Paradise
Warning : There are spoiler ahead for Paradise season 1 , instalment 7 , " The Day . "
President Cal Bradford ( James Marsden ) makes a universe - change decisiveness during the flashback inParadiseseason 1 , episode 7 , " The Day . " SinceParadise ’s sci - fi twistwas revealed at the remnant of the first installment , the Hulu serial publication has been teasing an revelatory event that wipe out the surface . More details have gradually become clearer through the show ’s past and present - daytime scenes . sequence 7 explores that agonizing day when the incident occurred in an episode that is told almost wholly through flashback .
" Day " pick up now afterParadiseepisode 6 ’s endingwhen Samantha " Sinatra " Redmond ( Julianne Nicholson ) tells Xavier Collins ( Sterling K. Brown ) that his wife , Teri ( Enuka Okuma ) , is alive . The rest of the episode shows what Xavier and President Bradford did on that fateful day and how Teri could have survive . It turns out that Sinatra and her ally are not the only ones keeping secrets from Xavier and the respite ofParadise ’s character , as President Bradford never secernate Xavier about the most important affair he did the day of the cataclysmal outcome .
How President Bradford Saved Xavier’s Wife & Countless Others On The Surface
He Made A Noble Executive Decision
As the domain crack up from unparalleled born disaster , administration from around the world made the situation even bad by engaging in nuclear war in a misguided attempt to control stay on resources . Instead of using the red code , which would launch the United States ' atomic missiles and contribute to atomic oblivion , President Bradford used the blue code . This secret , project by a colonel after the Cuban Missile Crisis , and known only by each President of the United States , activates a link up raiment of global electromagnetic pulses to demolish every electronic lap on Earth .
Paradise ’s genre shifts in " You Asked For Miracles " highlight how the Hulu show has develop an impressive ability to become tonally irregular .
The blue-blooded codeenables President Bradford to demilitarize all the nuclear weapon system that have been launched , along with every other electronic equipment on Earth ’s surface . Even though a nuclear missile was head to Atlanta , where Teri was at the time , she live due to President Bradford ’s actions due to the bomb calorimeter being disarmed . Countless others have also been able to hold out on the surface as well . While Sinatra argued that it was more humanistic to countenance them die now instead of forcing them to contend and survive , President Bradford want to at least give everyone a fortune .
How The World Really Ended In Paradise
An Unparalleled Natural Disaster Occurred
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Before any atomic missiles were set up , the earth was already devastated by a supervolcano erupting under the Antarctic ice bed sheet . The blowup shattered the ice shelf , unthaw 1000000000000 of gallons of H2O , andtriggered an unprecedented tsunami traveling 600 miles per minute across the entire planet . The tsunami chop-chop obliterated all of Australia and go along to trip multiple time from one death of the planet to the other as it destroyed everything in its path .
Some parts of the world , like Washington D.C. , are still underwater , but this is not the case in other role , include where Paradise ’s scientist went on their mission .
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At the showtime ofParadiseepisode 5 , there is a shaft of the Washington Monument ’s tip , while the rest of the structure is submerse in urine . The Washington Monument is 555 foot tall ( viaNational Park Service ) , yet most of it is now underwater . While the tsunami could not be stopped , President Bradford ’s heroic decision was at least capable to forbid the humans from becoming a nuclear barren as well . Some parts of the humankind , like Washington D.C. , are still underwater , but this is not the case in other portion , include where Paradise ’s scientists buy the farm on their mission .
President Bradford’s Killer In Paradise Is An Outsider
The Killer May Have Been Shown In The Flashbacks
Sinatra tells Xavier thatthe DNA from President Bradford ’s slaying did not match with anyone in Paradise . This indicates that President Bradford was murdered by someone from outside the underground residential district , which add new suspects toParadise ’s execution mystery . Those who pull through on the aerofoil do not make out about the decisiveness President Bradford made to give them a fortune at survival . They in all likelihood hold him responsible for going underground with abundant resources while ostensibly abandoning the rest of humanity .
Paradisehas been renew for season 2 .
In decree for the murder mystery to be fully impactful , his killer should be someone from the flashbacks . One possibleness is Marsha ( Amy Pietz ) , an aide-de-camp who worked at the White House for President Bradford . Episode 7 ’s flashbacks show Xavier promise to help her and her family , only for her to be left behind as she and her loved ones are not included on the list of who develop to go to Paradise . Her personal blood feud may have led to her finding the community underneath the mountain and killing President Bradford as vengeance for what he did .
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What Sinatra’s Ultimatum Means For Xavier
She Has Placed Him In An Impossible Position
Sinatra severalise Xavier that he must release her people , he must return the stolen gun for hire , he will determine out who murdered President Bradford , and he will return Paradise to normal if he wants to be reunited with his daughter , Presley ( Aliyah Mastin ) , or his married woman , Teri . One ofParadise ’s most dangerous grapheme , Jane Driscoll ( Nicole Brydon Bloom ) , has Presley as a hostage . Presley does not know that Jane is a ruthless killer and went with her in sequence 5 . Xavier does not have a go at it about Jane yet , but he does know that Presley is no longer safely hidden with her brother .
Xavier ’s girl Presley and President Cal Bradford ’s son Jeremy have gradually been make grow a relationship that is important in Paradise .
Xavier ’s rebellionmade the populace lose organized religion in Sinatra and the establishment , especially after the messages and the faux sky being shut down . That fire has been further stoke by President Bradford ’s son , Jeremy ( Charlie Evans ) , distinguish the public they have been lied to after accessing the government mystery in his father ’s tablet . Xavier loves his married woman and daughter and would do anything to ensure they are safe and to see them again . However , even if he gather all of Sinatra ’s demands , it may be too later to fix Paradise to what it used to be .
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There is no edition of reality where the public lead back to trusting the establishment and going about their daily lives . Xavier may think he need to get together with Sinatra in Holy Order to relieve Presley and to learn about how he can find Teri . He only want to cooperate temporarily , though , asSinatra ’s vision is already a lose cause . As seen by the variety of security agent and civilians who helped Xavier with his insurrection , he has many ally , and together they can hopefully save the community , Xavier ’s mob , and channelize to the airfoil forParadiseseason 2 .
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