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John From Cincinnati Episode: "His Visit: Day Eight"

Season 1, Episode 9
Episode Synopsis: Mitch seeks helps south of the border; Cissy organizes a search party; Bill loses a trusted source of information; Palaka's gift ends up with an unintended recipient. Original Air Date: Aug 5, 2007

"His Visit: Day Eight"

OK, so Shaun, John and Zippy disappeared, although Shaun's doppelgänger still found time to scare the living hell out of Barry at the hotel bar. Are his visions of Shaun simply dreams, as he tells Dr. Smith later in the episode, or is that just wishful thinking on his part? Seems to me they could be more accurately categorized as "visions." Well, I'd actually be more likely to go with psychotic episodes brought on by trauma, but in this show, with this subject matter, I think "visions" works just fine.I liked the scene when Butchie and Kai shared their thoughts on John, who they both agreed is on some kind of autopilot and simply parrots what he hears from other people because he is programmed to mimic emotions. As they discussed, it would certainly explain why he repeats such idiotic phrasings as "A+ for fume control." What do they think, though, that the guy is some kind of robot? I guess that could be interesting. I certainly wouldn't have been expecting that.The stick figur... read more

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Premiered: June 10, 2007, on HBO
Rating: TV-MA
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