# Any love for "Dexter"? (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567 "2006-10-23T15:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/21 "2006-10-23T22:12:45Z")
I’m enjoying Dexter a lot. Michael C. Hall is fantastic, and the part that is fascinating me is the contrast of his flattened affective state contrasted with the more normal people around him. I like the bits with him trying to fit in, and how he doesn’t always get it. I’m very, very glad he didn’t kill the dog! ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/22 "2006-10-23T23:20:04Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] One thing I’m not getting is why the lieutenant has such a hardon for Dexter’s sister. [/QUOTE] Oh, this is just sick. DeeDee is like, what, seven? Okay, she’s annoying as hell and obviously hyperactive with all those ballet twirls, but she must be protected from this vile, leering lieutenant, whoever he is. We can but hope that Dexter is even now in his lab working on an anti-pedophile death ray. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/23 "2006-10-23T23:53:11Z")
Huh? Dexter’s sister is in her 20’s. The lieutenant who has a “hard on” for her is a female, who has the hots for Dexter and doesn’t like the sister. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/24 "2006-10-23T23:56:47Z")
The “DeeDee” reference above was, I think, a joking allusion to a cartoon show, “Dexter’s Laboratory.” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/25 "2006-10-24T00:11:36Z")
Thanks, **pinkfreud**. Whoosh! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/26 "2006-10-24T02:01:23Z")
[QUOTE=yellowval] That one has never really caught my eye, but I’m certainly willing to give it a shot. If they have it on DVD I’ll order it on Netflix. [/QUOTE] They do. The show took an epi or two to get into it’s humor and rythym. Some dudes thought it was “just another CSI”. Note that Dexter does sound interesting and if it lives, I may be renting season 1 in about a year or so, who knows! ---
**Author:** ![beowulf573](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@beowulf573](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulf573)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/27 "2006-10-24T02:19:35Z")
I didn’t care for the book, didn’t care for who the killer was in the end, but I actually like the series. It’s not the best thing I’ve ever seen, but it’s worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/28 "2006-10-24T02:36:09Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] They do. The show took an epi or two to get into it’s humor and rythym. Some dudes thought it was “just another CSI”. [/QUOTE] Grissom traps his victims in a room and recites obscure facts about bugs until they slash their OWN throats out of boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/29 "2006-10-24T17:28:11Z")
Just a heads up that the first two eps can be watched free on Showtime–they’ve been modified to be TV14 rated though, so the eff bomb is muted and I’m assuming there’s some gore missing. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/30 "2006-10-24T17:29:43Z")
Sorry, Showtime’s website. Stupid me, stupid tempting quick reply button. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567/31 "2006-10-25T04:03:49Z")
[QUOTE=Tortuga] Just a heads up that the first two eps can be watched free on Showtime–they’ve been modified to be TV14 rated though, so the eff bomb is muted and I’m assuming there’s some gore missing. [/QUOTE] Thank you! I just watched the pilot on the Website, and absolutely loved it. It was pretty much exactly what I expected, only with more tension-breaking humor. I wish I got Showtime, since I have a feeling this show is going to be right up my admittedly dark alley. –Darkly Dreaming Lou, a Miami boy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-dexter-spoilers/377567.md?page=1)