Paradise' is an instant hit on Hulu, as the new show with Sterling K. Brown and James Mardsen debuts atop the streamer's chart.

The actor and creator tried something much less weepy this time: a sci-fi thriller. Still it was “a homecoming on so many levels,” Brown said.

Hulu has made the first episode of Paradise available on the platform. The surprise drop comes two days before the triller was supposed to premiere.