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."
CreatorsWill Wright, Albie Hecht
A Guy Walks Into the Bar
Feb 11, 2011
A billionaire internet mogul gets a chance to change his life
Once Upon a Timeline
Feb 18, 2011
A writer arrives and learns his latest work will inspire an act of terrorism.
An Open Mind
Feb 25, 2011
A hospital patient is summoned during a surgical procedure.
Double Blind
Mar 4, 2011
In 2017, a beautiful Brazilian woman arrives at Bar Karma with a mysterious device...but when it's destroyed, it could mean the difference between life and death
Fair Catch
Mar 11, 2011
Dayna summons a '60s football player to Bar Karma who is torn between two women, but when Doug tries to help, he lands in dangerous territory -- the cheerleaders' locker room.
Term Limits
Mar 18, 2011
A US senator from 2058 is hiding a secret from the President that could kill her career and her lover.
The Arrival
Mar 25, 2011
While most of the universe is dreaming, the jukebox mysteriously allows an unwelcome stranger into Bar Karma, and James must face his deepest fears.
The Hacker
Apr 1, 2011
When Doug tries to stop a hacker from releasing a virus to destroy the Internet, Dayna must take the biggest risk of all...leaving the bar.
The Woman with Multiple Personalities
Apr 8, 2011
When a waitress with multiple personalities enters Bar Karma, the staff must determine which personality has the karmic dilemma and how to help her.
The Day the Music Died
Apr 15, 2011
When a man runs into Bar Karma to escape the police, the staff is scared of what he's hiding in his jacket...until they see it's not a gun, but a drumstick.
Enter the Community
Apr 22, 2011
Worlds collide when a Bar Karma Community Member is the patron at the bar and explores the cosmic choices leading to the series finale.
Man Walks Out of a Bar
Apr 29, 2011
Doug returns to the luxury of his former life and is offered a deal on an unusual news organization. But Dayna tries to bring him back by revealing the truth about her ... and why he was brought to Bar Karma in the first place.
