Sugar Rush

2005
Sugar Rush

Seasons & Episodes

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  • 1
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EP1 Episode 1 Jun 15, 2006

Eighteen months later, life is largely back to normal at Kim's Brighton home. Even Stella has returned and seems monogamous with Nathan, the parental couple in sex therapy. Sugar however is in jail. Kim meets and ultimately 'dates' sex shop clerk 'Saint' in a nightclub. There ten years older Anna, who believed Kim of professional age, invites her to a private party and lets her stay for breakfast.

EP2 Episode 2 Jun 22, 2006

Kim attracts the attentions of classmate Melissa before visiting Sugar in jail. Sugar suggests that Kim take Melissa as her girlfriend to make Saint jealous but Kim finds Melissa more boring than she had thought and tries to get her interested in Anna. Saint has seen the interplay between the women at the club and tells Kim she knows that Melissa was not really her girlfriend and the pair are reconciled.

EP3 Episode 3 Jun 29, 2006

After having sex with Saint Kim goes to visit Sugar,who is expecting early release after granted a staff member favours. She asks to come and stay with Kim as she is homeless and Kim agrees. Returning to Saint's flat Kim is shocked to see a half-naked man whom Saint explains is Mark,an old flame,but they were never serious. Noticing that Saint and Mark have identical tattoos Kim is uncertain as to whether to believe her. However the girls talk things over and get close again. Only then does Kim realise she was meant to collect Sugar from prison.

EP4 Episode 4 Jul 06, 2006

Sugar moves in with Kim but the relationship is entirely platonic with Sugar sleeping on an air-bed. She gets a job in a candy floss stall,from where,as Kim discovers, she sells drugs. She also has sex with Saint and ultimately moves out of Kim's. Nathan and Stella meanwhile find a swingers' magazine intended for the people next door has been mistakenly delivered to them, which arouses their curiosity.

EP5 Episode 5 Jul 13, 2006

Kim is head over heels with her new girlfriend Saint, but when Saint goes away on a business trip Kim is worried and jealous. She passes her time by going to a drag king night at her favourite club, and meets the sexy and overpowering Montana, whose band is performing in the club that night. The key words and phrases for the rest of the story are kissing, girlfriend walking in, girlfriend walking out, drug overdose, hospital, misunderstanding.

EP6 Episode 6 Jul 20, 2006

After Kim's accidental overdose, Stella is worried about her, but doesn't actually want to talk to her daughter herself. So she sends her to psychiatrist Dr Candida. Kim's initially hostile, she's got nothing to say to a shrink. But once Kim starts talking, there's no stopping her. There's certainly plenty to talk about. Kim's still gutted over her break up with Saint. She's desperate to ask for Saint's forgiveness, but how do you explain away a random infidelity with a stranger? And Sugar's giving Kim a lot to think about too.

EP7 Episode 7 Jul 27, 2006

Kim spends a night in the cells after going for Saint's casual sex partner though ultimately the pair are reunited. Sugar is being pursued by Dmitri, an ex-boyfriend to whom she apparently owes money and, having failed to get it from her face to face, he steals it from the till at the sex shop where Sugar is now working. However Sugar and Saint team up to offer him a threesome for which he is blindfolded. They then, along with Kim, take the shoe-box containing the money from where he had hidden it under the bed and leave him unaware that he is being pleasured by his dog.

EP8 Episode 8 Aug 03, 2006

After getting the bill for Kim's counselling sessions Nathan announces that the family should behave in a more conventional manner, He wants Stella to stop going to swingers' parties with him and attend marriage guidance instead. In fact they say that they are going to a meeting that night, leaving Kim to mind disturbed younger brother Matt though Kim leaves him to meet Saint. Sugar, meanwhile, confesses all to Mark, who ends up showering her with kisses.

EP9 Episode 9 Aug 10, 2006

Kim wakes up in Matt's coffin since Sugar and Mark are in her bed. She gets annoyed when Sugar goes on at length about her relationship with Mark and is even more upset when she learns that Stella confided in Sugar, and not her own daughter, that she is pregnant again. She has sex with Saint, who is herself not in the best of spirits as it is the anniversary of her mother's death. Mark takes Sugar to meet his parents, who like her - until she reveals that she has been in prison.

EP10 Episode 10 Aug 17, 2006

Kim decides not to move in with Saint and accidentally starts a fire.
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Released: 07 June 2005 Ended
Producted By: Shine TV
Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: http://www.channel4.com/sugar
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Sugar Rush is an Emmy Award–winning British television comedy drama series developed by Shine Limited and broadcast by Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel of the same name. It follows the trials and tribulations of teenager Kim Daniels, who is dealing with all the usual adolescent issues, plus one - she thinks she might be gay. Her family has recently moved to Brighton from London, and she finds herself with a huge crush on her new best friend, Maria `Sugar' Sweet. Sugar has a bit of a wild side, and frequently gets Kim into trouble, though Kim can find trouble on her own as well. Despite attractions to other girls, and a few attempts at being interested in guys, Kim continues to long for Sugar.

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Scott W. Larson Not many Americans have seen this show (and with only twenty episodes, that's not likely to change) so I thought I throw a word in. I bought the first season because I buy lots of DVDs in PAL format since they have higher resolution and cost just a few dollars more to ship overseas. I stumbled upon this show which sounded like a lesbian My So-Called Life, one of the most celebrated shows about teenage life that barely survived one season on ABC.The first few episodes are not all that good. Kim is manipulative and kind of despicable but at least is honest to herself about it (thanks to the voice overs, another thing that made My So-Called Life wonderful). It's easy to root for her because she's pretty and surrounded by awful people. Sugar and her mom are sluts, her father is clueless and spineless, and her younger brother is suffering from mental problems so severe I can't believe I'm supposed to laugh at them. Kim apparently had a lot of friends recently (look at the numbers on her cell phone) but dropped them once Sugar arrived and getting her seems to be the only focus of her life. She has no interest in checking out the gay clubs in Brighton where even a closeted minor can socialize and find friends.There are some good attempts at light humor as Kim manipulates her mom and Sugar or have events unexpectedly go her way (in the clever "crabs" episode for example) but a lot of jokes go flat (like the "date rape" episode). At that point it's not much more than a funny soap opera and I'm wondering if this show is ever going to take itself seriously. If the DVD set hadn't traveled thousands of miles to me, I probably would have lost interest in it.Then, in a swirling scene, one of Kim's clever tricks pays off big time! The light humorous tone disappears and the show suddenly and completely comes alive. Finally, the drama I've been waiting for arrives and it's intense and believable. Kim's relationship with Sugar becomes dramatically real and we see just how much she's put her heart on the line for her. The motivations behind her mother's cheating come out and a real mother-daughter relationship develops. Her father becomes a stronger, more sympathetic character and less of a running joke. Even the humor improves. I've never seen a show take off like this.Also, I'm glad to see a series that shows that color EXISTS in Britain. We Americans see so many drab-looking British shows, we all think every day must be gray and cloudy there (well, every day I've been there was). Nearly every scene is full of blazingly saturated colors (much like our Veronica Mars) and the outdoor scenes on the Brighton Pier are wonderfully colorful and beautiful.
Hashimuri A quick sum-up: This show has no depth and no subtlety. The editing and cinematography make you feel like you're watching MTV. It's a bit insulting to assume young adult viewers lack attention spans and need to be bombarded by fast cuts, loud music, over-the-top humour and non-realistic dialogue. Considering the premise for the show holds infinite potential, there is no excuse for doing such a lousy job!To expand: Too many people defend this show simply for addressing the issue of a teenage girl's homosexual feelings, finally bringing such a "taboo" theme to mainstream TV. Well, that's hardly a feat when, as another reviewer posted, the show makes a mockery of sexuality. Okay, I'll give it 2 stars for not having a moralistic spin, but the way it portrays sexuality and just life itself, is hardly realistic or even intelligent (I mean, genres like satire or comedy can definitely be deep and captivating without being realistic, so long as they're intelligent!). This show treats the process of coming to terms with sexuality in such a facetious way - there is no development. I think it can be portrayed positively and yet with depth. I'm not saying that just because Kim is gay she has to agonise over it, or get depressed - it's great that she's embracing of it and just really, really wants to get laid. Great! You'd think the stage would be set for a witty, fun, no-frills drama. WRONG. Not even "fun" is handled well in this show - all the situations are so contrived, just aiming to "shock" viewers. Plus too much time is spent on Kim's parents and their sex life, which doesn't advance the storyline that people actually care about, so it's a bit WTF?! all around. P.S.: And has nobody else actually noticed that Kim and Sugar have NO CHEMISTRY? It's hard to build a lesbian-themed show around two characters when their on screen interaction is so hollow and unconvincing. I won't blame the actresses, I'll blame the script and the show's creators.
bluboi hey. I'm in sugar rush 2 (as Matt) and trust me, Sugar Rush 2 is going 2 be great. Every1 should have something 2 look forward 2. Weird things happen like changes in the family and more hilarious moments 2 enjoy. I can't tell u much more about the show but i can guarantee lots of laughs and tears. If u would like n e give-aways then feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] and yes i did get this name from being blue in the first series!!!!!!! loads of people started calling me it so i made it!!!!!!! Hope u like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry about all of the exclamation marks but i needed 2 take up space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jpa2005 I think it deals with the issues very well, and it does it in a comedic way without causing offence. i definitely recommend it even if u are not going through what Kim is. I definitely can relate to Kim in some of the issues and it has made me see the funny side of it. I think the actors who play Kim and Sugar are very talented. I hope it will be released on DVD as i think it is well worth getting it. The music used in the series is also very good. I give this programme 10/10 and highly recommend it to any teenager dealing with the issues or not. I also think the brother from another planet is very well used as most people with brothers feel they come from another planet but the brothers don't if you get me.