Alexander Skarsgård’s Stellar 10-Episode Sci-Fi Takes Less Than 6 Hours To Binge
Apple TV’s sci-fi comedy *Murderbot*, starring Alexander Skarsgård, offers a ten-episode series that can be watched in under six hours. Its self-aware security cyborg prefers watching television to dealing with people, but a mission with a team of scientists brings danger and the risk that its hidden independence will be discovered.
Each episode runs for about 28 minutes. The article praises Skarsgård’s restrained, anxious performance and the adaptation’s dark, absurdist humour, which also pokes fun at sci-fi conventions and corporate jargon. The series was renewed for a second season before its first-season finale in 2025 and is expected to return in 2027.
In short
- *Murderbot* has ten episodes of about 28 minutes each.
- Alexander Skarsgård plays a self-aware cyborg security unit.
- Apple TV renewed the series, with season two expected in 2027.
Explained simply
Murderbot is a science-fiction comedy based on a series of books by American writer Martha Wells. It follows a security cyborg — a machine built to protect people — that has secretly gained control over its own actions and would rather watch television than work with humans.
Alexander Skarsgård plays the cyborg, which is assigned to protect a team of scientists on a dangerous mission. The scientists’ safety depends on it, while its independence could put it at risk if discovered. The story uses that tension to explore how people and machines might live and work together, while making fun of familiar science-fiction ideas.