Dexter Review Summary
"Find yourself rooting for a serial killer - and liking it!" watching Showtime's weekly crime drama
Dexter. Michael C. Hall stars as "a forensics expert who specializes in blood splatter" and secretly kills the criminals he thinks are getting away with it. What draws reviewers in even more is the tremendous back story of Dexter's youth because "it raises moral questions about justice and capital punishment, love, romance, betrayal." With the lead character killing other murderers,
Dexter has fans asking
"Who would have thought you could like a serial killer?" Based on the novel
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, this series has many reviewers calling it "one of the best, most original shows on TV." While there are "so many cop dramas, hospital dramas, comedies, reality shows ... there are no other shows like this one."