Different romantic and drama looks strong tells the series. The series begins with the story of a woman named Debra Newell, who meets a handsome doctor named John Mehan. John and Debra began a new and very exciting love story, but perhaps his sweetheart John would be attracted to a sinister game in Southern California that turns her life into another turning point.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
