‘Sugar’ EP Says Other Networks Were “Scared” Of Big Episode 6 Twist Before Apple Bought Colin Farrell Series

SPOILER ALERT: Do Not Read If You Have Not Seen Tonight’s Episode 6

The Apple TV+ series Sugar has been teasing a big reveal coming up.

Sugar revolves around John Sugar (Colin Farrell) a private investigator hired by Hollywood titan Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his granddaughter, Olivia (Sydney Chandler).

Tonight, the big secret that Sugar held was delivered at the end of Episode 6. Colin Farrell’s private investigator character was revealed to be an alien.

There were hints. Sugar said earlier in the season in an aside to Melanie (Amy Ryan) that he processes alcohol 50 times faster than others. In another segment, he admits to her he has a “big secret.”

Executive producer Simon Kinberg spoke to People that those hints were part of a “continuous modulation of different ideas.”

Other networks and streamers had big concerns over the twist when they were pitched the show, Kinberg said. Major buyers passed.

“There were a lot of people that loved the writing. They loved the character, because Mark Protosevich had written a beautiful script, and John Sugar was such a unique and beautiful character,” Kinberg said to People of the shopping period. “But there were a lot of places that were scared of this reveal, that it felt like the blending, or mashup of the genres, was too risky. There were some places that said, ‘Why can’t it just be a detective show? It’s a really good detective show.’”

“It was a big swing,” the executive producer concluded. But “now I think once people see this episode, it will be hard to imagine this show without this element.”