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'Murderbot' envisions a caustically funny future : Pop Culture Happy Hour
Alexander Skarsgård in Murderbot.
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Alexander Skarsgård in Murderbot.
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Murderbot is a very smart, very funny new sci-fi comedy series on Apple TV+. It stars Alexander Skarsgård as a cyborg who works security for a team of hapless, bumbling scientists exploring a dangerous planet. He’s hacked his own system and gained free will – a fact he tries to hide from them, even as he sardonically judges their naïve and foolhardy actions, and craves nothing more than to be left alone to watch his soap operas.
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