When it comes to playing sad dads and husbands, Sterling K. Brown can't catch a break. After six seasons of playing Randall Pearson on NBC hit This Is Us, Brown has endured his fair share of tragedy — he met and lost his biological father,

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.

Note: The following story contains spoilers from "Paradise" Episode 1. After "This Is Us" creator Dan Fogelman wrapped up the NBC drama in 2022 after six seasons, he didn't have an exact science for developing his next project,