This Is Us' collaborators Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman reunite for Hulu drama 'Paradise', a twisty thriller that still puts feeling first.

Fogelman’s new Hulu series Paradise, premiering Jan. 28, makes This Is Us’ approach to storytelling look timid. It, too, leads viewers to believe it’s a certain kind of show—a political thriller à la The Diplomat or Scandal—only to execute a massive swerve in the final moments of its first episode.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) is a Secret Service agent tasked with protecting President Cal Bradford (James Marsden) while he's in office, and afterward —

As the twisty whodunnit-cum-conspiracy plot plays out in the show’s present, flashbacks tease out background on Xavier and Sinatra’s relationships with the slick Bradford. These glimpses of the past also flesh out the human drama and bring in themes of grief and trauma.

Dan Fogelman, creative writer of notable projects like Cars, Tangled, Crazy, Stupid, Love, and This Is Us proves once again that he can turn a familiar story on its head with his narrative prowess.

Dan Fogelman created the eight-episode drama, which co-stars James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson and isn't exactly the series it initially seems to be.