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Season 1 poster

Season 1

10 Episodes

2020

Finding Mabuhay

E01

Finding Mabuhay

3/30/2020·45m

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.

It's Personal

E02

It's Personal

4/6/2020·45m

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.

Reef Eel Soup for the Soul

E03

Reef Eel Soup for the Soul

4/13/2020·45m

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.

Pistol Whip

E04

Pistol Whip

4/20/2020·45m

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.

Unbecalming

E05

Unbecalming

4/27/2020·45m

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.

Rise of the Kalangay

E06

Rise of the Kalangay

5/4/2020·45m

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.

Uncle Danny

E07

Uncle Danny

5/11/2020·45m

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.

Lone Wolf

E08

Lone Wolf

5/18/2020·45m

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.

A Wedding to Die For

E09

A Wedding to Die For

5/25/2020·45m

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.

Something Walker This Way Comes

E10

Something Walker This Way Comes

6/1/2020·45m

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.

Season 2 poster

Season 2

10 Episodes

2023

The Magellan Cross

E01

The Magellan Cross

7/20/2023·50m

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.

Breaking Badminton

E02

Breaking Badminton

7/20/2023·43m

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.

A Fisherfolk Tale

E03

A Fisherfolk Tale

7/20/2023·44m

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.

Bahala Na

E04

Bahala Na

7/20/2023·48m

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.”

Deus Ex-Wife Machina

E05

Deus Ex-Wife Machina

7/20/2023·45m

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.

Ghost Month

E06

Ghost Month

7/20/2023·47m

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.

All In

E07

All In

7/20/2023·46m

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.

Uncoupled

E08

Uncoupled

7/20/2023·47m

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.

Old Times

E09

Old Times

7/20/2023·45m

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.

Brigade

E10

Brigade

7/20/2023·45m

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.