Skarsgård proves delightful as Murderbot, nicely juxtaposing his own imposing physical appearance with Murderbot's awkwardness around humans. With just a flit of his eyes or a twitch of his mouth, Skarsgård conveys all of Murderbot's emotional discomfort. Pair that with his much more sarcastic voiceover to get even more hilarious contrast.

Based on the novels by Martha Wells, Apple TV+'s "Murderbot" centers a hilarious robot, but can't seem to find the plot in the narrative.

Starring Alexander Skarsgård as a heavily armored, helmet-clad “Security Unit”—who has to hide the fact that it’s no longer under corporate control, lest it take a one-way trip to the deadly “acid baths” for recycling—the series walks a sometimes idiosyncratic line between comedy and much darker ideas.