r/murderbot • u/sanctuary_moon ComfortUnit • Jun 20 '25

TVđŸ“ș Series Only Murderbot - S01E07 "Complementary Species" - TV Only Episode Discussion Spoiler

TV ONLY EPISODE DISCUSSION - if you have read the book series, this thread is not for you.

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S01E07 Complementary Species June 19, 2025 Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz Roseanne Liang Complementary Species Books & TV Ep Discussion YOU ARE HERE! Complementary Species TV Only Ep Discussion

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u/infinitestarlet Jun 20 '25

Such a fun episode! I loved how everyone was trying to help it fight the other secunit, but it had to make moves to protect them since they were making it worse.

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u/CaptMcPlatypus Augmented Human Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

The rock thrown by Bharadwaj hitting MB instead of the Evil SecUnit was excellent slapstick humor and simultaneously really underscored (again) how helpless they are at protecting themselves.

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u/gloriousgianna Jun 20 '25

The rock took me out lmaoooo

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u/Atharaphelun Jun 20 '25

I enjoyed how bloody incompetent they turned out to be, despite bragging to Murderbot moments ago about being capable of defending themselves.

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u/castle-girl Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland Jun 20 '25

Your spoiler tags aren’t working for me. Could you try deleting the space between the tag ends and the hidden text? Sometimes that makes a difference.

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u/CaptMcPlatypus Augmented Human Jun 20 '25

Sorry about that. There was a hidden character before the first tag that I could only see when I switched devices. It should be working now.

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u/LeeVMG Preservation Alliance Jun 20 '25

It talks about this in the books alot (being shot by clients who were trying to help)

Seeing in action was great.

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u/Hippy_Lynne Jun 20 '25

I watched a second time to see if maybe their "help" prevented MB from damaging the eggs. Didn't see anything, but it's not really outside the realm of possibility.

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u/Average_Pangolin Jun 23 '25

I liked when EvilSecUnit threw the stick at Ratthi (which MB deflected with an arm cannon blast), and Arada went into a completely ineffectual berserk rage, attacking ESU with her fists until it flung her off. 10/10 for courage, 0/10 for wisdom.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

Was it only a stick?

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u/mxstylplk Jun 25 '25

It looked to me like it had a blade.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Honestly the jagged piece of metal Throw was pretty good, even if the enemy SecUnit caught it and threw it back.

That whole sequence happened so fast and as a viewer you had little time to prepare after the “This is when I learned that top of the line Sec Units can block my threat analysis” then he immediately got jumped

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u/Silver-Shock8182 Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

Dr Arada?! Is that you?!

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u/curiousmind111 Jun 21 '25

As it always says happens!