Dexter

Dexter Morgan splits his time between blood spatter analysis by day and serial killing other criminals by night.
Dexter will return in 2012.
Sundays, 9 PM ET, Showtime
Current Season: 6 - Total Episodes: 60
Highest Rated: Ep 10, Season 2
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  • "The British Invasion"
    Episode 12

    My first thought: What a cheat! My second thought: Maybe not. The question of what Dexter was going to do about Doakes, a...

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    B+
  • "Left Turn Ahead"
    Episode 11

    The key exchange of tonight’s episode took place between Dexter and Angel at a bar, as the two commiserated over batshit...

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    B+
  • "There's Something About Harry"
    Episode 10

    If nothing else, this season of Dexter has been all about our hero’s capacity for self-delusion. We hear his...

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    A
  • "Resistance Is Futile"
    Episode 9

    On last week’s message board, after I enthused about Dexter powering into its third act, reader “anon”...

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    B+
  • "Morning Comes"
    Episode 8

    “What more could a rededicated serial killer ask for?” Indeed. Though I’ve long since dropped my initial...

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    A
  • "That Night, A Forest Grew"
    Episode 7

    Welcome to Showtime. Granted, the network has evolved into a legitimate purveyor of thoughtful, provocative entertainments...

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    B+
  • "Dex, Lies, And Videotape"
    Episode 6

    Hi, this is Dexter. I’m not here right now, but if you’d like to leave a long-winded and flagrantly inappropriate...

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    B
  • "The Dark Defender"
    Episode 5

    Wow. Where to start? Some big revelations tonight, starting again on that fateful day at the shipyard, which is the psychological...

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    A-
  • "See-Through"
    Episode 4

    The Bay Harbor Butcher: Scourge of the city or avenging force for good? As news of the connection between the BHB’s...

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    B+
  • "An Inconvenient Lie"
    Episode 3

    “Nothing stays buried. Perhaps not even me.” As Dexter’s grisly handiwork continues to surface from the...

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    A-
  • "Waiting To Exhale"
    Episode 2

    Oh, so that’s why they hired Michael C. Hall. ** SPOILERS FOLLOW AFTER THE JUMP ** After the reckoning of last season’s finale, in which...

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    B+
  • "It's Alive"
    Episode 1

    Heading into Season Two, our hero is having trouble with conscience, not to mention his stabbing arm.

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    B+
  • "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"
    Episode 12

    “I promise to be the very best husband and father I can be.” —Dexter to Maria, at the wedding “A...

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    A-
  • "I Had A Dream"
    Episode 11

    First things first: the bad news is your trusty guide through all things Dexter, Scott Tobias, couldn't be with you for last...

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    A
  • "Go Your Own Way"
    Episode 10

    Oops. If there's anything as important to the serialized TV show than the penultimate episode, it's the penultimate...

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    A-
  • "About Last Night"
    Episode 9

    Well, so much for the theory that Ellen Wolf was inviting a friendly face into her house. To use the parlance of our...

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    B
  • "The Damage A Man Can Do"
    Episode 8

    “I’m going to put together a starter kit for you.” Awesome. It was inevitable that Dexter, having opened...

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    B+
  • "Easy As Pie"
    Episode 7

    By nature of his extracurricular activities, Dexter is a loner. But that doesn’t mean he wants to be. He’s always been...

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    B+
  • "Sí Se Puede"
    Episode 6

    There’s a reason this show isn’t called Miami Metro. It’s a little hard not to sound like a...

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    B-
  • "Turning Biminese"
    Episode 5

    Oddly enough, for some reason it never occurred to me that Dexter, by asking Rita to marry him, would eventually have to move in...

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    B+
  • "All In The Family"
    Episode 4

    From Season One, Episode One, we’ve known that Rita’s presence in Dexter’s life has been about keeping up the...

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    B
  • "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
    Episode 3

    The main thing I like about Dexter is how committed the show is to going deep inside Dexter’s head and learning more...

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    B
  • "Finding Freebo"
    Episode 2

    Last week, a couple of commenters took me to task for not spending any time on the big development dropped at the end of the...

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    B+
  • "Our Father"
    Episode 1

    When we last saw our darkly, dreaming Dexter, he had successfully untangled himself from a heap of trouble—partly because of...

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    B