Series synopsis
Alice is a Canadian mystery drama action & adventure television series that premiered on Showcase on December 6, 2009. It ended on December 7, 2009. It was created by Nick Willing. It stars Caterina Scorsone, Andrew-Lee Potts, Matt Frewer and Harry Dean Stanton.
It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental ...
Premise
It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental health suffers due to radiation exposure. Fast forward to the year 2010, and Sun Young is murdered by someone. 10 years after her death, her son Jin Gyeom is on a mission to find who is responsible for his mother’s death. But while searching, he runs into Yoon Tae Yi, a physics professor who looks exactly like this mother. What will become of these individuals caught tragically between time and space?
Premise: Welcome to a whole new Wonderland.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Caterina Scorsone as Alice Hamilton
- Andrew-Lee Potts as Hatter
- Matt Frewer as White Knight
- Harry Dean Stanton as Caterpillar
- Alessandro Juliani as 9 of Clubs
- Eugene Lipinski as Doctor Dee
- Tim Curry as Dodo
- Charlotte Sullivan as Duchess
Supporting cast
- Colm Meaney as King of Hearts
- Zak Santiago as 10 of Clubs
- Teryl Rothery as Carol Hamilton
- Timothy Webber as Robert Hamilton
- Kathy Bates as Queen of Hearts
- Philip Winchester as Jack of Hearts
- Alan Gray as White Rabbit
- Nancy Robertson as Doormouse
- Alex Diakun as Rat Catcher
- Dave 'Squatch' Ward as Walrus
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 180 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | December 6, 2009 | October 24, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 24 | October 2, 1977 | April 9, 1978 |
| Season 3 | 24 | September 24, 1978 | April 1, 1979 |
| Season 4 | 24 | September 23, 1979 | April 6, 1980 |
| Season 5 | 20 | November 2, 1980 | May 3, 1981 |
| Season 6 | 24 | October 4, 1981 | May 16, 1982 |
| Season 7 | 23 | October 6, 1982 | September 18, 1983 |
| Season 8 | 23 | October 2, 1983 | May 20, 1984 |
| Season 9 | 16 | October 14, 1984 | March 19, 1985 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Night One A young martial-arts instructor witnesses a man's abduction and tries to intervene, which results in a trip through a magic mirror to a parallel universe. |
December 6, 2009 |
| 2 |
Night Two The ruthless Queen of Hearts continues her bid to obtain the Stone of Wonderland, which controls the portal to Alice's world. |
December 7, 2009 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Part 1: Agents from Alice try to recover the time card in Jin Gyeom's possession. But they don't realize he has two of them. Jin Gyeom, who thinks Tae Yi is his mother from the future, asks her to take a look at the bizarre card to see if she can figure it out. Meanwhile, Jin Gyeom looks into Tae Yi's family. Part 2: A desperate mother from the future takes drastic measures to stay with her child. Although she successfully retakes her past life, it puts the child's life in danger and exposes time travel. Meanwhile, the card Jin Gyeom gave to Tae Yi does something strange in front of her eyes and finally gets her attention. |
September 4, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Second Time 'Round A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner. |
October 2, 1977 |
| 2 |
The Indian Taker A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave. |
October 9, 1977 |
| 3 |
86 the Waitresses Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs. |
October 23, 1977 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Take Him, He's Yours Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she. |
September 24, 1978 |
| 2 |
Car Wars Mel sells the girls a car that won't start. |
October 1, 1978 |
| 3 |
Citizen Mel Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness. |
October 8, 1978 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Has Anyone Here Seen Telly? Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff. |
September 23, 1979 |
| 2 |
Mona Lisa Alice Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile. |
September 30, 1979 |
| 3 |
Mel Loves Marie Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement. |
October 7, 1979 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mel and the Green Machine An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel. |
November 2, 1980 |
| 2 |
Dog Day Evening After his safe is stolen, Mel rents the services of two very efficient guard dogs. |
November 9, 1980 |
| 3 |
Vegas (1) Robert Goulet makes an appearance when Vera wins a free trip to Las Vegas and Alice, Mel and Belle tag along to try their luck. |
November 16, 1980 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bet a Million, Mel Mel borrows $10,000 against the diner to bet on a 90-to-1 nag. |
October 4, 1981 |
| 2 |
Guinness on Tap Determined to leave her mark on the world, Vera sets out to break the tap dancing endurance record. |
October 11, 1981 |
| 3 |
Comrade Mel A towel boy from the Russian ballet takes refuge in Mel's storeroom. |
October 18, 1981 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sorry, Wrong Lips Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life. |
October 6, 1982 |
| 2 |
Do You Take . . . ? Mel tries to outdo an old buddy who shows up boasting a track record of fast living and sporting a blonde on his arm as proof. |
October 13, 1982 |
| 3 |
The Secret of Mel's Diner There's gold in them there walls, or so Mel reckons after learning that the eccentric who built his diner left $20,000 stashed in another building. |
October 20, 1982 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mel is Hogg-Tied Boss Hogg and Deputy Enos of ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" pay a surprise visit. Up to his usual low tricks, Boss makes an offer to lease the diner that Mel can't refuse but should. |
October 2, 1983 |
| 2 |
Vera's Secret Lover A secret lover is sending Vera everything from poems to balloons. |
October 9, 1983 |
| 3 |
Jolene Gets Her Wings Everyone's up in the air over Jolene's maiden flight as a part-time stewardess. |
October 16, 1983 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Romancing Mister Stone Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column. |
October 14, 1984 |
| 2 |
Space Sharples Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween. |
October 28, 1984 |
| 3 |
Big, Bad Mel Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot. |
November 4, 1984 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Showcase |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 6, 2009 |
| Last aired | December 7, 2009 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Sunday at 21:00:00 |