Murderbot – Season 1 Episode 7 Recap & Review

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Episode 7 of Murderbot begins with us at Port Freecommerce, one month earlier. It's the eve of the Chatterjee memorial lecture and Gurathin immediately lowers the mood when he admits that he was a corporation spy. His target is Mensah and he's sick of lying to everyone. He even wants to end his life. This is why he moved to the Preservation Alliance, to get away from everything.
Outside, Gurathin admits that he's nervous about this new expedition and he's not sure it's a god idea. He's also nervous about the SecUnit joining them.
Back in the present, the group are still reeling after LeeBeeBee's death. Murderbot is adamant that they need to move, and he tries a softer approach than his initial stern hook, which actually works surprisingly well.
The group leave the base, jumping onboard the hopper, but they're still not sure whether they can trust Murderbot or not. As they weigh up their options, so too does our titular character. It wonders whether to just leave them to it, or even sit around and watch Sanctuary Moon until its battery runs out.
Eventually both sides hash out their issues, with Mensah explaining that she looks at Murderbot as someone trying to help. She wants it to have that same feeling and look at them favourably, but their chat is interrupted.
Hostile creatures surround the hopper, but they're not actually fighting, they're mating. Both Gurathin and Murderbot contemplate whether to just electrify the hull, but the humans refuse.
Unfortunately, the creatures also leave eggs all over the ship. There are bigger problems though, when another SecUnit shows up and jams the assessment threat for our Murderbot.
When the hostile SecUnit destroys some of the eggs, one of the creatures arrives and absolutely obliterates it, ripping its head off. Thankfully it doesn't attack Preservation Society, who stand and watch as the centipede-esque creature grabs the eggs and heads underground.
Gurathin is not in a good state though, and as he collapses on the ground, the group decide to take him back to the habitat, despite the risks and the potential hostiles crawling round the area.
The Episode Review
Murderbot returns with another good episode this week, zeroing in on the threat the group are facing and presenting this hostile SecUnit as another of the company's minions looking to take the group down.
There's some pretty good questions about morality in here too, namely that of the two creatures mating and whether to kill them or not. While the humans all have empathy and decide this isn't a good idea, the androids – namely Murderbot and Gurathin – both think they should kill them.
It's a nice way of presenting the difference in machine and human thinking, and it works well to add a slightly more dramatic side to what's otherwise only really been explored through the lens of comedy.
This has been a good watch though and it'll be interesting to see where this one goes next.
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