The Worst Episodes of Upload
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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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Upload" is "Strawberry", rated 6.5/10 from 754 user votes. It was directed by Jeffrey Blitz and written by Alison Brown. "Strawberry" aired on 10/19/2023 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "CyberDiscountDay".
6.5/10 754 votes#1 - Strawberry
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2023
Nathan and Nora struggle to make their relationship work, while Ingrid tries to make the best of her second shot at love.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Alison Brown
6.8/10 636 votes#2 - CyberDiscountDay
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2023
The gang celebrates CyberDiscountDay while Nora discovers something game-changing: Nathan has been copied in Lakeview.
Director: Tom Marshall
Writer: Megan Neuringer
6.9/10 1,371 votes#3 - Welcome Back, Mr. Brown
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2022
While living with Ingrid, Nathan searches for Nora, who has fled of the grid.
Director: Dee Rees
Writer: Izzy Kadish
6.9/10 806 votes#4 - Ticking Clock
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/2023
Nora and a recently downloaded Nathan race to stop Freeyond before his head explodes.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Greg Daniels
6.9/10 635 votes#5 - Download Doctor
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2023
Nathan and Nora track down the doctor who invented download, while Aleesha rises higher in the Horizen hierarchy. Ingrid and back-up Nathan grow closer.
Director: Tom Marshall
Writer: Farhan Arshad
7.0/10 580 votes#6 - Memory Crackers
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2023
Nora and Nathan find important clues to expose Freeyond, but the search poses a challenge to their relationship.
Director: Alberto Belli
Writer: Owen Daniels
7.0/10 534 votes#7 - Upload Day
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2023
Nathan and Nora try to have a special last day together.
Director: Sarah Boyd
Writer: Maxwell Theodore Vivian
7.1/10 1,193 votes#8 - Dinner Party
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/2022
At a status-obsessed dinner, Nathan faces ghosts from his past. Nora flexes her programming skills as she steps into activism.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Lauren Houseman
7.2/10 584 votes#9 - Rescue Mission
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2023
Nathan teams up with his own copy to save Luke, but Nora is discovered by the conspiracy.
Director: David Rogers
Writer: Stephanie M. Johnson
7.3/10 1,102 votes#10 - Family Day
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/10/2022
Nora's loyalties are stressed as she is called upon to take revolutionary action. Nathan's visiting family prompts him to consider what he wants out of his afterlife. Luke invents a new sport.
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Writer: Anna-Maria Ssemuyaba
7.4/10 1,074 votes#11 - The Outing
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/10/2022
Nora and Aleesha pursue the mystery into New York City with Nathan and Luke along on screens. Ingrid receives unexpected visitors.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Yael Green
7.5/10 2,052 votes#12 - The Funeral
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/30/2020
Scientists attempt to download a consciousness back into a clone body. Nathan attends his own funeral and Nora uncovers a mystery surrounding his death.
Director: Jonathan van Tulleken
Writer: Mary Gulino
7.5/10 1,145 votes#13 - Robin Hood
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2022
Frustrated with the inequities at Lakeview, Nathan and Luke decide to redistribute some wealth with Ingrid's unwitting help. Nora undertakes a secretive mission.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Maxwell Theodore Vivian
7.5/10 1,088 votes#14 - Mind Frisk
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/10/2022
Nathan and Nora race to stop a potentially dangerous technological advance. Luke boycotts sleep when he finds Horizen is profiting from his dreams, as Aleesha continues to rise in the Horizen hierarchy. Ingrid is tempted by a new tech offering: digital babies.
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Writer: Megan Neuringer
7.5/10 611 votes#15 - Flesh and Blood
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/2023
Nora takes the powerful Upload companies to court, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew.
Director: Sarah Boyd
Writer: Greg Daniels
7.6/10 2,670 votes#16 - Welcome to Upload
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: Greg Daniels
Writer: Greg Daniels
7.6/10 2,194 votes#17 - Five Stars
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: Greg Daniels
Writer: Greg Daniels
7.6/10 1,886 votes#18 - The Sleepover
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: Kacie Anning
Writer: Shepard Boucher
7.6/10 1,842 votes#19 - Bring Your Dad to Work Day
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: David Rogers
Writer: Owen Daniels
7.7/10 1,983 votes#20 - The Sex Suit
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: Jonathan van Tulleken
Writer: Aasia LaShay Bullock
7.7/10 1,298 votes#21 - Download
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2022
Nora rallies the support of unlikely allies and Hyperloops to LA. Meanwhile, the issues in Nathan's personal life come to a head.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Owen Daniels
7.8/10 1,835 votes#22 - Shopping Other Digital After-Lives
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/30/2020
After a surprising revelation, Nathan shops for a new digital after-life. Nora travels to LA to help Ingrid stop him from leaving Lakeview.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writer: Alyssa Lane, Alex J. Sherman
7.9/10 1,997 votes#23 - The Grey Market
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: Kacie Anning
Writer: Mike Lawrence
8.0/10 1,905 votes#24 - Update Eve
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/30/2020
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.
Director: Daina Reid
Writer: Greg Daniels
8.2/10 2,200 votes#25 - Freeyond
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/2020
Nathan’s restored memories and shifting emotional allegiances put Nora in physical danger.
Director: Daina Reid
Writer: Greg Daniels