The following article contains heavy spoilers for "Paradise" up to and including episode 7 of season 1.

If you're not watching Dan Fogelman's new show "Paradise" on Hulu (Disney+ internationally), what are you doing with your life? This is a show that combines the kind of character drama Fogelman had the entire country glued to the screen for in "This Is Us," plus a premise that would delight Michael Crichton.

The heavy use of flashbacks and the high-concept, ensemble-driven story feels like something straight out of the mid-2000s, a time when shows like "Lost" and "Prison Break" had audiences endlessly debating what new plot twist and complication awaited the main characters and what new mystery would begin to unravel. If you somehow missed what already was the single best plot twist of 2025 so far, I am here to tell you that "Paradise" doesn't just have a killer first episode or a fantastic premise,...