Wu Pin-Lee
Akshay Khanna Ratthi
Tamara Podemski Bharadwaj
Tattiawna Jones Arada
John Cho Captain
DeWanda Wise Navigation Unit
Clark Gregg Lieutenant

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