I started watching the show in august, and honestly I didnt have high hopes, since I have seen other really mainstream TV shows like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, and all of them were good but none of them really blew my mind.

The first season was good, but after I finished it, I still didnt think this show would be anything special. Well, I was wrong. I originally planned to watch two episodes a day, but I binged through Season 2 in two days. When Doakes figured out who Dexter was, I couldnt stop myself from watching just one more episode, then another, and suddenly it was 5 am, and I finished season 2. Doakes was my favorite character, and looking back, I think hes the best antagonist in the entire series, so I didnt know what to expect after he died.

Season 3 was mehh, it started off excitingly, and at the beginning I was still really into the idea that Dexter had killed pretty much the worst possible person, since one of his brothers is a district attorney and the other is a sheriff. The Miguel-Dexter dynamic became repetitive for me after a while, but the ending was good once Miguel died, and they finally started doing something with the George King storyline. I dont even need to talk aboutseason 4 its clearly the absolute best season of Dexter. Plot twist at the end was tragic, but I wasnt expecting Ritas death at all, so it worked. Season 5 felt to me like Season 3, only with Lumen instead of Miguel.

I know Season 6 is very controversial, but I really liked it, and I think Travis is a good antagonist. In season 7, I didnt like that a bunch of random new characters showed up and suddenly took center, but the season was exciting, especially the season finale. And then theres season 8… I dont think it was bad, but up until episode 10–11, I felt like the show wasnt making any progress toward wrapping up the story. Afterward, I watched the New Blood of course, the concept is really good that years later Harrison somehow finds Dexter and Kurt Caldwell is also an amazing antagonist in my opinion. Original Sin was a bit weird without the original actors, but I think its a good addition to the universe. And then Resurrection was amazing again, I just finished it and I cant wait for Season 2. Im already planning to read the books as well. And now I dont understand people on tiktok saying Dexter is mid, because this show is something else.

Have you ever met a Dexter irl? Or have you only heard the name because of this show and the old Dexter's Lab cartoon?

I’m re watching this shit after like 10 fucking years. Season 5 is fantastic with a lot of shit happening. I was expecting this it to be a pile of shit but fuck it’s awesome. Hopefully in season 6 it’s just as fucking good, but iirc that season was fucking shit as well.

Im curious

I cant stand Hannah mckay. Season 8 was so good until she came back. I don't understand how dexter is back with her after everything she's done. If I was Debra I would've left and never talked to him again. It's crazy.

Quinn is coming back so I'd love to hear some theories on his return! Marking Quinn as X because it won't let me post otherwise lmao

I feel new blood was pretty well made. I would rank it after dexter og seasons 1,4,7 and resurrection.

Dark passenger kills in resurrection are very similar to what dexter did in the pilot episode of the original series to mike donovan. Dark passenger not only stole dexter's name but also his tools and some dialogue's 😅

I kinda feel bad that these two (deb and Maria) are the most annoying characters for me in the show right now (I'm on season 5), with Batista being a close third.

As the title said, why they named New Blood? I think Dexter was coming back to life after being dead from the Hurricane in Miami. So it's a same meaning either ways.

Also resurrection is continue story from New blood, so it's better if they just kept that way and continued?

This is my 3rd or maybe 4th rewatch (after like 4-5 yrs), and I strongly feel that jennifer carpenter is a really bad actor especially playing the role of Debra in the original Dexter series.

From facial expressions, to dialogue delivery, to body language, hand movements - everything feels too static. I'm in season 4 and just watched the episode where Debra calls Dexter to come to the place where Lundy was murdered and my gosh, she cannot even express pain crying there, it felt like how in the whole world she got this important part of the entire franchise to begin with.