Episode 7, “The Day,” is the worst thing that could’ve happened to “Paradise.” You remember “The Day,” don’t you? It’s Season 1’s penultimate flashback episode; the one that jumps back in time to show exactly what went down when a volcano erupted, billions of people died, and a lucky few — notably secret service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) and his charge, Cal Bradford (James Marsden), the president of the United States — escaped to an underground bunker in Colorado. It’s the episode everyone loves, or at least what everyone recognizes as “serious,” which is too often conflated with “good.”
The main problem is that “Paradise” isn’t a serious show. It’s a goofy show. It’s a show in which our hero’s name (Xavier) is a mumbled letter away from “savior.” It’s a show that won’t stop referencing “Die Hard” while trying to…
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