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John's extraordinary speech at the end of the episode is bound to trigger much discussion. I'm not in a position to enter that fray, but I can say this: all but a couple of John's statements will make sense to anyone who follows the show, listens closely and think it through.

"If my words are yours, can you hear my Father? Can Bill know my Father, keeping his eye on me? Can I bone Kai and Butchie know my Father instead?

"My Father's shy doing his business. Kai helps my Father dump out. Bill takes a shot. Shaunie is much improved.

"Joe is a Doubting Thomas. Joe will save Not-Aleman. Joe will bring his buddies home. This is how Freddy relaxes. Cup-o'joe, and Winchell's variety dozen.

"Mitch catches a good wave. Mitch wipes out. Mitch wipes out Cissy. Cissy shows Butchie how to do that. Cissy wipes Butchie out. Butchie hurts Barry's head. Mister Rollins comes in Barry's face. My Father runs the Mega-Millions.

"Fur is big. Mud is big. The stick is big. The word is big. Fire is huge. The wheel is huge. The line and circle are big. On the wall, the line and circle are huge. On the wall, the man at the wall makes a man from the circle and line. The man at the wall makes a Word on the wall from the circle and line. The Word on the wall hears my Father.

"The zeroes and ones make the Word in Cass's camera. In the Word on the wall that hears my-Father-in-Cass's-camera, the good one Mitch catches doesn't wipe Cissy out. In the-Word-that-hears-my-Father, Cissy shows Butchie something else. In-my-Father's-Word, Cissy shows Butchie in Shaun. In-my-Father's-Word, Tina raises Shaun at lunch. In Cass's-camera, Butchie lays the court out for Barry, and Mister Rollins watches, and he doesn't come on Barry's face. In Cass's-camera, Butchie knows Kai kept the faith. In-my-Father's-Word, the Wave lifts them up.

"In Cass's camera, Bill doesn't bump his head on the stairs. In Cass's-camera, as long as he's being stupid, Bill gives Lois a kiss.

"In His-Word-in-Cass's-camera, the Internet is big. Nine-Eleven is big, but not every towel-head is eradicated. In His-Word, We are coming Nine-Eleven-Fourteen.

"In my-Father's-Word, Bill sees how Freddy relaxes. In Cass's-camera, Ramon wants to know who's hungry, in the courtyard and Room Forty-Five.

"In my-Father's-Word-to-come-in-Cass's-camera, Doctor Smith calls Ocean Properties. In Cass's-camera-to-come, my Father stares Not Aleman down, and Freddy sees Bill much-improved.

"You will not note my-Father's-Word, nor remember Cass's-camera, but you will not forget what we did here."

I still cannot decide if I like this show or not. I guess that would depend if I have a flaming clue what the heck is going on most of the time which typically I don't.

John from Cincinnatti is J.C.? Good guess! :)

He's Jesus.

Edit: In those 10 years or so between child and prophet.

http://jfc.wikia.com/index.php?title=What_was_John%27s_cookout_speech_about%3F&t=20070722171131

What the hell is going on? Every time I watch it, I feel like I just took some 15-year-old acid I found at the bottom of my sock drawer. Is it just me, or do none of these scenes fit together coherently?

In His-Word, We are coming Nine-Eleven-Fourteen.

I think I might have liked it better before it seemed to go all Jesus-y last episode.

On the recommendations of folks here, I watched the show. That was the first episode I saw. I don't think I'll bother with another. That was crazytarded.

High point: Charlie Utter on sax imo.

I really don't think he is Jesus. Way too pat. I like the alien idea better, but I think he may be just a corporeal representation of "creativity".

I have to know.

Given the heavy dose of pretty obvious Jesus allegory, don't watch it if you're one of those people who gets all retarded about people who believe in God.

I have read some of the stuff at that linked fan site, and having seen all the episodes so far, I don't really see how it's anything but that...MAYBE something more along the lines of John the Baptist than Jesus, but shit, I said to my wife in the episode where the doctor quits his job, "See, there's just yet another random person who will now follow John around and do stuff." It seemed like it was building to twelve core disciples and others filling other roles.

It's pretty cool either way, but YMMV. For the atheist and a dick about it crowd, better to just avoid it if anything vaguely related to the Christian faith that doesn't make fun of it bothers you. Watch Big Love instead and laugh at the crazy fundies.

So I can't watch Horror movies when I don't believe in Werewolves?

You have quite the persecution complex there.

Show's been cancelled.

They quit Deadwood for this?

Milch deserves that for leaving Deadwood high and dry.

Deadwood
Lost
Carnivàle
Dead like me
J.F.C

Hah.

Deadwood - canceled
Lost
Carnivàle - canceled
Dead like me - canceled
J.F.C - canceled

Out of all of those, which one would you say "shouldnt go farther"?

The only one I can think of is Lost. That show needs to end already.

Carnivale's end was WAY too sudden. There were plenty of places to go with that one. Deadwood I felt wasn't an ending at all. It was written to continue with way too many loose ends left.

I'm still enjoying Lost.