It’s Showtime: Television: Dexter

Dexter, he’s an unassuming kind of guy, but a supply and demand kind of killer!

Take the Dark side of Domenic Da Vinci add a Gil Grissom with a Grudge and you’ve got yourself Dexter Morgan. Dexter is a blood spatter expert with the Miami Police Department, his job is to arrive on the crime scene and examine the spray and splash of the blood to try and divine some information to find the killer or killers.

By day, Dexter is trying to help Miami’s finest solve some of the most horrendous murders you might ever see. By night Dexter becomes a serial killer of his own design, seeking out those that have escaped the wrath of the law and come to meet their maker at the hands of Mr. Morgan.

It’s an interesting plot line this series about a serial killer. Dexter has more than a few issues that he has to flesh out if you will; the lad has some serious discombobulation in his own psyche.

Dexter’s world got rocked a little in episode one, with a serial killer rolling around the Miami area with a new twist on the concept of murder. In fact, Dexter becomes a tad obsessed with the new killer on the block and the show takes on the professional respect that Dexter seems to have for the subject at hand.

From Showtime, the program is well off the wall and rather graphic at times. Not for the squeamish are the scenes where Dexter brings justice to those that justice let go.

Michael C. Hall continues his communion with dead people, coming from the highly acclaimed Six Feet Under. This time instead of burying the clients he’s creating them.

It will be interesting to see how large a following the program can gain during its run, certainly not for those who don’t like the dark side of life. However, if you take the time to listen to the dialogue, some of the jokes are quite funny in a rather macabre kind of way. Just a sedative for the weirdness that will soon return we assume.

Dexter shows up on Movie Central every Sunday night at 8 pm, the movie channels lead in to the critically acclaimed The Wire.

Tagged by critics as the one of the best new shows of the year, it's the kind of show that could only find success and an audience in the universe in which the pay channels operate. More proof as to why the upper tier of the your satelite or cable package is where much of the best TV is these days.