Apple TV’s critically acclaimed sci-fi neo-noir detective series Sugar finishes a strong second season on Friday, August 7, 2026 with episode eight, “Like Sugar.” The upcoming season finale’s description warns something big’s in store for the titular character, who’s spent season two helping a drug-addicted boxer and going after crooked cops.
Colin Farrell stars as John Sugar, Jin Ha is Danny, Raymond Lee plays Ji, Tony Dalton is Vega, Laura Donnelly is Charlotte, and Sasha Calle stars as Val. Shea Whigham guest stars as Tom Flyberg.
Episode 8 Plot: Sugar attends an event that shakes him to his core.
Sugar Season 2 Synopsis:
Sugar is a contemporary, unique take on one of the most popular and significant genres in literary, motion picture, and television history: the private detective story. Season two ushers in the return of Los Angeles’s iconic private detective and film connoisseur John Sugar, played by Colin Farrell, who stayed on earth in hopes to find his sister as he takes on a new missing persons case – searching for the older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer. As the investigation expands into a sinister, city-wide conspiracy, Sugar must reckon with himself to answer the question—how far will he go to do what’s right?
Sam Catlin is the showrunner and serves as an executive producer along with Colin Farrell, Audrey Chon, Simon Kinberg, Scott Greenberg, and Chip Vucelich.
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