# Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022)

> A dramatized true-story account of Uber founder Travis Kalanick's win-at-all-costs ascent and the price his visionary drive exacts.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/104694

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 7
- Episode runtime: 59 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
- Network: Showtime
- Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Kerry Bishé, Babak Tafti, Jon Bass, Bridget Gao-Hollitt, John Michael Higgins, Alex Skinner
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11173006/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: tense, cynical, propulsive, sharp

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the series positively, praising Joseph Gordon-Levitt's lead performance and its fast-paced depiction of Uber's rise, though its dense tech-industry detail may limit appeal to general viewers.

## Synopsis

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) is a American true-story business drama series created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien for Showtime. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Uber founder Travis Kalanick, a relentless protagonist who wants to turn a fledgling ride-hailing start-up into a multi-billion-dollar tech titan. Kyle Chandler plays venture capitalist Bill Gurley, who backs him, and the story also follows the company's board, its executives and its staff as the boardroom battles and funding rounds pile up. Each episode is built from concrete corporate moves: investor negotiations, product launches, legal fights and internal power struggles that steadily raise the stakes. The series is a single season of seven episodes, a limited run that follows one continuing storyline in which order matters. Set in the contemporary Silicon Valley tech world, it moves through the crowded offices, conference rooms and late-night pressure of a hypergrowth company. Its tone is tense, sharp and cynical, with a propulsive pace and a detailed, insider feel. Viewers who enjoy The Social Network, WeCrashed and Succession will find resonance in its portrait of ambition, ego and the costs of unchecked drive. The show is best suited to viewers with an interest in tech and business, and it rewards close attention to its dense corporate detail.

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