Mind Frisk
Upload Season 2 Episode 5 begins with Nathan waking up from an alarm. Ingrid is completely out of it, as she is in the real world. This is apparently just a new security system installation and there is no need to be alarmed. ..
Nora speaks with Matteo, who remains determined to destroy Lakeview no matter what – and no matter who gets caught in the crossfire.
Nora and Aleesha are struggling to come to terms with the murders that have occurred. Nora is convinced that Horizen is responsible, but Aleesha isn’t so sure. They need to find out for sure if he’s behind these crimes or not.
Ingrid shows up to see Lucy, who’s fixated on getting her new real-fake baby. Lucy encourages her to start with an AI and work her way up but Ingrid is having none of it, deciding to scream until she gets what she wants.
Thankfully, there is a meeting going on so Lucy has a valid excuse to skip out of this. Until late on of course, when Lucy returns, realizes Ingrid is still there and decides to give her the baby after all. ..
Horizen, a blockchain-based platform, has announced that it will be implementing a new program called Mindfrisk in order to increase security. The program allows users’ thoughts to be monitored in real-time, eliminating their freedom. ..
Nora warns Nathan about the upcoming Mindfrisk website, telling him that there is no timeframe right now for them to work with. This gives Nathan a window to worry about Kannerman potentially hearing his thoughts on the murders.
Luke is paranoid and starts to lose it after watching Aleesha for a while now. Lucy is sent in to play damage control but she hits him too hard and he flies out the window, running away. As fate would have it, Luke’s been dreaming about Aleesha and she’s now up on Dreamhub, which is a sort of adult site where sexual dreams are uploaded.
Aleesha has been trying to get Luke to sleep faster for weeks now, but nothing is working. She’s even started toying with the idea of getting him on the bed with her, but she’s afraid he’ll dream about her again if she does. But then she meets Luke for the first time and he starts telling her about his dreams. And she realizes that this might be the only way to get him to stop dreaming about her.
Nora heads into Craig’s office and realizes the Mindfrisk program connects them across to Lakeview. Nora checks out the computer with Nathan, as the pair realize with horror (and fascination) that Nathan’s thoughts are read in real-time. Nathan tries to control his thoughts but he fails, of course, immediately diverting back to how beautiful Nora is.
Nathan turns his attention to the man behind the murder, Mr Choak. He overhears him speaking to the assassin, who is demanding a spot in Lakeview. This gives Nathan a chance to track down the assassin and stop him from carrying out his plan. ..
Nathan realizes that David Choak is talking to Kannerman about getting rid of him, which leads Nathan to believe that Choak is trying to harm him.
As the episode ends, Craig realizes that he has been hacked and his thoughts are broadcast out to everyone in Lakeview. Now they have no choice but to shut down Mindfrisk.
The Episode Review
Nathan’s death is a mystery that the show has been playing with for the past few episodes, but there hasn’t been much urgency to it. The big reveal is just sort of shrugged off as a bit obvious.
The subplot involving Ingrid and her ever-growing baby is a nice touch, showing that she’s not ready for parenthood, but again there’s really not a lot of substance to this, hence why its not really mentioned in the recap.
Nora’s allegiance to Horizen is more compelling than her loyalty to Nathan. This episode shows that her allegiance is with Horizen and keeping up pretenses with them for the foreseeable future. With Mindfrisk ending and Nathan one step closer to the truth, everything is left wide open for the final two episodes.
