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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.
9 July 1957, Newport Beach, California, USA
30 November 1990, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
2 October 1967, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
7 July 1953, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
27 June 1991, Brownwood, Texas, USA
21 August 1971, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3 February 1978, Puyallup, Washington, USA
27 November 1960, Tappan, New York, USA
26 November 1972, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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 20, 2018
Best of all, "Dirty John" mostly avoids the cliche of making Debra appear to be a fool or a dupe.
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 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.
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 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
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 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 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 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.
