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A businessperson seeks to eliminate the only obstacle between him and a big transaction: Ethan.
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S3 E13 · Unfinished Business
Paradise is a western and drama TV series that premiered on CBS on October 27, 1988. It has 3 seasons and 57 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 13 "Unfinished Business", aired on June 14, 1991.
The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.
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57 episodes · 3 seasons
1988 · 22 episodes · Last episode: 37 years ago
A businessperson seeks to eliminate the only obstacle between him and a big transaction: Ethan.
Ethan defies a corrupt lawman to save the life of a Texas ranger.
While Ben and George are looking for a treasure, two criminals pursue them.
A wolf bites Ethan and Claire. John Taylor has to go to Reno to get a vaccine.
As the water rights battle escalates, Ethan and Gideon prepare to fight.
A gunman is hired by a man to keep Ethan away from his plans.
Claire is involved with a man who is the son of one of Ethan’s adversaries he has been looking for.
Taylor's determination to protect his land causes a fight between a lumbering company and his ideals.
A band of outlaws take Amelia and the children hostage.
When Ethan discovers that Amelia might leave , he has to face his feelings for her.
A stranger with amnesia is helped by Ehan and Amelia.
Joseph joins a gang, but he is anxious about joining in a bank robbery.
A Texas Ranger comes to Paradise to bring Ethan back. Ethan at first thinks of running but changes his mind and decides to go with the man. However along the way Ethan tries to convince him that being with the children has changed him. And they're being attacked by men who want to get Ethan.
A traveling bordello pays a visit to Ethan’s town.
On their way back home, a recently broken bridge makes Ethan, George, and Ben to take a new route.
Accidentally, during a gun fight Ethan injures Amelia.
While Ethan is attending his deceased herd, a trapper and his son seize Claire.
Ethan saves an Indian from an angry lynching mob.
Amelia shots a bank robber and his family decides to make her pay.
Ethan prepares to leave his years of gun fighting to dedicate his life to the new family and the ranch. Sadly, he has to fight once again against some outlaws
Unexpectedly, Ethan ends up being the custodian to his sister’s orphan children.
1989 · 22 episodes · Last episode: 36 years ago
A mass exodus occurs in Paradise when Ethan and Amelia decide to close the mine.
A con woman visits Paradise and sells the town a trolley. She takes the townsfolk on a ride and while they are partying, she loots the place.
Ethan protects a young deserter wanted by the Army. He also protects him from an armed mother who accuses him of the death of her son.
Jerome, an obtuse and gentle man, faces a jury for the strangling of a girl who rejected him.
The sons of Ethan’s old pal, Gideon, volunteer them as guns in a range war.
Years ago, Ethan testified against a person. Now that person is the new town’s preacher who is a paroled murderer, claiming to have seen the light. Everyone in town is giving him a second chance, except for Ethan.
Joseph's tomboy friend, Frankie, returns to Paradise, now sophisticatedly attired and married to a controlling, offensive judge who has the control to transfer Ethan to Texas on a murder warrant.
Ethan is offered a very well paying job but at the same time very dangerous. To deliver the opium that miners use to keep some Chinese workers more or less enslaved.
A killer who is being escorted by Ethan back to Paradise for trial might never make it because other outlaws want him dead.
A symbolic drama centering on two strangers in Paradise: a black-clad equestrian with two grim appointments to keep before the New Year, and a simple youth left in the forest to fend for himself.
Paradise is hit by an outbreak of smallpox and Ethan has to deal with George being infected by it.
Johnny Ryan fulfills his promise of returning to paradise and taking revenge on the person who humiliated him: Ethan Cord.
The gold rush hits town and Ethan’s land is no exception. Paradise turns into a materialistic town.
Ethan has to find out who is robbing the graves in the local cemetery; while Amelia takes care of the children whom a beautiful girl she does not know is tutoring. The law also wants her.
An old Indian warrior wants to bring peace between an old foe in the warpath and a member of the cavalry.
Ethan confronts the law to rescue a fugitive orphan who was taken away from his sister.
A woman fights an implacable battle against the railroad she blames for the loss of her husband, son, and farm, not considering the cost to her and her surviving daughter.
Laid off miners decide to ambush Ethan and Amelia when they are heading to Virginia City to deposit $50.000.
The town needs a new marshal and Ethan is an obvious candidate, however, he does not want to do it; not even, if it costs him his ranch.
Wyatt Earp follows Ethan back home after the big escape. Without noticing it, a reporter also follows them looking for answers.
When a man thinks Ethan knows the location of a fortune, he kidnaps him and takes him to a prison where no man has ever escaped from. Amelia turns to her estranged husband, Pierce for help. He takes her to see Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Pat Garrett who agree to help.
1991 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 35 years ago
Ethan learns that an old enemy of his is headed for Paradise looking to shoot it out. To protect the children, he sends them away on a trip, but they realize that something is wrong at home. As the gunfight nears, both Ethan (in Paradise) and the children (waiting at the train station) both reflect back to how they've become a family (via flashbacks to previous episodes). Spoiler: In the end, the children don't take the train and rush back to their uncle in Paradise. He has defeated the other gunfighter and he and the children are reunited.
This episode follows a day in the life of Marshal Ethan Allan Cord, who is considering giving up his badge and leaving Paradise. Over a period of ""twenty-four hours,"" Ethan must contend with a series of disputes between townspeople as well as at home. Spoiler: In the end, he decides to stick it out and remain in Paradise.
Paradise is thrown into a state of terror when a serial killer begins targeting the town's woman. Ethan must identify and catch the killer, who has set his sites on Claire.
The Carroll children's father Robert returns and tells Ethan he wants custody of the kids. At first resistant, Ethan begins to feel the children might be safer living with their father, however neglectful he has been in the past, than with him. But it turns out Robert may have brought danger of his own into the children's lives.
Ethan and the children return to Paradise where Ethan is convinced to take on the role of town marshal. Ethan builds a new home for his family and he and Amelia become engaged. A new character, Dakota, arrives in town and decides to stay. He rubs Ethan the wrong way, but hits it off with Claire, much to her uncle's disdain.
Created by David Jacobs and Robert Porter
Paradise has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 14, 1991.
The most recent episode of Paradise, Season 3 Episode 13 "Unfinished Business", aired on June 14, 1991.
Paradise has 3 seasons with 57 episodes in total.
Paradise first aired on CBS on October 27, 1988.
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