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Cyrus Says "Dexter Season Three" Absolutely Slayed Him
I suppose looking in from the outside, it might seem horrifying that our culture has become so obsessed with serial killers that we even have a hit TV show about one who ritualistically murders folks while being the romantic lead as well. Hey, I feel less guilty for liking “Dexter” than all the rest of you should for watching “American Idol”. My new hero only murders murderers. “Idol” has been brutally savaging for years, without a shred of mercy, good taste in music.
But enough of my snobbery. If you read my review on Spill for Season two (so I’m a fan, so sue me) you already know the setup. But I GUESS I’ll go over the basics again. Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police department. He has a single mom girlfriend named Rita (Julie Benz) and a sister (Jennifer Carpenter) who is an officer herself. In his spare time, he uses the department’s resources to track down murderers who have gotten through cracks in the system, and murders them in turn. Then he washes up and goes home to play with Rita’s kids. He is the last guy anyone who knows him would ever suspect is deeply and darkly driven to murder consistently, and that’s because he’s very good at what he does. This is also why Beau remains free.
In season three, the series introduces a close friend for Dex, a first for the series. The always amazing Jimmy Smits plays Assistant DA Miguel Prado, a big name around town who attaches himself to Dex when he stumbles across Dexter killing the fugitive he believes killed his brother. Only Dex killed his brother. Now Miguel wants to be taken under Dexter’s wing and taught how to kill the scumbags the legal system lets go. Even though Dexter is immensely pleased to have a friend and even a protégé, Miguel isn’t exactly what he presents himself to be. As Dexter’s daydream conversations with his dead father (James Remar) warn him, he may have created a monster he can’t control.
I was worried about this season because I felt that season two, as entertaining as it was, suffered from some very irritating female characters. This has been the weak point for the show since the beginning; it’s because the women are all written as either irrational or crazy. This time around Dex’s sister is toned down a little and most importantly, the Rita and her kids stories take place more in the background. At the beginning of the season we discover that Rita is pregnant with Dexter’s baby and Dexter doesn’t have a clue what to do. Eventually, he figures out the right way to propose marriage and then to deal with the stress of dealing with a hormone-stressed fiancé with the impending ‘before-I-start-to-show’ rush wedding. Even through all of this, the creators of the show chose wisely to keep Rita, when she’s freaking, regulated to the background.
The strength of this season lies in the relationship between Dexter and Miguel, which gets edge of your seat towards the end. It’s hard not to like Miguel and root for their friendship but in the end, you know that Dex is meant to be alone and if it comes down to a showdown between the two men, you know who your money is on. Like in the two seasons before it, this is really about Dexter learning and evolving what he does/is and he learns it this time through his complex and eventually troubled relationship with Miguel.
So, to be clear, if you’re going to pick just ONE murderous anti-hero show that’s still on the air right now to watch, I’m going to have to insist it be “Dexter”. This season proved that the writers are on the right track and I can only imagine what next season will hold when it starts on September 27th on Showtime. I mean, he’s gonna have a baby. Or as I saw in the ads for it littering comic-con this year...
If any show can pull it off, it’s this one.
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Comment by SeanTheArtist on August 30, 2009 at 1:33pm -
I'm a huge fan. i find my self watching it so much! it's just very well done and well acted. i have major faith that the 4th season will be epic as well.
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Comment by Thatmunkybites on August 30, 2009 at 1:18am -
Season 4 is going to be awesome. John Lithgow as the "Trinity Killer"? I'm sold.
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Comment by Leeroy on August 27, 2009 at 8:03pm -
Just Finished The Third Season on DvD down here in Australia (Takes us a while to get things down here) such an intense Show and Riveting me and My brother watched it in one sitting and I gotaa say "TIME WELL SPENT"
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Comment by JayCas1992 on August 20, 2009 at 9:00pm -
Favorite
Show
Ever
~Diehard Dexter Devotee
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Comment by Your Mom's Pimp on August 18, 2009 at 10:18pm -
We all want to see evil punished and aren't really hung up on how it happens. Dexter kills evil people. He kills them for selfish reasons, but we all cheer because its one less scumbag in the world.
I love the show and the series but am sad to see some of the more interesting characters killed off. I hope the story line doesn’t become stale and repetitive.
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Comment by The_Nose on August 15, 2009 at 11:43am -
I'm so so so so pumped for season four 13 more days
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Comment by joannajax on August 14, 2009 at 3:20am -
I love shows about people doing bad stuff (Breaking Bad, The Shield, DEXTER). This show is great and I'm so pumped for the new season! /squeal!
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Comment by LukeAmongClouds on August 14, 2009 at 2:49am -
Oh, and one more thought...I kinda felt like seasons 2 and 3 were similar in the fact that both introduced a person who Dex could attach himself to and connect with...(albeit in very different ways.) And I won't spoil anything (I'll leave that to our resident supervillain) but both scenarios play out in a very similar fashion throughout seasons 2 and 3. Nevertheless, the show never bored me at all...it's such a dark yet hilarious spin on this kind of drama.
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Comment by LukeAmongClouds on August 14, 2009 at 2:45am
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Nice review man, I really enjoyed season 3. I liked the whole dynamic/chemistry between Miguel and Dexter...and wow some crazy stuff is gonna go down in season 4!
The first season will always be my favorite, unless 4/ subsequent seasons are better...one is just so original and I loved that storyline a lot more than 2/3. I didn't see the reveal in the season 1 finale coming AT ALL....and wow that rocked.
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Comment by Tyler on August 13, 2009 at 3:33pm -
hmmm . . . is Dezter going to try and pull The Bad Seed? That would be interesting to see it with a 2 month old toddler haha
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