ParadiseHulu Normcore cocktail from Silage, 24And Lost” was one of my favorite shows of the year, a rare mystery drama that gave viewers compelling plots and then real answers within a single season. According to Dan Fogelman and his writing staff, satisfaction at breakneck speed has always been the hope. Also promised from the very beginning: more Paradisesooner or later, defying the prestige television trend of waiting years for a second season.
Now, just a few months after Paradise The season one finale saw Fogelman and star Sterling K. Brown return with a big hint of the next chapter.
Hulu presented the first trailer for the film Paradise Season 2 on stage at the 2025 CCXP in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a stunning spot that promises a bigger and potentially weirder sequel to Fogelman's romantic airport thriller. The new footage takes the series beyond the Colorado bunker and into the devastated world beyond, picking up immediately after the cliffhanger finale of the first season.
Season two follows Xavier (Sterling K. Brown) as he searches for Teri (Sarah Shahi) in the wilds of America in crisis. suffered from both natural and man-made disasters simultaneously. The trailer confirms that Xavier's rescue flight did not end well: the plane crashed and he was forced to cross a new wasteland, where the scattered survivors spent three harrowing years adapting to the disaster. Meanwhile, back in Paradise, the bunker's uneasy social order begins to crumble – and Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson) hints that there are even more secrets buried in the city's foundations.
Other quick hits from the trailer:
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Teri, very much alive, seems to be making her way to a new mystery.
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Cal Bradford (James Marsden) appears again, likely in flashbacks given that he died.
- Descendants star and Sebastian Stan lookalike Thomas Doherty shows up with some heavy artillery.
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Shailene Woodley appears as a pre-Day scientist whose work appears to be related to the origins of Paradise.
Season 1 writer Nadra Vidatalla previously told Polygon that the second season will “raise new questions” while also providing answers that fans have been debating since the finale. “What's there? What happened to [Teri]? […] We're moving into season two with new questions, but it's bigger and more interesting. It's not what people expect, but it will answer the questions they have.”
Paradise returns with a more twisted, flashback-based narrative on February 23, 2026.
