Paradise Sets a Return Date, Reveals Where Sterling K. Brown Is Headed in Season 2
Paradise is ready to reveal more secrets in season two. The twisty post-apocalyptichit drama from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman ended on a major cliffhanger and made good on a big promise that much more will be revealed when season two returns, which is all part of Fogelman’s three-season master plan. On Saturday, coming…
Paradise is ready to reveal more secrets in season two.
The twisty post-apocalyptichit drama from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman ended on a major cliffhanger and made good on a big promise that much more will be revealed when season two returns, which is all part of Fogelman’s three-season master plan. On Saturday, coming out of the Paradise panel at Brazil Comic Con (CCXP), Fogelman debuted some of what to expect when the mystery show returns, which he revealed will be Feb. 23 with three episodes, followed by new episodes weekly on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
A teaser trailer (below) confirms that Sterling K. Brown‘s starring character, Xavier Collins, does indeed venture outside of the show’s central bunker to the world above, where he’s on a mission to locate his wife Teri (Enuka Okuma), whom he wrongly thought had died when the world supposedly went nearly extinct and forced his surviving family and other survivors into the bunker city, called Paradise, that was explored in season one.
The trailer confirms the return of James Marsden, who played the deceased President of the United States Cal Bradford, introduces the new character played by newcomer Shailene Woodley and teases the return of the deceased Billy who was played by Jon Beavers. But most curiously, the first footage shows Xavier struggling to survive on his mission and features the show’s villain Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson) dropping a new bombshell: “It was never just about the bunker.”
Here’s the season two synopsis: “Xavier searches for Teri out in the world and learns how people survived the three years since The Day. Back in Paradise, the social fabric frays as the bunker deals with the aftermath of season one, and new secrets are uncovered about the city’s origins.”
When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter after the season one finale, Fogelman explained of the series, “We have this very precise three-year plan, and this next season coming is kind of the middle episode of our trilogy with also its own beginning, middle and end. We have a three-season story that’s bigger than what people think it is right now, and it’s going to span a couple of genres.”
Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Krys Marshall, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV and Charlie Evans round out the cast, with recurring guest stars Marsden, Woodley, Doherty and Jon Beavers.
Paradise is created and executive produced by Fogelman. Jess Rosenthal, John Hoberg, Brown, Steve Beers, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. The series is a 20th Television production.
