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.
All Seasons
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Season 11998
6.2265139h 27m
Ep
Title
Rating
Yours
Votes
Runtime
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1
Our Lady of the Machine
5.4
32
43 min
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2
Research Alpha
5.5
24
44 min
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3
The Winner
5.7
16
44 min
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4
News from D Street
5.7
21
44 min
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5
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
6.3
35
44 min
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6
The Extra
7.1
16
44 min
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7
Alien Jane
6.3
23
43 min
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8
Hemeac
6.5
15
43 min
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9
All Our Sins Forgotten
7.2
20
43 min
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10
Acute Triangle
6.9
15
44 min
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11
Options
6.4
16
44 min
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12
Blue Champagne Resort
5.4
18
44 min
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13
Into the Shop
6.6
14
43 min
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Michael Philip The Host
Leanne Adachi Reporter #1, Waitress
Conan Graham Guard, Soldier
Mayim Bialik Rita
Steven Bauer Det. Angel Cardenas
A Martinez Inquiry Agent Rasheed Kay
Alice Krige Aura Mendoza
Ice-T Revell
Henry Rollins Dr. Ovid Brazil
Nicholle Tom Delphi B.
Crew
Jeremy Lipp
Lewis Chesler
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