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Chronology
He’s smart
He’s lovable. 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.
Dexter Morgan: I lived in darkness for a long time
replaces his father in some shots, as the two bear an uncanny resemblance. Visible throughout the first season, Dexter has a large scar on his left side. Later, in season 2, the scar moved to his right side, leaving his left side unmarked.. Over the years, my eyes adjusted, until the darkness became my world and I couldn’t see..
Presented at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)
Main Theme Written by Rolfe Kent Performed by Rolfe Kent. After four episodes, I’m ready to declare this the best show currently on TV, one that could one day rank alongside _The Sopranos_ and the first season of _Twin Peaks_ as a contender for second-best TV show ever (after the incomparable _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_; one of the show’s producers and writers is former Buffy writer Drew Z. Greenberg, and the cast includes Buffy/Angel support Julie Benz). Dexter is a sociopath, someone without human feelings, and therefore has no natural, internal moral compass, and has an insatiable thirst for blood that drives him to kill.
Another thing the show does brilliantly is to move at different speeds in parallel
But he had the great grace of being the adopted child of a cop, who (as we see in some brilliant flashbacks) successfully instilled in him a complete moral code that he adheres to on a strictly intellectual level. This is an utterly brilliant concept (one that I assume comes from the novels it’s based on), one that allows the writers to explore the nature of moral behavior and what it means to be human (Dexter is, in a sense, an alien). There’s a primary, apparent plotline that runs the entire season (which involves a cat-and-mouse game between Dexter and a serial killer), and a secondary plotline that involves Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first few episodes feature a very powerful, completed storyline involving one of Dexter’s police colleagues and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far have also featured a standalone story line that ties into (and plays off) ongoing ones.
The cast and production are brilliant
I saw the future of TV season structuring, and this is it. While the writing isn’t quite up to the brilliance of the best of _House_, it was excellent. The only reason you might not want to watch this utterly brilliant series is the frequent use of highly graphic imagery: there were probably more severed body parts shown in these first four episodes than in the first four episodes of every other TV show on the air combined. If you can stomach that, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human — or inhuman.
