re: Sugar - Apple+

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A couple things that bothered me this season, surface things not the big thing, the cuts to classic detective movies (Vertigo, Double Indemnity etc.) just made me wonder why I wasn't watching those movies and didn't help when I compared Sugar to those. The second (and this is a thing that almost never bothers me but) in an episode he mentioned LA Confidential. James Cromwell stars in LA Confidential and is the person that hires Sugar in this series. So, did James Cromwell not star in LA Confidential in the world of Sugar?

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I can't watch the finale until tonight but feel like I can answer these two questions.

1. I believe the idea of the cuts to classic films is how Sugar learned/trained for his job since he's not from here. He probably consumed a lot of noir films since his "day job" is being a private detective. And on just a personal note, I think it's just a hat tip to the genre in general. I do find myself going back and watching noir films again since the start of the show, including a couple referenced directly.

2. I don't get this either and the weirder part is they got the year wrong as well IIRC. It may just be a homage to Cromwell, Farrell said in a recent interview he really respected his work and loved working on set with him.

I kinda prefer just a modern noir, I enjoyed the inner narrative and old film cuts, the twist I'm not sold on but I need to see tonight how it plays out. I would watch S2 but not sure if I really want it if that makes sense.