ratthi: purring
murderbot: whirring
bharadwaj: purring
murderbot: whirring
overse, under her breath: nope, purring
murderbot: listen, there's just some components that i haven't been able to click back into place after i collapsed my ribcage on that stupid torus. it's. just. whirring.
everyone: -silence-
pinlee: -deep sigh- permission to treat the witness as hostile?
murderbot: -tenses indiscernibly-
gurathin (stonyfaced) and overse (amused): permission granted
pinlee: you are purring, asshole, and i can prove it
murderbot: no, im whirring bc shut the fuck up
pinlee: -waits for it to finish speaking, then smugly points behind it-
mensah (had been gently stroking its back and scratching it behind the ears this whole time): -freezes guiltily as murderbot whips its head around to see what pinlee is talking about-
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet even though it just wants to binge soap operas. (copy pasted from google)
Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Comedy
Whumpees:
Murderbot played by Alexander Skarsgård
Dr. Mensah played by Noma Dumezweni
Gurathin played by David Dastmalchian
Other whumpees listed in orange
TW: gore, death, suicide, emeto
MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW
01:
Murderbot:
beginning of episode - hand burnt by flame (pain sensors off so unreactive), mocked
11:42 - 16:19 - jumps and slides down crater wall, swallowed by centipede creature thing, giant hole in body, bleeding, scratched up, imagines killing the entire crew and stealing the ship
18:44 - has a giant hole in body, getting repaired with pain sensors on for analysis, wincing, in pain
Professor Bharadwaj:
11:56 - 15:45 - grabbed by giant centipede thingie, spit out, laid on Dr. Arada, slung over soulder, laid in hopper with vitals being monitored, stretchered into the habitat (continued),
Dr. Arada
12:43 - in shock, helped up
Dr. Mensah:
end of episode - panic attack, difficulty breathing
02:
Murderbot:
beginning of episode - still being repaired
Dr Mensah:
19:10 - laid on the sand kinda just crawled(?) over by the giant centipede, scared shitless, panicking, kinda cries when she gets back
03:
Murderbot:
20:31 - end of episode - shot at, surprise attacked, in a fight, shot at, ambushed, fate unknown
Professor Bharadwaj:
05:31 - crying, still traumatized
04:
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
TW: SUICIDE, MENTIONS OF SUICIDE, EMETO
Murderbot:
05:00 - end of episode - face bloody and beaten, getting dragged by its leg, malfunctioning, slammed onto a table, falls off, thrown onto table again, just hanging there, pain sensor override offline, thrown into things x10, in a fightshot at, arm and torso shot, forced combat override module implanted, fell over, confused, shot at, hit by and crushed by door, malfunctioning a lot, falls to his knees, commits suicide
Dr. Mensah:
07:07 - has a panic attack?, convincing herself to not care
end of episode - tries to shoot gun and recoil hits his forehead and knocks him down (comedic)
05:
Murderbot:
beginning of episode - dragged into the hopper, being repaired, unconscious, tendrils from combat module override surgically removed, temporarily forcefully paralyzed
end of episode - explosion, fate unknown
Dr. Mensah:
end of episode - explosion, fate unknown
Leebeebee:
throughout episode - crying, traumatized, covered in blood
Gurathin:
12:00 - choked by Murderbot, breathing heavily
06:
Murderbot:
beginning of episode - piece of printer sticking out of its body, just pulls it out like its nothing, critical lubrication leak
10:50 - end of episode - malfunctioning, passes out (comedic), lubricant transfusion from the hopper, spinal column cut into (pain sensors off), wrench used to "crack open" spine, nerve fiber removed, kinda chilling with his back just open the rest of the episode, repaired
Dr. Mensah:
beginning of episode - blood along hairline
07:14 - has a panic attack, difficulty breathing
16:02 - 19:34 - forced to cut into Murderbot's spine, very apprehensive, disgusted (?), using a wrench to "crack open" its spine, very nervous and grossed out
Gurathin:
19:57 - shot in the leg, in visible pain, being threatened at gunpoint
The rest of the crew:
13:18 - threatened at gunpoint, shocked, concerned
end of episode - all in shock, kind of frozen, TW: EMETO (Ratthi vomits)
Leebeebee:
21:41 - TW: DEATH, GORE - head blown off by Murderbot
07:
Gurathin:
beginning of episode - sharing a hard time in his life, tearing up, little bit of crying, leaves the table to collect himself
throughout episode - limping, using a makeshift cane, in pain, spikes a fever, not feeling well
end of episode - about to pass out, panicking, not feeling well, collapses with a fever
Murderbot:
end of the episode - ambushed, kicked in the chest/landed on by rogue secunit, hand to hand combat, thrown, shot by electric thing, in a fight, lying on the ground
08:
Gurathin:
throughout episode - in pain, has a bad fever, trying to sit up, winces, gets his pain input turned off and mind probed lwk, surgery done on his necrotizing knee wound, scared shitless, in pain, limping with support
09:
Gurathin:
throughout episode - still looking like a hot mess, affected by his wound, leaning on his cane
Dr.Mensah:
end of episode - gets launched off a cliff, in an explosion, face bloody
Murderbot:
end of episode - launches itself and Professor Mensah off a cliff, in an explosion, face bloody, bleeding out? idk its the fluid shit inside it leaking out from its mouth
ABSOLUTE BRUTAL ENDING TO THIS EPISODE WHAT
10:
Murderbot:
beginning of episode - forced memory wipe, going thru it, spit on
12:50 - 13:41 - attacked, out of it, malfunctioning, rock thrown at it, knee hit with hammer until it collapses, attacked by huge crowd collectively, beat
19:00 - standing there naked, looks scared shitless, also has bruises and wounds everywhere and bloody nose
Ratthi:
09:30 - weapon pointed at him, scared
Gurathin:
TW: EMETO
17:20 - pale, sweating, struggling, face goes red, tearing up from pain
21:24 - feeling nauseous, vomiting, sweaty asf (i love david dastmalchian he looks so pretty in this episode)
28:23 - tearing up, crying
Review:
As someone who has read the novels, I think this was a pretty accurate depiction of the writing and I love love the personalities that they managed to make tangible on screen. It was my favorite part of the novellas. On another note, I love love love the theme animation thing! Its so adorable. They do the whump so well! Its one of my favorite tropes to have the character collapse with a fever after injury and get taken care of. I'm like savoring every moment of this <3 And season 1 is finally completeeeeeeee! I am happy to say that this show will have a season 2 (im literally so excited for it) and its going to be awesome. The ending was absolutely in character and I support muderbot 1000%. I like how soft they all got and how much gurathin's character developed throughout the season. I love love David Dastmalchian's portrayal of him its the besttttttt and he just looks so pretty all messed up every time. he does such an amazing job of that. Anyways, can't wait to see you guys with season 2 once it comes out <3. I will be updating this list when that comes out! Stay tuned for more whump lists as I feel motivated to do them!
i thought i'd already made this post but apparently not. when the humans cried out "wait" "no" "um" thinking murderbot was about to murderbot the graycris representative, the respective speakers were:
"wait" — ratthi. trusts mb's call but would like to check in first
"no" — gurathin. no unnecessary killing what part of that isn't clear, mb?
"um" — pinlee. it's not what she would have done, but like, okay, sure
"O’hana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind... or forgotten."
"That’s the Ugly Duckling. See? It’s sad because it’s all alone and nobody wants it. But on this page, its family hears it crying and they find it. Then the Ugly Duckling is happy because it knows where it belongs."
"These hippies are wasting their time. A SecUnit cannot be taught to ignore its destructive programming."
"They want my security consultant! ...Oh, good, my security consultant found the chainsaw."
"Don’t run. Don’t make me shoot you. You were expensive. Yes. Yes, that’s it. Come quietly."
"You’re built to destroy. You can never belong. Now come quietly and we will take you apart. No, no, no, no, don’t, don’t run! Don’t run!"
