Altered Carbon (2018)
No body lives forever.
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.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 2 February 2018 |
| Status | Canceled |
| Genre | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama |
| Created by | Laeta Kalogridis |
| Starring | Anthony Mackie, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Chris Conner |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Episode length | about 54 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 16 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.6/10 |
Where to watch Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon is streaming on Netflix ($19.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Netflix, or $19.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Altered Carbon is a sci-fi drama where consciousness is software and the body is just hardware. It runs 16 hours across 2 seasons. The hook is simple: you can swap bodies, but you cannot escape your past. The show leans into that tension. It asks what happens when memory is permanent but flesh is disposable. It is a high-concept murder mystery that feels less like a cozy and more like a trap. Press play if you like your cyberpunk with a pulse.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures exist for a streaming series, so the metrics look elsewhere. TMDB users give Altered Carbon a 7.6 out of 10. That sits comfortably in the solid middle, suggesting a show people watched without necessarily shouting about it. The numbers don’t brag, but they don’t apologize either.
What came next for the cast
Renée Elise Goldsberry arrived from The Good Wife and left for tick, tick... BOOM! and She-Hulk. Dichen Lachman moved from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to Severance and Jurassic World Dominion. Chris Conner swapped Halloween II for Horizon. Martha Higareda stepped from McFarland, USA into No manches, Frida 2: paraíso destruido and Tod@s Caen. The credits do not blame Altered Carbon for these shifts. They merely mark the timeline.
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Sources
- Altered Carbon on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q22906308 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Altered Carbon (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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