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After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.

2 Seasons
18 Episodes
Canceled
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
Cast & Characters
episode image Force of Evil
8.4/10 (5293 votes)

#1 Force of Evil

S1:E4

Tortured by his captor, Kovacs taps into his Envoy training to survive. Ortega springs a surprise on her family for Día de los Muertos.

episode image Rage in Heaven
8.4/10 (4441 votes)

#2 Rage in Heaven

S1:E9

After a devastating rampage, Kovacs and his allies hatch a bold -- and very risky -- scheme to infiltrate Head in the Clouds.

episode image The Killers
8.4/10 (4864 votes)

#3 The Killers

S1:E10

As a cornered Kovacs braces for a final showdown in the sky, a new hero emerges and more buried secrets come to light.

episode image The Wrong Man
8.2/10 (4622 votes)

#4 The Wrong Man

S1:E5

After learning his sleeve's identity, Kovacs demands the full story from Ortega. A tip from Poe leads to a major breakthrough in the Bancroft case.

episode image Man with My Face
8.2/10 (4504 votes)

#5 Man with My Face

S1:E6

With Ortega's fate hanging in the balance, Kovacs drops a bombshell on the Bancrofts. Later, he comes face to face with an unsettling opponent.

episode image Nora Inu
8.2/10 (4739 votes)

#6 Nora Inu

S1:E7

As Kovacs reconnects with a figure from his past, his tangled history with the Protectorate, the Uprising and Quell plays out in flashbacks.

episode image Clash by Night
8.2/10 (4313 votes)

#7 Clash by Night

S1:E8

His world rocked, Kovacs requests a dipper to help him sew up the Bancroft case quickly. Ortega races to identify the mystery woman from Fight Drome.

episode image In a Lonely Place
7.9/10 (4932 votes)

#8 In a Lonely Place

S1:E3

Kovacs recruits an unlikely partner to watch his back during a banquet at the Bancroft home, where Ortega oversees the night's grisly entertainment.

episode image Out of the Past
7.8/10 (6566 votes)

#9 Out of the Past

S1:E1

Waking up in a new body 250 years after his death, Takeshi Kovacs discovers he's been resurrected to help a titan of industry solve his own murder.

episode image Fallen Angel
7.7/10 (5306 votes)

#10 Fallen Angel

S1:E2

While Kovacs tracks down a man who sent Bancroft a death threat, Lt. Ortega bends the rules to keep tabs on his whereabouts.

episode image Bury Me Dead
7.0/10 (2660 votes)

#11 Bury Me Dead

S2:E6

As Quell reconnects to her past at Stronghold, she leads the clone into an underground chamber teeming with secrets. Gov. Harlan shows her true colors.

episode image Nightmare Alley
6.8/10 (2937 votes)

#12 Nightmare Alley

S2:E3

Kovacs contends with ghosts from his past as he's tortured by Carrera. Poe seeks help from a fellow AI. Trepp gets a lead on the man she's after.

episode image Broken Angels
6.7/10 (2901 votes)

#13 Broken Angels

S2:E8

With the fate of the whole planet on the line, Kovacs, Quell and team race to find Konrad Harlan and stop a catastrophic blast of Angelfire.

episode image Shadow of a Doubt
6.6/10 (2723 votes)

#14 Shadow of a Doubt

S2:E4

While the planet celebrates Harlan's Day, Kovacs hatches an escape plan, Quell pieces together fragments of her life, and Poe faces a reckoning.

episode image Experiment Perilous
6.6/10 (2557 votes)

#15 Experiment Perilous

S2:E7

When Quell's sleeve begins to shut down, Poe and Ms. Dig send her into VR, where Kovacs finally learns the truth about her deadly rampages.

episode image I Wake Up Screaming
6.5/10 (2628 votes)

#16 I Wake Up Screaming

S2:E5

Carrera sends his secret weapon on a deadly mission. Kovacs and Trepp smuggle Quell out of the city. Poe takes a risky trip into virtual reality.

episode image Phantom Lady
6.4/10 (3759 votes)

#17 Phantom Lady

S2:E1

Thirty years after the Bancroft case, a Meth tracks down Kovacs to offer him a job, a high-tech sleeve and a chance to see Quellcrist Falconer again.

episode image Payment Deferred
6.4/10 (3136 votes)

#18 Payment Deferred

S2:E2

As Col. Carrera takes charge of the murder investigation, Kovacs sets out to find Axley's bounty hunter, and Poe's memory glitches worsen.

Cast & Chracters

character image Takeshi Kovacs

Takeshi Kovacs

Actor: Anthony Mackie
character image Quellcrist Falconer

Quellcrist Falconer

Actor: Renée Elise Goldsberry
character image Poe

Poe

Actor: Chris Conner
character image Danica Harlan

Danica Harlan

Actor: Lela Loren
character image Trepp

Trepp

Actor: Simone Missick
character image Colonel Ivan Carrera

Colonel Ivan Carrera

Actor: Torben Liebrecht
character image Dig 301

Dig 301

Actor: Dina Shihabi

The highest rated episode of Altered Carbon is "Force of Evil" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.40.

This episode received 5,293 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Phantom Lady" (S2E1) with a rating of 6.40.

This episode received 3,759 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Force of Evil" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.40.

This episode received 5,293 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Fallen Angel" (S1E2) with a rating of 7.70.

This episode received 5,306 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Bury Me Dead" (S2E6) with a rating of 7.00.

This episode received 2,660 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Phantom Lady" (S2E1) with a rating of 6.40.

This episode received 3,759 votes.

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Alexandra Huehn Art Art Department Assistant
Carey Meyer Art Production Design
Lisa Leung Art Art Department Coordinator
Lisa Pouliot Art Art Direction
Daryl Hartwell Camera "A" Camera Operator
Cynthia Summers Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer
Robyn Ledoux Directing Third Assistant Director
Alison Schapker Production Executive Producer
Anthony Mackie Production Consulting Producer
Arnold Messer Production Executive Producer
Bradley J. Fischer Production Executive Producer
Candice Elzinga Production Casting
Cori Uchida Production Supervising Producer
Dana Goldberg Production Executive Producer
David Ellison Production Executive Producer
James Middleton Production Executive Producer
James Vanderbilt Production Executive Producer
Johanna Lee Production Producer
Laeta Kalogridis Production Executive Producer
Lisa Beach Production Casting
Lori Waters Production Co-Producer
Marcy Ross Production Executive Producer
Michael Potkins Production Unit Production Manager
Michael R. Perry Production Co-Executive Producer
Mike Medavoy Production Executive Producer
Nevin Densham Production Co-Producer
Rose Lam Production Executive Producer
Sang Kyu Kim Production Co-Executive Producer
Sarah Katzman Production Casting
Sarah Nicole Jones Production Co-Executive Producer
Gerald Trepy Sound Assistant Sound Editor
Jeff Russo Sound Main Title Theme Composer
Jordan Gagne Sound Original Music Composer
Bob Munroe Visual Effects Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Tony Meagher Visual Effects Visual Effects Producer
Richard Morgan Writing Novel

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