Since Dexter has such a well defined "killing code"

[Schema Thing]

Why haven't they shown him killing Health Insurance executives? They would easily fall under his code of "ethics", right?

[cliffordu]

1. Now we're talkin'......

:rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. Did you see Saw VI?

[Schema Thing]

8. No, the first Saw was too much for me.

for some reason I totally get into Dexter. Not proud of that fact, lol.


Did Saw VI have a ...uhm...populist theme :)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. Did indeed. The main victim was a heartless insurance agent.

The opening sequence were investors who stole the life savings of poor people.

[SoCalDem]

3. I am going to be SOOOO sad when next Sunday passes.. No More Dexter for a while

It's the last favorite on right now.. Big Love should be coming back soon though.. so is Tara & Nurse Jackie:) Yay HBO & Showtime

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. Tee hee! I'm in exactly the opposite position!

Every season of Dexter I watch in one shot. I can't stand the wait between episodes. So next week when my finals are over, I've got them all ready. I'm just going to retire to my room, sit back and veg for 12 hours.

[SoCalDem]

7. There's one thing that has me puzzled.. what's the deal about Debra searching for their Dad's women?

I did not watch the first few seasons, ..what's the deal there?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Do you really want to know? I'll PM you so as not to spoil it for anyone if you want.

[SoCalDem]

17. yes I need to know

:)

[Bolo Boffin]

28. OMG, I keep forgetting about this.

So many threads that are bopping around right now. I was convincing myself of another angle for the big twist, but, oooh, they've been setting this one up as well. Hmmmmmmmmmm...

[LaydeeBug]

26. I love doing that. It's how I watched The Wire...

and it was soooo satisfying.

[sui generis]

14. dupe delete

[sui generis]

15. Guilty pleasure with many people

for sure.

Although from another perspective the gungeon folks who would never shoot to kill someone just for fun but "only in self defense" aren't a whole lot different; that's just their code.

And before the flamethrowers show up - not talking about the sane gun owners here - just the several "special ones" here on DU.

One thing that really disturbs me about the story in general is that Dexter's "code" essentially means he hunts crazy people, and that's justifiable because they're "killers".

I can suspend my own ideas of retribution well enough to enjoy the pace and plot, but in the real world, I don't think that anyone who plans to kill another human for any reason is qualifiable as "sane", and that includes virtually every non-negligent homicide you can conceive of.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. So am I. BTW... I think Big Love will be back in the beginning of January. :)

I believe Tara and Nurse Jackie are in the spring? True Blood at the beginning of the summer?

And yes, HBO and Showtime series rock!

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I like it.

Maybe next season. :) He's got to take care of that pesky Trinity first.

[LiberalFighter]

6. If Dexter could do that we should declare a National Holiday in his honor.

[valerief]

11. Ha!!! I'd watch the show if that was on it. nt

[Subdivisions]

12. Who's Dexter?

:shrug:

[Fumesucker]

13. Everyone's favorite serial killer..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_%28TV_series%29

Dexter is an American television drama series that airs on the premium channel Showtime. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a serial killer who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood spatter analyst.

The show is based on characters created by Jeff Lindsay for his series of Dexter novels. It was adapted for television by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the pilot episode.

On October 21, 2008, Showtime renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season, each consisting of twelve episodes. Production began in early 2009, with season four premiering September 27, 2009.<1>

Season 1's plot was adapted from the first novel in Jeff Lindsay's "Dexter" series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines.

Orphaned at the age of three and harboring a traumatic secret, Dexter was adopted by a Miami police officer named Harry Morgan, who recognized Dexter's sociopathic tendencies and taught him to channel his gruesome passion for thrill killing by giving it a constructive direction: killing people who deserve it. Most have slipped through the justice system, due to loopholes and technicalities in the law or were never apprehended.

To hide in plain sight and to erase his own crimes, Dexter works as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department. Although his drive to kill is unflinching (otherwise overcome by a feeling of "emptiness") Dexter is, through extensive instruction from Harry, able to fake normal emotions and keep up his appearance as a socially-responsible human being. Flashbacks throughout the series show how Harry, who died several years before, instructed Dexter on the art of appearing normal, and he follows Harry's instructions as a sacred "Code of Harry". In accordance with this code, most of Dexter's victims must be killers themselves; people who have killed multiple times with no remorse. Dexter must also have proof that the criminals are definitely guilty before he takes action. In the episode "Return to Sender", Dexter is shown to have used the alias "Patrick Bateman" to procure powerful sedatives to use on victims. This is the same name used by Bret Easton Ellis for the serial killer in his 1991 novel American Psycho (as well as the 2000 film of the same name), who, like Dexter, is a seemingly normal person by day but a ruthless serial killer by night.

[Subdivisions]

18. Thanks. No wonder I didn't know. I don't have Showtime. =)

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Dexter is the main reason we DO have Showtime

And Weeds, of course.

[Fumesucker]

21. You can watch it online...

I seldom watch TV, indeed I don't own one, but I found Dexter to be very entertaining.

http://www.sidereel.com/Dexter

[Subdivisions]

23. Thanks! I'm at a point now where I'm thinking about eliminating my TV.

It's a difficult decision only because I work from home and my job consists of long periods of monitoring puncuated by short occasional bursts of activity. So I have lots of spare time. The more good stuff I find online to watch to fill the slow periods, the closer I get to finalizing that decision.

[Fumesucker]

24. You might also want to check out Burn Notice..

It's a smart and funny "secret agent goes rogue" show..

http://www.yidio.com/show/burn-notice

[Initech]

19. Dexter would really be the Dark Defender at that point!

[Schema Thing]

22. I'd write a change of M.O. into that episode: a pitchfork instead of knives

[Schema Thing]

25. Kick for the "night crew" ;)

[Thickasabrick]

27. Does it creep anybody out that this show is so popular? I mean - is

this idea of a serial killer (who only offs bad guys) really appealing and does it represent some deep, dark desire that he would actually exist?

I've enjoyed watching it a couple of times but like the appeal of 24 to so many people - it kinda creeps me out.

[Bolo Boffin]

29. He's really just on the other side of Batman - the vigilante myth America always has

Much more grisly about it, but the code keeps him on this side of sympathetic.

[Schema Thing]

30. yes. It creeps me out about myself.

but only a little.


I was about 23 when I first saw real crime scene photos; I had to re-photograph them. No big deal, I thought, even though I didn't relish the idea. About two hours later, I had to pull my car over. I was shaking, crying, and on the verge of vomiting.


I don't like it that gruesome scenes from Dexter don't seem to affect me.

[Thickasabrick]

32. Gawd, that sounds horrible. They were "real" and I guess our minds

are telling us that Dexter is fake? I don't think I could stomach real crime scenes.

[ecstatic]

31. The show has inspired at least one young murderer

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/12/04/12039141-ap.html

[Thickasabrick]

33. OMG - I guess it had to happen. That is so horrible. nt