Paradise (2025 TV series)
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Dan Fogelman |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
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Producer | Chris Nguyen-Gia |
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Network | Hulu |
Release | January 26, 2025 present | –
Paradise is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman and starring Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, and James Marsden. It was released on Hulu in the US on January 26, 2025[1] and Disney+ internationally on January 27, 2025.
Premise
[edit]The series involves a Secret Service Agent assigned to the protection detail of a former President.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Sterling K. Brown as Agent Xavier Collins
- Julianne Nicholson as Samantha Redmond
- James Marsden as President Cal Bradford
- Sarah Shahi as Dr. Gabriela Torabi
- Jon Beavers as Agent Billy Pace
- Krys Marshall as Agent Robinson
- Nicole Brydon Bloom as Agent Jane Driscoll
- Cassidy Freeman as President Cal Bradford's wife
- Gerald McRaney as President Cal Bradford's father
- Aliyah Mastin
- Percy Daggs IV
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title [3] | Directed by | Written by [4] | Original release date [5] | Prod. code |
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1 | "Wildcat is Down" | Glenn Ficarra & John Requa | Dan Fogelman | January 26, 2025 | 1PTV01 |
Agent Collins goes for a morning jog, then prepares for his duty as a Secret Service Agent. In the residence of President Bradford, Collins discovers the President dead and bleeding on the floor. Collins examines the premises and discovers that the President's safe has been raided. He also examines the security footage and discovers that the footage froze for a few hours after his last contact with the live President. Collins suspects foul play by Agent Robinson, who is also the mistress of the President. Collins asks Agent Billy to check the perimeter outside the President's house before asking Agent Jane to call in a Code Red. Flashbacks show that President Bradford personally recruited Agent Collins to be his lead Secret Service agent and that once Collins took a gunshot on behalf of the President, saving his life. When Collins returned to duty after surgery and rest, President Bradford revealed a top-secret project being built inside the mountains in Colorado in preparation for an extinction level event. A flashback of the night before the death shows that Collins was resentful towards the President for an unapparent reason and told the President that he'll forgive Bradford when he sleeps again, and he'll sleep again when Bradford is dead. The outro shows a digital signboard indicating that the dawn is delayed by two hours due to scheduled maintenance and a flyby reveals that they are living inside a domed construction inside a mountain with a large, powerful light source supplying artificial sunlight to the settlement. | |||||
2 | "Sinatra" | Glenn Ficarra & John Requa | Dan Fogelman & Katie French | January 28, 2025 | 1PTV02 |
In a flashback, Samantha Redmond brings a team of brilliant people to a secret excavation inside a mountain and asks them to build her a city. In the present day, Agent Collins dreams of a memory where he speaks to his wife over a satellite phone before the white flash of an explosion blinds him through the aircraft windows. Collins awakens and is taken for questioning by Agent Robinson. En route, Collins asks why the mistress of the President is heading the investigation, to which Robinson replies she has a strong alibi. In the questioning using a lie detector equipment, Collins openly shares that Robinson was sleeping with the President, and Robinson asks Collins if he murdered the President. After he replies that he didn't, Robinson asks Collins to walk through the event. Dr. Torabi interrupts them and asks Robinson to leave. She then asks Collins if a part of him is happy that the President is dead, and prompts him to answer yes with a note in her hand. Dr. Torabi tells Redmond that Collins is telling the truth as he wouldn't admit to hating the President if he had murdered him and is lying. The public is called to the town hall where the death of the President is announced and a new President is sworn in. A flashback shows then-Senator Bradford meeting with Redmond at a conference where a speaker tries to warn that the world will end due to natural causes, but is greeted with an almost empty auditorium. Bradford asks the speaker what they should do, to which he replies to dig a hole in a mountain and get inside. At the town hall, Collins tells Billy that he's suspicious of Redmond (nicknamed Sinatra), and he plans to bring her down. | |||||
3 | "The Architect of Social Well-Being" | Gandja Monteiro | Jason Wilborn | January 28, 2025 | 1PTV03 |
4 | "Agent Billy Page" | TBA | Scott Weinger | February 4, 2025 | TBA |
5 | "In the Palaces of Crowned Kings" | TBA | Stephen Markley | February 11, 2025 | TBA |
6 | TBA | TBA | Gina Lucita Monreal | February 18, 2025 | TBA |
7 | TBA | TBA | John Hoberg | February 25, 2025 | TBA |
8 | TBA | TBA | Nadra Widatalla | March 4, 2025 | TBA |
Production
[edit]In April 2023, it was reported that Hulu had commissioned the series by 20th Television written by Dan Fogelman who is also executive producer via Rhode Island Ave. Productions, along with Jess Rosenthal. Sterling K. Brown and John Hoberg are also executive producers.[6] Brown was also expected to star in the series.[7]
In February 2024, James Marsden was cast as the president, with Julianne Nicholson and Sarah Shahi also joining the cast.[8] In November 2024, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin and Percy Daggs IV joined the cast.[1]
Filming began under the title Paradise City in Los Angeles in February 2024.[9][10] Filming locations include Los Angeles.[11][better source needed]
Release
[edit]Paradise was released on Hulu on January 26, 2025.[1]
Reception
[edit]The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 79% approval rating with an average rating of 6.8/10, based on 19 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Teeming with heady concepts and themes, Paradise is an overstuffed but addictively ambitious reunion of Sterling K. Brown and creator Dan Fogelman."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Maas, Jennifer (November 14, 2024). "Paradise Trailer: Sterling K. Brown Denies Killing President James Marsden in This Is Us Creator's Hulu Drama". Variety. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley; Rose, Lacey (April 6, 2023). "This Is Us Duo Sterling K. Brown, Dan Fogelman Reunite for Hulu Drama". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ a b {Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=paradise_2025|title=Paradise|type=tv|season=1|access-date=January 27, 2025|publisher_hide=y}}
- ^ "Paradise". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Shows A-Z - paradise on hulu". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (April 6, 2023). "'This Is Us' Star Sterling K. Brown, Creator Dan Fogelman Reunite for Hulu Drama Series". Variety. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Seddon, Dan (April 7, 2023). "Sterling K Brown to reunite with This Is Us creator on new drama series". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 8, 2024). "James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson & Sarah Shahi Join Sterling K. Brown In Dan Fogelman's Hulu Series". Deadljne Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ Vardhan, Harsh (January 3, 2024). "Sterling K. Brown's Hulu Series Paradise City Starts Filming in Los Angeles Next Month". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Woods, Kimberley (February 28, 2024). "Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman Begin Shooting Hulu's Paradise City — See First Behind-the-Scenes Photo". TVLINE. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Sterling K. Brown's Hulu Series Paradise City Being Filmed in Los Angeles". The Cinemaholic. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.