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* ImprobableAge: Creator/JamesCromwell is 84, while Creator/DennisBoutsikaris, who plays his son, is 71. Creator/AnnaGunn, at 55, plays the mother of the character played by Creator/NateCorddry, who is 46.

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* DoesntLikeGuns: Sugar doesn't carry a gun, citing this reason.

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* DoesntLikeGuns: Sugar says he doesn't like guns and doesn't carry one as a gun, citing this reason.result. However, he's very appreciative of being gifted the revolver used on-screen by Creator/GlennFord in ''Film/TheBigHeat''.


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* NiceGuy: John is notable for how friendly he is and sincerely providing help where he can -- such as introducing his chauffeur to a high-end doctor and trying to help a homeless guy get off the street.
* {{Omniglot}}: In the first episode, John demonstrates proficiency in Japanese, Arabic (saying he spent some time in Syria), and Spanish.

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* AsHimself: [[Creator/TurnerClassicMovies Ben Mankiewicz]]



* FormerChildStar: Davey Siegel (Creator/RobCorddry), another grandson of Jonathan Siegel, who is trying to relaunch his career as a serious grown-up actor. [[spoiler:It's revealed that he's a sexual predator, and suggested he may be involved with at least one murder.]]

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* FormerChildStar: Davey Siegel (Creator/RobCorddry), (Creator/NateCorddry), another grandson of Jonathan Siegel, who is trying to relaunch his career as a serious grown-up actor. [[spoiler:It's revealed that he's a sexual predator, and suggested he may be involved with at least one murder.]]


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* ImprobableAge: Creator/JamesCromwell is 84, while Creator/DennisBoutsikaris, who plays his son, is 71. Creator/AnnaGunn, at 55, plays the mother of the character played by Creator/NateCorddry, who is 46.
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* FormerChildStar: Davey Siegel (Creator/RobCorddry), another grandson of Jonathan Siegel, who is trying to relaunch his career as a serious grown-up actor. [[spoiler:It's revealed that he's a sexual predator, and suggested he may be involved with at least one murder.]]
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'''''Sugar''''' is a 2024 "genre-bending" DetectiveDrama TV series developed by Mark Protosevich, which premiered on Apple TV+ in April 2024.

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'''''Sugar''''' is a 2024 "genre-bending" DetectiveDrama TV series developed by Mark Protosevich, which premiered on Apple TV+ in April 2024.
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* DefinitelyJustACold: Sugar has tremors in his hand, suggesting a serious neurological condition, but he tells everyone it's no big deal.
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* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Episode three, "Shibuya Crossing", reveals that Sugar is part of a secret society, known as the Cosmopolitan Polyglot Society, who report to Ruby, and are expected to remain detached from their "work". Davey suspects they're a cabal of spies.

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* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Episode three, "Shibuya Crossing", Crossing" reveals that Sugar is part of a secret society, society known as the Cosmopolitan Polyglot Society, who Society. They report to Ruby, and are expected to remain detached from their "work". Davey suspects they're a cabal of spies.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Sugar.


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* CoolCar: The 1953 Chevrolet Corvette that Sugar drives once he returns to LA.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Sugar doesn't carry a gun, citing this reason.


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* NeverGetsDrunk: Sugar claims he's incapable of getting intoxicated, and thus he drinks solely for the enjoyment of it. It's the first clue that Sugar is more than what he seems.

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* BatmanColdOpen: The premiere opens with Sugar on the job in Japan, tracking down a kidnap victim.
* TheHandler: Ruby seems to function as this for Sugar and the rest of the Cosmopolitan Polyglot Society.



* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Episode three, "Shibuya Crossing", reveals that Sugar is part of a secret society who meet under the cover of a polyglot's reunion, report to Ruby, and are expected to remain detached from their "work". Davey suspects they're a cabal of spies.

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* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Episode three, "Shibuya Crossing", reveals that Sugar is part of a secret society society, known as the Cosmopolitan Polyglot Society, who meet under the cover of a polyglot's reunion, report to Ruby, and are expected to remain detached from their "work". Davey suspects they're a cabal of spies.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Some men are a mystery.'']]

'''''Sugar''''' is a 2024 "genre-bending" DetectiveDrama TV series developed by Mark Protosevich, which premiered on Apple TV+ in April 2024.

[[CharacterTitle John Sugar]] (Creator/ColinFarrell) is a Los Angeles PrivateInvestigator with a throwback style and a love of classic cinema. In the premiere, Sugar is hired by elderly film producer Jonathan Siegel (Creator/JamesCromwell) to locate his granddaughter Olivia (Sydney Chandler), a reformed drug addict who has gone missing. Sugar's investigation immediately causes waves within Hollywood and its criminal underbelly, but the secrets that he uncovers might just pale in comparison to the ones Sugar keeps about himself...

The series also stars Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste, Creator/AmyRyan, Creator/DennisBoutsikaris, Creator/NateCorddry and Creator/AlexHernandez.
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!!''Sugar'' contains examples of the following:

* MissionControl: Ruby does this for Sugar when he's working.
* PrivateDetective: John Sugar is not only a working PI, but he's pretty clearly styled himself after the old-school movie type of private detective.
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Episode three, "Shibuya Crossing", reveals that Sugar is part of a secret society who meet under the cover of a polyglot's reunion, report to Ruby, and are expected to remain detached from their "work". Davey suspects they're a cabal of spies.
* SexualExtortion: This is revealed to be one of the many ways Davey coerces women into sex.

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