Paradise has been about the sci-fi rug pulls from the get-go. From the very first episode, what looked like a politically tinged mystery thriller changed when it was revealed that the entire episode took place in an underground city created to shield a select group of Americans from the apocalypse.
Hulu’s sleeper hit slowly revealed its hand over the course of Season 1, including the exact nature of the apocalypse (not as bad as we thought!) and the fate of protagonist Xavier Collins’ (Sterling K. Brown) long-lost wife. Season 2 was just as packed with new survivor characters and big reveals. But nothing could have prepared fans for an even bigger twist in the Season 2 finale, a second genre screwball that will affect the rest of the story. The upcoming third — and probably final — season will have a tall task ahead to match it.
