Sugar

The following recap contains spoilers for Sugar S1E7, “The Friends You Keep” (written by Donald Joh & Sam Catlin and directed by Adam Arkin) When John Sugar (Colin Farrell) transformed into a blue alien at the end of last week’s episode, I noted that Melanie (Amy Ryan) was in the next room. Though she was […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Sugar S1E6, “Go Home” (written by Donald Joh & Sam Catlin and directed by Fernando Meirelles) Sugar Episode 6 is truly a well-put-together episode of television. We open with Bernie (Dennis Boutsikaris) and Margit (Anna Gunn) being informed of Davy’s (Nate Corddry) condition, and it’s not good. He’s technically […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Sugar S1E5, “Boy in a Corner” (written by Mark Protosevich and directed by Fernando Meirelles) Sugar S1E5 centers itself around David Siegel (Nate Corddry), as you might expect from its title: “Boy in the Corner.” That was the title of the film that made Davy a child star, and […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Sugar S1E4, “Starry-Eyed” (written by Mark Protosevich & Donald Joh and directed by Adam Arkin) “Starry-Eyed” is punctuated by videos from Olivia’s (Sydney Chandler) Instagram account, and I appreciate how Sugar is working to flesh out her character, even as she remains missing. In the videos, she laments the […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Sugar S1E3, “Shibuya Crossing” (written by Mark Protosevich & David Rosen and directed by Adam Arkin) Sugar S1E3 more or less picks up where Episode 2 left off. Melanie (Amy Ryan) gets a call from Teresa (Cher Alvarez), who says she was ambushed in her apartment by scary men […] More