Dirty John
True crimeReal cases, told as documentary or drama.This show: 9/10AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Connie BrittonChristian SlaterEric BanaAmanda PeetRachel KellerJulia Garner
Written by
Alexandra Cunningham
Starring
Connie BrittonChristian SlaterEric BanaAmanda PeetRachel KellerJulia Garner
Written by
Alexandra Cunningham
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Dirty John Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | |
| S2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
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About
"True crime turned into suburban psychological dread"
Based on a true crime podcast, this anthology drama opens with a divorced woman who falls fast for a charming doctor whose past hides dangerous secrets. Season one plays out as a slow-burn cautionary tale about manipulation and denial within a family; season two shifts to an entirely different real case exploring a marriage's ugly collapse. The tone is soapy but grounded, tense rather than gory, and it leans on strong lead performances to sell the dread building underneath ordinary domestic scenes.
Watch it for
the committed lead performances that make an unraveling relationship genuinely unsettling to watch.
Maybe skip if
you want fast-paced thrills rather than a slow character-driven descent into manipulation.
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Season 12018
7.55K85h 57m
This true crime anthology, based on the podcast of the same name, follows the terrifyingly true story of Orange County interior designer Debra Newell’s romance with John Meehan, a handsome and romantic charmer who sweeps Debra off her feet and pulls her into his web of lies.
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The Betty Broderick Story2020
7.64K85h 49m
Betty Broderick, the perfect Southern California blonde wife and mother, supports her handsome college boyfriend Dan through both medical and law school. When he explodes into the San Diego legal community as a superstar, Betty is finally enjoying the fruits of their labors. That is, until Dan hires Linda, a bright, beautiful young woman without baggage. Betty’s attempts to fight back and enraged refusals to accept reality only serve to isolate and destabilize her until she loses her very identity. And Dan’s cold confidence blinds him to the bear he has created, and won’t stop poking … until it’s too late.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Connie Britton Debra Newell
Christian Slater Dan Broderick
Eric Bana John Meehan
Amanda Peet Betty Broderick
Rachel Keller Linda Kolkena
Julia Garner Terra Newell
Holley Fain Evelyn Crowley
Lena Georgas Janet Ravis
Juno Temple Veronica Newell
Anna Jacoby-Heron Jenny Broderick
Crew
Alexandra Cunningham
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