#murderbot 1x05

[thewanderingace]

SecUnit's sex/romance repulsion part 6/?

Murderbot 1x05 "Rogue War Tracker Infinite"

[murderbot-moodboard]

And we're back with assorted thoughts on episode 5! (Drafted during my second watchthrough.)

- Arada's already showing good potential in her willingness to immediately start shooting at a potential threat. Yeah, she jumped the gun (haha) a bit, but considering they just had a hostile SecUnit ostensibly trying to mow them down that's understandable. And I'm not sure whether she missed on purpose or on accident, but I don't know if we'll find out (or whether it's important in the end anyway).

- LeeBeeBee over here displaying some (blinks rapidly)... imagination. Maybe she doesn't have any experience with ComfortUnits.

- Ratthi, I'm pretty sure Pin-Lee is not ready to talk about starting a family with you at this time, lol. (Also "Sec Unit" is an objectively terrible name for a child, but I think Ratthi also gets a bit of a pass considering what they've just been through.)

- It's actually pretty cool to watch Pin-Lee and Bharadwaj doing repairs on Murderbot. I like finding out that Bharadwaj can be the steady hands doing delicate work in a crisis. And we get more in-universe glasses rep from her this episode! (I always like to make note of this for future cosplay purposes—as a required-glasses-not-contacts wearer it's very hard to find futuristic scifi shows where glasses are accepted in-universe.)

- Murderbot: "He looks way too into this." Gurathin: *looks maybe slightly determined*

- I love all the data compilation sequences, the visual and audio effects are really cool.

- Also love all the book lines that are preserved pretty close to verbatim in this episode. It's cool how they swapped in Bharadwaj for Volescu's part in this episode (and cool that she's more involved in everything at this point than in the book).

- "Seccy?" 😂

- I think it's interesting how Gurathin looks so vulnerable for a minute after getting not-strangled. (Has he been attacked by a SecUnit before?) He also immediately goes "see?" probably thinking now they'll listen to him about SecUnit since he just almost got strangled, but Mensah immediately goes to talk with SecUnit instead. No wonder he's not happy.

- Murderbot's face when LeeBeeBee kisses it 🤣

- That was kind of a nice moment between Mensah and Gurathin before Murderbot interrupted, lol. (Peepee blocking much?) I suspect Murderbot not only wants to annoy Gurathin but also wants to protect Mensah from what it sees as Gurathin's creepy interest. But based on their interaction, there definitely seems to be undercurrents of something else that Murderbot isn't picking up on.

- To be fair to LeeBeeBee, I thought she was potentially going to be really annoying, but she's only a normal amount of annoying.

- Did we get a subtle pronoun self-correction from Mensah? Cool!

- Aww, Murderbot's first real conversation and it's with Mensah. 🥰 Also they show Mensah being smart and insightful the same way she was in the book!

- Oh shit. Talk about a cliffhanger! Was Murderbot rushing to grab the controls? To protect Mensah? Are they going to have to walk back to the habitat?

And that's the end of the episode! I have some more theories, but I think they veer into spoiler territory for future episodes, so I'm going to leave off here for now. Until later!

[loving-the-world-since-00]

Murderbot & Gurathin – part 13 / 38

Murderbot: Now, remember to reboot me before you put me back online so I don't kill you all. Bharadwaj: "Ready to reboot. Gurathin, I'm gonna need you to plug into its system. Track for any bad code." Murderbot: Oh, n… He's gonna do it? Fuck. He looks way too into this.

[alex51324]

PS I am also deeply curious whether show-only fans know what's going on with LeeBeeBee.

(Note for show-only fans: she is a new character for the show, so those of us who have also read the books don't actually know what her deal is.

But we do all know, right?

So I'm wondering if there is some context we have that show-only folks don't have yet, that makes it so obvious, or if it's obvious either way.)

[loving-the-world-since-00]

Murderbot & Gurathin – part 17 / 38

Mensah: "Leebeebee, did DeltFall attempt to launch its beacon?" Leebeebee: "DeltFall? I don't know. They didn't tell me much." *Clamoring* Gurathin: "Quiet, please." Murderbot: Ugh, thank you. Gurathin: "I can't reach the beacon." Murderbot: Neither could I, and that was bad news. Mensah: "Keep trying, Gura. Keep trying." Gurathin: "Signal's still not going through." Murderbot: "I'll take the hopper to the beacon and set it off manually." Gurathin: "Not on your own you won't. We are not about to trust you with our hopper." Mensah: "I'll go too." Gurathin: "Ayda." Mensah: "I'm the best pilot. Well, I am. Everyone pack essentials, supplies for a week, and when we get back, I suggest that we move into a more hidden area."

[alex51324]

Murderbot 1x06 speculation poll

Let's get scientific about this. As viewers who have seen Episode 1x05, introducing the character LeeBeeBee, but have not seen 1x06, what do you think is most likely what's going on with her?

(As in, most likely to be revealed as canon in the next episode or two, not necessarily the theory you find most interesting to explore.)

What's LeeBeeBee's deal?

She's a plant from EvilSurvey/GrayCris, obviously

The twist is going to be that she *isn't* a plant from EvilSurvey

She's a ComfortUnit from the DeltFall survey

She's a ComfortUnit and *also* an EvilSurvey plant

She's an EvilSurvey plant *and* there's some other twist or reveal

She is *not* an EvilSurvey plant, but there's some other twist or reveal

Wait, you guys think she's suspicious somehow? She seems so normal!

I have some other specific idea or theory, which I will share in the notes.

Voting ended onJun 12, 2025

[loving-the-world-since-00]

Murderbot & Gurathin – part 16 / 38

Gurathin: "Anyway, it doesn't matter if we trust it. We just have to keep it immobilized." Murderbot: "That won't work." Gurathin: "Oh, yeah? And why is that?" Arada: "Stop! Stop! Stop!" Pin-Lee: "Let him go!" Mensah: "SecUnit." Murderbot: "Because I hacked the command flow from HubSystem." Mensah: "SecUnit, let Gurathin be. Please." Murderbot: "I don't like you." Gurathin: "You see? You see?" Murderbot: I was done. Mensah: "As I understand it, you don't have to obey our orders or anybody's orders, but that has been the case the entire time that we have been here. I would like you to remain part of our group. At least until we get off this planet and to a place of safety. At that point, we can discuss what you would like to do. And I swear to you that I won't tell the Company, or anyone else outside this room, anything about you or the hacked governor module." Murderbot: Of course, she had to say that. What else could she do? And I said what I had to say. Murderbot: "Okay." Gurathin: "So that's it, huh? Whatever happened to consensus, Mensah?" Mensah: "We'll reach it. Eventually. SecUnit, I want you to promise me that you will protect Gurathin as much as you protect all the rest of us." Gurathin: "I don't need its protection. Why? HubSystem has seen all this." Murderbot: "HubSystem hasn't recorded any of this. I just fed it an hour of mundane activity from the logs. HubSystem may have been compromised by an outside agent. You cannot trust it. I suggest it's time to trigger the emergency beacon."

[loving-the-world-since-00]

Murderbot & Gurathin – part 18 / 38

Mensah: "If, um, for some reason I don't make it back…" Gurathin: "Please don't say that." Mensah: "If for some reason I don't make it back, then Pin-Lee's first among equals." Gurathin: "Got it. I'll analyze the data from the combat module override and reboot HubSystem. Maybe figure out why the heck all this is happening." Mensah: "Thank you, Gura. I'm glad that you are here." Gurathin: "Me too. I think that–" Murderbot: "It's time to leave." Gurathin: "Oh, come on." Murderbot: "We should leave." Mensah: "Yeah. Okay."