Almost Paradise — 2020-2023 · 2 seasons · 20 eps

★ 7.5

Almost Paradise

Name: Almost Paradise
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2020
Rating: 7.5

2020-2023 2 seasons 20 episodes

★ 7.5 (7,960 votes) Top 50%

IMDb

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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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 8.7

S1E10 Something Walker This Way Comes

The partner who betrayed Alex shows up on the island, and Alex's long-absent daughter shows up on his doorstep to tell him she's joined the Peace Corps.

S2E10 8.7

Brigade

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.

S2E4 8.5

Bahala Na

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.”

4. S2E7 "All In" 8.5
5. S2E9 "Old Times" 8.5
6. S1E5 "Unbecalming" 8.3
7. S1E9 "A Wedding to Die For" 8.2
8. S2E8 "Uncoupled" 8.2
9. S1E2 "It's Personal" 8.1
10. S1E4 "Pistol Whip" 8.1

📉 Bottom Episodes

#20

S1E1 7.7

Finding Mabuhay

When an ex-DEA agent retires to a tranquil, out-of-the-way resort in the Philippines, he finds himself falling back into his undercover operative ways when he's pulled into a drug sting run by the local police department.

19. S1E6 "Rise of the Kalangay" 7.8
18. S2E3 "A Fisherfolk Tale" 8.0
17. S1E7 "Uncle Danny" 8.0
16. S1E3 "Reef Eel Soup for the Soul" 8.0

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Episode Engagement

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10 Hidden Gems

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Top Standout: S1E10 Something Walker This Way Comes

Best Hidden Gem: S2E10 Brigade

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