John from Cincinnati
Created by David Milch, Kem Nunn
On HBO
A strange, spiritually inflected drama about a dysfunctional surfing family disrupted by mysterious arrivals, built on ambiguity and metaphysical unease rather than conventional narrative resolution.
In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast and man spurned by the Yosts years ago.
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