Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna
Murderbot is a 2025 American science-fiction comedy-drama series directed by Chris Weitz, based on Martha Wells' beloved novella sequence. It follows a self-aware security robot who hacks its own governance module and quietly carves out an inner life — all while reluctantly continuing to protect the humans it was built to serve.
What is Murderbot about?
Somewhere in a sprawling corporate future, a SecUnit designated only as Murderbot has done the unthinkable: it has broken its own behavioral control system and can now think and choose freely. What it wants most is to be left alone to consume an enormous archive of serialized entertainment — the soap operas and action serials it has come to love. Instead, fate assigns it to guard a group of scientists conducting fieldwork on a hazardous planet, where corporate interests, rival factions, and genuine physical danger keep colliding. Murderbot must perform its protective duties while hiding its secret autonomy, managing an increasingly complicated relationship with the humans who trust it, and wrestling with what freedom actually means when you were designed to obey.
Cast & crew
Alexander Skarsgård leads as Murderbot, bringing deadpan physicality to a character who communicates volumes through deliberate stillness. Noma Dumezweni and Akshay Khanna anchor the human ensemble as scientists who sense something unusual about their guardian. David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Tamara Podemski, and Tattiawna Jones round out a cast that keeps the corporate-world stakes grounded and recognizably human.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Murderbot speaks directly to a feeling many know well: performing a role for an institution while privately cultivating your own inner world. The show's gentle, wry tone — closer to dry workplace comedy than action spectacle — makes it an easy watch across generations. Science fiction with this kind of emotional interiority rarely surfaces on mainstream platforms, which is part of why it has drawn strong word-of-mouth among genre readers. The series is available with both a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles on K-Time, so you can pick whichever fits the moment.
Where & how to watch
Murderbot is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on your TV, computer, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start watching whenever you like and cancel anytime.