John from Cincinnati Closes without Closure

Light On Light Through · Aug 13, 2007

John from Cincinnati concluded on HBO tonight - you'll find my review, and links to my reviews of all the episodes, here - but in this post I wanted to reflect a little on the salient characteristic of the series: ambiguity, also known as lack of clarity.

I don't think I've ever seen a television show - including Twin Peaks - so brazenly unresolved. The question, then: is that good?

People complained about the open, ambiguous ending of The Sopranos. Well, John from Cincinnati was ambiguous at the beginning, the middle, or the end?

Good or bad?

The murkiness of the show will certainly make it…