Dexter -The Complete First Season

Pros: Well-written, original series.

Cons: Some graphic scenes are going to be needed in a story about a serial killer.

The Bottom Line: Excellent Season 1 introduces us to Dexter with a dramatic finish at the end.

Review: For me, the writer's strike of '07-'08 was actually a good thing. Missing my favorite TV shows wasn't a big deal; in fact, it enabled me to do two things: 1) finally watch the 20 hours of saved TV shows and movies on my TiVo, leaving more than 15 ...

Pros: Very entertaining, unique show with good cast.

Cons: Could be too gory for some people.  Few characters can be annoying at times.

The Bottom Line: Dexter is a very entertaining well done series.  Dexter - The Complete First Season is a great set for fans of the show.

Review: Over the last several years, some of the premium movie channels have started airing original shows in addition to movies.  Showtime began to air Dexter in 2006 and the show has been very popular.  I've read and heard good things about ...

Pros: Title character is perfectly cast. Flawless mix of humor and suspense.

Cons: How many real-life Dexters exist? Only 12 episodes per season.

The Bottom Line: "Mommy... when I grow up I want to be a blood-spatter expert..."

Review: Dexter. When I was growing-up, boys with names like Dexter, Clarence, Blair and Maurice were teased to no end by their classmates. For this reason, I vowed never to use the nickname Dick; though, until convinced otherwise, some teachers insisted upon ...

Pros: Everything- Casting, Acting, Writing, Look, Feel, Everything

Cons: The amount of time it took me to come up with the above title.

The Bottom Line: Depraved, Deep and Disturbing. Deliciously Droll. I'm a Devotee. It's Dope.

Review: “Have you seen Dexter?” I raise my head from my computer at work. It’s Vanessa, a good friend and the television savant that got me hooked on LOST. Due to this, I respect her decision when it comes to new shows and my attention ...

Pros: Intriguing story, good acting, subtle twists and turns.

Cons: Occasionally graphic, not for younger viewers.

The Bottom Line: I would recommend seeing this in DVD format over cut network versions. That is if you can handle bad language. If not, see the cut network version.

Review: My daughter started telling me about Dexter during the first season. We were all fans of Michael C. Hall because of Six Feet Under. I was a little startled that my daughter told me that he was a serial killer that I'd LIKE. I appreciate acting. I ...

Pros: Thoroughly entertaining. Great cast, well written.

Cons: Seasons One and Two are over, waiting for Three

The Bottom Line: Recommend for entertainment value

Review: Dexter is a thoroughly entertaining, witty, macabre series from Showtime starring Michael C Hall. Michael C Hall has previously portrayed David Fisher, a gay, repressed mortician, in HBO’s series Six Feet Under. I was a fan of the series and ...

Pros: Very well written, and extremely compelling.

Cons: Morally troublesome.

The Bottom Line: Excellent writing and acting, the dvd set may qualify as Dosteovsky for the Twenty-First Century.

Review: The Showtime series "Dexter" is based on a novel (Darkly Dreaming Dexter), which I haven’t read, by an author with whom I am not familiar (Jeff Lindsay). The serial killer in this DVD of the first season, like the pop comic superhero, ...

Pros: casting, acting, writing; production; Michael C. Hall nails the character of Dexter

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: You’ll find yourself not only rooting for a serial killer but genuinely concerned for his well-being and worried sick he’d be caught.

Review: THE PREMISE During the day, Dexter Morgan is a mild-mannered blood spatter analyst with the Miami Police Department.  But come the night, he takes a walk on the sinister side, as he tracks down evil-doers who have somehow eluded the ...

Pros: New angle on murder mysteries

Cons: Some actors are weaker than others

The Bottom Line: Mix "Silence of the Lambs" with any CSI show and you've got Dexter. There might be quarts of blood in the series, but it never really gets too graphic.

Review: I work in the motion picture industry, yet I had never heard of "Dexter" until after the first season aired on Showtime. Hmmm, maybe because I didn't subscribe to Showtime - just a guess. My wife and I were in our local video shop one rainy weekend. ...

Pros: Fantastic dark comedy/drama about a serial killer.

Cons: Not for the weak of stomach or children.

The Bottom Line: Can a series with a serial killer as its hero be good? Definitely.

Review: Television has been called a vast wasteland. I've heard people rant and rave for years about having so many channels and nothing to watch on TV. And then I started looking at two things. The first was my television watching schedule which has actually ...