Overview
- Episodes 1–3 are streaming now on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, with the eight-episode season continuing weekly at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT through March 30.
- Season 2 broadens the narrative to the surface world and inside Paradise, opening with a three-part structure that sets up converging storylines.
- Shailene Woodley and Thomas Doherty join returning cast members including Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi and James Marsden.
- A new survivor faction led by Link is introduced with a stated mission focused on safely decommissioning nuclear power plants across the U.S.
- Early reception reports a high-80s Rotten Tomatoes score, with praise for performances and ambition alongside critiques that the season can feel messy or overstuffed; creator Dan Fogelman frames it as the middle of a planned three-season arc.