The Serial Killer Thriller Series On Netflix Is Complete To Watch Thanks To The New Show

By Chris Snellgrove | Published 26 seconds ago

Dexter again How I Met Your Mother two completely different shows with the same misfortune: each has a series finale so bad that it ruins what came before, making it hard for fans to revisit the biggest episodes. DexterThe ending was so bad that I hesitated to check out the surprisingly decent follow-up series New Blood. But I did and I was out Dexter: Original Sin (the prequel is clawing its way through the ratings), I decided now was the right time to watch the original Dexter show the work its bloody magic on Netflix.

What You Should Know About Dexter

If you have never watched Dexter first, you should know its wild premise (taken directly from Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter novels) before you can add it to your Netflix queue. Our title character is an intelligence specialist with the Miami Police Department who has a shocking secret: he is a serial killer who has been driven by the violent desires of his “Dark Rider” ever since he witnessed his mother’s brutal murder. He was raised by a police officer who trained his stepson to kill only the bad guys, and Dexter now has to live a double life as a gentle blood analyst and a ruthless killer.

Dexter (unlike most shows on Netflix) has a great cast, including Michael C. Hall (also known for Six Feet Under) who won a Golden Globe for his powerful performance. Other great actors include Julie Benz (of Buffy again Angel fame) as Dexter’s love interest and Jennifer Carpenter (horror fans will know her from Self-isolation again The Dismissal of Emily Rose) as her pot-mouthed sister. And without getting into spoilers, later seasons brought guest stars, including Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, John Lithgow, and many others.

If the characters are Dexter doesn’t encourage you to log out of your Netflix account, you might be interested in how many awards and nominations this serial killer show has received. The show was nominated for an impressive 24 Primetime Emmys and took home two, just as it was nominated for 10 Golden Globe Awards and took home two. As for Hall, he took home one Golden Globe and a Satellite, Saturn, and Screen Actor’s Guild award for his outstanding performance as Dexter.

For the most part, Dexter impressed critics and fans alike long before it hit Netflix. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has a critical rating of 71 percent, and the audience gave (via Popcornmeter) 81 percent. This shows that even though the series had some extremely bad endings, most who watched it felt that it was more than the sum of its parts and that its intelligence and the brilliant execution of its many eight seasons far outweighed the show’s blunders. last line at the end.

Time to Revisit

In addition, New Blood he really did his best to salvage the weird ending of the first show, too Original Sin proved to be a clever prequel that added meaningful context to our early adventures of the killer. Together, the next two shows did what I thought was impossible: keep me interested in the original show despite its deeply flawed ending. And now that Dexter is on Netflix, I’ve been enjoying rewatching premium cable’s most daring and gory creations.

Will you find Dexter as a reward if you watch (or re-watch) it on Netflix, or is this one series you’d rather throw away in the Gulf Stream? You won’t know until you press play. And if you’re anything like me, you can look forward to the opening title sequence (which won a Creative Arts Emmy, no less) never makes you want to skip the intro.