Showtime’s Dexter Season 3

Spoilers within The opening of season 3 of Dexter had to have at least one shock, and it does. But after two seasons of Serial Killers to the Max, the storyline is a bit more normal. Of course, it is Dexter, so nothing is ever completely normal. In his usual Hunt and Kill mode Morgan Dexter finds a bad guy to kill-he sets up his usual plastic wrapped room, he gets ready for the kill, and then someone else is there ahead of him. Dexter fights off an unknown assailant and ends up killing him. This is upsetting to Dexter…

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Darkly Dreaming Dexter on Showtime

You know that this a slightly different show from the moment the credits roll with a still sleeping Dexter killing a mosquito with a close up of the blob of blood left on his arm. The opening montage is Dexter going through the normal routine of getting ready for the day, except that everything from shaving, to tying his shoes, to pulling on a shirt is shot as if it were a violent crime. It is grim and bloody, and perfect for Dexter. The theme music is wonderfully offbeat as well, it has kind of a Hope and Crosby Road…

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Dexter Season 2-Dexter Loses His Mojo

Showtime’s Dexter is the story of a serial killer who is a vigilante that follows a Code of Harry-his adopted father. Dexter exercises his demons and kills someone by slicing and dicing them, but only if they are bad men. He is a hero, or is he a villain? The fact of the matter is that most of us would skip that whole due process business if we could. Showtime’s Dexter is always sure that he is killing a bad guy, seeing as he works for the Police as a forensic scientist. This is a damn good show.The series is…

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