Dexter

Dexter. A brilliant TV series, in my humble opinion. It’s dark, macabre, and quite different to the bland, saccharine stuff around at the moment. I’m surprised they were even allowed to make it, due to all the blood and murder. But I’m glad they did. Even though they banished it to an obscure sky channel here in the UK. It features Michael C. Hall, of Six Feet Under fame (I love Six Feet Under too). All in all Dexter is a quality production, and based on the books by Jeff Lindsay, ‘Darkly Dreaming Dexter’ and ‘Dearly Devoted Dexter’ and I believe a third in the series in coming soon. It’s odd because the books are not as good as the TV series, usually it’s the other way around. The books are kind of like cheap thrillers, keeping you hooked. I read Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a very short space of time. They don’t require a lot of concentration. They’re light reads. But the concept is very, very original. I’m hungry for the second season of Dexter on TV. If they ever show it here. I LOVE it. I love stuff that’s a bit different and risqué. Instead of buying a different and risqué show, UK Channel 4 opted to show ‘Brothers and Sisters.’ What a piss weak programme that is. If you like it, fair enough. I just don’t. It bores me almost to tears. It makes me want to stamp on the TV. It stars Rachel Griffiths, who also played Brenda in Six Feet Under. How she could go from SFU to Brothers and Sisters is beyond me. It makes me want to cry. And Ally McBeal is in it too. Looking slightly less anorexic, but not exactly healthy. Grrr. Don’t even get me started on Ugly Betty. A good concept, but dragged out for far, far too long. I think it took about 6 months to get through the first season. I’d lost interest by the second episode. Ok, so lots of people like Ugly Betty. It’s light entertainment. I think my concentration is so poor that I need a TV series to really grab me and shock me to hold my attention. Dexter does that. It build and builds until the final episode where you’re practically foaming at the mouth to see what happens. Michael C. Hall plays a very good sociopath.