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.
#1 - Freeyond
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2020
Nathan's restored memories and shifting emotional allegiances put Nora in physical danger.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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
#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.
#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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
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