The BEST episodes of Upload

Every episode of Upload ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Upload!

In 2033, people near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality afterlife hotels run by 6 tech firms. Cash-strapped Nora lives in Brooklyn and works customer service for the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife. When L.A. party-boy/coder Nathan’s self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world.

Last Updated: 12/20/2024Network: Prime VideoStatus: Continuing
Freeyond
star
7.85
1547 votes

#1 - Freeyond

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2020

Nathan's restored memories and shifting emotional allegiances put Nora in physical danger.

Directors: Daina Reid
Writer: Greg Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
Update Eve
star
7.68
1461 votes

#2 - Update Eve

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/1/2020

The Uploads are looking forward to the improvements in the new Lakeview Operating System. Nathan and Nora stay up late to recover Nathan's missing memories.

Directors: Daina Reid
Writer: Greg Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
Shopping Other Digital After-Lives
star
7.63
1471 votes

#3 - Shopping Other Digital After-Lives

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/2020

After a surprising revelation, Nathan shops for a new digital after-life. Nora travels to LA to help Ingrid stop him from leaving Lakeview.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Watch Now:Amazon
Five Stars
star
7.59
1747 votes

#4 - Five Stars

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/1/2020

Nora tries to get her ratings up, so her boss will approve her dad's upload loan. Nathan acclimates to his new world with the help of a Lakeview therapist.

Directors: Greg Daniels
Writer: Greg Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
The Sleepover
star
7.58
1480 votes

#5 - The Sleepover

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/1/2020

Nathan is thrown when Nora goes on a Nitely date. Ingrid invites Nathan's niece for a sleepover. Nathan and Nora suspect his damaged memories may lead to a greater conspiracy. Luke gets into a fight with Aleesha

Directors: Kacie Anning
Watch Now:Amazon
The Grey Market
star
7.56
1531 votes

#6 - The Grey Market

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2020

Nora's Dad's vape lung worsens while Nathan, his friend Luke, and Dylan, an uploaded teen whose body is not keeping up with his age, visit a hacker's market in cyberspace.

Directors: Kacie Anning
Watch Now:Amazon
Bring Your Dad to Work Day
star
7.56
1520 votes

#7 - Bring Your Dad to Work Day

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/1/2020

Nathan takes Nora's dad on a do-or-die upload decision tour, but things go awry when Luddites sabotage Lakeview. Nora does some sleuthing on Lucy's computer in the confusion.

Directors: David Rogers
Writer: Owen Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
Download
star
7.50
982 votes

#8 - Download

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2022

Nora rallies the support of unlikely allies and Hyperloops to LA. Meanwhile, the issues in Nathan’s personal life come to a head.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Owen Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
Flesh and Blood
star
7.49
592 votes

#9 - Flesh and Blood

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2023

Nora takes the powerful Upload companies to court, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew.

Directors: Sarah Boyd
Writer: Greg Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
The Sex Suit
star
7.49
1587 votes

#10 - The Sex Suit

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2020

Nora thinks she may have misjudged Nathan. Nathan and his girlfriend Ingrid are interviewed about the challenges of romance between a living person and an Upload.

Watch Now:Amazon
Robin Hood
star
7.49
1048 votes

#11 - Robin Hood

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2022

Frustrated with the inequities at Lakeview, Nathan and Luke decide to redistribute some wealth with Ingrid’s unwitting help. Nora undertakes a secretive mission.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Watch Now:Amazon
Welcome to Upload
star
7.49
1975 votes

#12 - Welcome to Upload

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2020

After a self-driving car crash, Nathan is uploaded to Lakeview, his girlfriend's family's digital after-life, where he meets his customer service rep, Nora.

Directors: Greg Daniels
Writer: Greg Daniels
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Mind Frisk
star
7.47
967 votes

#13 - Mind Frisk

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/11/2022

Nathan and Nora race to stop a potentially dangerous technological advance. Luke boycotts sleep when he finds Horizen is profiting from his dreams, as Aleesha continues to rise in the Horizen hierarchy. Ingrid is tempted by a new tech offering: digital babies.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Outing
star
7.41
975 votes

#14 - The Outing

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2022

Nora and Aleesha pursue the mystery into New York City with Nathan and Luke along on screens. Ingrid receives unexpected visitors.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Yael Green
Watch Now:Amazon
The Funeral
star
7.39
1635 votes

#15 - The Funeral

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/2020

Scientists attempt to download a consciousness back into a clone body. Nathan attends his own funeral and Nora uncovers a mystery surrounding his death.

Writer: Mary Gulino
Watch Now:Amazon
Family Day
star
7.37
992 votes

#16 - Family Day

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2022

Nora’s loyalties are stressed as she is called upon to take revolutionary action. Nathan’s visiting family prompts him to consider what he wants out of his afterlife. Luke invents a new sport.

Watch Now:Amazon
Rescue Mission
star
7.34
601 votes

#17 - Rescue Mission

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2023

Nathan teams up with his own copy to save Luke, but Nora is discovered by the conspiracy.

Directors: David Rogers
Watch Now:Amazon
Dinner Party
star
7.29
1047 votes

#18 - Dinner Party

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2022

At a status-obsessed dinner, Nathan faces ghosts from his past. Nora flexes her programming skills as she steps into activism.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Watch Now:Amazon
Memory Crackers
star
7.22
596 votes

#19 - Memory Crackers

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2023

Nora and Nathan find important clues to expose Freeyond, but the search poses a challenge to their relationship.

Directors: Alberto Belli
Writer: Owen Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
CyberDiscountDay
star
7.20
624 votes

#20 - CyberDiscountDay

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2023

The gang celebrates CyberDiscountDay while Nora discovers something game-changing: Nathan has been copied in Lakeview.

Directors: Tom Marshall
Watch Now:Amazon
Upload Day
star
7.19
577 votes

#21 - Upload Day

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2023

Nathan and Nora try to have a special last day together.

Directors: Sarah Boyd
Watch Now:Amazon
Download Doctor
star
7.15
633 votes

#22 - Download Doctor

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2023

Nathan and Nora track down the doctor who invented download, while Aleesha rises higher in the Horizen hierarchy. Ingrid and back-up Nathan grow closer.

Directors: Tom Marshall
Watch Now:Amazon
Welcome Back, Mr. Brown
star
7.14
1176 votes

#23 - Welcome Back, Mr. Brown

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2022

While living with Ingrid, Nathan searches for Nora, who has fled off the grid.

Directors: Dee Rees
Writer: Izzy Kadish
Watch Now:Amazon
Ticking Clock
star
7.11
733 votes

#24 - Ticking Clock

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/2023

Nora and a recently downloaded Nathan race to stop Freeyond before his head explodes.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Greg Daniels
Watch Now:Amazon
Strawberry
star
6.96
703 votes

#25 - Strawberry

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2023

Nathan and Nora struggle to make their relationship work, while Ingrid tries to make the best of her second shot at love.

Directors: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Alison Brown
Watch Now:Amazon