Dirty John: Season 2

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USA | Bravo | USA Network | Season Premiere Date: June 2, 2020

Summary: The second season of the anthology series created by Alexandra Cunningham moves to the USA Network and focuses on Betty Broderick (Amanda Peet) and her relationship with her future ex-husband Dan (Christian Slater).

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E8. Perception Is Reality
Air Date: July 14, 2020
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S2:E7. The Shillelagh
Air Date: July 7, 2020
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S2:E6. The Twelfth of Never
Air Date: June 30, 2020

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jun 5, 2020

Riveting. ... Peet scorches the screen. [8 - 21 Jun 2020, p.5]

Amy Amatangelo

Jun 2, 2020

The success of this USA series (whose first anthology season curiously aired on Bravo) hinges on Peet’s fantastic portrayal. ... Showrunner Alexandra Cunningham never forgets whose story she is telling, and Dirty John is the TV equivalent of a compelling page turner. Read full review

IndieWire Ann Donahue

Oct 23, 2020

It’s a compassionate telling, one that teeters on the right side of empathy for a heinous convicted killer who was, also, a broken woman. Read full review

The Daily Beast Kevin Fallon

Jun 2, 2020

Revisiting the case that started it all with the kind of treatment Dirty John gives it—at times compassionate and introspective, at other times leaning into beats of outrageousness—is a delicate act, one that wouldn’t work without Amanda Peet as Betty. She is very, very good, somehow playing all sides of the tonal kaleidoscope here at once, differing depending from which angle you look at it. Read full review

Jen Chaney

Jun 2, 2020

What this scripted true-crime story may lack in surprise, it makes up for in its nuance, especially in the latter half of the season, as well as in its go-for-beyond-broke performance by Amanda Peet as Betty. Read full review

Darren Franich

May 22, 2020

It is [good]... and then it isn't. You sense lawsuits being avoided in the flat portrayals of the Broderick children. ... Peet plays confused desperation to the hilt, but the awkward structure of this eight-part saga turns her rage repetitive. The actual act of killing gets morseled out as a tension-crating Big Reveal, fodder fro flash-forwards and cliffhangers. [Jun 2020, p.87] Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jun 1, 2020

Peet gives her all to a role that doesn’t respond in kind. The problem, here, may be that the Betty Broderick story — previously brought to TV in “A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story,” which got Meredith Baxter an Emmy nomination in 1992 — is both outsized and small. Read full review

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Kuggz

Jun 20, 2020

The acting holds up just enough to show the 80’s and 90’s upper middle class marriage dynamic in which the men tossed the women aside for new younger versions when they finally “made it”. The casting has some questions including young and mature Betty not matching up and the acting beingThe acting holds up just enough to show the 80’s and 90’s upper middle class marriage dynamic in which the men tossed the women aside for new younger versions when they finally “made it”. The casting has some questions including young and mature Betty not matching up and the acting being very soap opera-yyy. Overall though a decent second season of Dirty John worth a glance.… Expand

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dean09199

Aug 24, 2020

It's not bad. I liked this season, but it wasn't as interesting as the first one. I wasn't hooked on it like on the first season. It's more about husband and wife marriage/divorce, trial process and etc.. A bit boring and slow comparing to first season, but all in all, not bad. I think 6/10It's not bad. I liked this season, but it wasn't as interesting as the first one. I wasn't hooked on it like on the first season. It's more about husband and wife marriage/divorce, trial process and etc.. A bit boring and slow comparing to first season, but all in all, not bad. I think 6/10 is an appropriate evaluation for it.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 2, 2020
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  S2:E8. Perception Is Reality
  Air Date: July 14, 2020
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  S2:E7. The Shillelagh
  Air Date: July 7, 2020
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  S2:E6. The Twelfth of Never
  Air Date: June 30, 2020
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  S2:E5. Scream Therapy
  Air Date: June 23, 2020
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  S2:E4. More to It Than Fun
  Air Date: June 16, 2020
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  S2:E3. Marriage Encounter
  Air Date: June 9, 2020
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  S2:E2. The Turtle and the Alligator
  Air Date: June 2, 2020
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  Air Date: June 2, 2020
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  Air Date: November 25, 2018