Dirty John (TV Series)
Television series | |
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German title | Dirty john |
Original title | Dirty john |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | since 2018 |
Production company |
Universal Cable Productions |
length | 42-51 minutes |
Episodes | 8 in 1+ seasons ( list ) |
genre | True crime |
idea | Alexandra Cunningham |
production |
Nan Bernstein Freed , Christopher Goffard , Melinda Whitaker |
music | Mark Mothersbaugh |
camera | Todd McMullen |
First broadcast | November 25, 2018 (USA) on Bravo |
First publication in German |
February 14, 2019 on Netflix |
occupation | |
Dirty John is a US-based True Crime - series . The first season is about how con artist John Meehan wins over the successful but lonely businesswoman Debra Newell and marries against her daughters' wishes. When his sociopathic character and obvious lies about his past come to light, Debra tries to leave him, but falls back on his charm. When she finally turns away from him, he begins to terrorize her and her family.
The story tells of actual events in a fictionalized form and is based on the podcast of the same name by Christopher Goffard , a journalist for the Los Angeles Times . Eric Bana and Connie Britton play the leading roles, Juno Temple and Julia Garner play Newell's daughters.
The first season premiered on November 25, 2018 on US broadcaster Bravo and was released worldwide by streaming provider Netflix on February 14, 2019 . At the same time, the documentary Dirty John: The Dirty Truth was published , which lets those affected and other victims of John Meehan have their say.
Dirty John is to be continued as an anthology series. A second season was released in May 2020, also based on an actual case.
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Debra Newell, a wealthy interior designer from Newport Beach, meets the supposed doctor John Meehan through an online dating service . They fall in love and move in together, but Debra's daughters Veronica and Terra are suspicious of John and research his past. Eventually Debra and John get married. Veronica tries to draw her mother's attention to John's past, but she doesn't want to know about it at first until she becomes suspicious herself and finds documents about his past in his drawer.
In a flashback one learns something about John's previous marriage to the nurse Tonia Sells, who helped him financially to train as a nurse specializing in anesthesia. However, John became increasingly aggressive towards his ex-wife, which led to the divorce. Meanwhile, Debra contacts a lawyer about wanting to leave John. When John suddenly in hospital inpatient is treated Debra takes this opportunity to dispel the house and move to an apartment. A little later she visits him in the hospital and confronts him, but he blames the medication he is taking. It turns out that John is addicted to the pain relievers he stole. In another flashback, we learn about Debra's sister and Toby's mother, Cindy, who was shot by her husband.
When John is released from the hospital, he and Debra move back into their house together. Debra's family is shocked and relationships continue to grow apart. She cares for John, who is physically very limited due to his medication. He promises Debra that he will get clean for her. In a flashback about John's release from prison, you can see that he lived in his sister's motor home for a while. Debra eventually finds more medication hidden in the house.
John behaves increasingly inappropriately towards Debra's daughters. Debra wants to leave him again and is also very suspicious of him. She contacts a lawyer and moves out of the house, but that makes John aggressive. She reports him to various crimes, which is unsuccessful for the time being. When he steals Debra's car and sets it on fire, he is arrested. However, the police cannot secure any evidence against him. Veronica catches John in front of her apartment, whereupon John flees and guards Terra's apartment that night because she is afraid for their safety. The next day, John finally attacks Terra with a knife, but she is able to get hold of the weapon and wound him. The injuries lead to his brain death . The prosecution is not bringing charges against Terra. Debra agrees to an interview with the Los Angeles Times to publicize the events.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization occurs under the dialogue director of Patrick Winczewski and Constantin von Jascheroff by the synchronous company Christa Kistner synchronous production GmbH in Berlin .
role | actor | image | Main role | Supporting role | Voice actor |
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Debra Newell | Connie Britton | 1.01–1.08 | Sabine Arnhold | ||
John Meehan | Eric Bana | 1.01–1.08 | Benjamin Völz | ||
Veronica Newell | Juno Temple | 1.01–1.08 | Josephine Schmidt | ||
Terra Newell | Julia Garner | 1.01–1.08 | |||
Arlane Hart | Jean Smart | 1.01-1.02, 1.04, 1.07-1-08 | Katharina Lopinski | ||
Nancy | Keiko Agena | 1.01-1.02, 1.07-1-08 | Susanne Geier | ||
Michael O'Neil | Jeff Perry | 1.06-1.08 | |||
Toby Newell | Kevin Zegers | 1.02, 1.04, 1.08 | Jannik Endemann | ||
Trey | Jake Abel | 1.01-1.02, 1.05 | Dennis Sandmann | ||
Private detective | Judy Reyes | 1.02-1.03 | |||
Tonia Sells | Sprague Grayden | 1.03, 1.06 | |||
Denise Meehan-Shepard | Joelle Carter | 1.05, 1.08 | |||
Detective Marco Layton | Brent Anderson | 1.01, 1.08 |
Episode list
No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first publication (D / A / CH) | Director | script |
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1 | Enterable dreams | Approachable dreams | Nov 25, 2018 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Alexandra Cunningham |
Debra Newell falls in love with the supposed doctor John Meehan. Her daughters Veronica and Terra see this critically and do research on John. Debra and John move in together and eventually get married. | ||||||
2 | warning sign | Red Flags and Parades | Dec 2, 2018 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Evan Wright |
Veronica tries to make her mother aware of John's past. She doesn't want to know about it at first, until she becomes suspicious herself and finds documents about his past in his drawer. | ||||||
3 | Remember it was me | Remember It Was Me | Dec 9, 2018 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Diana Son |
In a flashback one learns something about John's previous marriage. Debra wants to leave John and moves into an apartment while John is being treated at the hospital. | ||||||
4th | Shrapnel | Shrapnel | 16 Dec 2018 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Alexandra Cunningham & Sinead Daly |
In another flashback we learn something about the death of Debra's sister Cindy, Toby's mother. She was shot by her husband. | ||||||
5 | Lord High Executioner | Lord High Executioner | 23 Dec 2018 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Christopher Goffard |
John is released from the hospital and moves in with Debra again. Her family is shocked and is now keeping their relationship with her aloof. There is another flashback to John after his release from prison. | ||||||
6th | A shoe | One shoe | Dec 30, 2018 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Alexandra Cunningham & Kevin J. Hynes |
John behaves increasingly inappropriately for Debra's daughters. Debra wants to leave him again and is also very suspicious of him. She contacts a lawyer and moves out of the house, which makes John quite aggressive. | ||||||
7th | chivalry | Chivalry | Jan. 6, 2019 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Alexandra Cunningham & Lex Edness |
Debra accuses John of various crimes, which remains unsuccessful for the time being. | ||||||
8th | This young woman fought desperately | This Young Woman Fought Like Hell | Jan. 13, 2019 | Feb. 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Reiner | Alexandra Cunningham |
Veronica then catches John in front of her apartment, who then flees. John attacks Terra with a knife the next day, but with the help of her dog she manages to get hold of the knife and kills him. The prosecution is not bringing charges against Terra. Debra agrees to be interviewed with the Los Angeles Times . |
Awards and nominations
Connie Britton was at the Golden Globe Awards 2019 as Best Actress - Miniseries or TV movie and at the Critics' Choice Television Awards 2019 as best actress in a TV movie or miniseries nominated.
Julia Garner was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award but was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries .
Web links
- Dirty John in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dirty John on Netflix
Individual evidence
- ^ Hannah Verdier, Rowan Slaney: Dirty John, your chilling new true crime obsession - podcasts of the week . In: The Guardian . October 13, 2017 (English, theguardian.com [accessed March 13, 2019]).
- ↑ Tim Walker, Will Dean, Kathryn Bromwich, Gwilym Mumford, Leah Harper: From Dirty John to Mogul and the Guilty Feminist: best podcasts of 2017 part 2 . In: The Guardian . October 30, 2017 ( theguardian.com [accessed March 13, 2019]).
- ↑ a b Dirty John. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Awards. In: IMDb . Amazon.com , accessed March 11, 2019 .