When it comes to adaptation, Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries series is a tricky beast.The series' main appeal is its titular character's inner monologue, a charming blend of snark and social awkwardness.

Based on Martha Wells’ “The Murderbot Diaries” and adapted for television by Chris and Paul Weitz, Apple TV+’s sci-fi action comedy “Murderbot” follows a security construct (Alexander Skarsgård) who is placed on a dangerous mission to protect a team of hippie scientists exploring a new planet.

Starring Alexander Skarsgård as a heavily armored, helmet-clad “Security Unit”—who has to hide the fact that it’s no longer under corporate control, lest it take a one-way trip to the deadly “acid baths” for recycling—the series walks a sometimes idiosyncratic line between comedy and much darker ideas.