Rogue War Tracker Infinite

I honestly believe they couldn't have found a more pathetic cast if they were purposely trying to. Was their budget $5k per episode?

Actually, on second thought, I think they WERE trying to cast the most plain, scrawny, sad looking people they could have based on the writing.

They even wrote them to be pathetic and whiny and incapable. The whole plot is that they are bunch of tree huggers with alternative hippie lifestyles and sad sack life stories and the "murderbot" is the comedic relief of the bunch.

It's unfortunate, because I really like the premise and concept of the show. But if only it had taken itself more seriously as opposed to some gag written by a comedian wannabe.

Feels like they packed a lot in, moved the plot along and kept the annoyances to a minimum.

Summary - Seccy, isn't dead, cos the stupid hippies saved him, and they find a survivor from deltfall. Is she trustworthy ? Is she horny ?

Well tune in next week to find out !

Acting seems to have improved along with the writing, which is giving them more stuff to work with.

And another cliff hanger :D.

Cgi still seems stuck on a budget, and there are more questions than answers, which we can only hope they answer and not dangle infront of us in the finale hoping for a second season.

I think it's a 20 min episode or close to it.

What happens when an emotionally constipated android finally faces its feelings? Ep 5 is that reckoning, though it occasionally stumbles under the weight of its own ambitions.

Skarsgård delivers another strong performance, conveying internal transformation without traditional emotional displays. Watching Murderbot grapple with concepts it never wanted to understand works brilliantly, even if some dialogue feels slightly overwrought when the writing tries too hard to land its philosophical points.

The episode builds to genuinely impactful moments that feel both inevitable and surprising. However, the pacing occasionally lurches between introspective character beats and plot advancement, not quite finding the seamless balance of earlier episodes.

That said, when it works, it really works. The core contradiction of Murderbot's nature, claiming not to care while clearly caring deeply, remains compelling television.

The 25-minute runtime helps paper over some structural issues by keeping momentum up, though I agree with some others that watching these together (like I have) instead of waiting for a week would work better.

It's an ambitious episode that mostly succeeds, proving the series can handle emotional complexity even when it doesn't quite stick every landing.

I really enjoy the premise of this series, but episodes like last week's & this one remind me why it's nowhere near a priority for me to watch. The episodes are way too short, and just as something interesting is about to happen - abrupt ending.

Yes, cliffhangers can be good, but with this show it feels like a crutch. Very little happens in an episode, so to immediately crush the momentum every time there IS momentum feels frustrating rather than exciting.

Had this season dropped all at once like Fallout on Prime or most Netflix shows, people could watch at their own pace & not be restricted to a tiny 16 minutes a week. Episodes say 23 minutes, but that's discounting the 7 minutes of Apple TV splash screens, recaps, intro & credits.

For weekly viewers, you barely get to spend any time with these characters. Without looking it up, I could only tell you one character's name, and that's because he serves as a foil to Sec Unit. But ask me 2 days from now, and I'll probably have forgotten even that.

It's just a shame how chopped up everything is. I'd love to learn more about the lore of the world & the history of these people, but with such precious little time, the episode is basically over after a handful of conversations & slightly moving the plot forward to our next obstacle to overcome.

At this point, I think I'm going to pause watching this series & wait for it to finish. Maybe then the pacing won't feel so off, and I won't feel so cheated after the credits drop the second something meaningful happens in each episode.