“Paradise”'s Latest Casualty Speaks: Why They Didn't Fight Back and What the Exit Means for Sinatra (Exclusive)
“Paradise”'s Latest Casualty Speaks: Why They Didn't Fight Back and What the Exit Means for Sinatra (Exclusive)
Sabienna BowmanWed, March 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM UTC
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Sarah Shahi (left) and Nicole Brydon Bloom on 'Paradise'Credit: Disney/Ser Baffo (2) -
Nicole Brydon Bloom reflects on her character Jane's shocking exit from Paradise and the challenges of filming her intense death scene
Bloom theorizes Jane's past trauma and disorientation influenced her lack of resistance in her final moments
Jane's death leaves Sinatra vulnerable as she faces mounting threats in the season 2 finale of the show, out March 30, 2026
Paradise's latest casualty is speaking out after her character's shocking exit.
On the Monday, March 23 episode, "The Final Countdown," Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom) was outsmarted by Dr. Gabriela Torabi (Sarah Shahi). Near the end of the hour, the deadly secret service agent saw what she believed to be the perfect opening to eliminate Gabriela. However, when Jane went upstairs in the doctor's home to kill the psychiatrist while she was in the shower, she was caught by surprise when she realized Gabriela had tricked her.
The psychiatrist used a steamy bathroom to get the jump on Jane and stab her twice, leaving her to bleed out on the shower floor. Bloom, 32, tells PEOPLE she was initially "defensive" of her character when she read how Jane would die.
"I was defensive of my character when I read that because we've established that Jane is highly-skilled, highly-trained, the biggest mother ever in the bunker," she admits. "And so I kind of was like, wait, what? How does Dr. Torabi, who has no prior experience with this at all, take Jane by surprise?"
Nicole Brydon Bloom on 'Paradise'Credit: Disney/Ser Baffo
She eventually decided that the moment did "make sense" due to Jane not anticipating that Gabriela was expecting her to make a move.
"For viewers, I think it'll be really fun," Bloom continues. "How incredible for Gabriela to sort of get the jump on someone who is so skilled. But yeah, I had to kind of work to have that make sense... anyone who's taken off guard is in a vulnerable position. So I was like, okay, it does make sense."
Bloom even has her own theory on why Jane didn't attempt to fight back in her final moments, pointing to the pivotal sauna scene in the previous episode, "Jane," as a possible explanation for the deadly agent's disorientation.
"The steam from the shower, made me think of the sauna scene where little Jane is thrown into the sauna. And so kind of just in my own head, I was like, 'Okay, maybe this is a triggering moment for her and she's a little off-balance, a little confused,' " she explains.
"She hits her head and then sort of is bleeding out," the actress adds. "And Jane, I think, probably understands the human body enough to know that a kidney shot in the lower back is pretty quickly fatal and so perhaps rather than fighting back, which was kind of my desire or instinct, she just knows how quickly this can take her down."
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As for the actual mechanics of filming Jane's big death scene, Bloom says it was "hilarious" and also really cold.
She adds, "I was in that shower kind of half wet, covered in blood for six hours. It's cold on those sound stages, so it was its own interesting challenge just as an actor to be like, 'Uh-huh, okay, I have a break, but only for 20 minutes. Do I want to change out of my wet clothes? Do I want to stay in character? What do you do with that?' But it was cool to explore."
Julianne Nicholson (left) and Nicole Brydon Bloom on 'Paradise'Credit: Disney/Gilles Mingasson
Jane's death comes at a particularly tricky time for Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson), who has come to rely on the agent as her deadliest weapon throughout season 2. Heading into the final episode with outsiders (potentially led by her thought-to-be deceased son) attempting to breach the bunker and the citizens inside beginning to realize their leader may have an ulterior motive, Bloom says Sinatra may wish Jane was still alive.
"I think early on, Sinatra admits that Jane is the only one she can trust at this point and who's protecting her. So I think she's quite vulnerable," she reveals.
With just one episode left in season 2, Sinatra is setting a major plan in motion, and this time, she doesn't have her scariest foot soldier watching her back.
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The Paradise season 2 finale premieres Monday, March 30 on Hulu.
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