Sugar, on Apple TV+, is one of the weirdest shows I have watched in a while. I think I really enjoyed it? I have no idea who to recommend it to, but if you like stuff that's kind of different, check it out.
@dmoren Agreed. It’s like you took the words out of my mouth. And the less anyone knows before watching it the better.
Also: I really like the 35-minute-ish episode length. “Servant” did the same. It made me realize how rigidly the TV industry has treated dramas and sitcoms since the dawn of TV. Drama = 60 minutes; sitcom = 30 minutes.
@gruber I just went back to watch the trailer again and there's literally one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot that hints to anything else. And yeah, episode length was a big plus—I burned through the whole thing in the last ten days or so. Even with a 30-minute episode, it all feels really weighty.
@dmoren Such an interesting show. My favorite little sequence was the series of scenes between Sugar and the homeless guy with the dog. Could've been so corny, but felt so genuine and poignant.
@gruber@dmoren 100% this. Watching Sugar reminds me how hard it is to watch a procedural that isn’t drenched in cynicism … and isn’t Lasso. I just forget how to classify it.
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