John from Cincinnati poster
★ 7.0
John from Cincinnati poster

Overall Rating

★ 7.0
S1 E7
#1
★ 8.2

His Visit: Day Six

Linc's Stinkweed reign is challenged; Dwayne eyes Shaun's online future; Dr. Smith tends to Palaka.

S1 E4
#2
★ 7.8

His Visit: Day Three

John gets roughed up by some thugs; Kai connects with Butchie; Vietnam Joe brings Dr. Smith a new patient; and Shaun's adult-film-star mother Tina arrives in Imperial Beach.

S1 E6
#3
★ 7.8

His Visit: Day Five

Butchie puts together a reunion between Shaun and Tina; and John helps Bill and Cissy face their pasts.

S1 E3
#4
★ 7.7

His Visit: Day Two Continued

Dr. Smith believes a paranormal phenomenon has occurred within the Yost family; Kai takes John to her trailer; and Cass comforts Mitch, unaware of her connection to Linc.

S1 E2
#5
★ 7.6

His Visit: Day Two

Linc tries to infiltrate the Yost inner circle; Barry has a change of heart about the fate of the motel; Shaun has unexpected results when he takes part in a surfing competition; a greasy drug dealer named Steady Freddy arrives to harass Butchie, but changes his tune when bad news arrives, and John claims he's from Cincinnati.

S1 E10
#6
★ 7.5

His Visit: Day Nine

In the first-season finale, Butchie and Kai have a joyous revelation; and Imperial Beach plays host to a makeshift parade.

S1 E8
#7
★ 7.4

His Visit: Day Seven

The locals in Imperial Beach worry about Shaun after a cryptic warning from John.

S1 E5
#8
★ 7.3

His Visit: Day Four

Bill gets a strange mandate from Zippy; and Tina lets the Yost family know that she is back in town.

S1 E9
#9
★ 7.2

His Visit: Day Eight

Mitch seeks helps south of the border; Cissy organizes a search party to find Shaun; Bill loses a trusted source of information; and Palaka's gift ends up with an unintended recipient.

S1 E1
#10
★ 7.1

His Visit: Day One

We meet Mitch Yost once a legendary surfer, but now a lonely figure. He has a son Butchie who used to be extraordinary surfer, but now a drug addict junkie, and a 13-year-old grandson Shaun, who may be the next big surfer. As Mitch rinses off by his station wagon; he levitates, and thinks he's having a hallucination. A stranger named John arrives at the Snug Harbor Motel; police arrest Cissy for getting snippy with a megastore employee; Shaun and Bill take a detour on the way to a surfing event.

S1 E1
#1
★ 7.1

His Visit: Day One

We meet Mitch Yost once a legendary surfer, but now a lonely figure. He has a son Butchie who used to be extraordinary surfer, but now a drug addict junkie, and a 13-year-old grandson Shaun, who may be the next big surfer. As Mitch rinses off by his station wagon; he levitates, and thinks he's having a hallucination. A stranger named John arrives at the Snug Harbor Motel; police arrest Cissy for getting snippy with a megastore employee; Shaun and Bill take a detour on the way to a surfing event.

S1 E9
#2
★ 7.2

His Visit: Day Eight

Mitch seeks helps south of the border; Cissy organizes a search party to find Shaun; Bill loses a trusted source of information; and Palaka's gift ends up with an unintended recipient.

S1 E5
#3
★ 7.3

His Visit: Day Four

Bill gets a strange mandate from Zippy; and Tina lets the Yost family know that she is back in town.

S1 E8
#4
★ 7.4

His Visit: Day Seven

The locals in Imperial Beach worry about Shaun after a cryptic warning from John.

S1 E10
#5
★ 7.5

His Visit: Day Nine

In the first-season finale, Butchie and Kai have a joyous revelation; and Imperial Beach plays host to a makeshift parade.

S1 E2
#6
★ 7.6

His Visit: Day Two

Linc tries to infiltrate the Yost inner circle; Barry has a change of heart about the fate of the motel; Shaun has unexpected results when he takes part in a surfing competition; a greasy drug dealer named Steady Freddy arrives to harass Butchie, but changes his tune when bad news arrives, and John claims he's from Cincinnati.

S1 E3
#7
★ 7.7

His Visit: Day Two Continued

Dr. Smith believes a paranormal phenomenon has occurred within the Yost family; Kai takes John to her trailer; and Cass comforts Mitch, unaware of her connection to Linc.

S1 E4
#8
★ 7.8

His Visit: Day Three

John gets roughed up by some thugs; Kai connects with Butchie; Vietnam Joe brings Dr. Smith a new patient; and Shaun's adult-film-star mother Tina arrives in Imperial Beach.

S1 E6
#9
★ 7.8

His Visit: Day Five

Butchie puts together a reunion between Shaun and Tina; and John helps Bill and Cissy face their pasts.

S1 E7
#10
★ 8.2

His Visit: Day Six

Linc's Stinkweed reign is challenged; Dwayne eyes Shaun's online future; Dr. Smith tends to Palaka.

S1 E1
★ 7.1

His Visit: Day One

We meet Mitch Yost once a legendary surfer, but now a lonely figure. He has a son Butchie who used to be extraordinary surfer, but now a drug addict junkie, and a 13-year-old grandson Shaun, who may be the next big surfer. As Mitch rinses off by his station wagon; he levitates, and thinks he's having a hallucination. A stranger named John arrives at the Snug Harbor Motel; police arrest Cissy for getting snippy with a megastore employee; Shaun and Bill take a detour on the way to a surfing event.

S1 E2
★ 7.6

His Visit: Day Two

Linc tries to infiltrate the Yost inner circle; Barry has a change of heart about the fate of the motel; Shaun has unexpected results when he takes part in a surfing competition; a greasy drug dealer named Steady Freddy arrives to harass Butchie, but changes his tune when bad news arrives, and John claims he's from Cincinnati.

S1 E3
★ 7.7

His Visit: Day Two Continued

Dr. Smith believes a paranormal phenomenon has occurred within the Yost family; Kai takes John to her trailer; and Cass comforts Mitch, unaware of her connection to Linc.

S1 E4
★ 7.8

His Visit: Day Three

John gets roughed up by some thugs; Kai connects with Butchie; Vietnam Joe brings Dr. Smith a new patient; and Shaun's adult-film-star mother Tina arrives in Imperial Beach.

S1 E5
★ 7.3

His Visit: Day Four

Bill gets a strange mandate from Zippy; and Tina lets the Yost family know that she is back in town.

S1 E6
★ 7.8

His Visit: Day Five

Butchie puts together a reunion between Shaun and Tina; and John helps Bill and Cissy face their pasts.

S1 E7
★ 8.2

His Visit: Day Six

Linc's Stinkweed reign is challenged; Dwayne eyes Shaun's online future; Dr. Smith tends to Palaka.

S1 E8
★ 7.4

His Visit: Day Seven

The locals in Imperial Beach worry about Shaun after a cryptic warning from John.

S1 E9
★ 7.2

His Visit: Day Eight

Mitch seeks helps south of the border; Cissy organizes a search party to find Shaun; Bill loses a trusted source of information; and Palaka's gift ends up with an unintended recipient.

S1 E10
★ 7.5

His Visit: Day Nine

In the first-season finale, Butchie and Kai have a joyous revelation; and Imperial Beach plays host to a makeshift parade.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
1 ★ 7.6 10
★ 8.2 His Visit: Day Six
★ 7.1 His Visit: Day One