Oh, Upload, what the hell happened? The endearing, inventive sci-fi comedy sadly loses grasp of its unique appeal in season three, returning as the dullest version of itself. The new season, which premieres October 19 on Prime Video, is disjointed and messy as it spins in circles instead of pushing the story forward. Greg Daniels’ series still has the same beating heart: an unexpected, moving romance between Nathan Brown and Nora Antony .
The stakes are too distant to care about, even with the knowledge that Nathan’s head could literally explode at any minute. Upload also suffers from fragmented storytelling, as if everything was pieced and edited together last minute. A major crisis at the end of an episode is barely acknowledged in the next; and you might scratch your head and wonder if you missed important developments. Here, Upload rushes without sitting with its twists, a problem the previous two seasons didn’t have.