He purchases a hotel gift shop in the hope of managing his stress and high blood pressure, but the wealthy and criminal elements on the island keep drawing him back into law enforcement.
Alex struggles to balance his time running his gift shop, which is worn down and in extensive need of repairs and upgrades, with solving various high profile crimes that threaten the island and its residents, often working alongside Mactan Police detective Kai Mendoza, her partner Ernesto Alamares, and Chief Ike Ocampo.
A U.S. crime series set in Cebu, Almost Paradise aired in the United States via the cable company WGN America.
[20] The show is distributed by Electric Entertainment in Europe, South America and the Middle East,[21] and by ABS-CBN Studios in the Philippines.
The series re-aired the dubbed Season 1 from January 7 to February 5, 2023 replacing Maalaala Mo Kaya and Click, Like, Share.