squarely among their tradition. Farrell joins Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”) and Clive Owen (“Monsieur Spade”) in the group of heavy-hitting recent actors who have dusted off the genre.
The show constantly makes us wonder if his disposition is a front. Sugar is investigating the case of Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler), a beautiful young ingenue who’s missing.
Her grandfather, legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell), has tapped Sugar to find her. So the show explores the seedy underbelly of a glamorous backdrop.
Sugar also has a girl Friday of sorts, Ruby (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). The show is peppered with his monologues that are edged with moody undertones.“Finding people that are lost, bringing them back to those that miss them — that part of the job I like,” he says during one voiceover, while soft jazz plays in the background. “It makes the occasional knife fight and ruined suit worthwhile.
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