14/34
Plot
He’s smart
He’s nice. He’s Dexter Morgan, America’s favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and his nights committing them. During season 8, Angel Batista wasn’t always played by David Zayas. His son, David Zayas Jr., fills in for his father in some scenes, as the two look very similar.
64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)
Dexter, who was seen throughout the first season, has a large scar on his left side. Later, in season 2, the scar moved to his right side, leaving his left side featureless… Dexter Morgan: I lived in the dark for a long time. Over the years, my eyes adjusted until the darkness became my world, and I saw…
Main ThemeWritten by Rolf KentPerformed by Rolf Kent
After four episodes, I’m ready to declare this show the best on television right now, one that may one day rank between _The Sopranos_ and the first season of _Twin Peaks_ as a contender for the second-best TV show of all time (after the incomparable _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_), co-produced and written by former Buffy writer Drew Z. Greenberg, and starring Julie Benz as Buffy/Angela. It’s a great mercy, though, that he was the adopted child of a cop who (as we see in the wonderful flashbacks) successfully instilled in him a complete moral code that he intellectually adheres to. It’s an absolutely brilliant concept (I assume it comes from the novels it’s based on, a concept that allows the writers to explore the nature of moral behavior and what it means to be human (Dexter is, in a way, an alien).
The show’s plot is a parallel movement at different speeds
There’s a primary, seemingly seasonal story (regarding the cat-and-mouse game between Dexter and a serial killer) and a secondary arc involving Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first episode of the series has a very strong completed arc involving one of Dexter’s fellow cops and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far also have a separate story that ties into (and plays off) what’s going on. I saw the future of TV season structuring, and that’s it. While the writing isn’t like the best of _House_, it was great.
on the air
The cast and production are amazing. The only reason you wouldn’t want to watch this absolutely brilliant show, there is a frequent use of extremely graphic imagery: these first four episodes probably featured more body parts than the first four episodes of any other TV show combined. If you can, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human or inhuman.