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Season 1 – Welcome to Paradox

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An exploration of the seemingly utopic lives of citizens within the enclosed city of Betaville, where dark truths lie beneath the chrome-plated surface.

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Steve Johnson Chicago Tribune 07/18/2019
What unfolds won't change TV, and the plotting relies on some unlikelihoods, but it is a reasonably entertaining hour, more satisfying than not as drama and as science fiction. Go to Full Review
Terry Kelleher People Magazine 07/18/2019
To launch a science-fiction anthology series is to dare comparisons with The Twilight Zone. Happily, Welcome to Paradox is not unworthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as Rod Serling's classic show. Go to Full Review
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 17, 1998 Our Lady of the Machine A detective investigates an extortion scheme that uses a holographic image of the Holy Madonna. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 24, 1998 Research Alpha A scientist uses himself as an evolutionary guinea pig. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 31, 1998 The Winner A warden controls prisoners with futuristic technology and old-fashioned sadism. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 7, 1998 News From D Street A private eye discovers that he and his quarry both live in cyberspace. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 14, 1998 The Girl Who Was Plugged In A suicidal young woman, homeless and misshapen, gets a second chance at life through a laboratory-grown mannequin. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 21, 1998 The Extra A wealthy man has himself cloned for spare parts. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 28, 1998 Alien Jane At a rage clinic, a woman who feels no pain rooms with one who hates everyone. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 5, 1998 Hemeac Computers that confuse inefficiency and humanity run a university. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 12, 1998 All Our Sins Forgotten A therapist absorbs his patients' painful memories, including those of his wife's killer. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 19, 1998 Acute Triangle A woman fears the worst when her husband brings home a robot. Details Episode 11 Aired Oct 26, 1998 Options Procedures that allow people to change gender at will pose a dilemma for an estranged couple. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 2, 1998 Blue Champagne The future city of Paradox seems to be void of crime, disease, hostility and stress, but hides a morally ambiguous society. Details Episode 13 Aired Nov 9, 1998 Into the Shop An intelligent police car malfunctions, becoming a mobile judge, jury and executioner. Details
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Season Info

Director
John Greyson, Jorge Montesi, Phil Spink, Guy Magar, Charles Wilkinson
Screenwriter
Jeremy Lipp, Miguel Tejada-Flores, George Melrod, Michael Thoma, William Harrison, Rick Drew, Andrew McEvoy, John Varley, Ira David Cleary, Andrew Weiner, Greg Egan, Ron Goulart, Alan Dean Foster, James Tiptree Jr., James H. Shmitz
Network
SYFY
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 17, 1998