I think you can marathon it but no matter how you slice it, it is an intelligent show for open-minded people. It is far different than anything I have ever seen on TV and I think fewer people may enjoy it than most other HBO, SHOWTIME, etc, shows but the ones who do enjoy it will absolutely love it. It’s definitely a one of a kind show that I will miss.

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I know it may not be PC to make this distinction but it is an important one. Dexter was in a roundabout way defending the most vulnerable.

Another interesting aspect of Dexter’s character is that he makes you uncomfortable at times because you do grow to like him. He is compulsive, psychotic and human. While he tries to live up to the Code of Harry its principles seem malleable and depending on his desires Dex justifies killing people who may or may not deserve his wrath. These are not always “other serial killers”.

An example of an uncomfortable murder for me as a viewer was when he decided to kill the drunk driver who had moved from state to state but repeatedly endangered, mangled or killed people with his behavior. Dexter killed him with no qualms while I was thinking; maybe this guy has a disease? Alcoholism is defined as one- perhaps intervention is required here? Dexter decides that the dude should die and so he does him.

This was a case of Dexter needing to feed his appetite imo, as a police employee there were many, many ways to put this guy away. In fact the night he murdered him Dexter bought him a drink and then let him leave the bar drunk to drive home. He baited his victim to justify his murder.

Another was when he killed the Bay Harbor Copycat. Dexter has to goad him into confessing that he killed other people, namely the guy at work whose wife he was sleeping with in order to kill him. If memory serves though this doesn’t happen until he’s in plastic wrap on the table. We then get commentary from the cops who find his dismembered body that this “might be a good thing” because the Butcher may be trying to discourage other vigilante copycats. I thought this was a weak point in the show writing honestly. I think the writers knew that the audience would have a problem with Dexter killing a guy who killed someone that assaulted his grandmother and killed drug dealers.