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Dirty John - Season 1
In this dramatic series, events seem more dramatic and powerful through a love story that turns into another turn. The series begins its season with a woman named Debra Newell who began living in a love story with a handsome doctor named John Mehan. After a short time, Debra discovers that John has drawn her into a sinister game she did not fully expect in Southern California.
3 February 1978, Puyallup, Washington, USA
20 August 1966, Wichita, Kansas, USA
5 January 1969, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
16 August 1955, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
25 June 1984, Branford, Connecticut, USA
13 September 1951, Seattle, Washington, USA
23 January 1980, New York, USA
19 September 1988, Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA
15 October 1946, Davenport, Iowa, USA
11 July 1950, Bakerfield, California, USA
5 November 1967, Bronx, New York, USA
November 16, 2018
Enter "Dirty John," a Bravo event series adapted from the salacious multi-part Los Angeles Times articles and podcast, which...basically plays like an old-school Lifetime movie, just stretched into episodic form.
November 16, 2018
It's Bana, though, who may benefit the most from Dirty John; as Meehan, the actor pivots from charming to chilling and back again with astonishing ease.
November 14, 2018
Britton and her talented co-stars are wasted here on a warmed-over Lifetime movie masquerading as a prestige TV miniseries - one that's, sadly, not even trashy enough to qualify as a guilty pleasure.
November 19, 2018
Dirty John has too often reinstated the rules of the "woman-in-peril" dramas that the realism of the earlier formats allowed it to escape.
November 14, 2018
Dirty John knows what (and where) it is and doesn't bother taking itself too seriously, which adds an intriguing and digestible aspect throughout.
November 21, 2018
The eight-episode series is boosted by strong performances all around. Britton (and, let's be honest, her hair) make every show she's in better, whether it's Friday Night Lights, Nashville, SMILF, or (yes) 9-1-1.
November 16, 2018
I expected so much more. In the end, "Dirty John" only managed to spin a new con - promising dessert and delivering a plate of lukewarm leftovers.
November 20, 2018
Best of all, "Dirty John" mostly avoids the cliche of making Debra appear to be a fool or a dupe.
November 21, 2018
If you've been looking for an excuse to tap that box of pink wine lurking in the back of your fridge and hoot and gasp at your TV screen, happy holidays.
November 21, 2018
There is some pleasure in watching the inevitable unfold, particularly since the cast is solid. Britton is, as usual, a sympathetic lead, even if her character is written to be shallow.
