Altered Carbon Returns to Netflix for Version 2.0 in February

When Altered Carbon returns to Netflix, Season 1 star Joel Kinnaman will be nowhere to be seen—set in a future society in which human bodies (colloquially called “sleeves”) are interchangeable, the cyberpunk show’s stars function similarly, and it’s Marvel Cinematic Universe star Anthony Mackie stepping into the skin of protagonist Takeshi Kovacs—or the reverse, really—in Altered Carbon Season 2, the premiere date for which was revealed on Tuesday: Feb. 27.

Altered Carbon’s eight-episode sophomore season’s synopsis reads:

Season 2 of the sophisticated and compelling sci-fi drama finds Takeshi Kovacs (Mackie), the lone surviving soldier of a group of elite interstellar warriors, continuing his centuries-old quest to find his lost love Quellcrist Falconer (Renée Elise Goldsberry). After decades of planet-hopping and searching the galaxy, Kovacs finds himself recruited back to his home planet of Harlan’s World with the promise of finding Quell. Haunted by his past and responsible for investigating a series of brutal murders, Kovacs is stunned to discover his new mission to solve the crime and his pursuit to find Quell are one and the same. With the help of his loyal A.I. Poe (Chris Conner), Kovacs must now partner with new allies to outwit his enemies and find the truth: Who is Quellcrist Falconer?