The Worst Episodes of Altered Carbon
Every episode of Altered Carbon ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 murder.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Altered Carbon" is "Phantom Lady", rated 6.4/10 from 3725 user votes. It was directed by Ciaran Donnelly and written by Laeta Kalogridis. "Phantom Lady" aired on 2/27/2020 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Payment Deferred".
6.4/10 3,725 votes#1 - Phantom Lady
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2020
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.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis
6.5/10 3,106 votes#2 - Payment Deferred
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/2020
As Col. Carrera takes charge of the murder investigation, Kovacs sets out to find Axley's bounty hunter, and Poe's memory glitches worsen.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer: Sarah Nicole Jones
6.5/10 2,606 votes#3 - I Wake Up Screaming
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/27/2020
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.
Director: Jeremy Webb
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Alison Schapker
6.6/10 2,699 votes#4 - Shadow of a Doubt
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2020
While the planet celebrates Harlan's Day, Kovacs hatches an escape plan, Quell pieces together fragments of her life, and Poe faces a reckoning.
Director: M.J. Bassett
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Alison Schapker
6.7/10 2,533 votes#5 - Experiment Perilous
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2020
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.
Director: Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Alison Schapker
6.7/10 2,876 votes#6 - Broken Angels
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2020
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.
Director: Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Alison Schapker
6.8/10 2,912 votes#7 - Nightmare Alley
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2020
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.
Director: M.J. Bassett
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Michael R. Perry, Alison Schapker
7.1/10 2,637 votes#8 - Bury Me Dead
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2020
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.
Director: Jeremy Webb
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Cori Uchida, Alison Schapker, Adam Lash
7.7/10 5,286 votes#9 - Fallen Angel
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2018
While Kovacs tracks down a man who sent Bancroft a death threat, Lt. Ortega bends the rules to keep tabs on his whereabouts.
Director: Nick Hurran
Writer: Steve Blackman
7.8/10 6,538 votes#10 - Out of the Past
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2018
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.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Nevin Densham, Richard Morgan
7.9/10 4,906 votes#11 - In a Lonely Place
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2018
Kovacs recruits an unlikely partner to watch his back during a banquet at the Bancroft home, where Ortega oversees the night's grisly entertainment.
Director: Nick Hurran
Writer: Brian Nelson
8.2/10 4,599 votes#12 - The Wrong Man
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2018
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.
Director: Uta Briesewitz
Writer: Nevin Densham
8.2/10 4,481 votes#13 - Man with My Face
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2018
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.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Steve Blackman
8.2/10 4,712 votes#14 - Nora Inu
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/2/2018
As Kovacs reconnects with a figure from his past, his tangled history with the Protectorate, the Uprising and Quell plays out in flashbacks.
Director: Andy Goddard
Writer: Nevin Densham, Casey Fisher
8.2/10 4,288 votes#15 - Clash by Night
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/2/2018
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.
Director: Uta Briesewitz
Writer: Brian Nelson
8.4/10 5,269 votes#16 - Force of Evil
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2018
Tortured by his captor, Kovacs taps into his Envoy training to survive. Ortega springs a surprise on her family for Día de los Muertos.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner
8.4/10 4,416 votes#17 - Rage in Heaven
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2018
After a devastating rampage, Kovacs and his allies hatch a bold -- and very risky -- scheme to infiltrate Head in the Clouds.
Director: Peter Hoar
Writer: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner
8.4/10 4,835 votes#18 - The Killers
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2018
As a cornered Kovacs braces for a final showdown in the sky, a new hero emerges and more buried secrets come to light.
Director: Peter Hoar
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Nevin Densham