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 totally simply full-length episodes of “Sanctuary Moon.” We’ll nonetheless in all probability get extra possibilities 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 an ungainly weirdo robotic who simply needs to observe his exhibits in peace as an alternative 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 drawback for followers who’ve gotten connected to the scrappy hippies from the Preservation Alliance: Murderbot (Skarsgård) leaves them behind within the second guide, 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 certain 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 may take some doing.
We’re actually going to overlook these PresAux nerds
Within the “Murderbot” books, Murderbot leaves the PresAux crew after the occasions we’re seeing depicted in season 1, although we do be taught just a few updates via distant check-ins (aww, Murderbot virtually cares!). That implies that, presumably, we’ll be assembly a wholly 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 finished loads of laborious work to make these characters lovable and it is laborious to not wish to proceed to comply with 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 nicely as a result of Skarsgård so completely understands the task and the screenwriting is high notch, the brand new people can have some severely massive footwear to fill. Followers who have not learn the books are certain to be a little bit 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 wish to discover out why Bharadwaj was hoarding cleaning soap earlier than she’s gone.
“Murderbot” season 1 is out there to stream completely on AppleTV+.
