Have you seen Paradise on Hulu? If you haven't, do your best to avoid learning anything about it, and watch it cold. I binged the entire first season in a day, because I couldn't look away. Now that the second season has wrapped, I'm just in awe. It's hard to pin it in any specific genre, and as long as you don't know too much, it just keeps surprising you for being something that you didn't expect. Also, Sterling K. Brown is a legit great actor. I enjoyed his work in This Is Us, and it wasn't a fluke. He's good.
I don't think a show like this could have made it in traditional, linear network TV. I'm grateful for that. Most of the best stuff right now wouldn't have made it on network, which is weird because for so long that was the prestige spot. Then again, HBO set a new standard, and that standard translated well to streaming, specifically HBO Max, Hulu and Netflix (with honorable mention to Apple TV+). Hard to see how all of the consolidation shakes out, but it's a great time for good TV.
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