Apple TV’s Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Saga Officially Passes Major Streaming Milestone

In the last few years, Apple TV has established itself as one of the strongest platforms for original sci-fi programming. One of the first Apple TV sci-fi shows that comes to mind is Severance, which is directed and produced by comedy icon Ben Stiller. After Season 2 of the hit series aired last year, there’s still no return date for Season 3 yet, but now that cameras are rolling, there’s hope that it will be back before the end of 2027. The only Apple TV sci-fi show to ever earn more views than Severance is Pluribus, which was written and created for TV by Vince Gilligan. If Gilligan’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s also the creator of Breaking Bad, which is widely hailed as one of the greatest TV shows ever made.

Every year, Apple TV finds a way to introduce a new sci-fi show that scratches an itch most fans didn’t even know they had. In 2025, this show was Murderbot, the hard sci-fi series starring Alexander Skarsgård, brother of Bill Skarsgård and son of Stellan Skarsgård. Murderbot Season 1 aired throughout the early summer months of 2025, and Apple TV made the wise decision to renew the show for Season 2 after it spent weeks at the top of watchlists. It’s been well over a year since a new episode of Murderbot was released, but the show has maintained its status as one of the most-watched sci-fi shows on Apple TV this year. The series is on such an impressive run after all this time that it’s been in the top 10 in at least one country for over 100 days now.

Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.

• You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
• You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
• You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
• The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.

The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.

• You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
• You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
• You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
• In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.

You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

• You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
• In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
• You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
• In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.

Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

• Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
• You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
• Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
• In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.

The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

• You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
• You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
• You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
• In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.

What Do We Know About ‘Murderbot’ Season 2?

Murderbot Season 1 is based on the sci-fi novella, All Systems Red, which was written by Martha Wells. Season 2 will be based on Artificial Condition. Season 1 is largely viewed as a mostly faithful adaptation of the book, but Season 2 is expected to be a bit looser, with elements of other novels also used. This isn’t inherently a bad thing, though it is fair for lovers of the book to be apprehensive about the creators taking a big step to make the show their own. Over 20 new actors joined the cast of Murderbot Season 2, which is now in production as of August 2026, so the show will likely return in the second half of next year.

Check out the first season of Murderbot on Apple TV and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2.

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