Paradise Season 1, Episode 7 Review – “The Day”
Paradise delivers an unsettling, engrossing vision of the end of the world in a standout episode – but is it a trick it can ever pull off again?
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Randy is the founder of Processed Media and The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved TV critic. He's written about TV and culture across the internet since 2010, and also writes a monthly column for UpPortland Magazine.
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