Scripted series · OWN
Queen Sugar
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rutina Wesley
Nova Bordelon
88 eps
Dawn-Lyen Gardner
Charley Bordelon West
88 eps
Kofi Siriboe
Ralph Angel Bordelon
88 eps
Nicholas L. Ashe
Micah West
88 eps
Dondré Whitfield
Remy Newell
88 eps
Omar J. Dorsey
Hollywood Desonier
88 eps
Greg Vaughan
Calvin
88 eps
Tina Lifford
Violet Bordelon
88 eps
Ethan Hutchison
Blue Bordelon
13 eps
Bianca Lawson
Darla
88 eps
Vivien Ngô
Trinh Phan
3 eps
Ty Doran
Justin
1 eps
Tanyell Waivers
Keke
1 eps
Travis Quentin
Handsome White Man
1 eps
Myles Truitt
Ant
9 eps
Perris Drew
Terrence
1 eps
Grace Conrad
Young Nova
3 eps
Tevin Campbell
Cousin Junior
1 eps
Garrison Allen
Jason Gaston
1 eps
Shauna Rappold
Concierge
1 eps
Michael Hodson
Server
1 eps
Naomi Mack
Mia
1 eps
Scott Hanson
Newscaster
1 eps
Alyse Elna Lewis
Young Nova
1 eps
Gail Everett-Smith
Woman on the side of the road
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Queen Sugar actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Queen Sugar reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 88 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20212 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201613 episodes
8.4IMDbBest episode · S01E10 So Far
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201716 episodes
9.1IMDbBest episode · S02E01 After the Winter
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201813 episodes
9.5IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201913 episodes
9.8IMDb
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202110 episodes
10.0IMDb
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
202110 episodes
9.6IMDb
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
202213 episodes
6.5IMDbThe seventh and final season picks up six months after we last saw the Bordelons, as Ralph Angel and Darla welcome their new baby to the family.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
In No Uncertain Terms
Charley deals with the state of her marriage; Ralph Angel decides to farm full time; Aunt Violet finds out information about Hollywood that threatens their relationship.
- Directed by Neema Barnette
S01E03
Thy Will Be Done
Charley, Ralph Angel and Nova discover the contents of their father's will and consider running their newly inherited farm together; Ralph Angel is pushed to his limits when someone tries to take one of his father's possessions.
- Directed by Neema Barnette
S01E09
Next to Nothing
As the siblings work together to repair the damage caused by the hurricane, Charley, Ralph Angel and Remy are shocked to discover two corpses on their property.
- Directed by Kat Candler
S01E02
Evergreen
The Bordelon siblings try to plan their father's funeral but tensions arise between Charley and Nova; Ralph Angel argues with Aunt Violet about inviting his son; Charley meets someone interested in buying the farm.
- Directed by Ava DuVernay
S01E01
First Things First
A woman gives up her upscale Los Angeles lifestyle to return home to a large sugarcane farm in Louisiana after her father suffers a stroke; she reunites with her estranged siblings and learns alarming news about her husband.
- Directed by Ava DuVernay
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
The Queens of Queen Sugar
S07E13
For They Existed
S07E12
Be And Be Better
S07E11
We Can Be
S07E10
They Existed
S07E09
Whisper to Us
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lauren WolksteinProducer
- Monica MacerExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kat CandlerWriter
- Mike FlynnWriter
- Anthony SparksWriter
- Erika JohnsonWriter
- Monica MacerWriter
Direction
- Ava DuVernayDirector
- Lauren WolksteinDirector
- DeMane DavisDirector
- Kat CandlerDirector
- Victoria MahoneyDirector
- Julie DashDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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