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The Worst Episodes of Almost Paradise

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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 1 - Finding Mabuhay
    7.7/10(651 votes)

    #1 - Finding Mabuhay

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen

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  2. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 6 - Rise of the Kalangay
    7.8/10(483 votes)

    #2 - Rise of the Kalangay

    S1:E6

    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

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  3. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 3 - Reef Eel Soup for the Soul
    8.0/10(513 votes)

    #3 - Reef Eel Soup for the Soul

    S1:E3

    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
    Writers:Ty Freer, Nick Keetch

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  4. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 7 - Uncle Danny
    8.0/10(469 votes)

    #4 - Uncle Danny

    S1:E7

    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

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  5. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 3 - A Fisherfolk Tale
    8.0/10(259 votes)

    #5 - A Fisherfolk Tale

    S2:E3

    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

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  6. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 6 - Ghost Month
    8.0/10(248 votes)

    #6 - Ghost Month

    S2:E6

    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 Emma Villamor
    Writer:James Wong

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  7. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 2 - It's Personal
    8.1/10(546 votes)

    #7 - It's Personal

    S1:E2

    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

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  8. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 4 - Pistol Whip
    8.1/10(497 votes)

    #8 - Pistol Whip

    S1:E4

    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

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  9. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 8 - Lone Wolf
    8.1/10(492 votes)

    #9 - Lone Wolf

    S1:E8

    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 Emma Villamor
    Writers:Ty Freer, Nick Keetch

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  10. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 1 - The Magellan Cross
    8.1/10(296 votes)

    #10 - The Magellan Cross

    S2:E1

    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
    Writers:Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen

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  11. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 2 - Breaking Badminton
    8.1/10(268 votes)

    #11 - Breaking Badminton

    S2:E2

    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

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  12. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 5 - Deus Ex-Wife Machina
    8.1/10(256 votes)

    #12 - Deus Ex-Wife Machina

    S2:E5

    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

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  13. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 9 - A Wedding to Die For
    8.2/10(444 votes)

    #13 - A Wedding to Die For

    S1:E9

    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

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  14. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 8 - Uncoupled
    8.2/10(245 votes)

    #14 - Uncoupled

    S2:E8

    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

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  15. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 5 - Unbecalming
    8.3/10(498 votes)

    #15 - Unbecalming

    S1:E5

    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

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  16. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 4 - Bahala Na
    8.5/10(284 votes)

    #16 - Bahala Na

    S2:E4

    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

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  17. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 7 - All In
    8.5/10(265 votes)

    #17 - All In

    S2:E7

    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 Emma Villamor
    Writers:Glen Morgan, Kristen Cloke

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  18. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 9 - Old Times
    8.5/10(223 votes)

    #18 - Old Times

    S2:E9

    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

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  19. Almost Paradise Season 1 Episode 10 - Something Walker This Way Comes
    8.7/10(517 votes)

    #19 - Something Walker This Way Comes

    S1:E10

    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

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  20. Almost Paradise Season 2 Episode 10 - Brigade
    8.7/10(254 votes)

    #20 - Brigade

    S2:E10

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Finding Mabuhay" is the worst rated episode of "Almost Paradise". It scored 7.7/10 based on 651 votes. Directed by Marc Roskin and written by Dean Devlin, Gary Rosen, it aired on 3/30/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rise of the Kalangay".