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The Worst Episodes of Altered Carbon

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Every episode of Altered Carbon ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Altered Carbon!

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...

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  1. Background image for Phantom Lady
    6.4/10(3.9k votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Payment Deferred
    6.4/10(3.2k votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for I Wake Up Screaming
    6.5/10(2.7k votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Shadow of a Doubt
    6.6/10(2.8k votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Experiment Perilous
    6.6/10(2.6k votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for Nightmare Alley
    6.7/10(3.0k votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Broken Angels
    6.7/10(3.0k votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Bury Me Dead
    7.0/10(2.7k votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Fallen Angel
    7.1/10(78 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for In a Lonely Place
    7.3/10(67 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Nick Hurran
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  12. Background image for Clash by Night
    7.4/10(61 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for Out of the Past
    7.5/10(89 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Wrong Man
    7.5/10(63 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Rage in Heaven
    7.5/10(62 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for Man with My Face
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Nora Inu
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for The Killers
    7.6/10(64 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Force of Evil
    7.8/10(70 votes)

    #18 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Phantom Lady" is the worst rated episode of "Altered Carbon". It scored 6.4/10 based on 3867 votes. Directed by Ciarán Donnelly and written by Laeta Kalogridis, it aired on 2/27/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Payment Deferred".