7.7/10597 votes#1 - Finding Mabuhay
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/30/2020
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.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen
8.2/10491 votes#2 - It's Personal
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/6/2020
When the body of a friend of Detective Alamares washes up on a beach, Alex suspects the international smugglers who just checked in at the resort may be involved. While Ernesto tracks down the murderer, Alex goes under cover with Detective Kai.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: Dean Devlin
8.1/10461 votes#3 - Reef Eel Soup for the Soul
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/13/2020
When Alex discovers that a group of mobsters are shaking down local street-food vendors, he goes undercover as a Spanish crime lord to bring the criminals to justice. But when he learns that a murderous international businessman is pulling the strings, he realizes that the implications for the future of Cebu are far worse than he ever imagined.
Director: Francis dela Torre
Writer: Ty Freer, Nick Keetch
8.1/10443 votes#4 - Pistol Whip
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/20/2020
When a crew for a reality TV show exploring sunken WWII battlegrounds arrives at the resort, Alex's need for rent-money ensnares him in an illicit dive operation with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Director: Dan Villegas
Writer: Calvin Sloan
8.3/10448 votes#5 - Unbecalming
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/27/2020
When a typhoon hits the Island, criminals and their hostages are trapped inside the police station. Alex must find a way to save his friends... as well as a sworn enemy – a US State Department bureaucrat there to “do a deal” with an arms dealer Alex had recently captured.
Director: Milan Todorović
Writer: Kerry Glover
7.9/10435 votes#6 - Rise of the Kalangay
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/4/2020
Alex, feeling competitive, races to solve a murder before a celebrated detective can find the killer. Things take a turn for the personal when Alex realizes the crime leads back to the murder of Kai's mother fifteen years before.
Director: Hannah Espia
Writer: Sean Presant
8.1/10418 votes#7 - Uncle Danny
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/11/2020
Alex's con-artist Uncle Danny comes for a visit to make amends and Alex finds himself caught between protecting the world from his Uncle and protecting his Uncle from Kai and Ernesto... and a very pissed off mafia leg breaker.
Director: Francis dela Torre
Writer: Gary Rosen
8.1/10441 votes#8 - Lone Wolf
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/18/2020
When Alex takes a job protecting a country singer he idolizes; he quickly learns that you should never meet your heroes. But when the singer is kidnapped, Alex must figure out who is really behind the crime and rescue him before it's too late.
Director: Irene Villamor
Writer: Ty Freer, Nick Keetch
8.2/10396 votes#9 - A Wedding to Die For
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/25/2020
Kai is assigned to a clandestine intelligence operation during the wedding of Tommy Chow aka the Scorpion, the boss of the Qin Xiong Di, Hong Kong's most brutal Triad. Alex is unintentionally dragged in the deadly dangerous game.
Director: Hannah Espia
Writer: Calvin Sloan
8.7/10463 votes#10 - Something Walker This Way Comes
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/1/2020
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.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: Sean Presant
The Best Episodes of Almost Paradise Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Finding Mabuhay" is the best rated episode of "Almost Paradise" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 597 votes. Directed by Marc Roskin and written by Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen, it aired on 3/30/2020. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "It's Personal".