There’s something alluring about a good bodyguard story. The relationship between security officers willing to take a bullet and the important people they protect is a gold mine for a thrilling tale of dedication, be it a love story like 1992’s The Bodyguard (or Netflix’s Bodyguard), or more action-oriented like White House Down or Olympus Has Fallen.
But you can only watch the President be saved so many times before it gets old. Enter Paradise, Hulu’s shocking political thriller that took a sharp sci-fi twist at the end of its first episode — and likely has a lot more still up its sleeve.
