In the very first shot of the pilot episode of “Paradise”—a recent dystopian political thriller from Hulu—a man played by Sterling K. Brown lies alone, unrestfully, in bed. His eyes are bolted open. A watercolor wash of blue light floods his face. He blinks a bit and looks around the room, then caresses the unused pillow next to his own. The man—soon we learn that he’s a hyper-competent, scrupulously moral Secret Service officer named Xavier Collins—is manifestly unhappy, and so the color of the light through the window is a bit of a pun. Xavier’s got the blues.
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