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Almost Paradise is an American-Philippine crime drama television series produced by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen. The series is the first American television series to be filmed entirely in the Philippines. It premiered on March 30, 2020, on WGN America (now known as NewsNation) in the United States. The series was renewed for a second season on Amazon Freevee, with all 10 episodes premiering on July 21, 2023.




Premise


Former DEA Agent Alex Walker, forced into retirement, moves to the island of Cebu in the Philippines. He purchases a hotel gift shop in the hope of managing his stress and high blood pressure, but the wealthy and criminal elements on the island keep drawing him back into law enforcement. Alex struggles to balance his time running his gift shop, which is worn down and in extensive need of repairs and upgrades, with solving various high profile crimes that threaten the island and its residents, often working alongside Mactan Police detective Kai Mendoza, her partner Ernesto Alamares, and Chief Ike Ocampo.




Cast






= Main

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Christian Kane as Alex Walker, a former DEA agent who moves to the Philippines following a forced retirement due to medical issues. He buys a gift shop at an upscale resort but also lends his expertise to the Mactan Police Department from time to time.
Samantha Richelle as Detective Kai Mendoza, a detective with the Mactan Police who often works with Alex. The two often clash over how to handle a case but a deep friendship bordering on attraction develops between the two.
AC Bonifacio as teenage Kai.
Arthur Acuña as Ernesto Alamares, Kai's partner. He, like Kai, is often irritated by Alex's methods but the two develop a deep respect and friendship. He has a very calm demeanor.
Nonie Buencamino as Ike Ocampo, chief of the Mactan Police Department and Kai and Ernesto's boss. He is quick to take credit with the press for the cases that Alex helps to solve.
Ces Quesada as Cory Santos, the manager of the hotel and Alex's de facto landlady as, while Alex owns the gift shop, his utilities come from the resort. She initially acts hostile towards Alex but it is shown that she does have a certain fondness for him.
Sophia Reola as Rita Cordero, daughter of one of the resort employees. Alex befriends her after her father is murdered. After Alex helps solve the case, he hires Rita to help out at the gift shop.




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Raymond Bagatsing as Detective Cesar Rabara
Angeli Bayani as Dr. Sara Patel
Zeppi Borromeo as Face Tats
Elijah Canlas
Max Collins as Ann Villegas (season 2)
Lotlot De Leon as Gloria Bautista
Will Devaughn as Jimmy Teo
Annicka Dolonius as Jessa Torres
Ryan Eigenmann as El Diablo
Sol Eugenio as Shanghai Triad Henchman
Ketchup Eusebio as Julio Torres
Jaime Fabregas as Fr. Christo (season 2)
Jay Gonzaga as Hotel Clerk
Zaijian Jaranilla as Teenager
Michael Roy Jornales as Big Bones
Boom Labrusca
Chanel Latorre as Sampaguita
Guji Lorenzana as Lester Cordero
Shaina Magdayao as Maria Manalo (season 2)
Sandino Martin as Kidlat Luzon
Zsa Zsa Padilla as Gov. Nina Rosales
Miko Raval as Tongo
Eric Tai as Stretch
Jared Turner as Todd Carpenter
Nikki Valdez as Pilar Cordero
Richard Yap




Episodes






= Series overview

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= Season 1 (2020)

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= Season 2 (2023)

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Production


Almost Paradise is the first American television series to be shot entirely in the Philippines. The show boasts an all-Filipino staff and crew, assisted by Cebu locals for the shoot.
In September 2019, it was announced that ABS-CBN would be venturing into Hollywood television production with the American television and media production company Electric Entertainment, which is headed by Filipino-American producer Dean Devlin. A U.S. crime series set in Cebu, Almost Paradise aired in the United States via the cable company WGN America. The series began filming at Bigfoot Soundstage Cebu in November 2019.
Devlin mentioned in an interview on June 4, 2020, that WGN would not renew the show for a second season, but that an unnamed streaming platform was willing to stream all of the episodes to gauge public response for another season. On January 19, 2021, it was announced that Almost Paradise would stream online on IMDb TV (rebranded Amazon Freevee in May 2022). All season one episodes of the show were made available on demand as of February 1, 2021. The series was eventually picked up for a second season, by IMDb TV, on February 8, 2022.
The show is distributed by Electric Entertainment in Europe, South America and the Middle East, and by ABS-CBN Studios in the Philippines. The second season was produced by Arcade Film Factory.




Release


On January 19, 2020, the first trailer was released along with the announcement that the series would premiere on March 30, 2020.
In the Philippines, the series aired in a Filipino dub via Kapamilya Channel's Yes Weekend Sunday primetime block, Kapamilya Online Live and A2Z from March 21 to May 23, 2021, replacing Pinoy Big Brother: Connect and was replaced by the first season of He's Into Her. On April 9, 2021, the original version was released on iWantTFC. The series re-aired the dubbed Season 1 from January 7 to February 5, 2023 replacing Maalaala Mo Kaya and Click, Like, Share.
On February 8, 2022, it was announced that Almost Paradise was renewed for season 2. All 10 episodes of the second season premiered on Amazon Freevee on July 21, 2023.




References






External links


Almost Paradise at IMDb

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