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Dexter

GenreCrime drama

Suspense

Psychological thriller

Black comedy

Mystery

Format Serial drama

Developed by James Manos, Jr.

Starring Michael C. Hall

Jennifer Carpenter

Desmond Harrington

C. S. Lee

Lauren Vélez

David Zayas

James Remar

Julie Benz

Narrated by Michael C. Hall

No. of seasons 7

No. of episodes 84 (List of episodes)

Production

Executiveproducer(s) Daniel Cerone

Sara Colleton

Charles H. Eglee

John Goldwyn

Michael C. Hall

Chip Johannessen

Clyde Phillips

Location(s) Miami, Florida (filmed in Los Angeles)

Running time 45–60 minutes

Productioncompany(s) John Goldwyn Productions

The Colleton Company

Clyde Phillips Productions

801 Productions

Devilina Productions

Showtime Networks

Broadcast

Original channel Showtime

Original run October 1, 2006 – present

External links

Website

Dexter is an American television drama series which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The series

centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a blood spatter pattern analyst for a fictional Miami Metro Police

Department (based on the real life Miami-Dade Police Department) who also leads a secret life as a serial

killer. Set in Miami, the show's first season was largely based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the first of

theDexter series novels by Jeff Lindsay. It was adapted for television by screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who

wrote the first episode. Subsequent seasons have evolved independently of Lindsay's works.

In February 2008, reruns (edited down to a TV-14 rating) began to air on CBS, although the reruns on CBS

ended after one run of the first season. The series has enjoyed wide critical acclaim and popularity. Season 4

aired its season finale on December 13, 2009 to a record-breaking audience of 2.6 million viewers, making it

the most-watched original series episode ever on Showtime.[1] Michael C. Hall has received several awards and

nominations for his portrayal of Dexter, including a Golden Globe. On November 18, 2011, it was announced

that Dexter had been renewed for two more seasons.[2][3] Season 7 premiered on September 30, 2012.[4] The

Season 7 premiere was the most watched Dexter episode ever with over 3 million viewers.[5]

On January 12, 2013, it was revealed that season 8 of Dexter would be moved from its originally planned airing

in the fall to the summer, which will begin on Sunday, June 30, 2013.

After months of rumors, on April 18, 2013, Showtime announced via social media that season eight would be

the final season of Dexter. [6]

Contents

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1 Plot

o 1.1 Series outset

o 1.2 Early Cuts

2 Production

o 2.1 Association with actual crimes

2.1.1 Mark Twitchell

o 2.2 Exterior filming

o 2.3 Marketing

3 Cast and crew

o 3.1 Cast

o 3.2 Crew

4 Reception

o 4.1 Critical reception

o 4.2 Popular reception

o 4.3 Awards

o 4.4 Broadcast

o 4.5 Criticism

4.5.1 U.S. broadcast

5 Other media

o 5.1 DVD/Blu-ray releases

o 5.2 Video game

o 5.3 Alternative reality game

o 5.4 Soundtrack

o 5.5 Merchandise

6 See also

7 References

8 Further reading

9 External links

Plot [edit]

See also: List of Dexter episodes

For the seasonal plots, see Dexter (season 1), Dexter (season

2), Dexter (season 3), Dexter (season 4), Dexter (season 5), Dexter

(season 6), Dexter (season 7), and Dexter (season 8).

Series outset [edit]

Orphaned at the age of three by the murder of his mother, Dexter

Morgan is adopted by Miami police officer Harry Morgan and his wife Doris.

After discovering young Dexter had been killing neighborhood pets for

years, Harry tells Dexter that he believes the need to kill "got into" him too

early, and that Dexter's need to kill will only grow. To keep Dexter from

killing innocent people, Harry teaches him The Code: (1)Dexter's victims

must be killers themselves who have killed without justifiable cause and

are likely to do so again. (2)Dexter must always be sure of his target's guilt,

thus he frequently goes to amazing lengths to obtain undeniable proof of

his victim's guilt. (3)Most importantly, Dexter must never get

caught. Flashbacks throughout the series show Harry (who died several

years previously) teaching Dexter how to fake normal human emotion and

social behavior and how to cover his tracks after a kill. Dexter follows The

Code religiously to satisfy the "Dark Passenger" (the name assigned to his

urge to kill). However, in Season 4, he hastily kills a photographer later

proven innocent.

Like many serial killers, Dexter keeps a trophy of each kill: he slices his

victim's cheek with a scalpel to collect a droplet of their blood, which he

preserves on a blood slide. He stores his collection in a wooden box

concealed within his air conditioner.

At the beginning of the series, Dexter believes he has no emotions, and

must work constantly to appear normal and blend with well-adjusted

human beings. Dexter is typically capable of faking "normal" human

emotion to a degree that he is generally invisible and unremarkable to all

save those with keen insight into the telltale signs of disguised antisocial

personality (i.e., Doakes, Lundy). Remarkably, people tend to gravitate to

Dexter despite himself, such that he inadvertently finds himself saddled

with unexpected friends, acquaintances, and even lovers. The closest he

approaches the emotion of love is his "fondness" for his adoptive sister

Debra. She is unaware of Harry's training but harbors lingering jealousy of

the perceived preferential treatment Harry gave Dexter. In the first season,

Dexter dates a woman named Rita as part of the "disguise of normalcy".

Rita, subconsciously traumatized by years of domestic abuse at the hands

of her ex-husband, Paul Bennett, initially cannot bring herself to be

physically intimate with another male. This suits Dexter, who believes

physical intimacy and closeness may unveil his true personality. He is fond

of (and good with) children in general, particularly Rita's children Astor and

Cody. But his attachment to Debra, Rita, Astor and Cody (and later his

biological son, Harrison) complicates his double life, causing him to

question his "need" to kill.

Early Cuts [edit]

Dexter: Early Cuts is an animated web series that premiered on October

25, 2009.[7] Michael C. Hall reprises his role as the voice of Dexter.[8]

KTV Media International Bullseye Art produced and animated the

webisodes, working closely with Showtime for sound editing,

Interspectacular for direction, and illustrators Kyle Baker, Ty Templeton,

Andrés Vera Martínez, and Devin Lawson for creating distinctive

illustrations. The webisodes are animated with 2.5D style, where flat 2D

illustrations are brought to life in 3D space. The first season was created

and written by Dexter producer/writer, Lauren Gussis. She was nominated

for a Webby for her writing on the first season.

The first web series precedes the current narrative of the show and

revolves around Dexter hunting down the three victims that he mentions in

the sixth episode of season 1, "Return to Sender". Each victim's story is

split into four two-minute chapters.

A second season of the web series titled Dexter: Early Cuts: Dark

Echo, one story in six chapters, premiered on October 25, 2010. It was

written by Tim Schlattmann and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz and David

Mack. The story begins immediately following Dexter's adoptive father

Harry's death.[9][10]

Production [edit]

Association with actual crimes [edit]

Several comparisons and connections between the TV show and its

protagonist have been drawn during criminal prosecutions. Andrew Conley

said the show inspired him to strangle his 10-year-old brother.[11] In an

affidavit filed in Ohio County court, police said Andrew stated that he

"watches a show called Dexter on Showtime, about a serial killer, and he

stated, 'I feel just like him.'"[12]In Norway, Shamrez Khan hired Håvard

Nyfløt to kill Faiza Ashraf. Nyfløt claimed Dexter inspired him and that he

wanted to kill Khan in front of Faiza and in a way Dexter would, to "stop

evil".[13]Prosecutors compared Christopher Scott Wilson to Dexter when

they charged him with the February 2010 first-degree murder of Mackenzie

Cowell.[14]

Mark Twitchell [edit]

Main article: Mark Twitchell

Association was established between Twitchell, of Edmonton, Alberta,

Canada, during his first-degree murder trial, and the character of Dexter

Morgan. After weeks of testimony and gruesome evidence presented in

court, Twitchell was found guilty of the planned and deliberate murder of

38-year-old Johnny Altinger on April 12, 2011.[15] Twitchell, an aspiring

filmmaker, had adopted the persona "Dexter Morgan" on Facebook and

made a movie that was similar to how Dexter operates.[16] Prosecutors

alleged that Twitchell had begun a secret double life inspired by Dexter.

[17]Twitchell wanted to reenact the life of Dexter Morgan, and after writing a

script for a Dexter movie, began posing as a woman online interested in

having affairs with married men.[18] Detective Mark Anstey of the Edmonton

Police Service was quoted as saying, "We have a lot of information to

suggest he definitely idolizes Dexter," and Twitchell had posted a

Facebook status stating that he believed he had "way too much in common

with Dexter Morgan."[19][20]

Exterior filming [edit]

Although the series is set in Miami, Florida, many of the exterior scenes

are filmed in Long Beach, California. Many landmark buildings and

locations in Long Beach are featured throughout the series.

Marketing [edit]

In preparation for the UK launch of the series, Fox experimented with

an SMS-based viral marketing campaign. Created by digital advertising

agency Ralph & Co, and promoted by online PR and social media agency

Hot Cherry, unsuspecting mobile phone owners received the following

unsolicited SMS messages addressed to them by name with no identifying

information other than being from "Dexter": "Hello (name). I'm heading to

the UK sooner than you might think. Dexter." The SMS-message would be

followed by an email directing the user to an online video "news report"

about a recent spree of killings. Using on-the-fly video manipulation, the

user's name and a personalized message would be worked into the

report – the former written in blood on a wall near the crime scene, the

latter added to a note in an evidence bag carried past the camera. While

the marketing campaign succeeded in raising the profile of the show, it

proved unpopular with many mobile owners who saw this as spam

advertising aimed at mobile phones. In response to complaints about the

SMS element of the campaign, Fox issued the following statement:

The text message you received was part of an internet viral campaign

for our newest show Dexter. However it was not us who sent you the

text but one of your friends. We do not have a database of viewer

phone numbers. The text message went along with a piece on the net

that you can then send on to other people you know. If you go

to www.icetruck.tv you will see the page that one of your friends has

filled in to send you that message. Therefore I suggest you have a

word with anyone who knows your mobile number and see who sent

you this message. For the record we did not make a record of any

phone numbers used in this campaign.[21]

Cast and crew [edit]

Cast [edit]

See also: List of Dexter characters

Name Portrayed by

Seasons

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Dexter Morgan Michael C. Hall

Debra Morgan Jennifer Carpenter

Angel Batista David Zayas

Harry Morgan James Remar

María LaGuerta Lauren Vélez

Vince Masuka C.S. Lee

Joey Quinn Desmond Harrington

Jamie Batista Aimee Garcia

Rita Bennett Julie Benz

James Doakes Erik King

Key:

     Main cast.

     Recurring cast.

     Guest.

     Does not appear.

Besides Michael C. Hall playing the title character, the show's

supporting cast includes Jennifer Carpenter as Dexter's adoptive sister

and co-worker (and later boss) Debra, and James Remar as Dexter's

adoptive father, Harry. Dexter's co-workers include Lauren Vélez as

Lieutenant (later Captain) María LaGuerta, Dexter and Debra's

supervisor, David Zayas as Detective Sergeant Angel Juan Marcos

Batista, and C. S. Lee as lab tech Vince Masuka (promoted to title

credits in Season 2). Erik King portrayed the troubled Sgt James

Doakes for the first two seasons of the show.Desmond

Harrington joined the cast in Season 3 as Joey Quinn; his name was

promoted to the title credits as of Season 4. Geoff Pierson plays

Captain Tom Matthews of Miami Metro Homicide.Julie Benz starred as

Dexter's girlfriend turned wife Rita in Seasons 1–4 with a guest

appearance in Season 5. Rita's children Astor and Cody are played

by Christina Robinson and Preston Bailey(who replaced Daniel

Goldman after the first season). Dexter's infant son Harrison is played

by twins, Evan and Luke Kruntchev. On February 5, 2013, it was

reported that Aimee Garcia was promoted to series regular status

starting season 8. [22]

Notable appearances in Season 1 are Christian Camargo as the Ice

Truck Killer and Mark Pellegrino as Rita's abusive ex-husband

Paul. Jaime Murray portrayed Lila Tournay in Season 2, a beautiful but

unhinged, know-it-all, British "artist" who becomes obsessed with

Dexter. Keith Carradine, as Special FBI Agent Frank Lundy,

and Jimmy Smits, as ADA Miguel Prado, each appeared in season-

long character arcs in Seasons 2 and 3, respectively. David Ramsey,

who plays confidential informant Anton Briggs in Season 3, returned in

Season 4, romantically involved with Debra. John Lithgow joined the

cast in season four as the "Trinity Killer". Carradine returned in Season

4, reprising his role as newly retired FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy,

who was hunting the Trinity Killer. Courtney Ford was featured in

Season 4 as an ambitious reporter who mixes business with pleasure,

getting romantically involved with Joseph while simultaneously fishing

for sources and stories. Julia Stiles joined the cast a little later as

Lumen Pierce, a woman who gets involved in a complex relationship

with Dexter after the tragedy that culminated the previous season. In

the sixth season, Mos Def was cast as Brother Sam, a convicted

murderer turned born-again Christian, and Edward James

Olmos and Colin Hanks guest starred as Professor James Gellar and

Travis Marshall who were involved in a murderous apocalyptic cult.

The seventh season features multiple guest stars including Ray

Stevenson as Ukrainian organized crime boss, Isaak Sirko, Jason

Gedrick as strip club owner and mob enforcer, George Novikov,

and Yvonne Strahovski as female serial killer and Dexter's love

interest for the season, Hannah McKay.

Brad William Henke had a role as amputee victim Tony Tucci in the

first season. Margo Martindale had a recurring role as Camilla, a

records office worker who was close friends with Dexter's adoptive

parents. JoBeth Williams portrays Rita's suspicious mother, Gail

Brandon, in four episodes of season 2. Malcolm-Jamal

Warner appeared as a family lawyer, and John Marshall

Jonesappeared as a man who murdered his wife, to be shot by

Doakes. Anne Ramsay portrayed defense attorney Ellen Wolf,

Miguel's arch-nemesis. Valerie Cruz had a recurring role as Miguel's

wife, Sylvia. April Lee Hernández joined the cast early into the fifth

season as Cira Manzon, a police "uniform" who was included in an

investigation by Debra because of her Hispanic descent and

knowledge of Santa Muerte. In season 6, Billy Brown was cast as

transferred-in Detective Mike Anderson to replace Debra after her

promotion to Lieutenant; Josh Cooke plays Louis Greene, a lab tech

and Masuka's intern; and Aimee Garcia played the role of Batista's

younger sister, Jamie.

Crew [edit]

The main creative forces behind the series were executive

producers Daniel Cerone, Clyde Phillips and Melissa Rosenberg;

Cerone left the show after its second season. Coming off a record-

setting Season 4 finale, executive producer and showrunner Clyde

Phillips departed the series to spend more time with his family. 24 co-

executive producer Chip Johannessen took over Phillips' post.[23] Head

writer Melissa Rosenberg left after Season 4 as well.

After the conclusion of Season 5, it was revealed that Chip

Johannessen was departing the show after a single season[24] and

that Scott Buck would take over as showrunner from season 6.

Reception [edit]

Critical reception [edit]

Metacritic ratings per season[25]

S. 1 S. 2 S. 3 S. 4 S. 5 S. 6 S. 7Rating 77 85 78 79 75 63 81

Although reception to individual seasons has varied, the response

to Dexter has been mostly positive. The review

aggregator website Metacriticcalculated a score of 77 from a possible

100 for season 1 based on 27 reviews, making it the third-best

reviewed show of the 2006 fall season. This score includes four 100%

scores from the New York Daily News, San Francisco

Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times and People Weekly.[26] Brian Lowry,

who had written one of the three poor reviews Metacritic tallied for the

show, recanted his negative review in a year-end column for the trade

magazine Variety after watching the full season.

[27] On Metacritic Season 2 has a score of 85 with all 11 reviews

positive. Season 3 has 78 with 13 reviews. Season 4 has 79 with 14

reviews. Season 5 has a score of 75 with 11 reviews,.[28] Season 6 has

a score of 63 with 10 reviews. Season 7 has a score of 81 with 7

reviews.[29] While remarking on some of the show's more formulaic

elements (quirky detective, hero with dense workmates, convenient

plot contrivances), Tad Friend of The New Yorker remarked that when

Dexter is struggling to connect with Rita or soliciting advice from his

victims, "the show finds its voice."[30]

On December 14, 2006, Michael C. Hall was nominated for a Golden

Globe Award at the 64th Golden Globe Awards. In 2008, the show

was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama

Series for its second season (Showtime's first ever drama to be

nominated for the award), and its star for Outstanding Lead Actor in a

Drama Series. It won neither, losing to Mad Men and to Breaking

Bad actor Bryan Cranston.[31] In 2010, Hall and John Lithgow, in their

respective categories, won a Golden Globe for their performances, on

the same night, for their work in season four.

Popular reception [edit]

The third season finale on December 14, 2008 was watched by 1.51

million viewers, giving Showtime its highest ratings for any of its

original series since 2004, when Nielsen started including original

shows on premium channels in its ratings.[32] The fourth season finale

aired on December 13, 2009 and was watched by 2.6 million viewers.

It broke records for all of Showtime's original series and was their

highest rated telecast in over a decade.[33] The fifth season finale was

watched by a slightly smaller number of people (2.5 million). The show

was declared the ninth highest rated show for the first ten years

of IMDb.com Pro (2002–2012).[34] The seventh season as a whole was

the highest rated season of Dexter, watched by 6.1 million total weekly

viewers across all platforms.[35]

Awards [edit]

Main article: List of Dexter awards and nominations

Dexter has been nominated for 25 Primetime Emmy Awards (winning

4), in the category of Outstanding Drama Series 4 times in a row, from

2008 to 2011, and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama

Series (for Michael C. Hall) 5 times in a row, from 2008 to 2012. It has

also been nominated for 10 Golden Globe Awards (winning 2) and

12 Screen Actors Guild Awards (winning 1).

Broadcast [edit]

In Serbia,, Dexter is broadcast on FOX Crime, and it is offered with

both English Audio and Serbian subtitels In France, Dexter is

broadcast on Canal+ and it is offered with both English and French

audio.[36] In India, Dexter is broadcast on STAR World.

[37] In Portugal, Dexter is broadcast on the Portuguese public

broadcaster RTP [38] and on the cable TV channel Fox Portugal [39]both

in its original version with Portuguese subtitles. In Thailand, the series

is broadcast on True Series.

Criticism [edit]

U.S. broadcast [edit]

When U.S. network CBS announced in December 2007 it was

considering Dexter for broadcast reruns over the public airwaves,

the Parents Television Council (PTC) publicly protested the decision.

[40][41] When the network began posting promotional videos of the

rebroadcast on YouTube on January 29, 2008, PTC president Timothy

F. Winter, in a formal press release, again called for CBS to not

broadcast the show on broadcast television, saying that it "should

remain on a premium subscription cable network" because "the series

compels viewers to empathize with a serial killer, to root for him to

prevail, to hope he doesn't get discovered.[42] " Winter went on to quote

CBS President Leslie Moonves' post-Columbine comment: "Anyone

who thinks the media has nothing to do with [increasing violence in

society] is an idiot." Winter called on the public to demand local

affiliates preempt Dexter, and warned advertisers the PTC would take

action against any that sponsored the show.[43] Following Winter's

press release, CBS added parental advisory notices to its broadcast

promotions, and ultimately rated Dexter TV-14 for broadcast.[44] The

show premiered on February 17, 2008, edited primarily for language

and scenes containing sex or the dismemberment of live victims.

[45] The PTC later objected to CBS broadcasting the final two episodes

of the first season in a two-hour block starting as early as 8 p.m. in

some time zones.[46]

Other media [edit]

DVD/Blu-ray releases [edit]

[show]DVD/Blu-ray releases

Video game [edit]

A video game based on Dexter developed by Icarus Studios and

based on the events of season one, was released on September 13,

2009. It is available for the iPhone platform in the iTunes App Store.

The game was released on the iPad on October 15, 2010, and

on PC on February 15, 2011. The cast and crew of Dexter have been

very supportive, with some of the cast providing full voice work for the

game, including Michael C. Hall. The game has received many

positive reviews, including an 8.0/10 from IGN. No additional content

for the game has been released or announced as planned. Plans to

release the game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 seem to have

been cancelled, as there has been no recent information regarding

expansion of the game onto these platforms.

Alternative reality game [edit]

Showtime launched Dexter Game On during Comic-Con in July 2010.

It was a promotion that relied on community involvement. Part of the

user's involvement required the user to use the SCVNGRapplication

available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android platforms to

complete treks around the five cities the game was available in. The

final trek lead to a kill-room where the "Infinity Killer" had recently

claimed a victim. A link was found in the room to a (fake) company

called "Sleep Superbly", which began an extensive Showtime-

maintained alternate reality game that continued until Dexter's fifth

season premiere.[55]

The alternate reality game involves players working cooperatively

together to help catch the "Infinity Killer" and identify his victims. A

number of other characters help. During the game, players

communicate with the "Infinity Killer" among many others. There are

also a few shady companies that have active roles. The game spans

Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist, etc. as well as countless unique sites

created for the game. There are even phone numbers players can call.

The characters and companies are controlled by real people, adding

an extra realism and ability for intelligent conversation. In order to

maintain a realistic feeling in the game, Showtime does not put their

name or advertisements on most sites and pages created for the

game.

Soundtrack [edit]

Main article: Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series

The music from the Dexter TV series was released on August 28,

2007 in the album Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series. It

is produced by Showtime, and distributed by Milan Records. The

album is also available online on the iTunes Store. The iTunes release

includes five additional bonus tracks from Season 1 and 2.

Gary Calamar, whose company, Go Music, also provides non-score

music for True Blood, House and Men of a Certain Age, music

supervises Dexter (along with Music Coordinator Alyson Vidoli). The

opening title theme was written by Rolfe Kent, and the score is

composed by Daniel Licht and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese.

Merchandise [edit]

EMCE Toys has planned the release of action figures based on the

series.[56] Dark Horse Comics released a 7-inch bust of Dexter Morgan

in March 2010, as part of its Last Toys on the Left series,[57] and

released a Trinity Killer Bobble Head in April 2010.[58]

A Dexter board game created by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd was released

on September 30, 2010.[59]

There is also a variety of items available from Showtime, including t-

shirts, blood slide key rings and coasters, pens made to look like

syringes of blood, an apron, mugs and glasses, posters, and even bin

bags.[60]

See also [edit]

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Further reading [edit]

DePaulo, Bella; Leah Wilson (2010), The Psychology of Dexter,

Benbella Books, ISBN 978-1-935251-97-2

Lindsay, Jeff (2009), Darkly Dreaming Dexter (1st ed.), Vintage

Crime/Black Lizard, ISBN 978-0-307-47370-7

Teuteberg, Jasmin (2009), America's favourite serial killer, Stockholm

University, ISBN 978-3-640-44920-0

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