Sterling K. Brown‘s Paradise has won over viewers — but it isn’t likely the show will run for much longer.
Executive producer John Hoberg hinted to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, February 25, that the Hulu series would end after a potential third season, saying, “We know what the end is, and it’s an end that would make it very difficult to make a season 4 come afterward.”
Hoberg noted that creator Dan Fogelman conceived Paradise with a three-season arc.
“We knew we were in the bunker season 1, and we knew we were going out and Xavier was going to look for his wife in season 2,” he explained. “We also knew that we were headed for a collision of two different worlds. So when you have that beginning and you know where you’re swimming to, you know the high points.”
Paradise, which premiered in January 2025, initially appeared to be set in a serene and wealthy community forced to face the realities of a shocking murder. But Fogelman’s political thriller featured a twist when Paradise was revealed to be an underground bunker housing the world’s most prominent individuals after an apocalyptic event destroyed the rest of humanity.
The cast previously spoke to Us about how they kept the show a secret before its premiere.
“The biggest lengths [we had to go through to keep the twist secret] are happening now when we’re actually talking to people about it,” Julianne Nicholson shared at the time. “When we were on set, everybody knows what’s up, so we don’t have to be that secretive.”
She continued: “But now the trick is how do you grab people’s attention and assure them that this is something different without giving away any of the details? But we’re very excited for people to get on the ride with us.”
Ahead of the show’s return, Sarah Shahi promised that Paradise fans can look forward to more onscreen twists and turns.
“It is a roller-coaster ride. [Creator Dan Fogelman] is just so good at taking the audience and pulling the rug out from underneath them,” she told Us in January. “Just when you think you know what’s happening, [something surprising happens], and then you’re like, ‘Oh, my God. I didn’t even see that coming.’”
In addition to Brown, Nicholson and Shahi, the show also stars Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV, Jon Beavers, Krys Marshall, Gerald McRaney and Enuka Okuma.
Brown, 49, who is also an executive producer on the show, recently reflected on holding onto so many secrets about the show.
“I like knowing [what will happen on my projects]. But I feel like it’s a question you only ask in TV. Because if you’re doing a film or play, you know the beginning, the middle and the end,” he noted to Us earlier this month. “The idea that you don’t have to know or have it spoiled for you … it is also like I get a chance to help craft the arc of where it ultimately goes to. So I don’t mind knowing.”
New episodes of Paradise air Mondays on Hulu.
