Upload
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Upload (2020) is a comedy and science-fiction series from Prime Video. It has built a run of 29 episodes. It premiered on May 1, 2020. Viewers rate it 7.7 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 4 seasons.
What Upload Is About
Upload is a sci-fi sitcom that takes place in the near future, where people who are near death can be “uploaded” into a virtual afterlife of their choice. In 2033, secretly romantic Brooklyn-born Nora works customer service for a luxurious virtual reality environment. When handsome L.A. party boy Nathan’s self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world. Nora starts as Nathan’s customer service “angel”, but becomes so much more as she helps him find friendship, love and purpose.
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, the full run covers 29 episodes, spread across 4 seasons and it leans into its comedy/science-fiction roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Robbie Amell, Andy Allo and Kevin Bigley to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Kevin Bigley, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson and Owen Daniels lead the cast.
Key roles include Robbie Amell as Nathan Brown; Andy Allo as Nora Antony; Kevin Bigley as Luke Crossley; Allegra Edwards as Ingrid Kannerman; Zainab Johnson as Aleesha Morrison Downey.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of comedy, science-fiction and mystery have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Prime Video’s other originals, a 7.7/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2020 and carried by Prime Video with the series still ended, it lands hardest with comedy and science-fiction viewers.
How Upload Compares
If Upload lands for you, the next stops are Nathan for You, Taskmaster and Seinfeld, which share its comedy/science-fiction lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Upload comes from Prime Video. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Upload is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Robbie Amell and Andy Allo doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its comedy/science-fiction roots, It has held up since 2020 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Upload is a safe bet for anyone already inside the comedy and science-fiction lane, at 29 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7.7/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.7/10. Watch it if you want comedy/science-fiction you can settle into.
