This episode, which marks the halfway point of the season, is all about Taya’s ninth birthday. The episode kicks off with Lauren and Ned getting ready for Taya’s birthday party, with Ned having stayed up all night to bake her three-tier birthday cake and make healthy snacks for her friends to eat. Ned tells Lauren that his mother, Annie, is
Read moreThis episode sees Lauren, Ned and Taya eventually getting into a rhythm as a family. The episode kicks off with Lauren and Ned trying to have sex in the campervan, only to be interrupted by Taya coming in and throwing a frog at them thinking it’s the devil. The episode then cuts to Lauren getting a call from Taya’s school
Read moreNow that the pilot has come and gone, the fun can really begin by going deeper into the season. This episode focuses more on the reality that Lauren and Ned find themselves in, with the episode kicking off on Lauren packing up her office and Ned packing up his café. When Lauren and Ned go back to Darwin, they, along
Read moreThe job of a show’s pilot is to establish the show’s premise and characters. This show’s pilot is in the unique position of both being a sequel to a film (in this case Top Wedding, which was released in 2019, and I enjoyed watching at my local cinema) and establishing itself as a standalone TV show. This pilot did its
Read moreNow that the premiere has come and gone, we can dig into the season. The episode kicks off with Backup Nathan finding multiple missed calls and an angry voicemail from Nora, who chastises him for lying about Real Nathan’s fate. He sees this as Ingrid tells him she is applying to be a life coach chinchilla for Horizen. It’s later
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to establish new story arcs for the season and continue any arcs established in the previous season’s finale. Upload’s final season is in a unique position with this job description of doing this well, even with arguably, one of the shortest TV seasons to work with, as it will only consist of four
Read moreThe job of a series finale is to bring a show to a satisfying and fulfilling close, wrapping up all story and character arcs. I felt that the finale did this perfectly. The episode kicks off with Dale doing the bulletin on air on 7 November 1989, reporting on the Melbourne Cup. His performance is clearly off, and when he
Read moreThe job of a penultimate episode is to provide a springboard to the finale, I felt that this episode did a great job of doing so. The episode kicks off on 11 August 1989, the day after the events at the end of the previous episode. Dale goes to a restaurant to meet with Richard, only to find Lindsay sitting
Read moreThe episode touches on racism – both on a macro and micro level, and Dale’s declining mental health state and escalating resentment towards Lindsay. The episode kicks off on 4 August 1989, with Dale and Helen watching a Full Frontal-esque skit which parodies both of them and their news reading styles. Helen finds it hilarious, whilst Dale puts on a
Read moreNow that we’re at the halfway point of the season, it’s time for a turning point with both the show and its characters. The episode kicks off on 26 May 1989, with Helen in another therapy session with her therapist, Marcia, who encourages her to be mindful of her emotions and to try to stop herself from immediately reacting to
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