Series: Upload (Season 1, Episodes 7 & 8)

I got another advertising email from Amazon Prime at the weekend. And they had some interesting options. So I had a peek at Upload, a comedy sci-fi series about a world, not too far in the future, where people's memories, personalities etc. can be uploaded to a program they subscribe to, so that they can have - essentially - the afterlife of their choice, which they can experience as themselves, in simulated bodies.

To recap, we follow the story of a young man (Robbie Amell, doing a good impression of a young Tom Cruise), whose life is cut tragically short in a freak accident. However, he doesn't die straight away - and his high-maintenance, upper-crust girlfriend has a pretty high-class subscription to the upload service, where all her family plan to spend the afterlife. So she badgers him into being uploaded, on her subscription, so they can (eventually) spend the afterlife together, in genteel luxury.

Anyway, I've been dying to get a chance to continue with the story. So when tv let me down again tonight.. off I went, and squeezed in two more episodes. (Gee, a lot of episodes per season! but then, they are only about half an hour each.)

Our hero's relationship with his "angel" (customer service agent) is growing.. and in Episode 7, he gets to meet her dad, whom she's trying to persuade to sign up to the upload service. His trial of the environment is.. interesting. More interesting still is Episode 8, where he decides to explore other options, so has his mom request the hard drive he lives on, which she takes to another upload agency. I mean, the ideas are simple enough - but the way they're portrayed is so inventive! Meanwhile, some sinister goings-on in the background are quite confusing.. I do hope they're explained, pretty soon.

I'd have watched more - but tomorrow lunchtime - Meetup, for once! The first in over a month.. I'm finally joining 45+ Not Grumpy Old Londoners, for a Swinging 60s Experience - a Live Online Interactive Tour in a Psychedelic Minibus! Also running with their sister group, Carpe Diem. Their last event that I attended was terrifically organised, and I'm sure this one will be, too - it's great to see a group running something during the daytime at the weekend, again!