Dexter Season 1 Episode 6

[Sharon Harris]

Dexteris an American television drama that was broadcast on the premium cable channel Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013.[1] A total of 96 episodes of Dexter were broadcast over eight seasons.

The series is based on characters created by Jeff Lindsay for his "Dexter" series of novels, and follows the life of Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a Miami Metro Police Department blood pattern analyst with a double life.[2] While investigating murders in the homicide division, Dexter hunts and kills murderers and criminals who have escaped the justice system.[2] Although the first season is based on the events of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the series's subsequent seasons do not follow the novels in the series.[3] Departing from the narrative of Lindsay's second Dexter novel Dearly Devoted Dexter, the show's writer Daniel Cerone said that the writers "didn't see the opportunity in the second book" to adapt it.[3]

In October 2020, it was announced that Dexter would return with a 10-episode limited series titled Dexter: New Blood, starring Michael C. Hall in his original role, with Clyde Phillips returning as showrunner.[24] It premiered on November 7, 2021, and concluded on January 9, 2022.[25]

In 2009, Showtime started releasing an animated Dexter webseries.[116][117] Each story is told in several two-minute chapters, the first three of which were written by series writer and producer Lauren Gussis, and premiered in 2009.[118][119][120] More episodes were released in 2010 and 2011.[121][122]

Most of my fears were abated Sunday night, in what turned out to be a haunting season 5 premiere. Major props to the show for not skipping any time after last season. We pick up mere moments after Dexter sees Rita dead in the bathtub. This can be tough to do. A lot of shows move past stuff like this, especially when such major events occur as season finales, and drop us into a time far enough into the future that the mess has been dealt with. This is probably going to prove to be the show's toughest episode of the season, maybe the series. I thought it was brilliant.

The horrible truth of last season's events really seeps in during this first episode. The episode itself was undoubtedly slow, but the effect was profound. We move along with Dexter, mostly wandering aimlessly through the mess he believes he's created. In the aftermath of Rita's death, he's shocked and horrified. He has to confront her children, her parents, and tell them what happened. Pick out a dress for her to wear in her coffin.* Give a eulogy. It's all just so horrible. It was at times hard to watch. I ached for Dexter. His interaction with sister Deb also tugged at the heartstrings. She was incredibly solid as she stepped up to deal with things that Dexter won't, all the while trying to figure out what her serial killer brother means when he says (over and over) that Rita's death was his fault.

Dexter's display of emotions, or lack thereof, was unsettling. And I liked it. It would have been unrealistic and off-putting to see him react hysterically to Rita's death, especially in front of half the Miami Metro force. His cathartic moment in the bathroom felt appropriate, if brief. I liked that Deb, as always, challenges Dexter's reaction. It was weird, and so unlike any reaction she (and perhaps the majority of people watching at home) might have. None of this took away from the fact that his empty face and overall numbness elicited such pure anguish.

Is this an appropriate response; feeling bad for a serial killer? Or has my lover affair with Dexter gone too far? I don't think so. I think this was the episode's goal; which is why I have always and will always love this show. By encouraging us to root for this deadly antihero, everything is turned on its head.

[image-1]I'm more than thrilled for the return of the Dexter cast. They really are a fine collection of actors who together create some of the most interesting characters on television. Michael C. Hall further cemented his role as Best Actor on the Planet. I still don't know which was more unnerving: his animal-like cries of anguish in the bathroom with an imaginary Harry, or his attempt at laughter when he is crowned with Mickey ears while seeing Rita's children for the first time after their mother's death. Jennifer Carpenter (who is Hall's real-life wife) as super-compassionate Deb is my next favorite. I like the new guy, Quinn, much more than I did last season, when he was shaping up to be a more annoying yet sexier James Doakes 2.0. I don't like him having casual sex with Deb; it's drama that doesn't need to enter their already tension-filled equation. What I like most about him is that he is onto Dexter, because I think he's going to be different from every other antagonist from seasons past. I don't think he's going to be cavalier and sloppy about tracking Dexter's weird tendencies (he now knows about Rita's kiss with the neighbor, that Dexter was "never around," that Dexter sounded way too calm during his 911 call about Rita's death). I think we'll be seeing a new villain soon, but I don't think it's Quinn. I could take or leave the Batista/LaGuerta stuff, although I thought this episode alone was much better than all of their vomit-inducing flirtation last season.

*About all of the funeral home scenes: Does anyone else recall Michael C. Hall's turn as a funeral home director in Six Feet Under? I couldn't help but smirk as I remembered his character, who prided himself on being cool, calm, collected and full of fake emotions in the face of other people's deaths.

"My Bad" holds a lot of promise for what this season can become. The writers have more than enough to work with, especially in terms of the Dexter/Deb relationship and Dexter's relationship with Rita's kids and baby Harrison. Next week is "Hello Bandit." Welcome back, Dexter, I look forward to the next couple of months.

Seldom have I been legitimately creeped out by Dexter. Having caught up with the show in season 2 and watched the rest of it live, I have come to know and love Dexter, both as a serial killer and as a family man. I give lots of credit to Michael C. Hall, who brings the character to life with an incredible (yet painfully subtle) range and signature deadpan narration. But when we last left Dexter in season 4, face to face with his dead wife Rita, I was for the first time very spooked. Last season was the most trying to watch at times; the fact that Dexter is a serial killer struck a nerve in a way it hadn't before. Creepy.

One of my favorites line from the show, from season 2, deals with the idea of good and bad, and which Dexter is: "Am I good? Am I bad? I'm done answering those questions. I don't have the answers. Does anyone?"

No. 1: I hope it doesn't all of sudden start to suck. It is a risky move to kill off the loving wife of our favorite serial killer, but even more risky to give Dexter the responsibility of taking care of three children, baggage that doesn't, obviously, mesh well with his secret tendency to murder (bad) people.

No. 2: I hope the ensuing rollercoaster of emotions Dexter should be feeling (grief, rage, guilt, regret) actually does play out, but in a way that surprises both us and Dexter. I have long disregarded the fact that Dexter does not have emotions. We've seen him display them quite a few times, albeit in odd ways. This loss for him is in completely uncharted territory; I hope the show is able to pull off showing us the character's feelings without creating a cheesy catharsis that strips away that enigmatic something that sets him apart.

The first thought I had when watching that scene and the rest of the episode was that it was part of his dream, attempt to make his father come back to advice, which was successful, and in reality he never left his boat.

Jonathan Farrow - Killed in a 'kill room' and dumped him in the Gulf Stream. Dexter believed him to be a killer but it was actually his assistant. When Dexter found out that he was innocent, he deliberately broke Farrow's blood slide. ("Slack Tide")

Norm - Killed when he demanded money from Dexter, although Dexter knew that the gun being held on him was not loaded. ("Nebraska")

Alberto - Killed for robbing Cuban immigrants and threatening them with a gun. ("This is the Way the World Ends")

It might be debatable if it was real since the man is not given a name and never shows up again. And I don't remember if he hallucinates Rita, but the episode is filled with flashbacks to when they first met and started dating.

However, as the show progresses, it becomes clear that Dexter is not really a 'text book' (by tv standards) sociopath, but a traumatised introvert that actually feels VERY deeply about others. His reaction to Rita's death, along with what he does for another character featured in season five, is the solid proof of Dexter's awakened humanity, but that in itself is what in part leads to Dexter having more problems in later seasons, where he doesn't always stick to the code or makes mistakes. So in a way this is like a lead-in for that idea. Even Rita's death was a byproduct of Dexter torn between the idea of wanting a companion to understand him/be himself with (something that was instilled in him the moment he learned of his brother, which even in that moment, Dexter choices Deb over Brian) and wanting to save the lives of children, since Arthur Mitchell totally defies Dexter's code.

The boat runs out of gas and Dexter pulls in. In the store, he watches as an angry man repeatedly rings the service bell to get the key to the bathroom. When nobody comes, the man searches the desk until he finds the key himself, and turns around, taking offense to the way Dexter is staring at him and angrily calling him a retard for doing so. Offended, Dexter follows him into the bathroom, and tries to earn the man's sympathy by telling him that his wife died that week and it was his fault. But the man doesn't seem to care and furiously responds by saying (in a sarcastic, slightly skeptical tone of voice) "Well, I'm real sorry for your fucking loss, but your dead wife can suck my dick." An enraged Dexter attacks him, and after a brief fight, kills him. As he backs away from the man's cadaver, Dexter looks into the restroom mirror and sees Harry, who tells him that that's the first human thing he'd done since his wife's death. Harry tells him that he can show what hes feeling. Dexter finally lets his guard down and starts to shriek from both anger and grief over losing Rita. Harry tells him that he needs to go back. Dexter arrives at the funeral and while giving heartfelt eulogy, he realizes that Rita wasn't just part of a cover life-he actually did love her. _501:_My_Bad

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