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He’s smart
He’s sweet. 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 wasn’t always played by David Zayas. His son, David Zayas Jr., fills in for his father in some scenes because the two look so much alike.
During the first season, Dexter has a large scar on his left side. Later, in season 2, the scar has moved to his right side, leaving his left side featureless. Dexter Morgan: I lived in the dark for a long time. Over the years, my eyes adjusted until the darkness became my world and I could see…
After four episodes, I’m ready to declare this the best TV show ever, one that could someday rank alongside the likes of _The Sopranos_ and the first season of _Twin Peaks_ as a contender for second-best TV show of all time (after the incomparable _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, co-produced and written by former Buffy writer Drew Z. Greenberg, and starring Buffy/Angel lead Julia Benz). Dexter is a sociopath, a man without human feelings and therefore without a natural, internal moral compass, and he possesses an insatiable bloodlust that drives him to kill. But he had the great grace of being the adopted child of a cop who (as we see in terrifying flashes) successfully instilled in him a complete moral code that he strictly adheres to on an intellectual level.
It’s a really great 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). There’s a primary, seemingly season-long story arc (regarding the cat-and-mouse game between Dexter and a serial killer) and a secondary arc involving Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first few episodes include a very strong, well-rounded arc about one of Dexter’s police colleagues and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far have also included a self-contained story that’s woven into (and played out) what’s going on. I’ve seen the future of TV season structuring, and this is it.
While the writing isn’t quite on par with the brilliance of _House_’s best, it’s been great. The only reason you won’t want to watch this brilliantly brilliant show is its frequent use of extremely graphic imagery: there are 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 live with it, tune in for a captivating look at what makes us human or inhuman.
