Murderbot – Season 1 Episode 3 Recap & Review
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Episode 3 of Murderbot begins with Preservation Society preparing to head across to the adjacent lab. Before they leave, Mensah gently encourages Murderbot to lower his helmet down so he's shown as part of the team.
On the ship, our titular character is too busy watching his sci-fi soap operas and he's not particularly happy about being constantly interrupted by the group trying to converse with him. This is particularly noticeable when Ratthi speaks to him, with Murderbot irritated by this whole ordeal.
Back over at the Preservation Aux habitat, Bharadwaj is healing well but she's still traumatized by the experience. Gurathin offers some behaviour modules but she turns him down. Murderbot continues to keep an eye on the guy though as he sneaks into Mensah's room and smells her pillow, very evidently missing her.
When the group find out that Murderbot has been reading their logs, Mensah approaches and tries to work out if he means them harm or not. Murderbot's long pause doesn't do his case any favours, especially his hilarious monologue about his disdain for humanity.
His quips are the comedic glue that keep this episode ticking over, and eventually they do make it to the habitat. Landing on the perimeter, right by a lake, the group approach slowly. Our Murderbot takes the lead though, heading inside the base as the others don't really have military-grade weapons training here.
Murderbot immediately finds the destroyed SecUnit we saw briefly at the end of the last episode. His curiosity gets the better of him, as he finds the entire team destroyed and killed. Mensah wants Murderbot to leave but radio interference causes their communication to cut out. Turns out this was Murderbot's doing, as he's not ready to leave just yet.
It would appear one of the SecUnit's has gone rogue and killed the others, eventually leading to Murderbot taking the prone bot out before it can do any more damage. Checking over the body, Murderbot realizes that somebody has taken control of the SecUnit. But who?
Well, the answer comes in the form of another Bot entering the room and firing at our titular character.
The Episode Review
So Murderbot returns with a great episode, sporting solid production values and a hilarious comedic tone. The episodes definitely feel a bit too short though and it's disappointing to find this one only clocking in at 22 minutes. The show is just starting to find its groove and ending these quick-bite episodes like this is in danger of losing the momentum as the weeks tick by.
Even so though, the show has a lot to whet the appetite here. The characters are generally quite interesting and what's particularly ironic is how Murderbot is probably more human than he gives himself credit for, given his current motives and curiosity. Either way, we'll have to wait and see where this one goes next week.
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