17 Dic Dexter 2006–2013 Torrent

25/41

During season 8, Angel Batista wasn’t always played by David Zayas

He’s smart. He’s kind. He’s Dexter Morgan, America’s favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and his nights committing them. His son, David Zayas Jr., fills in for his father in some shots, as the two look remarkably alike.

Featured at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)

Dexter, who is seen throughout the first season, has a large scar on his left side. Later, in season 2, the scar moved to his right side, leaving his left side unmarked… Dexter Morgan: I’ve lived in darkness for a long time. Over the years, my eyes have adjusted until the darkness has become my world, and I can see…

Main Theme Written by Rolfe Kent Performed by Rolfe Kent

After four episodes, I’m ready to declare this show the best on TV right now, one that may one day rank alongside _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_, the show is co-produced and written by former Buffy writer Drew Z. Greenberg, and the cast includes Buffy/Angela mainstay Julie Benz). He’s a sociopath, someone without human emotions and therefore without a natural internal moral compass, and has an insatiable thirst for blood that drives him to kill. But he had the great grace of being the adopted child of a cop who (as we see in wonderful flashbacks) successfully instilled in him a complete moral code that he strictly adheres to intellectually.

Another thing the show does brilliantly is parallel movement at different speeds

This is an absolutely brilliant concept (I assume it comes from the novels it’s based on), a concept that allows the writers to explore the nature of moral behavior and what it means to be human (Dexter is, in a sense, an alien). There’s a primary, seemingly season-long story arc (involving the cat-and-mouse game between Dexter and a serial killer) and a secondary arc involving Dexter’s sister’s police career. The first handful of episodes feature a very strong completed arc involving one of Dexter’s police colleagues and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far have also featured a standalone story arc that ties into (and plays out) ongoing ones. I saw the future of TV season structuring, and this is it.

The cast and production are terrific

While the writing isn’t quite on par with the best of _House_, it was excellent. The only reason you might not want to watch this absolutely brilliant show is its frequent use of extremely graphic imagery: There have probably been more severed body parts shown in these first four episodes than in the first four episodes of every other TV show on air combined. If you can, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human — or inhuman.