Nora’s Dad’s vape lung worsens while Nathan, his friend Luke, and Dylan, an uploaded teen whose body is not keeping up with his age, visit a hacker’s market in cyberspace.

Nora tries to get her ratings up, so her boss will approve her dad’s upload loan. Nathan acclimates to his new world with the help of a Lakeview therapist.

Frustrated with the inequities at Lakeview, Nathan and Luke decide to redistribute some wealth with Ingrid’s unwitting help. Nora undertakes a secretive mission.

At a status-obsessed dinner, Nathan faces ghosts from his past. Nora flexes her programming skills as she steps into activism.

Nora takes the powerful Upload companies to court, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew.