Dexter (TV series) - Wkp: Dexter is the name of an upcoming Showtime original television series starring Michael C. Hall as serial killer Dexter Morgan, who works as a forensics analyst (specializing in blood spatter) for the Miami-Dade Police Department. Orphaned at the age of four and harboring a traumatic secret, Dexter is adopted by a Miami police officer who recognizes Dexter's homicidal tendencies and teaches his son to channel his gruesome passion for human vivisection in a constructive way—by killing only those heinous criminals who are above the law or who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

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By day, Dexter Morgan is a well-liked and charming forensic investigator for the Miami Police Department who has a compulsion for neatness, brings doughnuts for his co-workers and spends Sundays relaxing on his boat.He works alongside his fellow officers, including his tough and ambitious step-sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) who’s desperate to move up the police ranks despite the constant antagonism from her boss Lt. Maria Laguerta (Lauren Velez); fellow homicide detective Angel Battista (David Zayas) and the ill-tempered Sgt. Doakes (Erik King). And, there’s also Rita (Julie Benz), Dexter’s sweet, naïve girlfriend who provides a strange sense of normalcy in his upside-down world.
But by night, he spends his personal time making the world a little better and a little neater than he found it. This all-around friendly and charming man happens to be a serial killer who uses his law-enforcement access to murder people who can’t otherwise be brought to justice. Dexter is able to satisfy his urges until a new serial killer comes to town. After leaving bodies and personal clues for Dexter throughout the streets of Miami, his new “friend” initiates a demented game of cat-and-mouse that is equally frustrating and exciting.

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Now, this hooker hacker? Very intriguing. Just another case to apathetic Dexter. Or else it would be, if the murder scenes didn’t look exactly like his own. The murderer is getting a little too cozy, and Dexter doesn’t know what’s threatened, his work or his life. Delicious.
Jeff Lindsay creates a comfortable niche for his crazy person: a girlfriend for whom his polite and distant wooing is a godsend and a crew of coworkers who chalk up Dexter’s eccentricities to the effects of such a job, not to mention a family to which he is loyal in spite of himself (“… Deb is the only person in the world who gives a rusty possum fart whether I live or die. For some reason that I can’t fathom, she actually prefers me to be alive. I think that’s nice, and if I could have feelings at all I would have them for Deb.”)

aol tv: Forensic analyst Dexter Morgan hides his life as a serial killer from his sister, co-workers and girlfriend.

TimGoodman sfgate rvw: Killer 'Dexter' slices and dices ethics, humor: With the dark, creepy but utterly compelling 'Dexter,' you could argue that Showtime has a trifecta of top-notch series worth shelling out money to see -- 'Weeds,' one of the best shows on television; 'Brotherhood'; and now 'Dexter.' The pay channel has been searching for an identity for ages and is slowly proving that you can't just ignore it anymore.
Hall is magnificent; it's another sterling performance from him. "Showtime" has taken a unique, bold premise and put just the right actor into the role.