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Directors: Michael Cuesta, Tony Goldwyn 


Studio: Showtime Ent. / Paramount 

Het verhaal
De televisie serie Dexter is gebaseerd op het boek van Jeff Lindsay, Dreaming Dexter. Dit boek verteld het verhaal van een vreemde man, Dexter Morgen. Zijn jeugd was naar, hij is mishandeld en verlaten, maar tegenwoordig is Dexter een succesvolle forensisch patholoog. Maar zijn charismatische persoonlijkheid is maar schijn, hij heeft namelijk een verschrikkelijk geheim. Hij heeft nog een tweede carrière, hij jaagt op moordenaars die niet berecht zijn, hij is dus een moordenaar die moordenaar vermoord?

De hoofdpersonen
Michael C. Hall - Dexter Morgan
Julie Benz - Rita Bennett
Jennifer Carpenter - Debra Morgan
Lauren Vélez - Lt. Maria Laguerta
David Zayas - Angel Batista
James Remar - Harry Morgan
C.S. Lee - Vince Masuka 



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Season 1 

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Season 1, Episode 7: Circle of Friends

The Ice Truck Killer is supposedly identified, but Dexter is skeptical. Meanwhile, Rita must deal with the return of her menacing, recently paroled ex-husband. 


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Season 1, Episode 8: Shrink Wrap

The suicide of a wealthy and powerful businesswoman leads Dexter to suspect that her psychologist may have killed her. But Dexter gets a surprise of his own when he pays a visit to the suspect, Dr. Emmett Meridian, which he forces Dexter to open up dark secrets from his past. Elsewhere, as Rita becomes more warmer to her ex-husband Paul, who claims to be a changed man, she wants to move onto intimacy with Dexter, who is afraid of consummating their romance. Meanwhile, Lt. Laguerta visits to Neil Perry makes her become more skeptical to his claims as the Ice Truck Killer. Also, Debra"s romance with prosthetic specialist, Rudy, begins to heat up. 


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Season 1, Episode 9: Father Knows Best

Dexter learns that his biological father (named Joe Driscoll), whom he was told had died 30 years ago, has just recently died and left him everything he owned, including his house. He goes on a trip to pack the items in the house, along with Rita. But later, Debra and Rudy also show up at the house to help out, where Dexter clicks with Rudy, while suspecting something strange about Joe Driscoll"s death, and about who Dexter"s biological mother was. Flashbacks to Dexter"s childhood show him questioning Harry about who his real parents were, and about an accident which an anonymous person donated some of his blood to help the young Dexter during his surgery and it happened to be Mr. Driscoll. Back in Miami, Angel questions a shooting incident involving Doakes and a suspect. Also, Paul begins to slide back into his old habits when he suspects Rita is keeping him away from unsupervised visits to their children.