Colin Farrell’s Disastrous TV Show Pulls Off Shocking 180

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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Apple TV Sugar ’s first season hinged on the inanest of twists. However, with that cat now out of the bag, Apple TV’s series proves a far more confident and coherent sci-fi noir in its sophomore outing (June 19), using its loopy conceit to generate forlorn romanticism with a distinctly eccentric edge. As far as rebounds go, it’s a shockingly successful one, thanks in no small part to its Oscar-nominated star Colin Farrell, who—freed from having to play coy about his character’s true nature—delivers a uniquely charismatic performance as a hard-boiled detective whose lonely alienation and existential fears are enhanced by his out-of-this-world origins. Read more at The Daily Beast.