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Bar Karma (2010)

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Bar Karma is the first online community-developed network television series. Online users pitch their own ideas for scenes and twists online, using a tool designed by Will Wright called the Storymaker. Some are eventually chosen by the production staff, and are utilized to help create a new episode every week. The main plot revolves around a bar known as "Bar Karma", a bar that resides someplace in between parallel timelines. Up until now, the typical structure of the shows consists of a patron accidentally walking into or being transported to the bar, where they are shown the consequences of their current life actions, and the potential outcomes for their behavior and choices. This, ultimately, leads to a karmic dilemma, and forces the patron to make a life-altering choice. In the first episode, Doug Jones suddenly walks into the bar after a one-night stand. He is confused, and thinks that he accidentally fell asleep and is dreaming. When he finally realizes that this is some strange form of reality, James and Dayna explain to him why he is in the bar, and is given the chance to alter his fate, and the course of "Bar Karma."

IMDb rating
5.8 (255 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.63 avg 10 episodes 8.2 → 7.6

Ep 1: 8.2 · 10 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 10 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 7 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 6 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 6 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 8 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 6 votesEp 11: 6.0 · 5 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 5 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Guy Walks Into a Bar8.210
2Once Upon a Timeline7.010
3An Open Mind7.47
4Double Blind7.88
5Fair Catch8.06
8Hack Job8.56
9Three Times a Lady7.68
10The Day the Music Died8.26
11Enter the Community6.05
12Man Walks Out of a Bar7.65