It's a pretty trick for a writer to pull off a hero out of a villain, even more so when it's a serial killer. And thus it is with Showtime's "Dexter." Michael C. Hall, late of HBO's "Six Feet Under," plays Dexter Morgan a blood specialist for the police who is also a serial killer. Taught during childhood by his adopted policeman father to channel his darker urges toward other more deserving serial killers, Dexter easily makes that villain-to-hero leap. It is disconcerting when Dex does do his own serial killer thang, that you suddenly realize you're rooting for him.
The core of the lesser (or is it better) of two evils comes from the book(s) by Jeff Lindsey - "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" and its sequel "Dexter in the Dark" which I heartily recommend. He's a complex character who is surrounded by just as intriguing back-up and played by just as talented cast. If you don't already have Showtime, this is worth getting it for. The second season has just begun, and it trumps the first in just two episodes so far. See it!
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