Paradise PD follows a small-town police department where crime is rampant and the police are seriously incompetent. The force consists of Chief Randall Crawford, the violent Gina Jabowski, the overweight Dusty Marlow, the perverted senior citizen Stanley Hopson, the cowardly Gerald "Fitz" Fitzgerald, the addicted drug dog Bullet, and Crawford's son Kevin. The town is also home to many weird characters, including Crawford's ex-wife Karen, the hillbillies Robby and Delbert, Hobo Cop, Dr. Fudlicker, Preacher Paul, Terry Two-Toes and his mom. Continuing arcs of the show includes Gina's horniness over Dusty, Kevin's wish to impress his father, Fitz's double life as a drug kingpin simply known as the Kingpin, and the Crawfords' wish to get back together.
Cast and characters
Main
Sarah Chalke as Gina Jabowski, a psychotic and violent police officer who often sexually harasses her obese coworker Dusty Marlow. She does this because she has a fat fetish from a brain injury.
David Herman as Kevin Pubesalad Crawford, a newly hired police officer and the son of Chief Randall Crawford. As the series progresses, it is shown he is a capable and competent officer though he could be better if he had the proper equipment and funding for his work.
Tom Kenny as Chief Randall Crawford, the police chief of Paradise PD and Kevin's father. Once a fine and proud cop, following an incident where his son shot off both of his testicles, making him incredibly bitter over the next thirteen years, which eventually led to his divorce with his wife. He has to put on testosterone patches frequently in order to keep his masculinity in check.
Kyle Kinane as Bullet, a police dog who is addicted to the confiscated drugs that he is tasked with guarding.
Cedric Yarbrough as Gerald "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a police officer whose PTSD sometimes hinders his police work.
Dana Snyder as Dusty Marlow, an obese police officer who is constantly sexually harassed by Gina. He is very childlike and owns several cats.
* Snyder also voices Stanley Hopson, an elderly bisexual police officer who often gets out-of-the-ordinary assignments from Chief Crawford. Even at his advanced age, Hopson is a sexually active deviant, who often recounts his sexual endeavours with other men. He is also senile, which leads to many comical misunderstandings. In the pilot episode, Randall reveals that they cannot retire Stanley because the city lacks the funds to pay his pension.
Recurring
Grey Griffin as Mayor Karen Crawford, the mayor of Paradise, Kevin's mother, and Randall's ex-wife.
Waco O'Guin as Robbie, a blonde redneck who sells argyle meth. Bears a striking resemblance to Brickleberry character, Bobby Possumcods.
Roger Black as Delbert, Robbie's best friend and sidekick who also sells argyle meth. Also bears a striking resemblance to a Brickleberry character. In this case, it's BoDean. In the season one episode Task Force, Delbert gets attacked by the Kingpin's goons due to a decline in argyle meth sales and loses his right arm in the process; by the end of the first season he gains a robotic prosthetic. In the season two episode Who Ate Wally's Waffles, it is revealed that Delbert birth name was Wally and he was artificially created by imagineers at The Walt Disney Company to be their next Disney star; he is stolen by Robbie's family as a kid, renamed Delbert, and de facto adopted by Robbie's family after Robbie wanted Wally for his birthday.
Episodes
Part 1 (2018)
Part 2 (2020)
Production
Development
On April 4, 2018, Netflix announced that they had given the production a straight-to-series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was created by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black. Production company and animation studio Bento Box Entertainment was expected to produce the series alongside Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment. On October 30, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had renewed the series for a second season which premiered on March 6, 2020. The second season features a crossover episode with Brickleberry.
Casting
Alongside the initial series announcement, it was reported that Dana Snyder, Cedric Yarbrough, David Herman, Tom Kenny, Sarah Chalke, and Kyle Kinane had been cast in series regular roles.
Release
On July 25, 2018, the first trailer for the series was released alongside the announcement that it would premiere on August 31, 2018.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 40% with an average rating of 5.03/10, based on 5 reviews. In a negative review, The Daily Dots Audra Schroeder gave the series a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of five and criticized the series, describing it as "blunt-force humor without much emotional attachment." In a similarly unfavorable critique, Deciders Joel Keller recommended that viewers skip the series, saying, "If it were just a little bit funnier, we'd recommend it. But it's just not worth sitting through the many unfunny, dirty gags to get to the good stuff." In a more favorable assessment, Konbinis Florian Ques praised the series saying, "The most thrilling aspect of Paradise PD is its natural ability to slip in some real burns aimed at pop culture figures...The humor used to criticize them is very well-executed."
