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Series Details & Credits

Prime Video | Release Date: May 1, 2020

Summary: After a near fatal accident, app developer Nathan (Robbie Amell) is uploaded into a virtual afterlife called Lakeside by his girlfriend in this sci-fi comedy created and written by Greg Daniels.

Genre(s): Comedy, Science Fiction

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Metascore

68

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22

Mixed:

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Critic Reviews

100

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Apr 27, 2020

Season 1 Review: Fast-paced, very funny and ultimately life-affirming, Upload is (you guessed it) to die for. [27 Apr - 10 May 2020, p. 11]

90

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Apr 30, 2020

Season 1 Review: “Upload” is more amusing than it is laugh-out-loud funny. But it’s quick-witted, clever (an Arnold Palmer bot appears on a VR golf course in episode four) and twisty with a thread of mystery. Read full review

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Collider Nate Richard

Oct 18, 2023

Season 3 Review: Upload Season 3 continues to prove that this series is more than just an R-rated version of The Good Place. It doubles down on its satire while also being unafraid to throw a curveball at its audience. Daniels and his team take some massive swings and, once again, they're able to pull it off and exceed your expectations, wherever they might be. Read full review

75

Consequence

Clint Worthington

Apr 29, 2020

Season 1 Review: The show has good bones in an engaging lead, some spirited supporting characters, and a clear eye towards investigating the implications of a world where you can take your money with you when you die, but it’ll only take you so far. Read full review

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Collider Therese Lacson

Mar 11, 2022

Season 2 Review: While it's far from perfect, Upload Season 2 sets up the building blocks for an explosive story — if it only had some more time to tell it. Read full review

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Collider Therese Lacson

Aug 25, 2025

Season 4 Review: What is clear is that Upload was a brilliant show with some of the quietly most clever satirical jokes, but it still stumbles on its way to the finish line, resulting in a disappointing ending in the wake of an entertaining and unique show. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Apr 30, 2020

Season 1 Review: This is one of the most stunning disappointments of the TV year, a show that displays none of the wit or charm of the best Daniels projects like “Parks and Recreation” and “The Office.” ... The ideas are superficial, the performances are mostly bland, and the plotting is frustrating. Worst of all, it’s just not that funny. Read full review

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MT_Tank

May 18, 2020

Every once in a while a show just pulls you in and won’t let go. This is one of those shows. Like his previous work, the genius behind P&R and The Office brings us characters that seem real enough to reach out and touch but who still exist in a different world, even though much like our own.Every once in a while a show just pulls you in and won’t let go. This is one of those shows. Like his previous work, the genius behind P&R and The Office brings us characters that seem real enough to reach out and touch but who still exist in a different world, even though much like our own. There is a bit of a boundary much like is exemplified through the premise of Upload.

An amazing story begins in the first few episodes with fascinating glimpses of a world built on technology that never really settles on it’s true intentions; being neither malevolent or benevolent. It is truly technology, up to the interpretation of the user.

With a cold script of code always making sure it’s citizens are happy, there is always a haunting falseness to it all. It engages as the viewer realizes, stirring feelings that we are all too familiar with in our current half digital/half IRL current existence, that what we think and feel are strings to be pulled by the right piece of code or even good screenwriting. Do we ever have control of what we imagine to be our own enjoyment? The attraction between Nathan and Nora feels even more real based on this juxtaposition. What is love if you exist without a heart? Is a soul something that exists within a body or is it within the heart of a person? Is the old fashioned notion of really knowing someone possible in a society that exhorts the cheapness of UberEats-style sex on demand?

Definitely not a show for anyone under the age of even 25. The philosophical questions alone are wasted on anyone less mature. The acting while dry and one-dimensional for some characters, is well played and enjoyably so in others like our mains. The recurring characters add garnish without being cloying or like overly added MSG. The imagery is top notch and the concepts are well thought out and believable “most of the time”. In some scenes the ‘angels’ have to move in a certain way to make their avatars move in the Afterlife yet in some scenes the avatar is walking around, laying down, etc while the CSR is sitting in their chair. but that is a small continuity error that can be waived away but just allowing your logic to be suspended for the enjoyment of just watching a well written storyline.

I found myself moved by the characters and concerned for their outcomes and wellbeing. Consider this viewer along for the ride until the very end.

Just please don’t allow this to become another Man In The High Castle.
Every episode was yet another new character and a new plot line that spun it off in so many directions that I stopped caring for any of them.… Expand

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10

talipisagor

Jun 7, 2021

sanırım 2020 içinde izlediğim en iyi dizi. içinde macera, bilim kurgu, komedi barındıran müthiş bir dizi. merak edip aynı günde bitiriyorsunuz

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10

Dutch72

May 14, 2020

Couldn’t stop watching it. One seating. Awesome show the two leads play their role so well. I’m hooked.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

9

Banter100

Jul 1, 2020

Really enjoyed this show, kept me intruiged o
In the world and wanting to see more, fingers crossed for a season 2.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

8

jdenny1981

May 22, 2020

Upload is a great new series, the episodes are short so for those whom do not want to watch long-duration shows this is for you. The story line is great, actors are solid - some more than others. But it has a lot of promise for season 2 and beyond, go watch it. You will not be disappointed!

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

7

AlphaRebel

Jun 22, 2020

I'm a little late to the party with this one but it was surprisingly fun show with a much darker season arc then the light air the show presents on the service.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Broyax

Jul 26, 2020

Une idée de départ intéressante servie bien sûr par de jolis effets numériques mais le bât blesse fréquemment dans cette série dont l'écriture bêbête, volontiers niaise à ses moments se laisse aller à la facilité de l'humour imbécile trop souvent (in)digne de la sitcom débile de base la plusUne idée de départ intéressante servie bien sûr par de jolis effets numériques mais le bât blesse fréquemment dans cette série dont l'écriture bêbête, volontiers niaise à ses moments se laisse aller à la facilité de l'humour imbécile trop souvent (in)digne de la sitcom débile de base la plus basique (mais il manque les rires enregistrés, cependant !).

Et pourtant, on sent une volonté satirique certes bienvenue et parfois ou plutôt rarement, trop rarement drolatique des travers bien connus des jeux vidéo à microtransactions prédatrices et autres joyeusetés à péage... mais c'est si rare que ça retombe dans le train-train du simple "divertissement" superficiel qui manque à la fois de nerf et de mordant.

D'ailleurs, bien que les épisodes ne soient qu'au nombre de 10 et dépassent (rarement) la demi-heure, l'ennui pointe rapidement son museau rébarbatif alors que vient s'ajouter une bêtise de plus en plus alarmante... Je mets 1 quand même pour l'effort.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 4

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  Air Date: August 25, 2025
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Season 3

65
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 20, 2023
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  Air Date: March 11, 2022
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  Air Date: May 1, 2020