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He’s smart
He’s adorable. 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 was not always played by David Zayas. His son David Zayas Jr. replaces his father in some shots, as the two bear a striking resemblance.
Presented at the 64th Golden Globe Awards (2007)
Visible throughout the first season, Dexter has a large scar on his left side. Later in season 2, the scar has moved to his right side, leaving his left side unmarked. Dexter Morgan: I have lived in darkness for a long time. Over the years my eyes have adjusted, until the darkness became my world and I could see. Main ThemeWritten by Rolfe KentPerformed by Rolfe Kent.
Greenberg, and the cast includes Buffy/Angel mainstay Julie Benz)
After four episodes, I’m ready to proclaim it the best TV show currently on the air, which may one day rank alongside _The Sopranos_ and the first season of _Twin Peaks_ as a contender for the second-best TV show ever (after the incomparable _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, one of the show’s producers and writers is a former Buffy writer Drew Z. Dexter is a sociopath, someone without human feelings and therefore no natural internal moral compass, and he has an insatiable bloodlust that drives him to kill. . But he had the great grace of having been the adopted son of a police officer, who (as we see in terrifying flashbacks) successfully instilled in him a thorough moral code, to which he adheres on a strictly intellectual level. It’s an absolutely brilliant concept (which I assume comes from the novels it’s based on), allowing the writers to explore the nature of moral behavior and what it means to be human (Dexter is, in a way, , and alien).
The cast and production are fantastic
Another thing the show is doing brilliantly is moving at different speeds in parallel. There’s a primary story arc that seemingly lasts the entire season (involving a game of cat and mouse between Dexter and a serial killer) and a secondary arc involving Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first handful of episodes include a very powerful full-length story arc involving one of Dexter’s police colleagues and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far have also included a standalone story that’s tied together (and played off of) the ongoing ones. I’ve seen the future of TV season structuring, and this is it. While the writing isn’t up to the best of _House_, it’s been excellent.
If you can stomach it, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human or inhuman
The only reason you wouldn’t want to watch this absolutely brilliant show is the frequent use of extremely graphic images: there were probably more severed body parts shown in these first four episodes than in the first four episodes of every other television show on the air combined.