‘Murderbot’ Episode 7 Review

After learning of an incoming threat, Murderbot tells the team to evacuate the base, and they take the hopper out into the forest, but their trust in their SecUnit is shaken after witnessing his violence in killing Leebeebee, and tensions are high as things get desperate.

This episode features a flashback showing the team just before they take off for the mission, as they reveal secrets about each other, and Gurathin tells how he used to be a spy for the corporation before he met Mensah, and she helped him get away. This seems like a red herring, as he’s always been the one most suspicious of Murderbot, and something of an outsider in the team. It seems too obvious to put this confession in here only to later reveal he’s still working for the company. But it does make you wonder whether he–or any of the others–have more secrets to hide.

There’s also the relationship with Murderbot. None of them trust him much now after his violent killing, even though he saved all their lives, and so far has never done anything to suggest he would want to harm any of them. But this means they no longer want to listen to him, even though he’s the only one who has any kind of handle on the situation. Mensah’s decision to return to the base to get medical treatment for Gurathin is another sign of their inexperience, especially as they’ve just been attacked by another SecUnit and it was only taken down by accident. It’s clear they will be in danger if they return, risking everyone’s lives and making their evacuation pointless. Well, Gurathin did say she was naive.

The thing is, if they do return to the base next week, that kind of makes this whole episode mostly redundant filler, as they’ll be right back where they started. Though I do have a suspicion that the giant centipedes could show up again after eating the hostile SecUnit, they could go down the “they are our friends” route, much like ‘Mickey 17’ did (and that wouldn’t be the only similarity these two stories share). But I do wish it would get somewhere at least. These short episodes really make it drag out, with nothing of real importance happening every week, and a long wait for the next episode.