Finally, with the finale that released on Tuesday - and as Fogelman and star/executive producer Sterling K. Brown had promised - Paradise revealed who killed Cal. When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the ending and how it sets up the already renewed second season,

Paradise' creator Dan Fogelman was 'devasted' when Julianne Nicholson couldn't join the cast as Sinatra, so he told a white lie.

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season one finale of Paradise on Hulu. Dan Fogelman’s political thriller starring Sterling K. Brown wrapped its eight-episode first season March 4 with some much-needed answers to several burning questions.

Dan Fogelman, Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, and Julianne Nicholson owe me a therapy session for the anxiety-inducing season finale of Paradise. It's one of the best new TV shows of 2025 and has left viewers on edge as we've tried to solve multiple riddles about the show's plot.

Here, Nicholson talks about her character’s evolution on the drama from Dan Fogelman and whether it’s unfair to assume that her intentions are all bad. DEADLINE Let’s back up for a bit. What was it like when you first received the scripts for Paradise?

Paradise season 1 is ludicrous, fun, yet still plenty flawed TV that proves once more that Sterling K. Brown is one of our most compelling actors.

Great news, Paradise stans! On February 20, ahead of the show’s Season 1 finale, Hulu renewed Paradise for Season 2, with Fogelman revealing he has a three-season arc for the series already planned out.

After seven eventful, suspenseful, twisty installments — including a particularly stressful penultimate flashback episode — Paradise Season 1, Episode 8, “The Man Who Kept the Secrets” reveals the highly-anticipated who, how, and why behind the high-profile murder that upended the Colorado bunker’s once peaceful community.

The star, who plays the architect of a post-apocalyptic world in Dan Fogelman's mystery series, talks about that big Sterling K. Brown twist (and shower scene) and shares hopes for a 'Sex/Life' resuscitation.