The series digs into Dexter’s traumatic backstory to explain why he is the way he is, and spends plenty of time getting inside his mind.
This Emmy-winning series follows Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic analyst specializing in blood spatters who also happens to be a serial killer. But Dexter isn’t your average murderer — he’s a murderer with a conscience, who justifies his crimes by killing only guilty criminals who have evaded proper punishment by law. The series digs into Dexter’s traumatic backstory to explain why he is the way he is, and spends plenty of time getting inside his mind. But the best thing about Dexter is that it’s not just a crime show; at any given point, it can also become a horror story, a family drama, a dark comedy, or a psychological thriller.