Posted October 23, 200619 yr comment_5413836 Anyone with Showtime catching this? I watched the first two episodes last night On Demand and it's far and away the best show I've seen in years. Michael C. Hall (David Fisher from "Six Feet Under) plays Dexter, a forensic blood analyst from a law enforcement family (his adopted dad and foster sister were/are cops as well). Oh yeah, he's also a serial killer too. The twist is that they show how he figured out early he has the urge to kill and decided, with some encouragement from dad, to use it for the forces of good. There's the twist: because he specifcally chooses scum like pedophiles and serial drunk drivers, he ends up like this Sopranos-like hero where you're cheering someone for doing bad things because he's doing them to horrible people.
October 24, 200619 yr Author comment_5413846 One truly awesome part: Dexter is having a beer with his sister at some restaurant/bar and spots the drug lord responsible for killing a cop earlier in the episode. He follows the guy to the bathroom which leads to a great inner monologue where he comes to the conclusion that someone in the drug game doesn't need a serial killer to bring justice to the world, someone else in the game will probably take care of things. He comes to this conclusion all while the two of them are taking a piss at the urinals.
October 24, 200619 yr comment_5413850 Lunatic inner dialogue. I might have to search this out online.
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