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;Real life murder 2:In November 2009, Andrew Conley, 17, was arrested in ], in connection with the death of his 10-year-old brother, Conner. In an affidavit filed in ] court, police said that Andrew told investigators that he identified with the character. "Andrew stated that he watches a show called 'Dexter' on Showtime, about a serial killer," prosecutors said in an affidavit. "He stated, 'I feel just like him.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wlwt.com/news/21799757/detail.html |title=Prosecutors: Ind. Teen Felt Hunger To Kill |work=WLWT |date=December 4, 2009 |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref> Conley is now serving ] without the possibility of parole. ;Real life murder 2:In November 2009, Andrew Conley, 17, was arrested in ], in connection with the death of his 10-year-old brother, Conner. In an affidavit filed in ] court, police said that Andrew told investigators that he identified with the character. "Andrew stated that he watches a show called 'Dexter' on Showtime, about a serial killer," prosecutors said in an affidavit. "He stated, 'I feel just like him.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wlwt.com/news/21799757/detail.html |title=Prosecutors: Ind. Teen Felt Hunger To Kill |work=WLWT |date=December 4, 2009 |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref> Conley is now serving ] without the possibility of parole.
;Real life murder 3:On February 3, 2010 outside ] 26 year old Faiza Ashraf was abducted by Håvard Nyfløt, 27 while she was on her way to work. Shamrez Khan, 29 had approached Nyfløt at the gas station where the 27 year old worked and asked him to abduct Ashraf for NOK 100 000 (USD 20 000 approx.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/03/27/nyheter/faiza_ashraf/innenriks/drap/kidnapping/11045172/ |title=Faiza ble drept ved et uhell - nyheter |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2010-03-27 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> Nyfløt has testified to being obsessed with television series Dexter at the time, and therefore identified Khan as "a vermin that it was his responsibility to put to sleep".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10098919 |title=Jeg tenkte at jeg måtte avlive ham, akkurat som Dexter - VG Nett om Faiza-saken |publisher=Vg.no |date= |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> Nyfløt's defence attorney showed the court clips from the tv series where Dexter kills a man by cutting his throat and hanging him upside down to let him bleed to death. According to Håvard Nyfløt, he planned to use this method to kill Shamrez Khan while Faiza Ashraf was watching.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/krim/faizasaken-forsvareren-viste-dexter-for-retten-3439159.html |title=Faiza-saken: Forsvareren viste Dexter for retten &#124; TV 2 Nyhetene |publisher=Tv2.no |date= |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> Nyfløt followed Dexter’s mode of operation and was listening to the series soundtrack while committing the crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/09/08/nyheter/drap/faiza/politi/dexter/13310948/ |title=Drepte Faiza - var inspirert av Tv-serien Dexter - nyheter |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2010-09-13 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> Faiza Ashraf was choked to death by a combination of plastic strips and silver tape put on her by Nyfløt to keep her tied down while they were waiting for Khan to show up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/04/14/nyheter/faiza_ashraf/drap/kidnapping/16189221/ |title=I dag får de dommen - nyheter |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>
;Real life murder 4:Just after midnight on November 5, 2010, the 21 year old Swedish "Dexter woman" or “Dexter murderer” stabbed her stepfather (49) to death in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nyheter24.se/nyheter/inrikes/537419-kvinna-mordade-styvfarsa-i-dexter-stil |title=Rättegången mot "Dexter-mördaren" inleds &#124; Inrikes &#124; Nyheter &#124; Nyheter24 |publisher=Nyheter24.se |date=2010-11-05 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> The two had shared a meal together at a nearby hotel, and were caught on tape by the hotel security cameras at 00:43 giving each other a goodnight hug. Shortly after, the stepfather’s dead body was found 280 meters away. In the 21 year old’s house police found a 20&nbsp;cm long dagger with the stepfather’s DNA on it, as well as diaries where the 21 year old compared herself to Dexter Morgan and described how she had been wanting to kill her entire family for several years.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kristoffer Rengfors |url=http://www.metro.se/nyheter/iphone-kan-falla-21-ariga-dexter-mordaren/EVHkcg!Ca8u9BMy7xjuI/ |title=Iphone kan fälla 21-åriga "Dexter-mördaren" – Metro |publisher=Metro.se |date= |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>
;Real life murder 5:In April 2011, engaged couple, Maartens van der Merwe, 24, and Chané van Heerden, 20, were arrested in ], South Africa, in connection with the death of 24-year-old Michael van Eck. Michael van Eck was lured to a graveyard by van Heerden after meeting her on Facebook.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Satanism-muti-part-of-murder-probe-20110405 |title=Satanism Part of Murder Probe |work=WLWT |date=April 5, 2011 |accessdate=April 10, 2011}}</ref> When Michael van Eck arrived at the graveyard he was ambushed and stabbed to death by the couple. Michael van Eck was reported missing the next day and upon investigation, van Heerden and van der Merwe were identified as prime suspects. The two suspects were arrested only a week later and did not deny any of the claims. Michael van Eck's torso was found, buried in a shallow grave in the graveyard where they met. His head, right arm, and left foot had been chopped off. The police later found van Eck's skinned head on the couple's property, as well as his set of ears stored in an air-tight container in their fridge. Although the murder was first linked to Satanism, the police later uncovered that the couple was openly referring to each other as "Dexter" and "Lumen". The parents of the couple stated that the couple had a big love for the television series ''Dexter'', and often quoted and impersonated the characters. Family members stated that "the couple's relationship was a reflection of the deadly and gruesome relationship between ] and ]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Grafmoord-Sy-vra-ma-vir-nog-n-Bybel-20110410 |title=Graveyard Murder Linked To Dexter |work=WLWT |date=April 10, 2011 |accessdate=April 10, 2011}}</ref> Police are currently investigating the link between the murder and the television series "Dexter". The trial has been postponed to November 21 because the court is awaiting the results of van der Merwe's psychiatric report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/local-news?oid=215510&sn=Detail&pid=800&FState-murder-trial-postponed |title=The Citizen Online &#124; FState murder trial postponed - Local News |publisher=Citizen.co.za |date=2011-08-05 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>
;Real life murder 6:Norwegian terrorist ], who massacred 77 people in Oslo and Utøya in the ] on July 22, 2011 states both in his so-called "manifesto" and on the facebook account he created for media use, that Dexter is his idol and that he finds the tv series hilarious.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mikael Lunde, Jonas Pettersen |url=http://m.db.no/2011/08/06/kultur/tv-serie/dexter/drap/anders_behring_breivik/17550492/ |title=Han er terroristens tv-favoritt |publisher=M.db.no |date= |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>


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2006 American TV series or program
Dexter
Genre
Developed byJames Manos, Jr.
Starring
Narrated byMichael C. Hall
Theme music composerRolfe Kent
ComposerDaniel Licht
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Spanish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationMiami, Florida
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseOctober 1, 2006 (2006-10-01) –
present

Dexter is an American television drama series that centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer.

The show debuted on October 1, 2006, on Showtime and the fifth season ended on December 12, 2010. As of December 2, 2010, the show has been renewed for a sixth season. Set in Miami, the show's first season was largely based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, the first of his series of Dexter novels. Subsequent seasons have evolved independently of Lindsay's works. It was adapted for television by screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the first episode.

Dexter structures his killing around "Harry's code", a body of ethics and procedures devised by his adoptive father Harry Morgan (who was a Miami cop) to make sure Dexter never gets caught and to ensure that Dexter kills only morally wrong people. Harry also trained Dexter in how to interact convincingly with other people despite his dissociative mental illness, which Harry believed to be psychopathy, arising from Dexter witnessing the brutal murder of his biological mother, Laura Moser. As an adult, Dexter has largely escaped suspicion (with some exceptions) by being genial and generous and maintaining generally superficial relationships. However, his attachment to his foster (and ultimately adoptive) sister, Debra, his girlfriend (later wife), Rita, his stepchildren, Astor and Cody, and later his biological son, Harrison, have all complicated his double life and made him question his need to kill. In fact, in the first season, his relationship with Rita set in motion the slow but steady humanization of Dexter, progressing further with each season, as Dexter begins to experience a variety of emotions for the first time in decades.

In February 2008, syndicated (edited down to a TV-14 rating) reruns began to air on CBS. The series has enjoyed wide critical acclaim and popularity. Season 4 aired its season finale on December 13, 2009 to a record-breaking audience of 2.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched original series episode ever on Showtime. Michael C. Hall has received several awards and nominations for his portrayal of Dexter, including a Golden Globe. The series was picked up by Showtime for a sixth season, which was not billed as being the final season, leaving possibilities open for a seventh. The sixth season is set to start airing October 2, 2011 at 9:00pm (EST/PST). This show is rated TV-MA-L,S,V (AC, GL, GV, BN) on Showtime.

Cast and crew

Cast

See also: List of Dexter characters

In addition to Michael C. Hall, the show's principal cast includes Jennifer Carpenter as Dexter's adoptive sister, Detective Debra Morgan, and James Remar as Dexter's deceased father Harry. Dexter's co-workers include Lauren Vélez as Lt. María LaGuerta, Dexter and Debra's supervisor, David Zayas as Detective Sergeant Angel Juan Marcos Batista, and C.S. Lee as lab tech Vince Masuka (promoted to title credits as of Season 2). Julie Benz starred as Dexter's girlfriend turned wife Rita Morgan in seasons 1–4. Rita's children Astor and Cody are played by Christina Robinson and Preston Bailey (who replaced Daniel Goldman after the first season). Erik King portrayed the troubled Sgt. James Doakes for the first two seasons of the show. Desmond Harrington joined the cast in Season 3 as Detective Joseph Quinn; his name was promoted to the title credits as of Season 4. Keith Carradine, as Special FBI Agent Frank Lundy, and Jimmy Smits, as ADA Miguel Prado, each appeared in season-long character arcs in seasons 2 and 3, respectively. John Lithgow joined the cast in season four as the "Trinity Killer". Carradine returned in Season 4, reprising his role as newly retired FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy, who was hunting the Trinity Killer.

Notable appearances in Season 1 are Christian Camargo as the Ice Truck Killer, and Mark Pellegrino, as Rita's abusive ex-husband Paul. Brad William Henke had a role as amputee victim Tony Tucci in the first season as well. Margo Martindale had a recurring role as Camilla, a records office worker who was close friends with Dexter's adoptive parents. Geoff Pierson plays Captain Tom Matthews of Miami Metro Homicide. Jaime Murray portrayed Lila Tournay in Season 2, a beautiful but unhinged British artist who becomes obsessed with Dexter. Malcolm-Jamal Warner appeared as a family lawyer, and John Marshall Jones appeared as a man who murdered his wife, to be shot by Doakes. Anne Ramsay portrayed defense attorney Ellen Wolf, Miguel's arch-nemesis. Valerie Cruz had a recurring role as Miguel's wife, Sylvia. David Ramsey, who plays confidential informant Anton Briggs in Season 3, returned in Season 4, romantically involved with Debra. Courtney Ford was featured as an ambitious reporter who mixes business with pleasure, getting romantically involved with Joseph while simultaneously fishing for sources and stories. April L. Hernandez joined the cast early into the fifth season as Cira Manzon, a police "uniform" who was included in an investigation by Debra Morgan because of her hispanic descent and knowledge of Santa Muerte. Julia Stiles joined the cast a little later as Lumen Pierce, a woman who gets involved in a complex relationship with Dexter after the tragedy that culminated the previous season.

Crew

The main creative forces behind the series were executive producers Daniel Cerone, Clyde Phillips and Melissa Rosenberg; Cerone left the show after its second season. Coming off a record-setting Season 4 finale, executive producer and showrunner Clyde Phillips departed the series to spend more time with his family. 24 co-executive producer Chip Johannessen took over Phillips' post. Head writer Melissa Rosenberg left after Season 4 as well.

After the conclusion of Season 5, it was revealed that Chip Johannessen was departing the show after a single season and that Scott Buck would be taking over as showrunner from season 6.

Plot

See also: List of Dexter episodes
For the seasonal plots, see Dexter (season 1), Dexter (season 2), Dexter (season 3), Dexter (season 4), and Dexter (season 5).

Series outset

Orphaned at the age of three due to the murder of his mother, Dexter Morgan is adopted by Miami police officer Harry Morgan and his wife Doris. After discovering that young Dexter has been killing a multitude of neighborhood pets for several years, Harry tells Dexter that he believes the need to kill "got into" him at too young of an age, and that he believes Dexter's need to kill will only grow. To keep Dexter from killing innocent people, Harry begins teaching Dexter "The Code." In this code, Dexter's victims must be killers themselves who have killed someone without justifiable cause and will likely do so again. Dexter must also always be sure that his target is guilty, and thus, frequently goes to extreme lengths to get undeniable proof of his victim's guilt. Most importantly, Dexter must never get caught. Flashbacks throughout the series show Harry, who died several years before, instructing Dexter on how to fake human behaviour, how to cover his tracks after a kill, and even how to stranglehold a target to knock them out and capture them.

Dexter has followed The Code religiously to satisfy his "Dark Passenger" (the name he has assigned to his urge to kill). Like many serial killers, he keeps trophies; before dispatching a wrongdoer, Dexter makes an incision on their cheek with a scalpel and collects a blood sample, which he preserves on a blood slide. He stores his collection in a box concealed inside his air conditioner.

In the beginning of the series, Dexter states that he has no emotions, and he has to work non-stop to appear normal and blend in with the other people around him. Initially, Dexter is (with varying success) able to fake 'normal' emotions and maintain his appearance as an unremarkable friend and neighbor. He does maintain a few personal relationships early on, stating that he is "fond" of his adoptive sister Debra. She is unaware of Harry's training or Dexter's secret life, but harbors lingering jealousy of the perceived preferential treatment Harry gave Dexter. As part of his "disguise" in season one, Dexter dates a woman named Rita who is too traumatized from years of abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, Paul Bennett, to be intimate with Dexter. This suits Dexter, who believes getting intimate will reveal his darker side to Rita. He is fond of (and good with) children in general, particularly Rita's two children, Astor and Cody.

Early Cuts

Dexter: Early Cuts, is an animated web series, that premiered on October 25, 2009. Michael C. Hall reprises his role as the voice of Dexter.

KTV Media International Bullseye Art produced and animated the webisodes, working closely with Showtime for sound editing, Interspectacular for direction, and illustrators Kyle Baker, Ty Templeton, Andrés Vera Martínez, and Devin Lawson for creating distinctive illustrations. The webisodes are animated with 2.5D style, where flat 2D illustrations are brought to life in 3D space. The first season was created and written by Dexter producer/writer, Lauren Gussis. She was nominated for a Webby for her writing on the first season.

The first web series precedes the current narrative of the show and revolves around Dexter hunting down the three victims that he mentions in the sixth episode of season 1, "Return to Sender". Each victim's story is split into four two-minute chapters.

A second season of the web series titled Dexter: Early Cuts: Dark Echo, one story in six chapters, premiered on October 25, 2010. It was written by Tim Schlattmann and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz and David Mack. The story begins immediately following Dexter's adoptive father Harry's death.

Title sequence

Dexter's opening title sequence features Dexter's morning routine, from waking up to leaving his apartment for work. The elements of the routine, i.e shaving, flossing, dressing, preparing breakfast (the oranges he juices are blood oranges), and eating are used visually to evoke Dexter's sinister nature. Per television critic Jim Emerson, "The first time you see it... it tells you everything you need to know about the character."

The series won an Emmy Award in 2007 for "Outstanding Main Title Design", and the title music was nominated for "Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music". The title design and music were created by Digital Kitchen, the same production company responsible for the main titles on True Blood, Nip/Tuck, and Six Feet Under (also starring Michael C Hall).

In a 2010 issue of TV Guide, the show’s opening title sequence ranked #7 on a list of TV's top 10 credits sequences, as selected by readers.

Reception

Critical reception

The initial response to Dexter was positive. The website Metacritic calculated a score of 77 from a possible 100 for season 1 based on 27 reviews, making it the third-best reviewed show of the 2006 fall season. This score includes four 100% scores from the New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times and People Weekly. Brian Lowry, who had written one of the three poor reviews Metacritic tallied for the show, recanted his negative review in a year-end column for the trade magazine Variety after watching the full season. On Metacritic Season 2 has a score of 85 with all 11 reviews positive, season 3 has 78 with 13 reviews and season 4 has 79 with 14 reviews. While remarking on some of the show's more formulaic elements (quirky detective, hero with dense workmates, convenient plot contrivances), Tad Friend of The New Yorker remarked that when Dexter is struggling to connect with Rita or soliciting advice from his victims, "the show finds its voice."

On December 14, 2006, Michael C. Hall was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actor in a Television Drama Series for playing Dexter. He was also renominated and won the Golden Globe Award for his role as Dexter at the 2010 ceremony. The show was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for its second season (Showtime's first ever drama to be nominated for the award), and its star for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. It won neither, losing to Mad Men and to Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston. In 2008, it won a Scream Award For Best TV Show. In 2010, Hall won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. John Lithgow won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Television Series for his role in the series the same night.

Popular reception

The third season finale on December 14, 2008 was watched by 1.51 million viewers, giving Showtime its highest ratings for any of its original series since 2004, when Nielsen started including original shows on premium channels in its ratings. The fourth season finale aired on December 13, 2009 and was watched by 2.6 million viewers. It broke records for all of Showtime's original series and was their highest rated telecast in over a decade. The fifth season finale was watched by a slightly smaller number of people (2.5 million). However, the fifth season as a whole was the highest rated season of Dexter, as it was watched, either on plain or on-demand TV, by more than 5 million people per week.

Awards

Main article: List of Dexter awards and nominations

Dexter has been nominated for many awards. Dexter has been nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards, awarded in the category of both Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (for Michael C. Hall), 3 times in a row, from 2008 through to 2010. Dexter has also received over a dozen Creative Arts Emmy Awards. It has also been nominated for 7 Golden Globes (winning 2), 14 Satellite Awards (winning 7), 18 Saturn Awards (winning 5), 8 Screen Actors Guild Awards (winning 1), and 5 Writers Guild of America Awards.

Criticism

U.S. broadcast
When U.S. network CBS announced in December 2007 it was considering Dexter for broadcast reruns over the public airwaves, the Parents Television Council (PTC) publicly protested the decision. When the network began posting promotional videos of the rebroadcast on YouTube on January 29, 2008, PTC President, Timothy F. Winter (in a formal press release), again called for CBS to not broadcast the show on broadcast television, saying that it "should remain on a premium subscription cable network" because "the series compels viewers to empathize with a serial killer, to root for him to prevail, to hope he doesn't get discovered. " Winter went on to quote CBS President Leslie Moonves' post-Columbine comment: 'Anyone who thinks the media has nothing to do with is an idiot.' Winter called on the public to demand local affiliates preempt Dexter, and warned advertisers the PTC would take action against any that sponsored the show. Following Winter's release, CBS added parental advisory notices to its broadcast promotions, and ultimately rated Dexter TV-14 for broadcast. The show premiered on February 17, 2008, edited primarily for language and scenes containing sex or the dismemberment of live victims. The PTC later objected to CBS broadcasting the final two episodes of the first season in a two-hour block starting as early as 8 p.m. in some time zones.
Viral marketing
In preparation for the UK launch of the series, FX experimented with an SMS-based viral marketing campaign. Created by digital advertising agency Ralph & Co, and promoted by online PR and social media agency Hot Cherry, unsuspecting mobile phone owners received the following unsolicited SMS messages addressed to them by name with no identifying information other than being from "Dexter": "Hello (name). I'm heading to the UK sooner than you might think. Dexter." The SMS-message would be followed by an email directing the user to an online video "news report" about a recent spree of killings. Using on-the-fly video manipulation, the user's name and a personalized message would be worked into the report – the former written in blood on a wall by the crime scene, the latter added to a note in an evidence bag carried past the camera. While the marketing campaign succeeded in raising the profile of the show, it proved unpopular with many mobile owners who saw this as spam advertising aimed at mobile phones. In response to complaints about the SMS element of the campaign, FX issued the following statement:

The text message you received was part of an internet viral campaign for our newest show Dexter. However it was not us who sent you the text but one of your friends. We do not have a database of viewer phone numbers. The text message went along with a piece on the net that you can then send on to other people you know. If you go to www.icetruck.tv you will see the page that one of your friends has filled in to send you that message. Therefore I suggest you have a word with anyone who knows your mobile number and see who sent you this message. For the record we did not make a record of any phone numbers used in this campaign.

Real life murder 1
Connections have been suggested between Dexter and an ongoing murder charge against Mark Twitchell of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On December 3, 2008, Twitchell pleaded not guilty to the charge of first-degree murder of 38-year-old John Altinger, whose remains were found in June 2010. Twitchell filmed footage for a production of House of Cards (entirely unrelated to the British production of the same name), a horror-romance similar in tone to Dexter, in which he allegedly murdered Altinger. Det. Mark Anstey of the Edmonton Police Service was quoted as saying, "We have a lot of information to suggest he definitely idolizes Dexter." In the summer of 2008, Twitchell had posted a series of ominous Facebook statuses in which he "believed he had a lot in common with Dexter Morgan". On July 24, 2009, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Michell Crighton refused to grant Twitchell bail. He was previously represented by Edmonton defense lawyer David Cunningham, but as of March 2010 Charles B. Davison has taken over the case. Crown prosecutors Avril Herron and Lawrence Van Dyke are prosecuting him. The ABC newsmagazine show 20/20 researched the case in Edmonton during the summer of 2009 for upcoming coverage of the case, but due to the legal issues of Twitchell's trial, there is a temporary publication ban.

Real life murder 2
In November 2009, Andrew Conley, 17, was arrested in Rising Sun, Indiana, in connection with the death of his 10-year-old brother, Conner. In an affidavit filed in Ohio County court, police said that Andrew told investigators that he identified with the character. "Andrew stated that he watches a show called 'Dexter' on Showtime, about a serial killer," prosecutors said in an affidavit. "He stated, 'I feel just like him.'" Conley is now serving life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Other media

DVD/Blu-ray releases

DVD/Blu-ray releases
DVD Name Release Date Ep # Additional Content
The Complete First Season Region 1: August 21, 2007
Region 2: May 19, 2008
Region 4: Feb 14, 2008		 12
  • 2 Episode Audio Commentaries by the Cast
  • The Academy of Blood: A Killer Course!
  • Witnessed in Blood: A True Murder Investigation
  • N Technology
  • 2 episodes of Showtime's Brotherhood
    • The Complete Second Season Region 1: August 19, 2008
    Region 2: March 30, 2009
    Region 4: August 21, 2008    		 12
  • 2 episodes of Showtime's Brotherhood, Season 2
  • Via E-Bridge Technology
  • 2 episodes from The Tudors, Season 2 & Californication
    • The Complete Third Season Region 1: August 18, 2009
    Region 2: August 16, 2010
    Region 4: August 20, 2009    		 12
  • Cast Interviews with Michael C. Hall, Lauren Velez, C.S Lee, David Zayas, Jennifer Carpenter, Julie Benz
  • Victims Match
  • Inside the Writers Room
  • Bringing Miami to LA
  • Miami's Finest
  • Photo Gallery
  • First two Episodes of United States of Tara, Season 1
    • The Complete Fourth Season Region 1: August 17, 2010
    Region 2: November 29, 2010
    Region 4: November 4, 2010     		12
  • Californication: Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2
  • Lock 'N Load: Season 1 - Episode 1
  • The Tudors: Season 4 - Episode 1 & 2
  • Via E-Bridge Technology
  • Cast Interviews with Michael C. Hall, Clyde Phillips, David Zayas, John Lithgow, C.S Lee, Julie Benz, Lauren Velez, Jennifer Carpenter, James Remar
    • The Complete Fifth Season Region 1: August 16, 2011
    Region 2: September 5, 2011
    Region 4: August 18, 2011    		 12
  • Californication: Season 4 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • Interviews with: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, Julia Stiles, James Remar, Desmond Harrington, Chip Johannessen and David Zayas
  • Reflecting on Season Five: Julia Stiles
  • The Borgias: Season 1 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • Episodes: Season 1 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • Homeland: Trailer
    • Blu-ray Name Release Date Ep # Additional Content
    The Complete First Season Region A: January 6, 2009 12
  • 2 Episode Audio Commentaries by the Cast
  • The Academy of Blood: A Killer Course!
  • Witnessed in Blood: A True Murder Investigation
  • Podcast
  • First Episode of Dexter, Season 3
    First two Episodes of United States of Tara, Season 1
    • The Complete Second Season Region A: May 5, 2009 12
  • Tools of the Trade
  • Podcasts
  • Featurette: "Blood Fountains"
  • Featurette: "Dark Defender"
  • One episode of the upcoming Showtime series Nurse Jackie
  • One episode of the new Showtime series United States of Tara
    • The Complete Third Season Region A: August 18, 2009 12
  • First two Episodes of The Tudors, Season 3
  • Dexter By Design – Book Experts
  • Cast Interviews with Michael C. Hall, Lauren Velez, C.S Lee, David Zayas, Jennifer Carpenter, Julie Benz
  • First two Episodes of United States of Tara, Season 1
    • The Complete Fourth Season Region A: August 17, 2010
    Region B: November 4, 2010    		 12
  • Californication: Season 3 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • The Tudors: Season 4 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • 2009 Comic Con Panel (Best Buy Exclusive)
    • The Complete Fifth Season Region A: August 16, 2011
    Region B: August 18, 2011    		 12
  • The Borgias: Season 1 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • Episodes: Season 1 - Episodes 1 & 2
  • Interviews with: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, Julia Stiles, James Remar, Desmond Harrington, Chip Johannessen and David Zayas
  • Reflecting on Season Five: Julia Stiles

    • Video game

    A video game based on Dexter developed by Icarus Studios and based on the events of season one, was released on September 13, 2009. It is available for the iPhone platform in the iTunes App Store. The game was released on the iPad on October 15, 2010, and on PC on February 15, 2011. The cast and crew of Dexter have been very supportive, with some of the cast providing full voice work for the game, including Michael C. Hall. The game has received many positive reviews, including an 8.0/10 from IGN. No additional content for the game has currently been released or announced as planned. Plans to release the game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 seem to have been cancelled, as there has been no recent information regarding expansion of the game onto these platforms.

    Alternate reality game

    Showtime launched Dexter Game On during Comic-Con in July 2010. It was a promotion that relied on community involvement. Part of the user's involvement required the user to use the scvngr application available for the iPhone and Android platforms to complete treks around the five cities the game was available in. The final trek lead to a kill-room where the "Infinity Killer" had recently claimed a victim. A link was found in the room to a (fake) company called "Sleep Superbly", which began an extensive Showtime-maintained alternate reality game that continued until Dexter's fifth season premiere.

    The alternate reality game involves players working cooperatively together to help catch the "Infinity Killer" and identify his victims. A number of other characters help. During the game, players communicate with the "Infinity Killer" among many others. There are also a few shady companies that have active roles. The game spans Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist, etc. as well as countless unique sites created for the game. There are even phone numbers players can call. The characters and companies are controlled by real people, adding an extra realism and ability for intelligent conversation. Keeping with the realism most alternative reality games have, Showtime does not put their name or advertisements on most sites and pages created for the game....

    Soundtrack

    Main article: Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series

    The music from the Dexter TV series was released on August 28, 2007 in the album Dexter: Music from the Showtime Original Series. It is produced by Showtime, and distributed by Milan Records. The album is also available online on the iTunes store. The iTunes release includes five additional bonus tracks from Season 1 and 2.

    Most notable is the recurring theme from the end credits, which features artificial harmonics on bowed string instruments (violins, violas and cellos), reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann's pivotal "black and white", strings-only score for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. Herrmann utilized artificial harmonics for the music to the famous shower scene, where the staccato harmonic glissandos, in Stravinsky-like dissonant tonalities, represent a knife stabbing flesh.

    Gary Calamar, whose company, Go Music, also provides non-score music for True Blood, House and Men Of A Certain Age, music supervises Dexter (along with Music Coordinator Alyson Vidoli). The score is composed by Daniel Licht and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese.

    Merchandise

    EMCE Toys has planned the release of action figures based on the series. Dark Horse Comics released a 7-inch bust of Dexter Morgan in March 2010, as part of its Last Toys on the Left series, and released a Trinity Killer Bobble Head in April 2010.

    A Dexter board game created by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd was released on September 30, 2010 for $29.95.

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