Dear John

In every week's opening, teacher John Lacey (Judd Hirsch) gets his Dear John letter, gets cleaned out in court, and loses his home all to that catchy little diddy. His wife and his best friend took everything including his son. He attends the One To One Club, a support group for divorcees and widowers. Louise Mercer (Jane Carr) is the Brit group leader divorced from her kinky husband who keeps asking everyone, "Are there any sexual problems?" The group includes sleazy Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), sweet Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), clueless pushover Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), silent Tom (Tom Willett), elderly fox Mrs. Margie Philbert (Billie Bird), and starting midway in season two, southern belle Mary Beth Sutton (Susan Walters).

This is a solid network sitcom of its era. It's led by some solid TV stars. Hirsch has played this character well arguably since his Taxi days. Burns is a fantastic comedic sleaze. It's a wacky group of friends who serve more as family. Everybody is great. It tackles divorce with a little humor. It's good-nature with some bite. This is not going on any top TV lists but it functions well for what it is. It's a good middling sitcom while it lasted.

After a great series like Taxi, where he was funny and touching for eight seasons, Hirsch was stuck in this.

He looks trapped, with a frozen "How do I get out of here?" look.

The cast was just awful. British woman with a single joke, beaten to death. Obnoxious sexual predator wannabe and lawsuit waiting to happen.

And a badly needed laugh track, because nothing in this was ever funny.

Dry and listless. Cliche and morose. Obnoxious casting. These are the type of people who hold up the line because they want to complain at the deli counter. No wonder his wife left him.

I loved this show from the moment I saw it. It was about a man who's wifes leaves him and attends a support group. The show was great until cast members left. From there on the show lost its humor.

This show is one of the most underrated tv shows of all time! This tv show does not get the credit or recognition it should get. Judd hurst is phenomenal in this series, as well as ALL the other cast members. It's a real shame you can't find DVD's or reruns of this show. I would gladly watch every episode all day everyday if I could! Please make reruns or DVD's for this show! (YES DVD's) lol. I don't know who, as far as right now, had the rights to this series. But, they for sure need to make it available for purchase or even throw it on one of the free apps where you can watch older tv shows! Please, let's make this happen!