Hulu’s ‘Paradise’ puts Denver’s airport conspiracies at center of its Season 2 finale
Mar 31, 2026, 12:05 PM
I’ve never actually watched the Hulu show Paradise, but after featuring Denver International Airport in their Season 2 finale, I have a new must-watch show.
The finale, titled “Exodus,” revealed that a second secret bunker housing a powerful quantum supercomputer called Alex is located directly beneath the airport, leaning into real-world conspiracy theories that have surrounded DIA for decades.
The episode’s final scene pulled the camera back from star Sterling K. Brown’s character, Xavier Collins, and panned across a 100-mile aerial shot to the Denver airport. The sequence lingered on the 32-foot, 9,000-pound Blue Mustang sculpture, “Blucifer,” before plunging underground to reveal the bunker beneath it.
Creator Dan Fogelman told the Los Angeles Times the Denver setting was deliberate.
“It’s not necessarily playing into any specific conspiracy theories, but we were certainly aware of them,” Fogelman said. “My writers room, collectively, decided it should be under the airport.”
In real life, DIA has long been the subject of conspiracy theories claiming it sits atop secret underground bunkers and tunnels built for government elites to survive an apocalypse. The airport has embraced the lore over the years, hosting conspiracy-themed exhibitions in its terminals.
The reveal sets up the show’s already confirmed third and final season, which is expected to follow Xavier’s journey to Denver. Hulu renewed “Paradise” for Season 3 on March 17.
“Paradise,” created by “This Is Us” creator Fogelman, premiered in 2025 as a political thriller before revealing its characters live in an underground doomsday bunker following a super-volcano that ended civilization.
