Chris Connor reviews the second season of Apple TV’s Sugar… Apple TV’s Sugar was something of a sleeper hit in 2024. It saw Colin Farrell’s private eye, John Sugar, solving crimes in sun-drenched LA. The PI was obsessed with classic noir films, with the show tipping its hat to the greats of the genre on […]
Colin Farrell is back on the case in Sugar season 2 trailer
Apple has released the trailer for the second season of the Colin Farrell-led neo-noir mystery series Sugar, teasing the latest missing person case Farrell’s John Sugar is investigating. Season two will see John Sugar investigating the disappearance of an up-and-coming local boxer’s older brother, while continuing the search for his own missing sister. As the investigation […]
Colin Farrell returns as Sugar in season 2 first look images ahead of summer premiere
Colin Farrell’s return as detective John Sugar has been marked for a summer release date of June 19th. Additionally, Apple TV+ has released the first batch of images from Sugar‘s upcoming season. Premiering in 2024, Sugar followed Farrell’s John Sugar, a private detective who is hired by a wealthy movie producer to locate his missing granddaughter. Season […]
Sugar renewed for second season at Apple TV+
Colin Farrell will return as private investigator John Sugar as Apple TV+ has renewed Sugar for a second season. Sugar‘s first season saw Farrell’s John Sugar being hired to find a missing person from a rich and important Hollywood family, uncovering several secrets regarding the family’s shady history along the way. The series was created by Mark […]
Sugar Episode 8 Review – ‘Farewell’
Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar has been an intriguing if up and down blend of sci-fi and noir, carried by its lead performance from Colin Farrell and sense of mystery. The final episode wraps up the dangling threads surrounding Olivia Siegel’s disappearance while hinting at further mysteries for our […]
Sugar Episode 7 Review – ‘The Friends You Keep’
Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Sugar… Sugar’s twist in episode 6 threatened to upend just about everything we thought we knew about the show, revealing that Sugar and his associates are aliens sent to observe humanity. The penultimate episode returns to the noir tone of the majority of the show with the sci-fi kept […]
Sugar Episode 6 Review – ‘Go Home’
Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar has hinted throughout its first five episodes, that something mysterious is afoot. In its sixth episode we get revelations that will perplex some viewers and that shifts what we think of the show entirely as it goes from a Neo Noir show to something […]
Sugar Episode 5 Review – ‘Boy In the Corner’
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar’s fifth episode continues his investigation into Olivia’s disappearance, finding involvement from unexpected places. Initially, Sugar confronts David Siegel following his arrest at the end of the previous episode, David is clearly fixated on fame and its hard to discern fact from fiction. The episode […]
Sugar Episode 4 Review – ‘Starry-Eyed’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar continues to be both a homage to film noir of the past with clips from the likes of Double Indemnity and other well-known staples scattered throughout, but also a peculiar beast that is hard to pinpoint. It is this sense of uniqueness that keeps […]
Sugar Episode 3 Review – ‘Shibuya Crossing’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar’s opening two episodes impressively built a sense of atmosphere and intrigue with nods to noir gone by but with a distinct edge, led by Colin Farrell’s lead performance. A shorter third episode continues the promise as Sugar continues the investigation into what happened to […]
