Watching John from Cincinnati made me think about a world where Lost ended its run long before questions could be answered. Chilling, for sure, but more importantly, it would be unfair. That's how I felt with John from Cincinnati. Questions were being asked, but the show never really got a chance to answer them. But where Lost began more conventionally, only later delving into intense mythology, and thus allowing additional seasons, John from Cincinnati jumps right into it, leaving viewers confused. Apparently, most were not willing to wait for the story to unravel, and abandoned ship before anything truly powerful could be developed. But the episodes that do make up the first, and only, season are quite good. The show follows the famous, surfing Yost family - a group as great at surfing as they are at being completely dysfunctional. Everyone has problems, even the peripheral characters who enter into their lives, leaving a stranger named John, likely not from Cincinnati as he states (read: mimics), who has some mysterious powers and seems to be able to read the future, yet cannot string together a coherent sentence unless he repeats others. Suffice it to say, John is an interesting character, and the way he interacts with the Yost's is compelling enough to lead you through the first season even though you know there is nothing to follow. Which, as it happens, is what I advise you to do. Now. Go forth and discover the mind-bending world of John from Cincinnati. Okay, that's it.Genre - Drama (3.5)
Screenplay (4)
Acting (2)
Production (4)
Directing (4)
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