Dexter: The Infamous Serial Killer TV Show

Quick tagline for Dexter: The Show is about a serial killer named Dexter who strangely enough is a Forensic Detective working for the Miami Police and although he has urges to kill people decides only to kill people who actually deserve it who the cops haven't caught such as other killers and evil people. After chopping up their bodies he dumps them in the ocean. The first season is about another serial killer stalking the streets who discovers about Dexter and plays a cat-and-mouse game with him, this is only the main story but there is so much else that goes on in each different episode that you never get bored for a second. In the second season the police find Dexter's "Burial Ground" under water and pull out 18 bodies and thus begin a search for the notorious serial killer who they call "The Bay Harbor Butcher" unbeknownst to them he sitting right in their midst. Both seasons are told mostly through Dexter's point of view with voice over thus making it all the more interesting as you are actually in the mind of a killer. The catch is that you are going to love this killer because he is the good guy.

Beautiful, Perfect, Artful, Classy, Prestigious, Graphic, these are just a view words that came to mind the very first time I set eyes on an episode of Dexter it was the first episode of the first season, and to say it was love at first site would be the understatement of a lifetime.

Rare have I ever been able to sit through even one episode of TV garbage such as CSI, or Law and Order, even the better ones such as Lost, Heroes, and Prison Break don't interest me so much. The first time I heard about Dexter on the net it sounded like something that I had to watch I felt inside of me that it was going to be good but I had no idea how good.

In a day and age where most television shows and programs are edited for content and are all cliché Dexter stands alone as being one of the most brilliant and original new series ever to air on television (At least in my mind) it is dark and disturbingly graphic (especially in certain episodes) and yet at the same time it is refreshingly light and humorous, I am sorry but one episode can literally toy with every single one of your emotions. I am not sure exactly who is behind this production but I know it follows two books written by Jeff Lindsay one called "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" and the other called "Dearly Devoted Dexter", I have the books and I am planning on reading them when I get some spare time.

I would strongly caution sensitive viewers about watching this show as it is definitely the most gruesome television show ever made in some episodes there is more blood than there is dialogue (Ok, well that's an exaggeration but you get what I mean) and more gory than even a lot of hardcore movies, Michael C. Hall the actor who plays Dexter is a virtually unknown actor but I am more impressed with his acting skills than almost any other actor around right now, and that is really saying something!

Overall I would recommend Dexter to anybody and everybody even if you are a sensitive viewer because I am in love with this show and want everybody else to know what I'm talking about when I say it is the show I have been dreaming about my entire life and is something that I hope goes on forever. I want to grow old with this show and I can only hope that it doesn't end anytime in the near future. The third season comes out this September and I am going to be watching each episode as they air.

I know you might be thinking that I must be a strange guy for liking a show like this but trust me watch one episode and you won't be calling anybody who watches this show strange.
This is definitely not going to be my last review on Dexter and I hope by the next time you will also be writing reviews on this great, great, great, show.

My Star Rating: 20 out of 10.

My MPAA Rating: Rated R, for Strong Graphic Violence, Pervasive Strong Language, Sexual Content, and Nudity. (Of course the episodes vary in content but none of them are for the squeamish)