Sterling K. Brown has reteamed with 'This Is Us' creator Dan Fogelman for 'Paradise,' and once again, he plays a man going through deep family loss and trauma.

This article contains spoilers from the series premiere of Hulu’s “Paradise.” In an overly saturated media market, it’s hard for any show to break through. And it becomes even harder when a network or streamer can’t truthfully answer this simple question regarding new TV series: “What’s it about?

The actor and creator tried something much less weepy this time: a sci-fi thriller. Still it was “a homecoming on so many levels,” Brown said.

Dan Fogelman and plot twists go hand in hand, and this time it is for his latest American political thriller Paradise.

Two IndieWire staffers unpack the twisty Hulu sci-fi mystery from Dan Fogelman ('This Is Us') starring Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden.

In a surprise turn of events, Hulu launched its new drama Paradise a couple of days early, debuting the premiere episode on January 26 at 9/8c and offering fans a glimpse into Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman ‘s latest team-up since This Is Us.

The actors star in Hulu's "Paradise," which reunites Brown with "This Is Us" creator Dan Fogelman and meditates on climate change and technology.

The early episodes are slow going. Clues about the town’s origins are doled out sparingly, and the murder investigation stalls out once Collins is pulled off of it thanks to his strange behavior after finding the body.

When it comes to a television show, what’s the difference between a twist and a trick? Misdirection or deception? An effective mystery or a cheap one? Paradise, the new Hulu show from Dan Fogelman, might have you asking some of these questions.

"This Is Us" producer Dan Fogelman reunites with Sterling K. Brown in "Paradise," a "Lost"-like mystery box that can't deliver on its high concept.

This story contains plot points from the first three episodes of Paradise on Hulu. After dropping the first episode of Paradise on Sunday, Hulu has made episodes 2 and 3 of the thriller available to audiences that should have provided a bit more context to that mysterious twist at the end of the pilot.