‘Paradise’ Creator Dan Fogelman On The Twist In The Pilot & Why He Kept The Show’s Plot Under Wraps For So Long

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SPOILER ALERT: 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.

Here, creator Dan Fogelman talks about what inspired him to write the thriller starring Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson and why we had to wait until the premiere to finally learn what he’s been working on since wrapping his NBC drama This Is Us in 2022. DEADLINE: Before we get into Paradise, I want to start at the moment after This is Us.

Did you wonder if you developed a reputation as a creator of triple-hanky family dramas? DAN FOGELMAN: I was pretty exhausted.

It had been a long six years of making a lot of television. The last couple of years had been fraught with the pandemic, and I’ve always done really this different stuff.