Paradise earned a lot of well-deserved hype, and I was included in the number of those excited for its release for two big reasons — Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman. Arguably since his days on Army Wives, Brown has been a must-watch actor who has consistently risen to the occasion, whether that be with Emmy-nominated performances in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, his Oscar-nominated role in American Fiction or his Emmy-winning work in American Crime Story and This Is Us.
Speaking of This is Us, that brings me to its creator, Dan Fogelman. The super producer created one of the best primetime dramas in the last decade, one that elicited many tears from viewers over the years, along with general fanfare. So with Fogelman and Brown partnering once again on Paradise — with Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown) and James Marsden (Enchanted) also in the mix and both phenomenal in their own right — how could the new series not be a hit? Well, unfortunately, Paradise doesn’t live up to its namesake.
