Thursday, September 1 2011
Life, Murder and Companionship: Dexter’s Quest for Friendship
Looking back over Dexter’s journey, the need for a trustworthy companion has never been greater. As the character has become more human, the desire for companionship and a normal life has overtaken the necessitation to kill. It has become—in fact always was—the driving force in his life.
Thursday, July 7 2011
The ‘Dark Passenger’ Attends Philosophy 101: ‘Dexter and Philosophy: Mind Over Spatter’
A fantastically simple hook creates a baffling philosophical paradox in Dexter.
Tuesday, May 18 2010
Dexter Fans Will Discover New Elements to Their Beloved Psychopath, Here
Dexter represents the serial killer as post-modern celebrity. This new essay collection explores this murderous character and why we love him so.
Thursday, April 29 2010
United States of Tara and Its Equally Dysfunctional Cable Neighbors
The Gregsons. The Botwins. The Henriksons. Most of my recent favorite TV families live on cable. But do they all have to be so dysfunctional? Blame the Sopranos.
Tuesday, January 12 2010
Top 10 Episodes of 2009
As I continue to look back on the best TV of 2009, these are the ten best episodes...
Wednesday, December 16 2009
“Dexter” action figure
Dexter action figure - Entertainment Earth.com [$17]
Friday, September 26 2008
Dexter: Season Three Premiere
The moral muddling is never resolved in Dexter. The more Dexter (Michael C. Hall) insists on his rightness, the more limited his vision appears.
Sunday, February 17 2008
Dexter
Predictably, the network cut is much more concerned with removing all premium cable language than with obfuscating the utter corruption Dexter embodies and acts out each episode.
