Altered Carbon

With the fate of the whole planet on the line, Kovacs, Quell and team race to find Konrad Harlan and stop a catastrophic blast of Angelfire.

I believe I owe you a bullet.

He wants revenge for what your father did.

Maybe I'll put your stacks next to his. Guards!

let it see that its vengeance is complete so it can rest.

and remain indoors.

I'll do it.

Sorry, I just seem to have lost my train of...

- if you're going to chastise... - It's too late for that, isn't it?

And of no use to anyone.

You just wanted to see the stars.

It's like a drop in the ocean. Nothing I do will make a difference.

That faith is the bird that feels light when the sky is still dim.

Hmm.

According to my internal logs, I've been decompressing for three months,

What do you suppose it is?

When Quell's sleeve begins to shut down, Poe and Ms. Dig send her into VR, where Kovacs finally learns the truth about her deadly rampages.

What'd she say when you told her you were gonna join us?

He woke her up.

he couldn't hold it.

When we got here, you said someone else was riding her sleeve.

so it will lie dormant.

You lost them. Again.

Why would I ever help you?

But deliver Kovacs and Falconer to me,

Guess you got my message about closing the bar. That's good.

But if you expose your DHF, whoever's in there can invade you.

Send me in. I'll be the anchor.

I'm rather invested.

You or me?

It must have been really bad for you to go through all of this.

What did they do to you?

- I'm offline. - She's going into cardiac arrest.

- Caught him sneaking around. - TJ!

He could've been great, better than me, but...

Takeshi Kovacs.

That's why Quell went after the Founders.

- Quell. - She's spinning back up. Just breathe.

The Elder, we got it out of you.

As Quell reconnects to her past at Stronghold, she leads the clone into an underground chamber teeming with secrets. Gov. Harlan shows her true colors.

Carrera sends his secret weapon on a deadly mission. Kovacs and Trepp smuggle Quell out of the city. Poe takes a risky trip into virtual reality.

Your squad, they're all gone.

Why? What happened to me?

Everyone?

The needlecast explosion left us dark,

Her consciousness may have split.

Something you just recently convinced me was premature.

It's Konrad Harlan.

Killer's pocket, I imagine.

but that doesn't change the facts.

And this old bastard won't mind if we help ourselves?

may find their way through the maze unscathed.

Takeshi Kovacs is the owner of The Nevermore AI Hotel,

Access your memory store, read me your last command input.

I must have screwed you up worse than I thought.

Jack Soul Brasil, I have been waiting a long time for an AI devotee.

Out there, in here, we're just aware of it.

Hello, Eddie.

"You should go fuck yourself."

I hear screaming.

This way.

Markov was driven from his tower, someone set fire to Yamura's estate.

Ratify my decision and I direct all military on Harlan's,

Poe, wait. You can stay here.

- What have you done with Mr. Harlan? - We've done him no harm.

Use terrain to your advantage.

Double sleeving is illegal.

While the planet celebrates Harlan's Day, Kovacs hatches an escape plan, Quell pieces together fragments of her life, and Poe faces a reckoning.

I can't hear you! Amazing!

I would have preferred a private needlecast facility.

Fear holds you back.

I might be high on the bounty board, but Anil jumped from 256 to number four

Yes.

Good to see you.

I find myself somewhat at a crossroads.

raided the planet's main alloy shipping facility.

But the Protectorate couldn't admit that and survive.

That won't do. The matter's urgent.

You, of all people, know that.

I saw her blood.

- Aren't you going to introduce us? - Ah.

When I worked for the Archaeologues,

- What do you mean? - You gave the order. Rescind it.

...will strike down anything that dares to fly among the angels.

Angelfire.

You have hardly said more than two words to me all day.

I just keep waiting for you to make the same choice.

Then I guess you'll have to punish me.

What the fuck is going on?

Kovacs contends with ghosts from his past as he's tortured by Carrera. Poe seeks help from a fellow AI. Trepp gets a lead on the man she's after.

To be honest, I'm not liking either option.

Of course, you're more than welcome to stay and oversee the execution, but...

Forgive me, but your moniker does not sound very unique.

That was your first mistake. Better to not get attached.

But you'd rather believe I'm the reason your girlfriend's fucked up!

Our purpose here is a bit more nuanced.

We're ready to begin, sir.

He told me to fuck off, which you should do. Right now.

If we go any higher, we could frag his DHF.

This man killed entire units of his own comrades.

This is a mistake.

I've had this bounty out for, like, six months.

They do a sweep, they start making arrests.

I couldn't stop wondering.

What were we doing?

Whoever takes the prisoner down earns a new combat sleeve with full upgrades.

The Cartel is eager for your legend to end. I am too.

What about you, Carrera? Care to make things more interesting?

Once known as the Last Envoy,

Beats studying a script.

- Oh. - No!

Weapons hot. Tango is organic.

This was the method Mr. Kovacs used when processing grief.

I'll take care of it.

Whatever you need,

As Col. Carrera takes charge of the murder investigation, Kovacs sets out to find Axley's bounty hunter, and Poe's memory glitches worsen.

I take it you've never been in the military?

And I'm just a naked stranger who got in the way?

Everyone who has a price on their head.

Your processor is corrupted.

All the sum total of all my experiences.

And when you've finished the scan of my sleeve, let me know what you find.

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about.

By all means, track away.

not other Decoms in the field.

here are the five highest-valued bounties on the board.

till he runs out of excuses.

Since he took his Renouncer vows, no one can reach him.

Axley told me he wanted you for protection.

told me I had to track you down immediately.

If you actually look, you'll see I performed a detailed scan

Soul Market?

That all of his DHF backups were erased as well.

Selling each other the fruits of our destruction.

Soldier, miner, sex worker, laborer.

Provided you are on the list.

A simple mistake and the enemy poured through.

On to a more divine plane then.

Everyone seems on edge since Axley went and got himself killed yesterday.

And for all you guys know, you could be next.

No!

Let me put it in terms you'll understand.

Thirty years after the Bancroft case, a Meth tracks down Kovacs to offer him a job, a high-tech sleeve and a chance to see Quellcrist Falconer again.

♪ I've got you ♪

♪ I've got you... ♪

Any idea which one of these losers is him?

Ugh, fucking rogue AI.

goes by Takeshi Kovacs. Do you know him?

- Is that you? - In the flesh.

biometric mag plates among other bells and whistles. Does it help you say yes?

If you're still not interested, I'll cast you back to Maghda Prime

You'll see for yourself.

All of us have ghosts.

Now Axley said this sleeve has a personalized weapons augment.

He said she's here.

alloy shipments attacked, our people dislocated.

Over half the stacks in existence are made of alloy dug from our trenches.

I told you, I'm Tanaseda Hideki.

Start by vacating the building.

Has anything else?

That Axley merely dangled Falconer's whereabouts to bend you to his will?

degrading each time.