Scenario
He’s smart
He’s kind. He is 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., stands in for his father in some shots, as the two look strikingly similar.
Presented at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)
Dexter, who appeared in season 1, has a large scar on his left side. Later, in season 2, the scar migrated to his right side, leaving his left side without a mark… Dexter Morgan: I lived in the dark for a long time. Over the years, my eyes got used to it, until the darkness became my world and I could see…
Main theme, written by Rolfe Kent, performed by Rolfe Kent
After four episodes, I’m willing to declare this show the best on television right now, which could 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_), one of the producers and writers of the series is former Buffy writer Drew Z. Greenberg, and the cast includes Buffy/Angela lead Julie Benz. It’s a great mercy, however, 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 adheres to intellectually rigorously. It’s an absolutely brilliant concept (I assume it comes from the novels it’s based on).
What the series does is parallel movement at different speeds
A concept that allows the writers to explore the nature of moral behavior and the meaning of being human (Dexter is, in a sense, an alien). There’s a primary, seemingly season-long story (concerning a game of cat and mouse between Dexter and a serial killer) and a secondary storyline dealing with Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first few episodes feature a very strong, self-contained story arc involving one of Dexter’s colleagues and a local crime boss, while two of the four episodes so far have also featured a separate story linked between (and played out by) ongoing episodes. I’ve seen the future of structuring TV seasons and this is it.
The cast and production are great
While the writing doesn’t quite match the best of “House,” it was excellent. The only reason you wouldn’t want to watch this absolutely brilliant show is the frequent use of extremely graphic imagery: there were probably more body parts on display in the first four episodes than in the first four episodes of any other TV show on the air combined. If you can, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human—or inhuman.