As Paradise Season 2 gears up for release this week, people are clamoring to re-watch the first season, released a year ago. Set in a world after a doomsday event, the political thriller follows a special agent on the president's Secret Service security detail, Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown). All eight episodes of the first season are currently available on Hulu.The Hulu series was positively received by both critics and audiences when it streamed on Hulu last year. Therefore, the hype for the upcoming second season has been building for almost a year. The second season is set to premiere this Monday and conclude on March 30, 2026.Paradise streaming details: What channel is Paradise streaming on? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAs mentioned earlier, the political thriller streams on Hulu. The first season set up an intriguing mystery for Xavier Collins as he heads out into the world in search of his family, whom he believed to be dead. Moreover, the upcoming second season of Paradise is the middle chapter of the series. Creator Dan Fogelman himself confirmed a three-season plan for Paradise last year in a The Hollywood Reporter (THR) interview:“We have this very precise three-year plan, and this next season coming is kind of the middle episode of our trilogy with also its own beginning, middle and end. We have a three-season story that’s bigger than what people think it is right now, and it’s going to span a couple of genres.”In the coming months, we may learn more about the third season in the coming months as Disney has not renewed the series for season 3 yet.What do we know about season 2? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe second season is set in a different setting as Xavier is outside in this season. As that happens, new and old acquaintances return in the second season. The cast of the second season includes:Julianne Nicholson: Samantha "Sinatra" RedmondNicole Brydon Bloom: Jane DriscollShailene WoodleyPatrick FischlerThomas DohertySarah Shahi: Gabriela TorabiTimothy OmundsonMichael McGradyRyan Michelle BatheJulianne Nicholson is a notable return to this season. This isn't surprising because Fogelman confirmed Nicholson's return in the same THR interview last year. If you remember, Sinatra was recovering in the closing minutes of the season 1 finale. Confirming that Redmond survived, Dan Fogelman told THR:"She’s incapacitated. But Julianne is going to be in the show next year, and she’s not going to be in a bed the entire season. However Sinatra, like any delicious leader, even when she’s a step behind the curve and losing control, she always seemed to find a way out of it and regain control. What you’re seeing at the end of the season is Sinatra at her lowest point. She’s lost control. She’s physically incapacitated. This crazy young woman [Jane] is hovering over her and so the question of season two is: How does she come back to center? How does she try to regain power? Is she able to? Do the turn of events cause a change in her? Those are all the large questions on the table."He further teased Sinatra's role in season 2:"Oh, absolutely. Yes, yes, absolutely. Before you came on for this interview, I was just pitching Julianne some giant stuff from season two, all out of order and complicated (laughs). But yes, it’s fair to say that Sinatra remains the driver of this bunker city and as we get into season two down below [in the bunker], there’s a bigger story and mystery that involves this city that Julianne’s character has been at the forefront of the entire time. So there’s a lot more to be revealed."Rewatch the entire season 1 on Hulu as we wait for Paradise Season 2.