Dirty John (TV Series)

Television series
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
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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
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
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

1. ^ 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]).
2. ↑ 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]).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Dirty John. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on March 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Awards. In: IMDb . Amazon.com , accessed March 11, 2019 .