Dexter
 

What is more entertaining than watching a sociopath serial killer for entertainment? A serial killer who you actually stand behind as he sedates a person, wraps them up in plastic wrap, and plunges a knife into them, cutting them into many small peices so he can put them in a garbage bag to dump into the ocean....all for the good of mankind?

If you have been a personal friend of mine of the past few months, you'd have to at least at some point listen to me bring up Dexter and how cool the entire show is, so much so, that it's probably became a huge annoyance. Ever since I've bought the seasons for myself, i've been up almost every night watching a few episodes trying to clear out the seasons, but since every episode is an hour long and I usually start watching them around 11pm , it's not easiest thing to breeze though.

Dexter is one the most fascinating characters i've seen on tv in a very long time. He seems like a simple normal guy to everyone on the show, but the deeper more interesting side of Dexter is brought to life through voice over work and his actions when he's going in for the kill. Flashbacks occur through-out the seasons to show you how Dexter became the anti-social personality that distances himself from everyone else through his murderous ideals and relationship with his father.
- Not only is Dexter completely fleshed out as a character that you want to understand, but the side characters that are in every episode show their colors quick and you instantly feel for each one of them and understand them quite easily. I'd have to say, my personal favorite character (besides Doakes) is Batista.



What makes this show so damn entertaining is that you're ALWAYS on your toes as a viewer, Dexter is always so close to uncovering himself to others. The main storyline (through season 1) with the Ice Truck killer sucks you right in, just for the fact that you're always guessing who it could be from the moment Dexter says "I'm ready to play your game".
- The writers know how to write cliffhangers that keep you interested at all times, while at the same time writing interesting side stories that you're always curious as to where it's going to go. From Batista and his Wife to the Rita/Husband/Dexter story.

To compare this to any other movie or whatever might be on TV, in my opinion, Dexter is the answer for anyone who has been contantly let down by the Saw series time after time. You have a young guy killing criminals who have done wrong to people in sick planned out ways, you have the same intense feeling you remember having when you saw Jigsaw get off the floor (during ever episode ending). So, for those who love Saw as much as I used to, try and watch Dexter and actually enjoy it.


This has became a favorite show of mine (obviously) and I'm going to try to keep up with it while I can, even though I've never had showtime, i'll have to wait for DVD's or find ways to download episodes, even though i'm against that. This show is worth every penny i've put into buying the DVD's. The next thing i'm going to be buying is 'Weeds'. I've never seen an episode, but I just bought 3 seasons of it, hope it's good.

I really liked the first season, but the second season started off not that good, got a bit better and then turned towards a direction storywise I didn't like. If they made a third season I might check it out, but it's no longer the show I enjoyed.

If Europe is behind, then we already finished up our third season over here. Might get it sooner or later.

I blame my brother for getting me into this show. Ended up watching the whole third season with him and now I'm slowly backtracking with the two previous seasons. Luckily, my brother already bought the first two seasons. :3:

I love the show though.

Yeah fantastic show. Michael C Hall is great.

Season 1 and 2 were practically flawless. Season 3 was a little iffy, but all in all it was another highly entertaining season with Miguel being a great new character. I just know that this show has a short lifespan, because they can only do so much with the concept, and I hope the show real good until the series ends after 5 seasons.

Yeah, the third season was a bit slow, but I thought it ended very well--even though everything seemed to get resolved all at once.

I've heard great things about it from several people, and now this thread comes along... Even more tempted to go download/buy it now. Thing is... I've already got a few shows on the go, but... I guess they don't start coming back from the break for another week or so. Maybe I can find it and finish it before they come back. XD

This is what they are advertising on imdb

The three-disc Blu-ray release of season one includes all 12 episodes plus BD Live features including the featurettes "The Academy of Blood - A Killer Course" and "Witnessed In Blood - A True Murder Investigation", a Michael C. Hall podcast and the first episode of the third season of "Dexter". Buy it on Blu-ray, available tomorrow.

WHY! SOMEONE TELL ME WHY THEY WOULD PUT THE 3RD SEASON FIRST EPISODE ON A SEASON 1 DVD

yeah that makes a lot of sense.

There is a reason why I like that Most recent propped feature. When I saw Capo's post, I was highly amused and totally got the reference then. I got interested in Dexter in context then and read this thread. I was interested in the premise since I do like Saw and I like any kind of show where it shows a person trying to survive his murderous nature.

I took a risk and bought Season 1, I wouldn't say its a risk because I knew it'd be a very good buy to my gut instincts. And mind you, I don't buy DVDs at all. I don't buy shows or seasons or whatever. I hardly buy anything tv related. We only got 24 to seasons 5 and Venture Bros to season 3 and Drawn Together season 1 etc. Most of these buys were from SailorDaravon, my other half. And he's not the type to watch Dexter at all. I'd be just buying a dvd season for myself. And let me tell you, this show is as it says on the blurb, absolutely impossible to resist. Its my guilty pleasure now to watch this.

I have only watched for 4 episodes and now I'm a fan of Michael C Hall. I enjoyed him from 6 feet under when I watched HBO then. He makes it look so much fun to be cutting up bodies for the benefit of mankind. I appreciate the flashbacks with his father who not only is a set reasoning for his kills but his morality. Loving this show so far, and I'm thinking about getting Season 2 and at least maybe 3.

Goes to show you should investigate EVERY prop you see and give.

Showtime: Dexter at Comic-Con

lol What a great homepage. Didn't expect to see such a thing, even though I seen the season 3 finale.

Looks like right after Smits we get another crazy but great actor. Mr Lithgow.

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UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE.

probably the best season yet. No other show has as much intensity then this besides The Shield and probably 24.

That's Bone. And the lettering is something called Cillian Rail.

For real though, I've been meaning to get started on that show for a while now - a friend recommended it.
There's this place that you can rent movies online, they have a trial thing going where the entire first season is free. I just need to finish up South Park and check out Dead Like Me first...

Good lord. Lithgow is awesome as a bad guy. The Thanksgiving episode was so damn freaky. Particularly:

I only just recently got into this show. I tried to watch it a while back, but the first couple of episodes made it a little difficult to get into. I tried again when they put me on the night shift at work and got hooked around the fourth episode. I spent a whole weekend watching the second half and all of season 2 and I'm watching 3 right now. Can't wait to get to 4.

This season took forever to warm up. The end to episode 4 made things interesting but then the show fell back into the doldrums until more information was gleaned about Arthur's life.

It's exactly where it should be right now: a thriller.

The twist about the daughter was far too odd for me, but that's just me.

At least things are moving faster this year than in the past. I'm too used to things going SO SLOW that this season seems like a 100m dash. I think I thought Dexter was paced well back then simply because I was watching Prison Break as well, where fuck all happened from week to week at times.

Needs less AngelxLaguarta BS going on.

AN-HEEEEEELL~

The ending of this season.

Oh. My. Gawd.

Omg yeah! I still can't believe it ended like that! I kind of saw it coming but I never thought they would go through with it.

Oh shit Michael C. Hall Has Cancer

Dexter has cancer =(

No wonder he was bald in that after finale discussion with him and Lithgow. And no wonder he went psycho on Arthur Mitchell at Thanksgiving. Actually they both did. =p

At least he is in remission though.