TV Obsessive
This week, on The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 112, Caemeron and Ryan discuss the Season 1 finale of Murderbot. But first, in the news:
- Murderbot has been renewed for Season 2 on Apple TV+
- Slow Horses has been renewed for Season 7
- Larry David is teaming with the Obamas for an HBO sketch comedy series
- The Scrubs reboot is officially happening
- Ronnie Chieng will voice Kahn in the King of the Hill reboot
- Duster has been cancelled
On Murderbot Season 1 Episode 10, “The Perimeter”
Written by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz and directed by Paul Weitz
The PresAux team has been rescued since Episode 9 as this episode opens with SecUnit’s memory being erased and a new governor module installed back at the Corporation Rim.
The PresAux team negotiates to acquire the SecUnit. They offer to buy it and also threaten with a lawsuit, but the company refuses. The team decides to take action, including Pin-Lee filing an injunction to seize Murderbot. Gurathin is able to use an old colleague to locate and download data from the memory wipe. He locates Murderbot’s files by searching for Sanctuary Moon episodes.
The team saves Murderbot from being put in an acid bath, and Gurathin uploads its personality back into its database.
Murderbot is invited to live with the PresAux on their home planet. That night, Murderbot attempts to sneak away but is found by Gurathin, who tries to make it feel welcome. Murderbot insists that it needs to check the perimeter. When Gurathin lets it go, Murderbot thanks him and decides to leave.
Posing as a servant bot, it boards a transport ship, stating it doesn’t know what it wants, just that it doesn’t want anyone telling it what it wants.
- Thoughts about the Corporation/broader world
- What will happen in Season 2?
- The development of Murderbot’s autonomy
Next Time on The TV Obsessive Podcast…
We’ll be back on Friday to talk about Squid Game Season 3.
