The Big O
Paradigm City, a city of amnesia and a place of belonging. It remains populated by forgotten pasts and the ruins of their labors due to a calamity 40 years ago. Shrouded in a fog-like mystery, it is up to people like Roger Smith to shine a light through the mist. Acting as a professional negotiator and suave agent, Roger is a self-tailored ladies man whose only love is for funeral black. However, as he gets deeply involved with his clients, what often starts as a simple negotiation evolves into Roger saving Paradigm from crime and peril. In the process, Roger stumbles even deeper into the untold folds of the city. As a rule, things are hardly ever as they appear. Serving as gray knight in a gray world, Roger is not without allies. By his side are Norman, a loyal and widely skilled butler, and Dorothy, a human-like android with deadpan snark. Together with the relic Big O, a jet-black mecha of gargantuan size and weight, they help Roger serve iron justice to Paradigm's lurking villains as he discovers the truth about 40 years ago.
- 1999-2003
- 2 seasons
- Adult Swim
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-PG
Paradigm City, a city of amnesia and a place of belonging. It remains populated by forgotten pasts and the ruins of their labors due to a calamity 40 years ago. Shrouded in a fog-like mystery, it is up to people like Roger Smith to shine a light through the mist. Acting as a professional negotiator and suave agent, Roger is a self-tailored ladies man whose only love is for funeral black. However, as he gets deeply involved with his clients, what often starts as a simple negotiation evolves into Roger saving Paradigm from crime and peril. In the process, Roger stumbles even deeper into the untold folds of the city. As a rule, things are hardly ever as they appear. Serving as gray knight in a gray world, Roger is not without allies. By his side are Norman, a loyal and widely skilled butler, and Dorothy, a human-like android with deadpan snark. Together with the relic Big O, a jet-black mecha of gargantuan size and weight, they help Roger serve iron justice to Paradigm's lurking villains as he discovers the truth about 40 years ago.
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2003
Episode 1
Roger the Wanderer
24 mins
Roger and Dorothy battle against three foreign mechs when he takes a hit. Suddenly he finds himself 40 years in the past and living a different life, causing him to question his existence.
Episode 2
Negotiations with the Dead
24 mins
Kelly Fitzgerald hires Roger to protect her husband from an assassin. Rumors are the city Senate is killing anyone with knowledge of the past, so Roger and Dorothy begin their investigation.
Episode 3
Day of the Advent
24 mins
A strange object from the sky crashes into the city before it is recovered by the Paradigm organization. Roger is tasked with ascertaining the nature of the strange object.
Episode 4
Leviathan
24 mins
Schwarzwald threatens that he had discovered a powerful mech called the Leviathan. Roger scrambles to find him before he unleashes its power on the world.
Episode 5
The Greatest Villain
24 mins
Beck once again busts out of jail and captures Roger as part of a scheme. Copying Roger's face and voice, he commands the Big O to go on a rampage.
Episode 6
Eyewitness
24 mins
A serial killer is going around killing androids, prompting the government to put a new inspector on board. Roger begins his own investigation and runs into Angel.
Episode 7
Stripes
24 mins
Roger tries to understand his flashbacks.
Episode 8
The Third Big
24 mins
The Big O battles the Bonaparte when Roger realizes that Dorothy is in danger. He leaves the Big O to fend for itself as Angel confronts Alan, who is holding Dorothy hostage.
Episode 9
Hydra
24 mins
The military police starts capturing anyone accused of being an Union agent. Roger and his allies form an uneasy alliance with Vera to prevent something terrible from happening.
Episode 10
Twisted Memories
24 mins
Alan releases Beck from prison and orders him to rebuild the Big Fau. Roger attempts to track down Angel, who holds a dark secret.
Episode 11
The Big Fight
24 mins
A newly rebuilt Big Duo reappears and controlled by Alan. Roger opposed it in the Big O as a huge fight breaks out.
Episode 12
The War of the Paradigm City
24 mins
All out war begins as Union bombards the city with beams of light. Angel and Roger go to face Vera, who reveals the shocking truth about what happened forty years ago.
Episode 13
The Show Must Go On
24 mins
The police and every other survivor watch as the Big O and Big Fau begin their final clash. Who will be the ultimate victor and what will become of the city and all of its people?
