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

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,

Assured of his children's well-being, Xavier made the difficult decision to leave Paradise and return to Earth's surface in search of Teri and the truth about her possible survival. Paradise has already been renewed for a second season,

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?

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.

If you enjoy action-packed political thrillers, definitely give the new Hulu series Paradise a watch. The series, from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman, combines traditional political thriller sensibilities with near-future apocalyptic sci-fi to create a twisty-turny story filled with mystery, action and a great cast of characters.

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.

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.

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.

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.