Welcome to Paradox(1998)
First Air Date: 1998-08-17
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Welcome to Paradox is a science fiction television series aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the U.S. and on Showcase in Canada. Despite being filmed in Canada, the series was broadcast first in the United States. It first aired on August 17, 1998, and ran for one season, ending on November 9, 1998. As this was part of a crop of new shows produced in 1998 by Sci Fi Channel and it was not successful beyond the first season, it was never placed in syndication. Betaville was the original title for the series. The series is an anthology hybrid. The stories all took place in the fictional future city of "Betaville", a nod to Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville. However, the majority of the stories were adapted from short stories that originally didn't have anything to do with the fictional city. The stories were adapted from older works by famous science fiction authors which explored the impact of certain technologies on the human body and psyche, and the theme of humanity being overwhelmed by hostile technologies. Each episode had a host—originally to be named "Paradox" until the concept was dropped—that served as a narrator, adding a prologue and epilogue to the show as with The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. The Volkswagen New Beetle was chosen to be the transportation of Betaville. Any time it was called for a car to be featured in an episode, a New Beetle was used.
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Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Our Lady of the Machine
Air Date: 1998-08-17
A police detective with intuitive powers is assigned an unusual case: a 3-D hologram of the holy Madonna is being use...
E02
Research Alpha
Air Date: 1998-08-24
A scientist bent on accelerating human evolution makes the mistake of using himself as a test subject.
E03
The Winner
Air Date: 1998-08-31
In a futuristic prison without bars, prisoners are controlled with pain-producing implants - until one prisoner fight...
E04
News from D Street
Air Date: 1998-09-07
An inquiry agent (private detective) investigating the disappearance of an ordinary citizen discovers that both he an...
E05
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
Air Date: 1998-09-14
A homeless, suicidal woman gets a second chance when her brain is used as a remote controller of a beautiful body whi...
E06
The Extra
Air Date: 1998-09-21
A wealthy man clones himself in order to live in perpetual youth by transplanting his brain into younger versions of ...
E07
Alien Jane
Air Date: 1998-09-28
A young woman whose body can feel no pain tries to hold on to her humanity when she becomes a human guinea pig.
E08
Hemeac
Air Date: 1998-10-05
Hemeac is a student at a school run by machines. There the students learn to not only expand their mind with educatio...
E09
All Our Sins Forgotten
Air Date: 1998-10-12
A therapist develops a device to erase the troubling memories of his patients.
E10
Acute Triangle
Air Date: 1998-10-19
A wealthy, but lonely man seeks solace from his failing marriage in the arms of a biologically enhanced robot
E11
Options
Air Date: 1998-10-26
When new biological procedures allow men and women to change gender at will, a wife undergoes the treatment to try an...
E12
Blue Champagne
Air Date: 1998-11-02
A man's fantasies come true when he begins a real life romance with a Virtual Reality megastar-until he realizes that...
E13
Into the Shop
Air Date: 1998-11-09
Lawagons, highly intelligent law enforcement automobiles, are the last line of defense against crime in Betaville. Ho...
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