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CNET
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNET
'Murderbot': How to Stream the Latest Episode of Apple's Sci-Fi Comedy Thriller
The titular sentient security bot at the center of Apple TV Plus's new sci-fi comedy series, Murderbot. Apple TV Plus Murderbot follows the misadventures of a sentient security bot, played by Alexander Skarsgård, tasked with protecting a crew of human clients. No big deal, right? Wrong. It becomes another challenge for the Murderbot in question when his love for futuristic soap operas and disdain for humanity start clouding his programming. The sci-fi series is the latest must-watch program for Apple TV Plus and is adapted from Martha Wells' Hugo and Nebula Award-winning bestselling book series. Alongside Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tamara Podemski and Tattiawna Jones star. The Weitz brothers wrote, directed and produced the series; David S. Goyer and Keith Levine are the executive producers. Scroll on to learn the episodic release schedule for Murderbot and more streaming details about the series. Read more: Best Streaming Services of 2025 When to watch Murderbot on Apple TV Plus Murderbot's sixth episode, Command Feed, will premiere on Apple TV Plus on Friday. The remaining episodes will stream on the platform each Friday until the Season 1 finale on July 11. Here's the full episodic schedule: Episode 1: "Free Commerce" -- May 16 "Free Commerce" -- May 16 Episode 2: "Eye Contact" -- May 16 "Eye Contact" -- May 16 Episode 3: "Risk Assessment" -- May 23 "Risk Assessment" -- May 23 Episode 4: "Escape Velocity Protocol" -- May 30 "Escape Velocity Protocol" -- May 30 Episode 5: "Rogue War Tracker Infinite" -- June 6 "Rogue War Tracker Infinite" -- June 6 Episode 6: "Command Feed" -- June 13 "Command Feed" -- June 13 Episode 7: "Complementary Species" -- June 20 "Complementary Species" -- June 20 Episode 8: "Foreign Object" -- June 27 "Foreign Object" -- June 27 Episode 9: "All Systems Red" -- July 4 "All Systems Red" -- July 4 Episode 10: "The Perimeter" -- July 11 If you don't have an Apple device, sign up for the service via Prime Video channels or on your Android device. James Martin/CNET Apple TV Plus Home of Murderbot To watch Murderbot, you will need to sign up for a subscription to Apple TV Plus, which is priced at $10 per month. If you're a new subscriber, you can take advantage of a seven-day free trial. Additionally, if you have purchased a new Apple device, you're eligible for three months of Apple TV Plus for free, but you must redeem this offer within 90 days of your purchase. See at Apple TV Plus How to watch Murderbot from anywhere with a VPN If you're traveling abroad and want to keep up with your favorite shows or movies while away from home, a VPN can help enhance your privacy and security when streaming. It encrypts your traffic and prevents your internet service provider from throttling your speeds; they can also be helpful when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks while traveling, adding an extra layer of protection for your devices and logins. VPNs are legal in many countries, including the US and Canada, and can be used for legitimate purposes such as improving online privacy and security. However, some streaming services may have policies restricting VPN usage to access region-specific content. If you're considering a VPN for streaming, check the platform's terms of service to ensure compliance. If you choose to use a VPN, follow the provider's installation instructions, ensuring you're connected securely and in compliance with applicable laws and service agreements. Some streaming platforms may block access when a VPN is detected, so verifying whether your streaming subscription allows VPN usage is crucial.
Geek Girl Authority
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
MURDERBOT Recap: (S01E04) Escape Velocity Protocol
Murderbot Season 1 Episode 4, 'Escape Velocity Protocol,' is an action-packed, high-octane, hilarious and heartbreaking installment. Alexander Skarsgård kills it here. He deftly captures our eponymous sentient construct's damaged state and its nuanced feelings toward the humans it serves. The episode skillfully balances humor and heart while delivering that jaw-dropping cliffhanger. RELATED: Read our recap of the previous Murderbot episode, 'Risk Assessment' Murderbot, 'Escape Velocity Protocol' We open in the Threshold Pass Fabrication Center, which is part of the Corporation Rim. It's time to see how the sausage is made, as it were. The lab technicians there are hard at work creating sentient constructs, aka SecUnits. It seems the techs are mostly indentured servants. One tech has six years left of their sentence, while their pal has much longer. They talk about not 'surviving' this ordeal. Our titular bot (Skarsgård) narrates as we watch the construction process. It sings the praises of SecUnits and how they're carefully constructed (ahem), versus the random jumble of DNA and cells in humans. However, these workers toil in inhumane conditions, often cutting corners due to exhaustion and lax oversight. You can't half-ass making SecUnits. What if the one you create goes rogue one day? One lab tech teases her trainee, claiming that SecUnits incessantly go rogue and always go after the trainee who made it. The trainee zeroes in on the head of our SecUnit, which is in a jar like strawberry preserves. He tells it to f*ck off. RELATED: Alexander Skarsgård Goes Rogue in Murderbot Trailer Through the Wormhole Later, we return to the present. The Black SecUnit drags our bot through the halls of the DeltFall habitat. SecUnit shares that it's immobile. Its memory keeps dumping its most used data, which is, naturally, The Rise & Fall of Sanctuary Moon . The theme song for the space opera plays out in SecUnit's head. However, the visuals and audio keep hitting snags, indicating Murderbot's frayed state. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 4, 'Escape Velocity Protocol.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ Meanwhile, Pin-Lee (Sabrina Wu) tries to hail Mensah (Noma Dumezweni). They inform Arada (Tattiawna Jones) and Ratthi (Akshay Khanna) that Mensah was behind them. Pin-Lee hails her again. This time, Mensah answers. Pin-Lee reminds her of what SecUnit said about returning to the hopper. Mensah orders Pin-Lee and the others to clear the emergency channel because she's attempting to ping Murderbot. Not Part of the Team Next, we see Murderbot on a table. It's clearly not in a state to respond to Mensah's pings. The Black SecUnit (I'm gonna call it Dr. Evil) is preparing it for something. Murderbot wonders if this is how SecUnits die. Its pain sensors are off, so it can feel pain. RELATED: David Dastmalchian Joins Apple TV+ Murderbot Adaptation Meanwhile, Pin-Lee reunites with Mensah and tries to persuade her to return to the hopper with them. Mensah refuses to leave SecUnit behind. Pin-Lee urges her not to anthropomorphize it. It's not part of the team. This hits home for Mensah. She orders Pin-Lee to go back to the hopper and wait there. 'Not cool,' Pin-Lee says, but they obey. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 4, 'Escape Velocity Protocol.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ Then, Murderbot realizes that Dr. Evil plans to override its combat module like it did for the other SecUnit. Our SecUnit tries to buy itself some time, so it improvises. It starts singing the theme song for Sanctuary Moon . Perfection. Suddenly, Murderbot and Dr. Evil battle it out in a brief skirmish from which the former doesn't emerge victorious. Dr. Evil inserts the device to start the override process of the SecUnit's combat module. So, in 10 minutes, Murderbot will be under Dr. Evil's — or whoever it's working for — control. In the meantime, its system will be more than a bit scrambled. RELATED: New TV Shows This Week (May 25 – 31) Violation of Security Protocol MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 4, 'Escape Velocity Protocol.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ Thankfully, help is on the way. Mensah impales Dr. Evil with a massive drill. She almost vomits after the act. She helps Murderbot to its feet. It repeatedly tells her that it must report her actions to the Company as a 'violation of security protocol.' Aw, it's stuck in a loop. Meanwhile, Pin-Lee returns to the hopper, reuniting with Ratthi and Arada. Our trio debates Mensah's status in the group. Sure, she's technically the leader, but only at the PresAux habitat. When they're away on missions, they're all equal. Mensah's just another crewmember. Too Macho Next, Ratthi makes an executive decision. He grabs a weapon despite having zero weapons training. Pin-Lee accuses him of macho behavior, but Ratthi can't sit idly by while Mensah potentially gets herself killed. Even if he doesn't understand how to fire a blaster or even how to hold it. RELATED: On Location: The Lighterman in Apple TV+'s Slow Horses Then, Mensah leads SecUnit to the habitat's exit. It notices that its input socket feels strange — that's where Dr. Evil put the device. However, Murderbot can't remove it. Its scrambled system returns to what comforts it the most: Sanctuary Moon . Here, it visualizes itself being in the show. Instead of John Cho being the captain, Mensah is in his place. O Captain! My Captain! Jack McBrayer (the Navigation Officer) asks SecUnit why it isn't executing the escape velocity vector protocol. Murderbot responds that it doesn't know how to do that. The bridge crew learns of an incoming hostile starship. In real life, this is Dr. Evil. Apparently, Mensah's drill didn't kill it. Save the Day Meanwhile, Arada and Pin-Lee discuss Ratthi's rashness. Pin-Lee reassures their wife that Ratthi will return unscathed. However, the three of them might need to reconsider their contract. Elsewhere, Ratthi finds the DeltFall habitat. He tries to open the entrance but fails spectacularly. Pin-Lee and Arada decide to join the others to assist. Arada has an idea. RELATED: On Location: The Phoenicia Diner on Apple TV+'s Severance Murderbot admits it should be ready to fight Dr. Evil, but its threat assessment module tells it nothing is wrong. Suddenly, Dr. Evil blasts through the door to the room where Murderbot and Mensah are hiding. It knocks down Murderbot. Mensah fires on Dr. Evil, sending it flying backward. Ratthi watches as Mensah blasts open the side of the habitat, through which she and the SecUnit emerge. They all reunite. We learn that in one minute, the overriding of its combat module will take effect. Mensah scolds Ratthi for not remaining in the hopper. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 4, 'Escape Velocity Protocol.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ New Hostiles Dr. Evil starts firing at our trio. Murderbot observes that it keeps missing, like 'the crappy shock troopers on Strife in the Galaxy .' Love this Stormtroopers dig. Eventually, Ratthi knocks himself out while shooting at Dr. Evil. We see Murderbot's system informing it that its clients are hostiles. Targets acquired. Dr. Evil is biding its time until Murderbot's combat module is under new management. RELATED: Apple TV+'s Neuromancer Series Uploads 3 New Cast Members Thankfully, Arada and Pin-Lee crush Dr. Evil with the hopper, repeatedly smashing it under the hopper's legs. Like a pancake. Huzzah. With Dr. Evil now dead, Murderbot removes the device from its input socket, but it's too late. The override on its combat module is almost complete. Murderbot informs the group that the carrier is nearly done downloading instructions. There's only one way to stop our SecUnit — they must kill it. I'm Sorry Mensah, Ratthi, Pin-Lee and Arada all protest this. Mensah insists that Gurathin will fix it. They just need to return to the habitat. 'There's no time,' Murderbot declares. SecUnit states it will slaughter all of them in a few seconds if they don't kill it first. So, it grabs Mensah's blaster and apologizes before shooting itself. It collapses as the humans surround it. RELATED: Read our Murderbot recaps Murderbot drops new episodes every Friday on Apple TV+. TED LASSO Season 4 Is Officially a Go at Apple TV+ Contact: [email protected] What I do: I'm GGA's Managing Editor, a Senior Contributor, and Press Coordinator. I manage, contribute, and coordinate. Sometimes all at once. Joking aside, I oversee day-to-day operations for GGA, write, edit, and assess interview opportunities/press events. Who I am: Before moving to Los Angeles after studying theater in college, I was born and raised in Amish country, Ohio. 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