About
Charlie Jade is a science fiction television program filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa. It stars Jeffrey Pierce in the title role, as a detective from a parallel universe who finds himself trapped in our universe. This is a Canadian and South African co-production filmed in conjunction with CHUM Television and the South African Industrial Development Corporation. The special effects were produced by the Montreal-based company Cinegroupe led by Michel Lemire. The show started in 2004 and was aired on the Canadian Space Channel. It premiered on the Space Channel April 16, 2005 and aired in Eastern Europe, France, Italy, on SABC 3 in South Africa, on Fox Japan, and on AXN in Hong Kong. The show began airing in the United Kingdom in October 2007, on FX. The Sci Fi Channel in the United States premiered the show on June 6, 2008, but after 2 episodes on Friday prime-time, moved it to overnight Mon/Tue.
Cast
Jeffrey Pierce
as Charlie Jade
Michael Filipowich
as 01 Boxer
Michele Burgers
as Essa Rompkin
Tyrone Benskin
as Karl Lubinsky
Danny Keogh
as Julius Galt
Marie-Julie Rivest
as Jasmine / Paula
Patricia McKenzie
as Reena
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
The Big Bang
While on a hunt for a women with no identity. Detective Charlie Jade is shot into a strange parallel universe
Sand
While on a hunt for a women with no identity. Detective Charlie Jade is shot into a strange parallel universe
You Are Here
In the search for answers regarding the explosion, Charlie teams up with journalist Karl Lubinsky.
The Power of Suggestion
Charlie's investigation lands him in the centre of 01 Boxer's insidious conspiracy to take over Vexcor in Betaverse.
And Not a Drop to Drink
When Charlie sees 01 pour water on his head, then literally vanish before his eyes, his probing into the bizarre incident turns up evidence that contaminated water supplies have induced visions and psychic powers in several residents of the nearby Vexcor facility.
Dirty Laundry
Charlie searches for Themba Makande, a civil rights crusader.
Diamonds
Charlie's hunt for his artificial diamond ring - stolen from the shop where he pawned it to buy a car - leads him to Eckman, a ruthless diamond merchant who has been quietly manufacturing cultured diamonds for Vexcor. Not only is Eckman undermining the Betaverse diamond industry, but he's unwittingly working with Vexcor to create enough artificial diamond chips to implant in every Betaverse citizen.
Devotion
Charlie investigates the case of a new missing person in Cape Town and finds that once again, a local mystery is linked to Vexcorp. Reena is faced with a difficult decision when she meets a young woman who is dying of AIDS. 01 Boxer makes an important trade with his father, at a high price. Also, in a series of flashbacks, Charlie remembers his days working for Vexcorp Security Services.
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