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The Best Episodes of Altered Carbon

Every episode of Altered Carbon ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Altered Carbon!

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...

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  1. Background image for Force of Evil
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #1 - Force of Evil

    S1:E4

    Tortured by his captor, Kovacs taps into his Envoy training to survive. Ortega springs a surprise on her family for Día de los Muertos.

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  2. Background image for Nora Inu
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #2 - Nora Inu

    S1:E7

    As Kovacs reconnects with a figure from his past, his tangled history with the Protectorate, the Uprising and Quell plays out in flashbacks.

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  3. Background image for Out of the Past
    7.5/10(82 votes)

    #3 - Out of the Past

    S1:E1

    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.

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  4. Background image for Man with My Face
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #4 - Man with My Face

    S1:E6

    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.

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  5. Background image for The Killers
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #5 - The Killers

    S1:E10

    As a cornered Kovacs braces for a final showdown in the sky, a new hero emerges and more buried secrets come to light.

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  6. Background image for The Wrong Man
    7.4/10(56 votes)

    #6 - The Wrong Man

    S1:E5

    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.

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  8. Background image for Rage in Heaven
    7.4/10(55 votes)

    #7 - Rage in Heaven

    S1:E9

    After a devastating rampage, Kovacs and his allies hatch a bold -- and very risky -- scheme to infiltrate Head in the Clouds.

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  9. Background image for In a Lonely Place
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    #8 - In a Lonely Place

    S1:E3

    Kovacs recruits an unlikely partner to watch his back during a banquet at the Bancroft home, where Ortega oversees the night's grisly entertainment.

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    Director:Nick Hurran
  10. Background image for Clash by Night
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    #9 - Clash by Night

    S1:E8

    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.

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  11. Background image for Fallen Angel
    7.1/10(71 votes)

    #10 - Fallen Angel

    S1:E2

    While Kovacs tracks down a man who sent Bancroft a death threat, Lt. Ortega bends the rules to keep tabs on his whereabouts.

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  12. Background image for Bury Me Dead
    7.0/10(2.7k votes)

    #11 - Bury Me Dead

    S2:E6

    As Quell reconnects to her past at Stronghold, she leads the clone into an underground chamber teeming with secrets. Gov. Harlan shows her true colors.

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  13. Background image for Nightmare Alley
    6.7/10(3.0k votes)

    #12 - Nightmare Alley

    S2:E3

    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.

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  14. Background image for Broken Angels
    6.7/10(3.0k votes)

    #13 - Broken Angels

    S2:E8

    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.

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  15. Background image for Shadow of a Doubt
    6.6/10(2.8k votes)

    #14 - Shadow of a Doubt

    S2:E4

    While the planet celebrates Harlan's Day, Kovacs hatches an escape plan, Quell pieces together fragments of her life, and Poe faces a reckoning.

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  16. Background image for Experiment Perilous
    6.6/10(2.6k votes)

    #15 - Experiment Perilous

    S2:E7

    When Quell's sleeve begins to shut down, Poe and Ms. Dig send her into VR, where Kovacs finally learns the truth about her deadly rampages.

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  17. Background image for I Wake Up Screaming
    6.5/10(2.7k votes)

    #16 - I Wake Up Screaming

    S2:E5

    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.

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  18. Background image for Phantom Lady
    6.4/10(3.8k votes)

    #17 - Phantom Lady

    S2:E1

    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.

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  19. Background image for Payment Deferred
    6.4/10(3.2k votes)

    #18 - Payment Deferred

    S2:E2

    As Col. Carrera takes charge of the murder investigation, Kovacs sets out to find Axley's bounty hunter, and Poe's memory glitches worsen.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Force of Evil" is the best rated episode of "Altered Carbon". It scored 7.8/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by Alex Graves and written by Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend, it aired on 2/2/2018. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Nora Inu".