- Network: SHOWTIME
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 1, 2006
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There are reasons not to like Dexter, but thanks to Hall's winning portrayal and the cool, creep-out idea, it's almost impossible not to.
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Fiendishly excellent.
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Fantastic, fascinating, creepy, charming and gruesome.
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To deny yourself the engrossing “Dexter” based on its subject matter would be to miss out on one of television’s most fiendishly intelligent new dramas.
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Dexter is... one of the most compelling new characters on TV.
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Though his cliche hard-boiled voice-over doesn't work, much of this series... does. [29 Sep 2006, p.73]
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Dexter is too chilly to be chilling, too affected to be affecting.
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From the start, it's mostly on Hall to seduce us, and he's so artful with the material that he consistently elevates it.
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A perverse pleasure to watch.
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It's bold, different and exciting, with a central character and performance that take your breath away.
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Dexter treats extreme violence much in the same way that GoodFellas did: as something horrifying, intoxicating, seductive and thrilling, all at the same time.
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"Dexter" is a proficiently produced crime drama. Its best feature is its star, Michael C. Hall, who applies just the right touch to playing the nice, polite serial killer who lives next door.
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Sick, twisted and darkly funny, "Dexter" is easily the best drama in Showtime history.
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"Dexter" knows what it's doing, and savors its skill immensely.
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If you want edge, here's Dexter. [9 Oct 2006, p.41]
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One of this season's best new series.
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Enjoyably challenging TV.
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Daring and original.
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I won't pretend "Dexter'' is for everybody. If you wince during scenes on "CSI,'' the series isn't for you.... But if you like the idea of a very good show that wrestles each week with moral dilemmas and the nature of good and evil, "Dexter'' is just the thing.
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The series quickly establishes itself as an elegant study in horror.
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A good drama but an average psychological study.
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Hall... is brilliant at conveying the subtle complexity of Dexter.
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Violence, like deficit spending, is a very American vice. “Dexter” is yet another temptation that is almost impossible to resist.
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The morals of this provocative show are as intriguing as its cases.
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[A] macabre gem.
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If brilliant, psychotic lunatics are your bag, by all means, climb aboard.
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The grotesqueries of "Dexter" are not something that can easily be dismissed with the old "you don't have to watch" line. We don't have to watch. We do have to live among the viewers who will be desensitized, or aroused, by this show.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 1,685 out of 1770
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Mixed: 41 out of 1770
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Negative: 44 out of 1770
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MichaelD.Oct 9, 2007A finely drawn character study masquerading as a blood-splashed procedural, Dexter explores what it means to feel human
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Oct 25, 2010
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May 21, 2013