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: Laurens Bancroft claims he was murdered, despite the police ruling it a suicide. Because his "stack" (the disk storing his memories) was destroyed just before his last backup, he has no memory of the event and hires Kovacs to find the killer.

What did you think of the world-building in this first episode? Does the concept of "resleeving" fascinate you or freak you out? Let's discuss below! Altered_carbon_1x01

: Takeshi Kovacs (played by Joel Kinnaman ) wakes up in a Bay City prison, nearly three centuries after his "real" death. : Laurens Bancroft claims he was murdered, despite

The series premiere of , titled "Out of the Past," introduces a gritty cyberpunk future where death has become a mere technicality. Set 250 years after the death of Envoy Takeshi Kovacs, he is "resleeved"—brought back to life in a new body—at the behest of Laurens Bancroft, one of the world's wealthiest men. Bancroft task Kovacs with a single mission: solve the murder of Bancroft's previous body. Episode Highlights Does the concept of "resleeving" fascinate you or

: We meet Lieutenant Kristin Ortega, a detective with a mysterious connection to Kovacs' new body, and Edgar Poe, the AI proprietor of the Raven Hotel who becomes Kovacs' unlikely ally. Watch & Discuss

: You can stream the first episode on Netflix. Episode Title : "Out of the Past" Original Air Date : February 2, 2018

: Kovacs is introduced to the world of "Meths" (short for Methuselahs), the ultra-wealthy who live forever by constantly transferring their consciousness into cloned bodies.