Hulu's new political crime series has a President who loves Kentucky, hates Christian Laettner

Blue got in the new political crime series on Hulu. “Paradise,” starring James Marsden and Sterling Brown, is available to stream now if you’re into that sort of thing, and in the first episode, Marsden’s character dropped an unexpected Kentucky Basketball reference.

Marsden, a former KSR guest, plays President Cal Bradford, a die-hard Kentucky fan (with an ironic first name by the show’s writers). About halfway through Episode 1, titled “Wildcat Down,” we learn the President loves his Wildcats, and though he is the Commander-In-Chief, he still hasn’t gotten over Christian Laettner’s shot in 1992.

After dodging an assassination attempt, the President says, “I’ll admit, when I saw that blood, I thought I’d been Christian Laettnered… Christian Laettner? Duke? He made the most famous college basketball shot of all time against us in the tournament, single-handedly killed me and every other Kentucky Wildcat fan that day.”

Nobody enjoys a Christian Laettner callback, but it is neat to see Kentucky references in the fictional Oval Office. Maybe Episode 2 will welcome Chief of Staff Willie Cauley-Stein, or the President will declare war on Knoxville.

Watch the trailer for “Paradise” for more on Big Blue Nation’s fictional President