# Upload on Amazon Prime; A fun binge with awesome world building **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [May 1, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973 "2020-05-01T13:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/21 "2020-05-09T17:17:27Z")
I really enjoyed it. It’s refreshing to find a much more lighthearted take on many of the themes presented in material like Black Mirror, Westworld, the works of Phillip K Dick, The Matrix, so on and so forth. > [@alphaboi867](#): > > Nora’s father brings this up. I’m curious what exactly is the legal status of Upload? It doesn’t seem like they’re considered persons; Nathan’s estate went to his mom and Ingrid can simply delete him at will. How do finances work for the planned Uploads? Do they set up trusts before they die? Yeah, I feel a lot of the legal, technical, economic, social and other details are left sort of vague, inconsistent and anachronistic, depending on how it fits in with the plot or what parallelism they want to make to the current world. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/22 "2020-05-09T20:27:16Z")
I binged on it last night and this morning. I thought it was a fun, easy show to watch. Don’t think so hard on the details. I hope to see another season. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/23 "2020-06-08T14:25:21Z")
We just finished the show last night. In general we liked it; fun, thoughtful, not completely obvious. The biggest problem is that they were inconsistent whenever it proved useful for the plot. That, and people making stupid quick decisions based on incomplete information. I admit, the times that happened were disappointing, and it’s a worse that it seemed to accelerate as we approached the final episodes. All in all, still a positive, and I’m looking forward to season 2. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/24 "2020-06-08T15:03:22Z")
My biggest issue was that they pretty much kept the audience in the dark about what was going on with his old partner. So when the “twist” happened, it didn’t have much of an impact, because I wasn’t sure what we were supposed to originally thought had happened. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/25 "2020-08-13T19:13:42Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Oh COME ON, the show’s aggregate rating is at 4.598 and it needs at least 4.6 to get renewed! I see what you did there… _so close!_ > [@alphaboi867](#): > > How do finances work for the planned Uploads? For a lot of them that might up being 2 gig land for them. I agree after the update things changed a bit, got a little darker. Also, they’re sort of ignoring the implications of an upload killing a live human being in the real world. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/26 "2020-08-13T19:48:39Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > …Have to say it though, a pedantic philosophical problem I have with the uploaded conciousnesss trope is, a \*\*\*copy \*\*\*of your mind is uploaded to the paradisical hereafter. It may think it’s you and for all outward intents and purposes _ **be** _ you, but the \*\*\*real \*\*\*you is dead once your head is asploded. Blackness, out, done. > > Nora’s father brings this up. I don’t really get Nora’s dad’s objection to the upload thing. Clearly, he believes that the soul goes to a metaphysical afterlife when death occurs, even for uploads. This just allows him to have his cake and eat it too. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/27 "2020-08-28T16:37:05Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I thought it was a fun, easy show to watch. Don’t think so hard on the details. Exactly this. We’re basically dealing with made-up, impossible technology, so you just gotta go with whatever they throw at you. Yeah, it could have been more consistent, but that’s not really the point. It’s a very minor thing, but I was quite hoping for Nora’s jerk boss to get a comeuppance of some sort, and was disappointed that she didn’t. Hopefully they’re saving something for next season, because I _really_ want to see her go down. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/28 "2022-03-21T18:18:06Z")
The second (shorter) season is out. I liked the thriller aspect of it more than in Season 1, but it felt like it ended in a very unresolved place. I still enjoyed it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/29 "2022-03-21T18:33:02Z")
Thanks for the update, I’ve been waiting for the second season. We’ll put it in the queue. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/30 "2022-03-26T21:21:17Z")
Wife and I just finished binging this. We both enjoyed it immensely. Sure, a crazy premise. But we thought it was really interesting to think of such things as that “status” of uploaded beings. Especially if someone else held the pursestrings. Was sorry the 2d season was so short. In 17 short eps, it really moved to a different place than the sorta light futuristic comedy it started as. I’m sure hoping for a third season. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/31 "2022-03-28T16:01:29Z")
Just finished season 2 as well and felt somewhat letdown by the ending. Interesting plot developments, but very predictable cliffhanger ending. Best image of season 2 was the pigeon’s head exploding on Aleesha. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/32 "2022-03-28T16:28:03Z")
We have one episode left in Season 2 and this has to be one of the most interesting shows out there. I’m just sorry there isn’t more buzz for it. Introducing the ‘download’ aspect definitely added some interesting possibilities, as did where the Free upload centers were located. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/33 "2022-04-02T14:26:12Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > but it felt like it ended in a very unresolved place. Agreed. I can’t even call it a “cliffhanger,” really. It just ended abruptly without finishing the season’s plot, like there was supposed to be one more episode and somebody forgot to… upload it. I also felt the long gap between seasons hurt it a bit. There were a lot of “oh yeah, I forgot about that part” and “wait, who’s that guy again?” moments. But I didn’t feel like going back and re-watching season 1, so I just plowed ahead. I was able to follow well enough, but still, continuity suffered. Still a really interesting premise and imaginative execution. Nice to see Nathan and Nora finally getting together in the real world (though I suspect that’s a very temporary situation). Hopefully season 3 drops relatively quickly. Stupid pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/34 "2023-10-23T16:07:01Z")
It’s back! Considering the first two episodes of season 3 were -ahem- uploaded last Thursday, I think some folks must have moved on or didn’t know… The politics has gotten a little wonkier…and episode two’s Nate and Nora plot was forced beyond absurdity, but its still fun. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/35 "2023-11-13T02:48:55Z")
We’ve started watching season 3. It’s not nearly as much fun as it was in Season 1 but we’re still engaged. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/36 "2023-11-13T04:06:34Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Considering the first two episodes of season 3 were -ahem- uploaded last Thursday, I think some folks must have moved on or didn’t know… I was trying to pretend it doesn’t exist because I hate Amazon’s “one episode per week” policy. I much prefer to watch one or two episodes per evening. I’m over halfway done and I’m enjoying it. I’m not sure how the conspiracy is going to play itself out, but I hope it will be relatively satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/37 "2023-11-13T11:29:32Z")
To be honest I sort of petered out during season 2 but maybe I should take it back up again. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/38 "2023-11-13T17:18:50Z")
Watched the finale last night… Quite the cliffhanger… ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/39 "2023-11-13T17:29:21Z")
I finished it just now and I liked the season, even the cliffhanger. You can definitely see that they set up for an AI Guy revolt next season, which should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973/40 "2025-08-25T21:58:51Z")
The final season is coming out now. I’ll probably watch the last few episodes of season 3 first to jog my memory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973.md?page=3)