Once. Twice. Three Times a Cool Serial Killer

dexter_wall_03_1280x1024After cementing its spot on Cable television with two excellent seasons, the third season of “Dexter” upped the ante even more by challenging its audiences to answer a couple of mammoth-sized questions.

Can Dexter be a father?

Can Dexter share his secrets with someone and not pay the consequences?

With these dilemmas driving the story, the third season of Dexter is the best yet. While it’s not as bloody as the previous years, it has grown to the point where it doesn’t have to rely on gruesome death scenes to hold on to its audience, despite the fact that there are still plenty present. Over the course of the third season, Dexter, played by the incomparable Michael C. Hall, seems to be getting more normal by the day, as he is slowly beginning to violate his father Harry’s code that keeps him out of the authorities’ way and safe from danger.

It may be just another excuse to get James Remar more camera time, but who cares. Remar is stellar as Dexter’s dad and their scenes alone build a tension that fuels the season.

That mainly has to do with the fact that our favorite serial killer now has a best friend in Miguel Prado, played by the surprisingly devilish Jimmy Smits, who works hard to gain Morgan’s trust. Throughout the season, we see these two get closer and closer, making for incredibly addicting, engaging and thought-provoking television. Smits does an excellent job of not only keeping the audiences’ attention throughout the season, but is a great guest star due to the fact that he has great chemistry with so many of the other characters as well, making him believable and important in this world.

The same thing goes for newcomers Desmond Harrington and David Ramsey, who play detective Joey Quinn and CI Anton Briggs, respectively. Both good-looking and cool under pressure, Harrington and Ramsey play crucial roles in the season and don’t let anyone down in the process. Like puzzle pieces, they fit perfectly with the rest of the cast.

Speaking of the rest of the cast, both Batista [David Zayas]and Masuka [C.S. Lee] are back and up to their old tricks in the third season, but like the rest of the characters, have been through a lot and show other sides of themselves. Because of that, they are even better supporting characters than they were before and make even the sub-plots in the story intriguing ones.

The same thing goes for Jennifer Carpenter, who as Dexter’s younger sister, Debra, fails to learn her lessons in the love department, creating another fun season-long story. It’s not as steamy as the ones she’s had before, but again, just like the sub-plots with Batista and Masuka, it’s worth your time.

In spite of all the new things going on in the show however, it’s the work of Hall as Dexter that keeps fans coming back. Make no mistake about it, Hall is still the center of this show and still bloody good at what he does in season three. Some may even argue that he’s honed his skills to a master level and it’s only a matter of time until Hollywood scoops him off the set of the show for good.

For the time being however, Hall is simply continuing to further establish himself as one of the best performers on television.

With plenty of action and drama away from the main plot and a main storyline that will leave you addicted from the catchy opening theme to the eerie end credits, “Dexter” is easily the best show on cable today. Furthering those loft sentiments, its third season on DVD is a treasure to behold and one that dedicated fans will not be disappointed with.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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