Season 1 of the television series Upload premiered on May 1, 2020.
Synopsis[]
Official synopsis of season 1 from from Amazon Prime Video:
- In 2033, people who are near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality 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. Upload is created by Greg Daniels (The Office).
Cast and characters[]
Starring:
- Robbie Amell as Nathan Brown
- Andy Allo as Nora Antony
- Allegra Edwards as Ingrid Kannerman
- Zainab Johnson as Aleesha Morrison
- Kevin Bigley as Luke Crossley
- Owen Daniels as A.I. Guy
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Episodes[]
# | Title | Synopsis |
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1 | Welcome to Upload | 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. |
2 | Five Stars | 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. |
3 | The Funeral | Scientists attempt to download a consciousness back into a clone body. Nathan attends his own funeral and Nora uncovers a mystery surrounding his death. |
4 | Sex Suit | 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. |
5 | The Grey Market | 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. |
6 | Sleepover | 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. |
7 | Bring Your Dad to Work Day | 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 | Shopping Other Digital After-Lives | After a surprising revelation, Nathan shops for a new digital after-life. Nora travels to LA to help Ingrid stop him from leaving Lakeview. |
9 | Update Eve | 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. |
10 | Freeyond | Nathan's restored memories and shifting emotional allegiances put Nora in physical danger. |
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