The BEST episodes of Altered Carbon
Every episode of Altered Carbon ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Altered Carbon!
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
#1 - The Killers
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2018
As a cornered Kovacs braces for a final showdown in the sky, a new hero emerges and more buried secrets come to light.
#2 - Man with My Face
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2018
With Ortega's fate hanging in the balance, Kovacs drops a bombshell on the Bancrofts. Later, he comes face to face with an unsettling opponent.
#3 - Rage in Heaven
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2018
After a devastating rampage, Kovacs and his allies hatch a bold -- and very risky -- scheme to infiltrate Head in the Clouds.
#4 - The Wrong Man
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2018
After learning his sleeve's identity, Kovacs demands the full story from Ortega. A tip from Poe leads to a major breakthrough in the Bancroft case.
#5 - Clash by Night
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/2/2018
His world rocked, Kovacs requests a dipper to help him sew up the Bancroft case quickly. Ortega races to identify the mystery woman from Fight Drome.
#6 - Nora Inu
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/2/2018
As Kovacs reconnects with a figure from his past, his tangled history with the Protectorate, the Uprising and Quell plays out in flashbacks.
#7 - Force of Evil
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2018
Tortured by his captor, Kovacs taps into his Envoy training to survive. Ortega springs a surprise on her family for Día de los Muertos.
#8 - Broken Angels
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2020
With the fate of the whole planet on the line, Kovacs, Quell and team race to find Konrad Harlan and stop a catastrophic blast of Angelfire.
#9 - Bury Me Dead
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2020
As Quell reconnects to her past at Stronghold, she leads the clone into an underground chamber teeming with secrets. Harlan shows her true colors.
#10 - In a Lonely Place
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2018
Kovacs recruits an unlikely partner to watch his back during a banquet at the Bancroft home, where Ortega oversees the night's grisly entertainment.
#11 - Experiment Perilous
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2020
When Quell's sleeve begins to shut down, Poe and Ms. Dig send her into VR. Kovacs finally learns the truth about her deadly rampages.
#12 - Out of the Past
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2018
Waking up in a new body 250 years after his death, Takeshi Kovacs discovers he's been resurrected to help a titan of industry solve his own murder.
#13 - Fallen Angel
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2018
While Kovacs tracks down a man who sent Bancroft a death threat, Lt. Ortega bends the rules to keep tabs on his whereabouts.
#14 - Nightmare Alley
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2020
Kovacs contends with ghosts from his past as he's tortured by Carrera. Poe seeks help from a fellow AI. Trepp gets a lead on the man she's after.
#15 - Shadow of a Doubt
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2020
While the planet celebrates Harlan's Day, Kovacs hatches an escape plan. Quell pieces together fragments of her life. Poe faces a reckoning.
#16 - I Wake Up Screaming
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/27/2020
Carrera sends his secret weapon on a deadly mission. Kovacs and Trepp smuggle Quell out of the city. Poe takes a risky trip into virtual reality.
#17 - Payment Deferred
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/2020
Carrera takes charge of the murder investigation. Kovacs sets out to find Axley's bounty hunter. Poe's memory glitches worsen.
#18 - Phantom Lady
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2020
Thirty years after the Bancroft case, a Meth tracks down Kovacs to offer him a job, a high-tech sleeve and a chance to see Quellcrist Falconer again.