Apple TV+ Is Bringing Back Sugar—Also, Why Is io9 Suddenly Talking About Sugar?

Sugar wrapped up its eight-episode archetypal play backmost successful May connected Apple TV+, and contempt its awesome pedigree—stars Colin Farrell (The Penguin), Kirby (The Sandman, The Good Place), Amy Ryan (Only Murders successful the Building), and James Cromwell (Succession); manager Fernando Meirelles (City of God)—io9 didn’t screen it due to the fact that Sugar presented itself arsenic the neo-noir communicative of a backstage oculus tracking down a missing person. But, uh, we volition surely beryllium changing that attack present that Apple TV+ has announced a 2nd season.

Sometimes, it’s hard to cognize if a task is really genre capable to acceptable into io9’s sum country of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy—and sometimes knowing the information up of clip tin beryllium a spoiler. A straightforward play is evidently not successful our wheelhouse, but Sugar contained a twist that made it perfectly wide it was telling a sci-fi story.

Before we get into immoderate details there, here’s much astir the renewal, courtesy of an Apple TV+ property merchandise touting “one of the top crippled twists successful caller TV history.” All it says astir play two’s crippled is arsenic follows: “After the events of play one, play 2 volition spot Sugar find himself backmost successful Los Angeles taking connected different missing person’s case, arsenic helium continues to look for answers surrounding his missing sister.”

“It has been incredibly breathtaking to spot audiences astir the satellite clasp Sugar, and we are thrilled to instrumentality for a 2nd season,” enforcement producers Audrey Chon and Simon Kinberg said successful the release. “We’re truthful grateful to our partners astatine Apple for their support, our showrunner Sam Catlin, the superb Colin Farrell, and of course, our viewers. We can’t hold to get John Sugar backmost connected the case.”

Catlin volition besides showrun play two; truthful far, there’s nary connection connected who, if anyone, volition instrumentality among the formed different than Farrell, who’s besides an enforcement producer.

“Since its premiere, audiences person been gripped by the mysteries and twists of Sugar, with an unthinkable show by Colin Farrell astatine the center,” enthused Matt Cherniss, caput of programming for Apple TV+. “Colin, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, and the full squad down this bid person brilliantly blended genres to make a compelling, can’t-miss bid that keeps viewers guessing, and we cannot hold to spot wherever Detective John Sugar finds himself successful play two.”

Ok, and if you are dying to know…

Surprise: John Sugar turned retired to beryllium an alien! And truthful were immoderate of the different characters! With that small factoid retired successful the open—to the viewing audience, astatine least; Sugar‘s wide array of Earth radical are unaware they’ve been secretly invaded—season 2 volition decidedly person immoderate intriguing caller territory to explore. You tin drawback up connected Sugar play 1 connected Apple TV+.

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