• Network: Apple TV
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 5, 2024
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Ally Johnson
    Jun 19, 2026
    50
    Farrell really is remarkable, helping sell some of the show’s most emotional moments. But “Sugar” struggles to maintain interest beyond the big ideas it introduces, too often lost in genre mechanics when it should be spending more time getting to know its supplementary characters.
  2. Reviewed by: Nate Richard
    Jun 19, 2026
    60
    It's watchable, but it isn't as confident as Sugar's bold premise demands.
  3. Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jun 19, 2026
    60
    It’s a shame that gravity finally asserts itself and the series is dragged down into sci-fi silliness and a convoluted plot. .... When it plays it straight, this neo-noir treat serves up the black stuff with style.
  4. Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Jun 18, 2026
    60
    Every moment of Sugar is divine to look at, while the concept of the protagonist’s main superpowers being weary kindness and naive sweetness, despite his alien biology affording him actual superpowers, continues to bewilder and amuse