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This post contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the Hulu seriesParadise.
Theyre interpersonal dramas about desire, ambition, intimacy, and hope set in a recognizable contemporary world.
Their twists are surprising but mostly structural.
Paradiseis a different variety of Fogelman twist.
All right, enough: Heres the premise and then the twist.
Who did the murder?
Why does Collins seem not at all sad about the presidents death?
Why are we skipping back to flashback scenes about how Collins was first assigned to the presidents detail?
The twist finally comes into focus in the final minutes of the episode.
This is not just a gated community; its an underground bunker built inside a mountain in Colorado.
Yes,Paradiseis yet another show about creating or living in a bunker of apocalypse survivors.
Does that meanParadiseis perfect?
Somehow, though,Paradiseis often more fun than most of the other bunker shows.
Theyre plastic ducks!Paradiseis the latter.
Cue the overwrought cover of Eye of the Tiger and let it wash over you.
