The Killers

Altered Carbon
S01E10
Season 1 Episode 10

This was a good end to a good season.

I totally forgot that Takeshi was double-sleeved. I seriously thought he was dead.

His sister is insane. Does living that long make you crazy? What did she even want from Takeshi? She never said. Did she want him to be co-ceo of her sex dungeon? I think Reileen probably did get incestuous. That Bancroft daughter got in her mom's body, so I'm sure these Meth people have no problem banging their family members. They don't even call them bodies, they call them sleeves.

I don't understand losers like Mister Leung worshiping the Meths, they are just rich people. I did understand Miriam's motivation for killing Lizzie. The kids are the only thing that sets her apart from all the girls that he bangs. Lizzie is an idiot for not aborting it.

They tied everything up with a neat little bow, but I wanted Takeshi & Ortega together. Kovacs said he was going to get out of that sleeve & left Ortega to search for Quell. With this weird body switching, they could keep the same cast somehow or do a completely different cast. I don't think I'm going to watch if it's a different actor searching for Quell. It's not the same.

Rage in Heaven

Altered Carbon
S01E09
Season 1 Episode 9

Normally I'm not a fan of "19 hours earlier" but this episode was great. 

Not only did they pull off that flashback well, but they explained how Bancroft actually died & we found out what his sister does do be a super-rich meth.

Reileen wearing Ortega's body seemed natural, because she sure acts like an incestuous obsessed girlfriend. nobody would behave this way, it's been over 200 years since she last saw him! Couldn't she just let him have a girlfriend, Jesus. 

We got to see more of the city & the flying car & Head in The Clouds is some floating sex dungeon. Bancroft is a sick bastard, ugh who does that. I guess being alive for centuries would make anyone indifferent to the death & suffering of others.

Clash by Night

Altered Carbon
S01E08
Season 1 Episode 8

This was a good episode. 

There was a lot that I was surprised by until Kovacs was telling Laurens his story. I'm glad that he took out that lawyer. Oumou was awful. But now I'm curious about who actually killed him. Normally I don't care about these mysteries, but it seems like the wife did it, with the way she kept telling the lawyer to stop talking.

How does Ortega have no backup, there's nobody else on the force she can call? She should have shot those Reileen clones faster than she did.

How were the clones able to be awake & have a personality? Doesn't her system have to be backed up & uploaded to the clone, in order for it to know what's going on? Or are all the clones automatically loaded, every time the main sleeve is backed up?

The little girl was in her apartment, so Reileen has a clone of the little girl too? That's crazy!

Nora Inu

Altered Carbon
S01E07
Season 1 Episode 7

That was an interesting flashback episode.

I thought Envoys were genetically engineered or mutants or something, but they were just trained terrorists. which is dumb, because they make them seem super-human. Especially Quellquist who was really just a scientist, but now she's a super-soldier. So that was a bad idea. 

It's also interesting that Quell could predict what would happen with eternal life & how the rich would become richer. Her 100 year limit was a good idea I guess.

They explained a lot but are they saying his sister turned into one of these Meth people & Reileen's been stalking him around in those different bodies? They made it seem like he was in virtual because of those green fireflies that he was following.

Did she save Ortega? & what is her deal, is she some incestuous sister or something?

Man with My Face

Altered Carbon
S01E06
Season 1 Episode 6

Another good episode, I thought they would tone down the aciton after last episode but nope, we were back in the Fight Drome. I had no idea who the ninja girl was at the end & it's Sierra! His younger sister?! That was awesome. I'm surprised though that Ortega attacked her, Sierra was saving them from dying at the hands of the crowd.

So Max Headroom has mutants? A rhino man & I couldn't tell what the other dude was, a tiger? I knew the rhino man was a bad idea. I like how Ortega with her cyborg arm just crushed Dimi's stack. I'm so glad that Kovacs doesn't mess around. It was his body but that didn't matter. Although it didn't look like the same actor, the new haircut really makes a difference.

The family drama was nuts, so Isaac didn't kill his dad, he just wanted his respect. Interesting.

The Wrong Man

AlteredCarbon
S01E05
Season 1 Episode 5

This episode was nuts! That elevator fight scene at the end was so violent. What was that insane weapon that the religious guy used? It looks designed to make the wound not heal. 

Kovacs finally asked what I've been saying every episode, how do you know that the person in the body is the correct person. Now that dude was in the cop's body & Isaac was in his dad's body. Was Isaac planning on banging his mom? This show can get really sick if they follow the logic out. It was obvious that someone was in a cloned body when they said only the gund safe is gene locked.

Those infectious people were weird. What is the point of them, to show future lepers?

Force of Evil

Altered Carbon
S01E04
Season 1 Episode 4

This turned out to be a good episode. The virtual torture thing seems really cruel, is that legal? That can't be legal. They really need to explain what is & isn't legal. She's a cop but you can get a permit for tissue damage. He was kidnapped & tortured, even killed virtually & that technology is hundreds of years old, because he learned how to endure it in his original body.

Finally somebody who is tracking a body. So he is in Ortega's boyfriend's body? Where is the boyfriend? Do you get to sign a will to control your body? Soo many questions about this crazy society.

I like how he killed all those dudes in the lab & chopped off that guy's head!

It's funny that Helo & Sierra from are on this show!

The abuelita in the criminal's body was just weird, especially because she was acting a little too much like the criminal.

In a Lonely Place

Altered Carbon
S01E03
Season 1 Episode 3

This was a good episode, but the married couple that were fighting to the death to get upgraded sleeves, again brings up the question of confirmation/verification that someone is, who they say they are. How do their kids know that the new adult who comes home is actually their parent?

The cop was there to monitor the tissue damage, but that brings up black market sleeves. How is there not criminals kidnapping beautiful or strong bodies to sell to people, the way that they sold eyeballs in Minority Report?

I guess Takeshi can't fight in zero G. Now we know his weakness.

That is disgusting that the daughter would stick herself in her mom's clone to bang the security guard. Those people are sick.

I like all the insanity that is possible, as much as I disliked Dollhouse, this show is doing some interesting things with the idea that Dollhouse explored near the end.

Fallen Angel

Altered Carbon
S01E02
Season 1 Episode 2

I like how Takeshi Kovacs dropped that dude to the floor & kicked his ass while Takeshi was on his knees. That was awesome.

What is Lieutenant Ortega up to? She knew about the dead girl's body & stole the stack for some reason.

Somebody watched him bang Bancroft's wife. I hope the husband is ok with that. I don't think so, because they are using cloned bodies but who knows these days. Why would they even bother to get married in the future? I don't know why men get married today.

That scene in the wh0r3house brought up a really good point. The wh0r3 believed him when he said he was the dead girl's mom. How do people confirm each other's identity in The Protectorate?? Is there a scanner that people can use to read a stack?

What on Earth? The AI's are sentient? How does an AI poker game even work? Wouldn't a program - program the game to win?

Out of the Past

Altered Carbon
S01E01
Season 1 Episode 1

I like that the cop was interrogating him, but I'm surprised she doesn't know how to land a car. Robocop has been working out! He doesn't look anything like he did in The Killing.

Hopefully we'll learn more about his uprising that failed & what an Envoy is because their description didn't really explain much. Like they're just fast learners?

Wow, this is a crazy future. I like how they seemed to have thought about a lot of it. The stack & sleeves, that's bizarre that they would stick little kids into random bodies. How does that prison even work? Hhow do you get punished if everyone will still be alive in the future when you are released? and technology & society gets advanced. They should punish you by sticking you in an old body so people could upgrade into yours. 

How does that hotel stay in business if they don't have any guests? I want to learn more about these AI hotels. How have they not been deactivated if they are so dangerous?