IMDb: 8.6

Cast: Michael C.Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, James Remar,David Zayas,…

No. Of Seasons: 8

Total episodes: 96

Dexter works as a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Police Department during the day and as a serial killer who only kills other criminals by following certain code which he called Harry’s code. Dexter went through something terrible at a very young age. He lost his mother and after that a police officer named Harry Morgan adopts him. Harry has daughter of his own named Debra Morgan who also grows up to be an officer in the same Department.

After his mother’s death, a dark passenger rises inside Dexter. He started feeling strong urges to kill a living being. Harry understands what Dexter is going through and helps him to control this urges. Harry knew he could not stop him from killing So he taught him a code , a certain set of rules by following which he can fulfill his urge of killing a living being. But he only kills criminals and murderers who are walking freely  after committing a crime. He catches them before police gets their hands on them. After he took them to a secret places and performs a ritual for their death. He shows them what crime they have committed. He is very careful while doing so because  the first rule of the code is to never get caught.


Michael C. Hall’s acting is phenomenal for which he also won an Emmy Award. The way in which he portrays Dexter’s character is very impressive. How Dexter’s suffers to feel any human emotions and how he hides his true identity of a serial killer while working with the police and his sister Debra is very interesting and entertaining to watch. Each season comes with new big challenges for Dexter as he comes face to face with some of the dangerous killers. There are some situations where Dexter is about to get caught but how he manages come out of this situations keeps you on the edge.


The 1st season shows the story of an ice truck killer. Dexter and everybody in the police department is trying to find this serial killer. There is more to this story and Dexter is about to meet someone from his past. There are also other characters like Trinity Killer, Doomsday killer. Later on How Dexter kills this killers while maintaining his work and marriage is entertaining and thrilling.

Conclusion:-

If you like Crime thrillers you should watch Dexter. The showtime confirmed that Dexter is coming back with another season after seven years. In October 2020 it was announced that Dexter would return for a ten episode limited series release and with Michael C. Hall coming back to take on the roll of the serial killer/father.