Product Description
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The first season of this creepy dramedy series, originally aired
on Showtime, follows Dexter Morgan, a forensics expert who spends
his free time as a serial killer, eradicating some of the city's
most notorious criminals one by one. Star Michael C. Hall,
Jennifer Carpenter, Julie Benz Special Features: Widescreen -
2.40 Audio: Stereo - English Additional Release Material: Audio
Commentary - 1. The Cast Featurette - 1. The Academy of Blood - a
Killer Course Free Episodes - Showtime's hit show - THE
BROTHERHOOD DVD-ROM: Free Showtime Series Episodic Consumer
Sweepstakes for a Sony HD Television Runtime: 655 minutes Year of
Release: 2007.
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An interesting and original idea that's very skillfully
executed, Showtime's Dexter is never less than watchable, often
quite compelling, and sometimes thoroughly riveting. As the 12
episodes from the show's first season (packaged here in a four
disc set) reveal, it's also the epitome of "high concept," a kind
of Silence of the Lambs for the C.S.I. generation.
Creator-executive producer James Manos Jr.'s title character, one
Dexter Morgan (played by Michael C. Hall of Six Feet Under
renown), works for the Miami Department as an blood
spatter analyst, visiting crime scenes and helping figure out
what happened. He has an avocation, too: during his off hours, he
tracks down some very, very bad people who for various reasons
have eluded the proper authorities. Seems his adoptive her, a
cop himself, taught the kid how to channel his dark side in a
"positive" direction; and so, having captured these evildoers
(including a child molester-murderer and a recidivist drunk
driver with a trail of bodies in his wake), Dex dispatches them
with clinical precision, thus making him a serial killer who
snuffs serial killers. But there's more--much more, as it turns
out. By his own description, Dexter is "a monster," an empty
shell who fakes all human interactions and admits to no real
feelings for anything or anyone, including his foster sister
(Jennifer Carter) and his nominal girlfriend (Julie Benz), a
former crack addict and battered spouse who's as uninterested in
sex as he is. There's an explanation for Dexter's weirdness, of
course, one so deep and traumatic that even he isn't aware of it.
It's gradually revealed over the course of the season as he and
the cops (who include Erik King, Lauren Velez, and David Zayas,
all first-rate) track down the so-called "Ice Truck Killer," a
fellow monster whose grisly m.o. both fascinates and taunts our
hero, leading to a genuinely shocking and squirm-inducing finale.
Dexter can be a bit arch, with an ironic, too-hip-for-the-room
tone that get a little old. Still, it's a safe bet that anyone
who views this first season will be salivating for the second.
Extras include audio commentary on two episodes, a featurette
about real-life blood spatter analysis, and a variety of DVD-ROM
items. --Sam Graham
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