20/15
He is cute
Narrative
He is smart. 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 wasn’t always played by David Zayas. His son David Zayas Jr. replaces his father in some shots, as the two look very similar.
at the 64th Golden Globe Awards (2007)
During the first season, Dexter has a large scar on his left side. Later in the second season, the scar has moved to his right side, leaving the left side featureless. Dexter Morgan: I lived in the dark for a long time. Over the years my eyes adjusted until darkness became my world and I could see… Main topicWritten by Rolf Kent Performed by Rolf Kent.
Greenberg, and the cast includes Buffy/Angel lead Julie Benz)
After four episodes, I’m ready to declare this the best TV show ever, one that could someday rank between the likes of _The Sopranos_ and _Twin Peaks_, the first season as a contender for the second best TV show of all time (behind the incomparable _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, one of the show’s producers and the writers include former Buffy writer Drew Z. Dexter is a sociopath, a man with no human feelings and therefore no natural, internal moral compass, and possesses an insatiable bloodlust that drives him to kill. But he had the great grace of being the adopted child of a police officer who (as we see in eerie flashbacks) successfully instilled in him a complete moral code that he strictly adheres to on an intellectual level. It’s a very brilliant concept (which I think comes from the novels it’s based on) 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). Another thing the show does excellent, there is parallel movement at different speeds.
The cast and production are excellent
There’s a primary supposed season-long story arc (regarding the cat-and-mouse game between Dexter and the serial killer) and a secondary arc involving Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first few episodes feature a very strong wrap-around arc about one of Dexter’s police colleagues and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far also feature a self-contained story that ties in (and plays off) what’s going on. I’ve seen the future of TV season structuring, and this is it. The writing, while not quite up to the brilliance of _House_’s best, has been excellent. The only reason you won’t want to watch this brilliantly brilliant show is the frequent use of extremely graphic imagery: these first four episodes have probably featured more severed body parts than the first four episodes of every other television show.
on air together
If you can stomach it, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human or inhuman.