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Positive:
22
Mixed:
11
Negative:
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Critic Reviews
TV Guide MagazineApr 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]
Nov 30, 2020
Season 1 Review:
At first it seems like Daniels is going to mainly satirize our modern world, which the show does reliably and deliciously. But as “Upload” progresses a conspiracy theory pushes forward and the underlying theme of income inequality becomes clear. Still, “Upload” never forgets to be funny.
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Screen RantAug 29, 2025
Mar 10, 2022
Season 2 Review:
The seven-episode second season retains the first's ability to simultaneously present a cynical outlook on the future and also argue that love can conquer (almost) all. It's a tricky tone to perfect, but the sharp acting and sharper scripts help immensely. "Upload" has also developed a distinctive visual language.
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ColliderOct 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.
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Mar 9, 2022
Season 2 Review:
Amell settles into Nathan with more self-awareness, but it’s Allo, Johnson, and Edwards who come out swinging. The solid performances, and Upload’s timely arrival—when is scrutinizing affluent conglomerates and the impact of social media not relevant?—really transform the show in its second outing.
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Aug 25, 2025Jun 24, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Daniels has succeeded to make the afterlife look like hell in Upload, even if it’s a hell with colorful foliage. And that’s just the kind of show we want to see right about now. But we also know he knows how to build a funny ensemble we’ll care about, and he’s on the way to doing that after the first episode.
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May 4, 2020
Season 1 Review:
If “Upload” breaks no ground other than in digging up its influences, it has put the pieces together in a smart and satisfying way; if it leaves a host of philosophical questions on the table and picks up the practical ones, it has more straightforward things on its mind: love and suspense.
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Apr 30, 2020
Season 1 Review:
“Upload” is very much its own thing, and a good thing at that. ... I marveled at the way Daniels has set up the world of 2033. It’s hard enough to create an earthbound sitcom premise that’s sturdy and distinct, but Daniels has done that while toggling among a number of different realities.
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Apr 28, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The transitory nature of death in this universe allows the show’s writers to mine some very dark laughs out of moments of surprise violence or gore, and the fact that they’ve got William B. Davis, The X-Files’ own Smoking Man, on hand to lob some of the bleakest one-liners doesn’t hurt. But as bracing as Upload’s comedy can be, it’s the human side that often lets it down.
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Apr 30, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Upload, thankfully, is a series that doesn't require a spine — much like how I remember countless individual jokes in Idiocracy, but if you ask me what the movie's plot is, I couldn't tell you anything. What keeps the show going as more than just a joke-fest is that it's also a fairly sweet, budding love story between Nathan and Nora. ... It's probably not as good as The Good Place, but it's got plenty of laughs and ideas to make you think.
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