There’s some nice information for followers of the Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy sequence “Murderbot,” although it is sadly not a spin-off that is solely simply full-length episodes of “Sanctuary Moon.” We’ll nonetheless most likely get extra probabilities to see our favourite fictional house cleaning soap opera, nevertheless, as Apple has introduced that “Murderbot” has been greenlit for a second season. That is proper people, we’re speaking extra homicide, extra bot, and extra of star Alexander Skarsgård completely killing it as a clumsy weirdo robotic who simply needs to look at his reveals in peace as a substitute of getting dragged into human nonsense.
The present, based mostly on the primary novella in Martha Wells’ “The Murderbot Diaries” sequence, is an amazing quantity of enjoyable with a terrific ensemble solid that helps make Skarsgård’s dryness work and makes this unbelievable world really feel extra actual. There’s only one teensy downside for followers who’ve gotten hooked up to the scrappy hippies from the Preservation Alliance: Murderbot (Skarsgård) leaves them behind within the second e book, going to work for a brand new group of irritating people. We all know he does not precisely really feel a connection to them, however audiences are sure to overlook these characters that we have gotten to know for the entire first season. Can “Murderbot” work with a complete new supporting solid? In all probability! However it will take some doing.
We’re actually going to overlook these PresAux nerds
Within the “Murderbot” books, Murderbot leaves the PresAux staff after the occasions we’re seeing depicted in season 1, although we do be taught a number of updates by way of distant check-ins (aww, Murderbot nearly cares!). That signifies that, presumably, we’ll be assembly a completely new supporting solid in season 2 and may solely get the teeniest glimpses of Bharadwaj (Tamara Podemski), Ratthi (Akshay Khanna), Pin-Lee (Sabrina Wu), Arada (Tattiawna Jones), Mensah (Noma Dumezweni), and even grumpy Gurathin (David Dastmalchian). That is sort of a bummer, as a result of the present has achieved numerous exhausting work to make these characters lovable and it is exhausting to not need to proceed to observe them and maintain them in Murderbot’s orbit.
Whereas a brand new season with a brand new solid of people to bother Murderbot ought to work fairly effectively as a result of Skarsgård so completely understands the task and the screenwriting is high notch, the brand new people could have some significantly huge sneakers to fill. Followers who have not learn the books are certain to be somewhat unsettled by the solid shake-up, however so long as the tone stays firmly between comedy and sci-fi thriller, “Murderbot” season 2 ought to be successful. I simply need to discover out why Bharadwaj was hoarding cleaning soap earlier than she’s gone.
“Murderbot” season 1 is on the market to stream solely on AppleTV+.
