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.
Episodes
While on a hunt for a women with no identity. Detective Charlie Jade is shot into a strange parallel universe
While on a hunt for a women with no identity. Detective Charlie Jade is shot into a strange parallel universe
In the search for answers regarding the explosion, Charlie teams up with journalist Karl Lubinsky.
Charlie's investigation lands him in the centre of 01 Boxer's insidious conspiracy to take over Vexcor in Betaverse.
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.
Charlie searches for Themba Makande, a civil rights crusader.
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.
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.
While 01 recovers in Gamma, Charlie takes his investigation of Vexcor to the next step. Karl has an unfortunate meeting with an informant, Reena visits Vexcor HR.
While tracking some stolen Vexcor property, Charlie runs into somebody unexpected from his past.
With help from his friends, Charlie daringly breaks into Vexcor to try and find information to help him get home.
Charlie decides to have a face to face with 01 Boxer but when he gets to 01's club he learns the police have the same idea.
Charlie and 01 have a real heart-to-heart while Reena diffuses an explosive situation. Jasmine's day at work is murder.
After receiving a package with information on Vexcor, Charlie and Karl track the anonymous source, Reena. 01 and Julius come to an arrangement.
Charlie takes Blues Paddock into his confidence and learns he's being hunted. Reena comes face to face with her programmer and, in Alpha, Jasmine and Tukarrs get closer.
Charlie goes to see an old friend for help controlling his visions while Reena goes to see an old friend for help controlling herself.
Finally home Charlie must re-adjust to life in Alpha and find a way to save a friend he has inadvertantly put on Vexcor's naughty list. Brion Boxer visits 01's family in Gamma.
Back in Alpha, Charlie considers how he has been changed by his time in Beta. 01 meets with a mysterious associate.
With Essa and 01 both vying for control of Vexcor, Charlie works with Sew Sew to see that it's the devil he knows that takes the throne. In Beta: Karl, Reena and Blues continue their own quest to bring down Vexcor.
Season Finale: Charlie and his allies must desperately find a way to keep the link from activating and destroying Beta but one of their own has other plans. Can Vexcor and 01 be stopped in time?
