Watch Party: Murderbot (December book club selection)

Free event!

Year released: 2025 • Number of episodes: 10 • Total run time: approximately 3 hours

What: Tracy leads the Armchair Adventure Book Club. At the December book club meeting (Wednesday, December 30), we will be discussing the novel All Systems Red, written by Martha Wells. This is the first book in the Murderbot Diaries book series. Attendees may read the book OR listen to the audio book OR watch the 2025 TV series adaptation (or do more than one). Event page for the book club meeting: [https://potluckdinner.org/?p=e&ID=1045 ] To prepare for the book club meeting, everyone is welcome to watch the TV seroes at a watch party.

The TV series was created by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz for Apple TV. The series stars Alexander Skarsgård as the titular character.

Premise: A media-obsessed private security construct (manufactured from cloned human tissue and mechanical parts) calling itself Murderbot must hide its newly acquired autonomy while completing dangerous assignments and being simultaneously drawn to humans, and appalled by their weakness.

Anyone can come to the watch party, even if they aren't planning to go to the book club meeting. And anyone who wants to go to the book club meeting can watch the TV series OR read the book (or both) on their own, without going to this watch party.

Guests are welcome to bring any type of food or snack they want to share. This is completely optional. The host will be providing a complete classic chili with toppings. And popcorn.