8.2/10245 votes#1 - The Magellan Cross
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Dean Devlin
Writer: Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen
8.2/10217 votes#2 - Breaking Badminton
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Gary L. Camp
Writer: Marco Schnabel
8.0/10211 votes#3 - A Fisherfolk Tale
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Dan Villegas
Writer: Calvin Sloan
8.6/10231 votes#4 - Bahala Na
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.”
Director: Dan Villegas
Writer: Calvin Sloan
8.1/10207 votes#5 - Deus Ex-Wife Machina
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Francis dela Torre
Writer: Sean Presant
8.2/10199 votes#6 - Ghost Month
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Irene Villamor
Writer: James Wong
8.5/10206 votes#7 - All In
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Irene Villamor
Writer: Kristen Cloke, Glen Morgan
8.2/10192 votes#8 - Uncoupled
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Hannah Espia
Writer: Kerry Glover
8.5/10175 votes#9 - Old Times
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: Calvin Sloan
8.8/10196 votes#10 - Brigade
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 7/20/2023
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.
Director: Francis dela Torre
Writer: Sean Presant
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Magellan Cross" is the best rated episode of "Almost Paradise" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 245 votes. Directed by Dean Devlin and written by Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen, it aired on 7/20/2023. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Breaking Badminton".