malicENBandarland I'm usually highly disappointed in the way shows (especially shows cut short) end. but this one was perfect. It was perfect in the way it began, in the way it built up and in the way it ended. I know people who love this show think it ended too soon but i think the story went as far as it should and anything more would have been taken away from it. It really was more of a miniseries than an actual TV series.What i loved best about this show is that it never made an attempt to explain itself. To explain anything from the big like where John came from, where John went to the little like the dialogue between the Hawaiian and Freddy's associate. it just laid it all out like a documentary.And although the above attribute was great for all ten episodes what made each episode enjoyable to watch and re-watch is the lyrical dialogue. the different voices of each character and the flawed beauty of even minor characters that we get to know and love.a lot of people complain that it is just a tribute to the creators own vision/religion. And it may be that. I'm not denying it. But i say bring it on. Let's take a trip down someone's subconscious and see what it makes us feel.

imizrahi2002 i had no intention of writing this when i set out to find out something about the show that i wasn't sure of(HBO or SHO)...but then i started reading the comments... i guess i knew from the first episode that this, like deadwood, wouldn't last...i sometimes got the feeling that the writers knew it, too...it was part of the show's 'wobble'...deadwood, to me, was like Shakespeare set in the wild west...that's how i described it to people that i wanted to get interested in the show...no one came back disappointed...but, as far as i'm concerned, that's where(besides the great writing) the comparisons need to stop... still, it would seem, from many of the reactions, that JFC was somewhat over some people's heads...probably about 3 feet over their heads. that might seem funny if you know the show... and, beLIEVE me...i'm NOT putting people down for not getting it or being angry over one aspect of the show or another...a)when i first tried, after someone i thought of as musically well informed suggested it, to listen to steely dan's work(mostly 'pretzel logic'. this was in '74/75), i felt like, 'well i ALmost get it...'. and, being a musician and nyer, i felt i SHOULD've gotten it. and so i felt left out. and frustrated. cuz i knew it DID make sense from SOME perspective...some place of experience i, at 20something, hadn't arrived at yet...and that smudged my mirror...b) i didn't like the second indiana jones movie. but, recently, speaking to people about it...YOUNGer people(not that i FEEL old...i just AM ;-), who said, 'i LOVED it', i realized...'DUH! that movie wasn't MADE for me...!!!' but i was glad for the first time realizing that there were a LOT of people who really got a kick out of it...c)and, i'm sure you'll be happy, the last part... 'JFC' is zen on a surfboard...either is difficult...BOTH? near impossible to balance well...unless you know/feel the sound of one wave rolling... it helps to remember that there IS a valid form of art known as 'impressionism'...emotions/feelings are not only not mathematical... but they're also not predictable...chaotic, at times b/c they must react to the unexpected/unpredictable... you can not like it if that's where you're at, but to even TRY and invalidate it? i think that's more telling about someone having that sort of reaction than what the show, itself, offers... at least i'm glad for john, wherever he's gone back to...and for you detractors... try starting out with steely dan and work your way up the abstract ladder... it might take 30 years or so, but it worked for me. shaka bra...

wjunkitz This is the greatest television show of all time. I could not begin to express my disappointment that it is over. This show haunts me. I have dreamed about it. I was the target audience for this and I was completely consumed by Milch's vision. And now it is over. And it sucks big time.I would do anything to get Milch to finish this, if even in the form of a novel. To say that this show is superior to a show like the Sopranos is like comparing a fine gourmet meal to a Meximelt from Taco Bell. Sure the Meximelt is tasty but more so in the mass-appeal, everybody-will-like-this kind of way.I know that my tastes are outside of the norm but I'm tired of excusing myself because the rest of the world can't appreciate fine art. So go enjoy your Meximelt and your terrible CSI shows and Usher music. Those who complain that this show was too cryptic or boring are missing the point of cinema, literature, art, and perhaps even life itself.

eastonhodges This show was shaping up to be really outstanding, and I cannot believe that HBO gave up on it after only one season. Once the story matured, people would be glued to their sets. I hate to see the best television station cancel their best new show made by a director who has delivered for them before (Deadwood). HBO shouldn't claim to be above normal paid-cable channels if they're going to play by the normal standards of network television. I just wish HBO would have stuck up for their most compelling dramatic series. The fact that Jon From Cincinnati was canceled after season one really makes the season not worthwhile. It's a very good show but watching will leave you with a fatty case of blue balls.