Dexter (Showtime 2006-2013, Michael C. Hall, James Remar)

How does a man charged with helping to solve some of Miami’s most heinous crimes by day commit the same brutal acts by night?

What happens in a city where serial killers have a stalker of their own? Where does the line between vigilante hero end and serial killer begin?

Dexter is a twisted story of a police department forensics expert who spends his free time pursuing killers that have eluded justice.

Is it possible for a serial killer to be a hero? Based on the compelling novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter is an unusual crime thriller series starring Michael C Hall.

Orphaned at the age of four and harbouring a traumatic secret, Dexter is adopted by a police officer, Harry Morgan (James Remar), who recognizes his homicidal tendencies and guides his son to channel his gruesome passion for human vivisection in a constructive way.

Dexter becomes a forensics expert for the Miami Metro Police Department and moonlights as a serial killer with a cause, killing those evil perpetrators who are above the law or who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

A respected member of the police force, a perfect gentleman and a man with a soft spot for children, it’s hard not to like Dexter.

Although his drive to kill is unflinching, he struggles to emulate normal emotions he doesn’t feel. Dexter takes us inside the mind of a killer and forces audiences to grapple with the ethical dilemma of determining right and wrong. Vigilante-style justice and murder are put on trial and the verdict may be shocking.

Between 2008 and 2012 there was a three season very short (two minutes per episode) animated web companion series looking at Dexter’s early days this was called Dexter: Early Cuts.

production details
USA | Showtime – 801 – The Colleton Company – John Goldwyn Productions / 96×50 minutes / Aired from 1 October 2006 – 22 September 2013

Books: Jeff Lindsay
Executive Producers: Chip Johannessen, John Goldwyn, Manny Coto, Michael C. Hall, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck

cast
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
David Zayas as Angel Batista
Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan
C.S. Lee as Vince Masuka
James Remar as Harry Morgan
Desmond Harrington as Joey Quinn