Dirty John doesn't work as a TV show

TIME

Bravo's Dirty John, adapted from the Los Angeles Times podcast of the same name, can't be rescued by Connie Britton, whose presence is mystifying, says Judy Berman. "A better TV adaptation might have excavated the story’s ample subtext about romance, faith and the failure of law enforcement to protect women from dangerous partners," she says. "But Bravo’s Dirty John, premiering on Nov. 25, leans into the salaciousness, splitting the difference between soap opera and crime re-enactments in the hysterical style of America’s Most Wanted...It may be a conscious attempt at camp. But the show doesn’t even succeed at that; its incompetence isn’t entertaining."

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