Sugar’s big twist was more than a gimmick

For most of its first season, Sugar on Apple TV Plus was a fairly typical if slickly produced detective story. It starred Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private investigator with a number of charming quirks - obsessed with old movies, unable to get drunk, beloved by dogs - who was determined to solve a missing persons case involving the granddaughter of a famous Hollywood director. Then, at the end of episode six, the show introduced a twist that threatened to change it into something very different. But now that Sugar's finale is out, it's clear that the twist didn't alter what the show already was - it just added some new flavor.

Spoiler warning for the first season of Sugar, including the final episode.

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