Sterling K. Brown: Paradise won't become too bleak - "It's not a zero-sum game"

Season 2 of Paradise expands the story beyond the Colorado bunker, showing what life has been like for survivors on the surface while conditions inside the bunker grow more fraught, with increased security and monitoring even before Sinatra makes an extreme move to take her power back.

Sterling K. Brown says creator Dan Fogelman is less interested in bleakness than in how catastrophe affects people, and that the series leans toward generosity rather than despair. "It's not a zero-sum game," he argues, suggesting a rising tide can lift all boats and that a win for one person can be a win for others.

Julianne Nicholson makes clear Sinatra has no intention of opening Paradise to strangers. "No one else can come inside," she says, noting the community was designed to support a precise number of people and that Sinatra will try to placate the outsiders and send them on their way.

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