Sterling K. Brown is officially stepping back into the chaos. Hulu’s hit political-thriller-meets-post-apocalyptic mystery Paradise is returning for Season 2 — and it’s raising the stakes in every direction.
During the Paradise panel at CCXP in São Paulo, creator and executive producer Dan Fogelman revealed that the new season will premiere February 23, 2026, with the first three episodes dropping at once on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. Sterling K. Brown and Shailene Woodley joined Fogelman onstage as he debuted the new art and teaser, giving fans an early taste of the madness ahead.
What’s Season 2 About?
Fogelman promised a three-season master plan when Season 1 ended on that jaw-dropping cliffhanger — and Season 2 wastes no time making good on it.
This time around, we follow Special Agent Xavier Collins (Brown) outside the bunker and into what’s left of the world above. His mission? Finding his wife, Teri (Enuka Okuma), who he once believed died on “The Day.” Now he learns that people have been surviving out there… and not peacefully.
Meanwhile, life inside Paradise is unraveling. The social fabric that kept the underground city functioning starts to crack, exposing new truths about the bunker, its architect, and the city’s origins. And if you thought Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson) was done causing trouble, think again. The teaser drops a chilling new line from her:
“It was never just about the bunker.”
Krys Marshall, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Charlie Evans, James Marsden, Thomas Doherty, and Jon Beavers are returning as the show continues to play with death, memory, and reality. New this season are series regular Shailene Woodley and Ryan Michelle Bathe in a guest-starring role.
A Bigger, Wilder World
Season 1 kept viewers locked inside Paradise — a bunker city built after a manmade-and-natural disaster wiped out nearly everyone… allegedly. Season 2 breaks those walls wide open, thrusting Xavier into a world reshaped by catastrophe, survivalism, and secrets that were never meant to see daylight.
The plane crash. The scattered survivors. The three years of missing time. Paradise fracturing from within.
This is the kind of storytelling that made Season 1 a breakout hit — cliffhangers and answers, delivered quickly.
Paradise hails from Fogelman and is executive produced by Jess Rosenthal, John Hoberg, Sterling K. Brown, Steve Beers, Glenn Ficarra, and John Requa. The series is produced by 20th Television.
Paradise Season 2 premieres February 23, 2026, with episodes releasing weekly after the initial three-episode drop.
The mysteries are deeper. The world is bigger. And Xavier is ready for answers.