"Dexter" is one of those TV shows that I revert back to when my usual shows are on hiatus or have already had their season finale. It's the one I turn to when I have nothing left to catch up on and I'm utterly lacking for something to watch. I started "Dexter" was I was abroad in Spain, due to everyone in my group raving about this great show about a guy who "kills for good."
Skeptical, but more bored and desperate, I began watching the Sho-time hit. It felt very CSI, at first, considering Dexter Morgan works as blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department. However, he moonlights as a serial killer, hunting down guilty people who have killed without justifiable cause and are likely to do it again. He has an incessant need to kill and when he finally traps his victims, he strips them and constrains them in his kill room, which is lined with plastic tarp. Dexter also has a box of slides in which he saves all of his victims' blood.
My reason for not continuing "Dexter" on a regular basis was due to its highly violent nature. The killings were disturbing, as they were graphic. But, Dexter's pleasure he attains from killing was even more violent. The show portrays it in a macabre manner, sometimes even playing happy music as Dexter slices away at another victim. Interested in researching this show's reception, I Googled, "is Dexter too violent?" I found a link to an ABC news article depicting the story of a young boy who strangled his brother based upon what he saw on "Dexter." (http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-enters-guilty-plea-dexter-inspired-killing/story?id=11624672&page=2 ) Clearly, this fervid fan took things too far, but it's even unbelievable that normal viewers feel themselves identifying with "Dexter," hoping he won't ever get caught. Who knows if I'll ever finish the series after reading that news article...?
Here's a violent montage of Dexter's killings from Season 1 to Season 4:
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