Luis Guzman as Ramon Gaviota in "John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day Three" (2007).
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Mania Grade: B-
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Rebecca De Mornay, Ed O'Neil, Luis Guzman
Created By: David Milch
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Rebecca De Mornay, Ed O'Neil, Luis Guzman
Created By: David Milch
JOHN FROM CINCINNATI: His Visit: Day Three
By: Stephen LackeyReview Date: Tuesday, July 03, 2007
John from Cincinnati continues to easily be the strangest show on TV. Sometimes it is legitimately bizarre and other times it feels a little like it’s trying really hard to be strange. This week many of the characters finally start to catch up with the audience on just how strange the beach is not just John. Initially everyone who met John definitely saw something at least offbeat about him, but now after this week’s events many of the characters are finding that something unique is happening on the beach.
Mitch and Cissy decide maybe they need some time apart after the events in the hospital. All of that really falls on Mitch who’s bitterness over his injury and lose of his career have made him an angry man and now his ability to levitate has given him a new level of self importance. Mitch runs right into the arms of the young filmmaker and has a fling with her, which is what Linc, the shady promoter, wants to see happen. The problem with Linc’s plan is John who is heavily impacting many of the characters this week. John seems to have this ability to connect everyone that matters on this beach, and when he uses his ability to heal his stab wounds through Joe he also seems to be pulling something through everyone. Cass, the filmmaker goes to pick up John and bring him back to her hotel and she kicks Mitch out. Cass seemed to be in an almost zombie state when she leaves the hotel to pick up John. Could John have made this happen in order to put Mitch and Cissy back together?
We aren’t getting a lot of answers about whom or what John really is, or what his final goal is but with this week’s and last week’s episode it is apparent that initially John is bringing people together. He also seems to awakening people from the downward spiral they were heading in. The most obvious character getting an awakening is Butchie who is suddenly clean of drugs and being clean his attention is finally brought back to Kai, someone who’s liked Butchie for a long time. Mitch is set for an awakening too and it may be happening but at this point it seems to be bringing out the worst in his personality so far. I hope something happens to make him a little more likable at some point soon. Bill is becoming a favorite character of mine. He’s funny, a little like John in a way in that he babbles about a bunch of nonsense but within that nonsense are bits of things that matter, more so since his bird has started telling him what to do. In any other series saying that a character’s bird is telling him what to do might sound odd but not for John from Cincinnati.
New alliances and enemies form this week too. Bill, who is an ex-cop, sees a trouble in Freddy but apparently Zippy the bird knows better, so the bird encourages Bill to make friends with Freddy. Bill handles this task in the traditional cop way by bringing him coffee and donuts. So, why is Freddy so interested in sitting outside the Yost house anyway? As far as enemies go it seems that the doctor who sent Shawn home is being set up as an opponent to Linc, especially after their meeting in the Yost house. Did anyone notice that the doctor just seemed to walk into the house without knocking? Also, the lottery winner offers Ramon and the lawyer an opportunity for some sort of vague new partnership.
John from Cincinnati still hasn’t become one of those series that I look forward to from week to week. It’s on my DVR, so I watch it after The 4400 on Sunday nights. Again after this episode I didn’t come away excited for next week but I am still so baffled by many of the characters that I’ll watch it as long as the DVR does its job…..
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