BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The final season of the Prime Video series “Upload” creates some interesting questions. Can “Upload” really end if viewers will be able to upload the streaming series for eternity? When will this progressive tale of an alternative afterlife through technology become dated? Is the storyline for the final episodes about an evil AI looking to end the world a little too close to reality?
It’s those kinds of conversations that have made the series so popular with fans. Those followers will get to see the four-episode finale season starting Aug. 25 on the streaming service.
“Upload” configures the kind of comedy that series creator Greg Daniels used with “The Office” and blends it with a science fiction tale that is closer to science than fiction. It explores a fictional near-future packed with ironic futuristic technology. This includes the ability to be “uploaded” to a virtual afterlife instead of dying.
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At the center of this series that looks at life in the living and afterlife worlds is Robbie Amell (“The Flash”). The “Upload” star plays Nathan Brown, a young app developer who lands in the hospital after a self-driving car accident. He must decide quickly which end he prefers.
That decision is made when he is pressured by his shallow girlfriend (Allegra Edwards) and he ends up in a luxurious afterlife known as Lakeview under the watchful eye of his customer service “Angel” Nora Antony (Andy Allo).
Not only has Amell’s character had to deal with the fact he’s dead, but he has been cloned. This creates a situation where the two versions of his character are in love with very different women in the living world.
Amell knows he has changed in the seven years since he originally signed on to star in the series. He has a five-year-old who was not even around when the show started.
“As far as the characters go, the big thing for me in season one was this is a guy who is falling in love with this girl, and they have this charming romance,” Amell says. “Then the audience finds out at the same time that he may not be as great a guy as he thought he was.
“The question became ‘Are we our worst moments? Are we our biggest mistakes or can people change? ‘And I thought that was something that the real Nathan grappled with for a little while and learned from Nora and grew.”
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Amell suggests the copied version of Nathan isn’t quite as clear a picture as the original. He compares it to the Michael Keaton movie “Multiplicity” where each copy of the original got fuzzier.
That slight difference is how Amell was able to keep track of which version of the character he was playing. There are differences at the start but by the end, they show some very serious similarities.
Amell was attracted to the series on multiple levels with the most prominent being the chance to work with Daniels. Two TV series by Daniels — “Parks and Recreation” and “The Office” — are two of Amell’s favorite programs.
Daniels spent a lot of time thinking about this idea and how it would work as a TV series. He originally had the idea for the series more than 30 years ago while he was a writer on “Saturday Night Live.” But the success of other projects didn’t give him time to work on the idea.
As Amell read the scripts, he saw that not only did Daniels bring the same kind of twisted humor to “Upload” he has used with other shows, but he also created a series that makes the viewer think about big questions.
“Upload” is a blend of the practical and computer-generated imagery. Amell credits his long love of science fiction plus working on special effects-heaving offerings like “The Flash” and “The Tomorrow People” with preparing him for the filming demands of “Upload.”
The Canadian actor has worked on numerous fantasy and sci-fi projects since making his professional acting debut in 2005 with “Cheaper by the Dozen 2.” His other credits include the films “Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins,” “Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster,” “The Hunters,” “The DUFF” and “The Babysitter.”
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Getting the opportunity to wrap up the series is bittersweet. There is the sadness that comes with losing an acting job but there is some solace in creating a proper final episode. Daniels only gave the cast the scripts for the initial two episodes of the four-episode final season. They didn’t get to see the final two episodes until filming was about to start.
Although there had not been talks as to how the series would eventually end, Amell was surprised and not surprised in the way Daniels wrapped up the series.
“I think that the series finale is so beautiful,” Amell says. “I was blown away. I texted Greg after, and I said, ‘This is the one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read, and I love it so much.”
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