Heart of the Machine

[  Mood: Amused ]
I’ve praised Dexter before on the bboard, but I thought I would discuss it a little more in depth here.

While not normally into police procedurals the twisted premise to this show (that the person investigating the crimes is in fact a serial killer himself). Really, it seems as if a lot of the police work in the show is just window dressing for character studies for a collection of pretty deeply flawed people. This more than anything else has gotten me more hooked on Dexter then I have been on a TV show since the first season of LOST.

Dexter’s commentary on the situations and characters around him provide insite, but the most telling points are the things he can’t understand. He grasps the how of all the people around him and can imitate it almost perfectly (emotions, interactions, etc), he completely misses the why of it. As the show developes you start to see some vague hope of redemption for Dexter mostly in the form of his sister (a ladder climbing police woman) and his ‘girlfriend’ (in so much as Dexter can have one of those) Rita (played all wounded and angelic by Julie Benz of Angel and Buffy fame, her in a Tomb Raider costume is worth the price of admission alone IMO).

I am really looking forward to where this season is going, primarilly because I have no clue as to what direction this show is headed. Something I rarely, rarely get to say any more.

You really have to check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

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