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He is intelligent. He is Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer who spends his days solving crimes and his nights committing them.. During Season 8, Angel Batista was not always played by David Zayas. His for David Zayas Jr. replaces his father in some photos as the two look remarkably alike..

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Visible throughout the first season, Dexter has a large scar on his left side. Later in season two, the scar moved to the right side, leaving the left side unmarked.. Dexter Morgan: I've lived in the dark for a long time. Over the years my eyes adjusted until the darkness became my world and I could see. After four episodes, I'm ready to proclaim that this is the best show on TV right now, one that may one day rank with the likes of _The Sopranos_ and the first season of _Twin Peaks_ as a contender for second-best.

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best TV show of all time (after the incomparable _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ one of the show's producers and writers is former Buffy writer Drew Z. Dexter is a sociopath, someone without human feelings and; therefore, there is no natural inner moral compass and he has an unquenchable bloodlust that drives him to kill. But he had the great grace of being the adopted child of a police officer, who (as we see in great flashbacks) successfully instilled in him a complete moral code that he adheres to on a strictly intellectual level. This is an absolutely brilliant concept (which I assume derives from the novels it's based on), one that allows the writers to explore the nature of moral behavior and what it means to be human (Dexter is, in a sense, an alien). Another thing the show does brilliantly is move at different speeds in parallel.

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There is an apparent primary story arc throughout the season (concerning a cat-and-mouse game between Dexter and a serial killer) and a secondary arc involving Dexter's sister's police career. The first few episodes include a very strong wrap-up arc involving one of Dexter's fellow cops and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far have also included (and played out) a standalone story split between them. We've seen the future of TV season structuring and this is it. While the writing is not up to the brilliance of the best in _House_, it was excellent. The cast and production are great.

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The only reason you wouldn't want to watch this utterly brilliant show is its frequent use of extremely graphic imagery: it probably featured more severed body parts in the first four episodes than in the first four episodes of any other TV show . If you can stomach it, tune in for a fascinating look at what makes us human -- or inhuman.