Do not listen to any of the fanboy posts on this page, this show is an absolute disaster. The pilot is quirky and interesting and alludes to this huge strange world of the show that will be revealed...and then it just doesn't. It's amazing to watch, there is literally no development of the central plot after the first episode--I've never seen anything like it. Killing this sham had to be the easiest decision HBO ever made. I think my favorite part is near the end of the season when John gets picked up by some Hispanic gangsters, parrots back some slang, and gets stabbed and thrown out of the van...episode over. It appears that they had no idea where the series was going, and managed to dupe HBO along with anyone unfortunate enough to waste their time on it. I CAN NOT BELIEVE anyone would compare it to deadwood, they have absolutely nothing in common save the person behind the camera and a few actors. It's mind boggling that people would dream up these similarities like "speech pattern". Deadwood has some of the most stylized dialogue in TV/movie history! JFC is naturalistic dialogue fitting for SoCal. Very different. I love almost everything HBO touches, but JFC is just hot garbage. It's an example of how difficult it is to make these shows, and how even very talented people can fail completely.
Review of John from Cincinnati
