7 Burning Questions Left Unanswered By The ‘Paradise’ Finale — And How The Dystopian Show Went Full Sci-Fi

In a twist of cruel fate (and as a result of human error), the second season of Paradise ends just as the show began — with a community of individuals having to pick up the pieces of their lives, now torn asunder by the ruinous events that befell their homes. Whereas Season 1 traced the cataclysmic fallout that led a select number to hibernate in an underground Coloradan bunker, Season 2 eventually forces these privileged few back out into the light after a nuclear meltdown claims their artificial home.

On the heels of a nail-biting penultimate episode comes “Exodus,” a finale that (literally) blows the doors open on what Paradise has been and can be. The dystopian thriller, which has certainly always straddled the line between magical realism and of-the-moment political commentary, goes full sci-fi with its Season 2 ender, introducing a time-travel storyline sure to be explored in an

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