Almost Paradise

Name: Almost Paradise
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
Released: 2020-03-30
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Christian Kane, Samantha Richelle, Art Acuña, Nonie Buencamino

CANCELED2 Seasons20 Episodes★ 7.2

Almost Paradise is an action-adventure and drama series on WGN America that ran from 2020 to 2023. It was canceled after 2 seasons and 20 episodes.

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NetworkWGN America

First AiredMar 30, 2020

Last AiredJul 20, 2023

GenreAction & Adventure, Drama, Crime

Runtime45 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionElectric Entertainment, ABS-CBN Studios, Arcade Film Factory

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

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Cast

Christian Kane

Alex Walker

Samantha Richelle

Kai Mendoza

Art Acuña

Ernesto Alamares

Nonie Buencamino

Ike Ocampo

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 20 episodes

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Alex is left questioning his place on the island, but with the help of his trusted friends Detective Kai Mendoza and Ernesto Almarez, he discovers a new sense of family that keeps him anchored in paradise.

E1The Magellan Cross

Jul 20, 202350m

A local priest is murdered over a long-lost ancient cross, the cross which Magellan held in his hand the day he was killed by Lapu-Lapu in the Battle of Mactan. Alex, Kai, and Ernesto must solve the priest’s murder and find the lost relic before it can land in the wrong hands.

E2Breaking Badminton

Jul 20, 202343m

When Alex’s friend from the local gym is found murdered, Alex investigates and discovers his friend was involved in an underground badminton competition. Alex and Ernesto must go undercover as badminton players to solve the murder, and in the process, end up exposing a drug smuggling ring.

E3A Fisherfolk Tale

Jul 20, 202344m

Alex befriends a boat mechanic wrongfully accused of murder in a remote fishing village, and, along with Kai and Ernesto, unravels an international smuggling operation and resolves a local blood feud in order to prove the man’s innocence.

E4Bahala Na

Jul 20, 202348m

When Alex temporarily moves in with Ernesto, he is drawn into a family drama that transcends generations, spans decades, and proves that, indeed, “the past is never dead; it is not even past.”

E5Deus Ex-Wife Machina

Jul 20, 202345m

Alex’s ex-wife shows up with her new fiancé asking Alex to sign their divorce papers, but when the fiancé is mistaken for Alex and kidnapped by an old enemy, Alex finds himself racing to rescue the man.

E6Ghost Month

Jul 20, 202347m

During the traditional “Ghost Month” in the Philippines, Alex seems to be visited by the spirit of a dead man, wrongly accused of a crime, who seeks justice from the afterlife.

E7All In

Jul 20, 202346m

Before the grand opening of Mactan’s new resort casino owned and operated by the Villegas family, Ann Villegas recruits Alex to test the casino’s security designed by the great Barton Coyne. Alex assembles a team - including Kai, Ernesto, and Ernesto’s cousin Angelo - to pull off a mock heist.

E8Uncoupled

Jul 20, 202347m

Kai and Alex go undercover as a New Age-y couple at a self-help retreat in order to extract a naïve young woman from the clutches of a dangerous cult.

E9Old Times

Jul 20, 202345m

When Alex entangles himself in a homicide investigation on behalf of his love interest, Ann Villegas, he is forced to befriend a geriatric couple with peculiar personality traits, coming to terms with the fact that life - and people - are often more complicated than they appear.

E10Brigade

Jul 20, 202345m

Alex goes undercover as a prisoner and, with the help of Kai and Ernesto, figures out how The Waterboarder has been running his criminal empire from behind bars.

About Almost Paradise

Almost Paradise is an action & adventure, drama, crime series on WGN America. The show first aired on Mar 30, 2020 and currently has 2 seasons and 20 episodes. Almost Paradise has been canceled. It has a rating of 7.2/10 based on 83 votes. The cast includes Christian Kane, Samantha Richelle, Art Acuña, Nonie Buencamino.