Murderbot is more than a sci-fi series. The new Apple TV Plus show, based on the novel All Systems Red by Martha Wells, is the story of a security robot who'd rather watch space soaps than protect humans. What to Watch's Murderbot review highlighted that star Alexander Skarsgård is "so good at being bad" in the new series, but honestly, I didn't plan on laughing out loud as much as I did.
Despite being a rather high-concept sci-fi series, the story is not complicated to follow. In the future, security robots ("SecUnits") are used to protect humans. They are programmed to follow every command, even if it means putting themselves in danger. Skarsgård plays a SecUnit who hacks into his programming to sever the governance module, adopting the name Murderbot (because why not?). But even though he's "free," he has to pretend he's still following the rules or risk being melted down.
