Binge-worthy or Cringeworthy: Upload (Prime Video)

With all the streaming services popping up, Amazon Prime Video kinda fades into the background. Sure, they have a ton of content, offer a handful of perks, and spend freely to produce new shows like the coming Lord of the Rings. With Amazon Prime, you get unlimited movies and tv, free prime delivery, music, books and so much more. One of their newest offerings is Upload on Prime Video.

“A man is able to choose his own afterlife after his untimely death by having his consciousness uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets used to his new life and befriends his angel (real-world handler) questions about his death arise.”

If you take the virtual reality world of Ready Player One and combine it with the NBC hit The Good Place, that’s what you’re getting with Upload. There’s a philosophical conundrum of both how we live our lives and what happens to us when we pass away. Starring Robbie Amell (Firestorm on The Flash) as Nathan Brown, Andy Allo (Chicago Fire) as Nora Antony and a great supporting cast to round out a delightfully charming show.

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Advertised as a comedy its more dramatic comedy than a full comedy. It took a few episodes to find its footing as the first couple of episodes were all over the place. Once it settled in, Upload focuses more on the characters than the comedy which changes the direction of the show.

One of the best parts of the show is the chemistry between Amell and Allo. On-screen chemistry can make or break or show. Forcing friendships and relationships will sink a show faster than most other hiccups. But here at least there’s a believable and natural friendship that makes you root for the two in their challenges.

Upload won’t be the show you have to run out and talk around the water cooler just yet. While it started off a little slow, a strong finish and cliffhanger ending to wrap up season 1 give it a ton of hope for the future. It’s not laugh out loud funny, settling more for quirky fun that focuses on human connections. At the end of the day, Upload ends up as a “Binge-worthy” show.