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What Is It?
In a near-future world, people can choose to have their minds uploaded to a virtual afterlife before they die and still interact with the human world once they have passed away. Nathan Brown makes the deathbed decision to upload himself into a glamorous afterlife known as Lake View, but then finds himself under the thumb of his still-living girlfriend (who is paying for his upload). This becomes a problem when Nathan starts to develop feelings for his “Angel”, a living customer service rep who interacts with those in the afterlife.
Starring: Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Bigley
Created By: Greg Daniels
Bottom Line: Upload delivers a fun little sci fi dramedy with an interesting premise and a cast well-tailored to their roles.
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Why Is It Worth Watching?
This series comes from Greg Daniels (Saturday Night Live, The Office, Parks and Recreation) and delivers a sitcom with a delightful little bit of sci fi fun. The afterlife story is handled with the appropriate amount of satire (poking fun at the formerly rich “living” in Lake View), and the relationship story works in nicely without descending too far into angsty or soap-opera-like territory. The show actually covers quite a number of genres as it throws a murder mystery into the mix as well. But all of it combines together to make for an enjoyable bit of light viewing that still has a bite to it. Robbie Amell (cousin of Arrow star Stephen Amell and also a former Arrow-verse veteran himself) does a good job in the male lead role and Andy Allo holds her own while developing a nice chemistry with her co-lead. And the show throws in a fair share of bit characters that amp up the fun as well. Upload may not count as must-watch sci fi, but it offers a nice little distraction and delivers some laughs along the way.
Where Can You Watch It?
The first season, which consists of ten episodes, is available for streaming on Prime Video. The second season is currently scheduled to be released on March 11th, so you have plenty of time to catch up before that arrives.
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