(SeaPRwire) – Paradise has been packed with sci-fi plot twists right from the start. The very first episode, which initially came off as a politically charged mystery thriller, shifted gears when it was revealed that the entire story played out in an underground city built to protect a select group of Americans from the apocalypse.
Hulu’s sleeper hit gradually unfolded its secrets over Season 1, including the true nature of the apocalypse (not as catastrophic as we thought!) and the fate of protagonist Xavier Collins’ (Sterling K. Brown) long-missing wife. Season 2 was just as loaded with new survivor characters and major reveals. But nothing could have prepared fans for an even bigger twist in the Season 2 finale—another genre-bending surprise that will shape the rest of the story. The upcoming third (and likely final) season faces a tall order to match that moment.
Spoilers for the Paradise Season 2 finale, “Exodus,” are ahead.
The name “Alex” cropped up repeatedly in Paradise Season 2, and this supposed main villain was so well-hidden that we didn’t see them until the finale. When we finally did, the truth was far darker. Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson), the bunker’s mastermind, was finally shown talking to Alex—who turns out to be an ultra-powerful quantum computer. This machine is so advanced that it might even be able to manipulate time and reverse the apocalypse, saving Sinatra’s son Dylan in the process (though Dylan may still be alive as Link, Alex’s creator, played by Thomas Doherty).
Showrunner Dan Fogelman has always planned a three-season arc, so every element is building toward a final act. “I think this is Fogelman’s exploration of the multiverse,” Brown told Variety. “What are the rules that dictate our excursion into time travel?” He cites Back to the Future, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Everything Everywhere All At Once as examples. “It unlocks your brain in such a way that whatever you think is possible can be possible if you can conceive it.”
In a detailed interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Season 2 finale co-writer John Hoberg broke down the nuances of the quantum computer twist. The series even hired a quantum physics consultant to add real-world expertise to the Alex reveal, and Hoberg says the science is at least somewhat credible. “It’s legitimate in theory, and very debatable among quantum physicists,” he said.
So what’s in store for Season 3? Hoberg teases more wild twists. “At the end of Season 1, we answered all of the questions but then asked a couple more. I feel like Season 2 is doing the same thing. We answered all the questions that were brought up, but we’re now posing an even bigger question.”
We’re in for one more year of the unexpected. As for the show’s ultimate ending, expect another twist on par with the Alex reveal. “We didn’t do necessarily exactly what you thought in Season 2, but it was what you hoped in some ways that would be dealt with and answered. I think Season 3 will feel the exact same way. It may not go where you guess or what you think, but I think it’s going to be satisfying in where it takes you.”
Paradise is streaming on Hulu.
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