'Murderbot' Episode 6 Recap: This Problem Can Be Solved by Comfort TV and Violence
Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for Murderbot Episode 6. To say things are heating up onMurderbotwould be an understatement. Last week, just hours after Murderbot (Alexander Skarsgård) and the Preservation Alliance survey crew had a necessary yet stressful conversation about whatthe former’s free will might meanfor everyone on this mission, Murderbot and Mensah (Noma Dumezweni) almost lost their lives in a fiery cliffhanger. Episode 6, “Command Feed,” written by showrunnersChris WeitzandPaul Weitzand directed byAurora Guerrero, swiftly resolves the duo’s close call butratchets up the series' overall tension through other means— specifically, a definitive, violent breaking point that could ruin Murderbot’s burgeoning relationship with its would-be found family....