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Apr 4, 2024

Sugar

Broadly loved
Reactions
1,587
Score confidence
very high
Score trend
Seasons
2
Status
Returning Series
Age rating
TV-MA
78
Score

The show

John Sugar is a dashing private eye navigating the dark corners of sunny LA. Though he sees only the good in humanity, Sugar is haunted by a secret too dangerous to expose.

Created by
Mark Protosevich
Status
Returning Series

The Cast

Stills

The Real Review

People are mostly into this neo-noir, and Colin Farrell's charismatic turn as the good-hearted detective John Sugar is the main reason. He's got the star power to carry the sunny LA mystery, and the show looks fantastic. The story gets a mixed bag, though, with some finding it a bit derivative and the pacing uneven. A few supporting characters, like Raymond Lee's Ji Moon and Tony Dalton's Vega, didn't land for a lot of viewers, but Farrell's performance keeps it compelling.

Synthesized from 1,587 real reactionsvery high confidence
PraisedActing · Visuals · Originality · Humor · Story
DivisivePacing

By season

Season 1
87
125 reactions
Season 2
73
643 reactions

Scored only from posts that clearly name a season. Seasons without enough of that conversation yet aren’t shown.

Sentiment split

67% positive
22% mixed
10% negative

By aspect

story67
acting94
originality81
visuals93
pacing59
humor78

How opinion moved

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Buzz

Aug 22132 reactions over two weeksSep 4

How much people are talking about this show: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Colin Farrellperson513× · 58%+John Sugarcharacter188× · 54%+Sugarcharacter91× · 55%+Tony Daltonperson22× · 50%+Shea Whighamperson16× · 44%+Sasha Calleperson15× · 53%+Vegacharacter14× · 21%+Johncharacter12× · 17%+Laura Donnellyperson11× · 18%+Mark Protosevichperson10× · 10%+Sugarplot_element9× · 56%+Ji Mooncharacter8× · 13%+Jin Haperson7× · 29%+Djencharacter6× · 17%+Raymond Leeperson6× · 0%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
1,587

We show volume and platform mix, not posts. No comment text is stored or displayed. Every figure above is analysis output from public posts and reviews.