Spoilers Paradise (Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, James Marsden) | Hulu
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I just happened upon it when I opened Disney+ and decided to give it a shot. I wasn't sure until the reveal at the end of the premiere. Could be promising. We'll see.
I was also relieved that the show didn't drag out the mystery of the highly classified meeting heavily teased in the trailers. That at least gives me some hope that show has something more to work with and build from.
If nothing else, the show has a fantastic cast with Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Krys Marshall, and Sarah Shahi (not seen yet). Yeah, and James Marsden, too (I'm just not that wowed by him like others are, but I don't hate him either).
I was also relieved that the show didn't drag out the mystery of the highly classified meeting heavily teased in the trailers. That at least gives me some hope that show has something more to work with and build from.
If nothing else, the show has a fantastic cast with Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Krys Marshall, and Sarah Shahi (not seen yet). Yeah, and James Marsden, too (I'm just not that wowed by him like others are, but I don't hate him either).
I think Episode 1 to 3 were always supposed to be released on Tuesday this week, it was just that Episode 1 got released a little early.
Crazy how there's more talk in this thread about the airing of the episodes than the episodes themselves. 
Anyways, I finally got around to watching the other two episodes. Pretty engaging mystery, characters, and premise...right until the shower sex reveal. Oh, no, Billy, the one guy Xavier was trusting is actually a bad guy for whatever reasons.
That landed with such a large thud that I thought I was watching Designator Survivor. Spare me the melodrama.
I'll give the show one more episode to win me back but I suddenly find the show far less compelling than I did initially.
Anyways, I finally got around to watching the other two episodes. Pretty engaging mystery, characters, and premise...right until the shower sex reveal. Oh, no, Billy, the one guy Xavier was trusting is actually a bad guy for whatever reasons.
That landed with such a large thud that I thought I was watching Designator Survivor. Spare me the melodrama.
I'll give the show one more episode to win me back but I suddenly find the show far less compelling than I did initially.
Episode 4 is a doozy and puts a few more twists into place.
Yeah, I agree. I mean, where do you think you can escape to?
And the poor guy who put the writing in the sky is now a walking corpse.
This show is soooo melodramatic. And just when you're ready to walk away, startling twist!
With every episode, it feels more and more like Designated Survivor and definitely not the new LOST as some people are trying to suggest online (hello, Severance is right there!).
Due to the short season, I'll probably just end up watching it to the end, but I don't expect to be blown away by the reveals like they expect me to.
With every episode, it feels more and more like Designated Survivor and definitely not the new LOST as some people are trying to suggest online (hello, Severance is right there!).
Due to the short season, I'll probably just end up watching it to the end, but I don't expect to be blown away by the reveals like they expect me to.
This show had a really solid pilot but the next two episodes have some of the absolute worst dialogue I have ever seen. The score is overwhelming. I guess it's to distract me from the fact that everybody speaks like a Hallmark card.
"I have a message from the president" made my wife and me laugh out loud.
"I have a message from the president" made my wife and me laugh out loud.
Based on the economy of characters, the killer can only logically be one person
There are a couple other alternatives, but not anyone who's been built up enough with screen time to have done it. And it certainly wouldn't mean anything to the audience if one of them was the killer.
that we never even saw until episode 7.
So do we believe Sinatra that the killer came from outside the bunker and is it clearly supposed to be the Presidents Assistant (cos it won't be the wife).
Now that we know what happened in the Apocalypse, that just snowballed. So presumably POTUS didn't know that nuclear war was a likely outcome of the explosion, but Sinatra did.
Why didnt they give the White House staff access to the deep level bunker once Wildcat (?) had been evacuated.
Now that we know what happened in the Apocalypse, that just snowballed. So presumably POTUS didn't know that nuclear war was a likely outcome of the explosion, but Sinatra did.
Why didnt they give the White House staff access to the deep level bunker once Wildcat (?) had been evacuated.
I'm glad I stuck with this show because Episode 7 is going to be an all-time TV great. They still had to get the corny moment with the janitor in to appease the sappiness gods, but this was a massive step up in quality from episodes 3-5. It's very obvious that the duo who directed the pilot and this episode are much better than the others in rotation.