His face has been rapidly growing with popularity. His wit, charm, and pre-disposition to slicing up living things have been slowly worming their way into your television, online routine, and even I phone. He has become the head, and body of a cult success, without all the psychological manipulation, and theft. Yep, that’s right it’s Dexter! If you are still not sure who I am talking about, I would suggest removing yourself from underneath your rock.
For those of you unfamiliar with the cult phenomenon, Dexter is a, now, very popular television series. The premise that the show is built around is the character Dexter’s weakness; essentially, he is a murderer. Dexter’s unorthodox character trait is both what the show’s fan base is built around, and the snag holding the show back from full blown mainstream popularity. To his fans, though, Dexter may as well be the patron saint of killing.
The show began to gain wide-scale popularity around season 3. During that time Dexter has been nearly found out twice, with close calls usually surrounding his job as a blood spatter analyst at the Miami police department. The tension, and the heat didn’t hit the fan though until the most recent fourth season. Dexter encounters several huge problems ignited by his attempts fit into the role of family man, when his wife, on top of three children of her own, has his baby. The last season of Dexter was produced with cinematic quality, from the sophisticated, and superb storyline, right down to a fantastic use of symbolism, and overall beautiful cinematography.
Now, with more fans than ever everyone has their eyes peeled on the next season. The stunningly brilliant end to season 5 left fans on a doozy of a cliffhanger, and many have been making predictions as to where the show will head. The trailer hit the net a couple of days ago, and it looks like the show is moving to an even grimmer, and darker place. My prediction is, though, that this will only serve to increase the frenzy and excitement around its fan base.
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What is not so popularly known about Dexter though, is that it is actually based on a series of books by Jeff Lindsay. The books essentially provided the characters, and setting for the television format, and the show went on a journey of it’s own from there. The surprising part of this scenario, though, is that the books, while a more than pleasant read, aren’t quite as sophisticated as the storyline written for the television series.
If I had not already made it painfully obvious, I think I am in love with the Dexter franchise as a whole. I have rarely seen such quality come out of American TV, and, personally, I think you’d be crazy not to lap it up.
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