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Dexter’s Season 1 finale is without doubt one of my favourite finales ever. I love everything about it, from its clever twist to how incredibly acted it is. It marks the key turning point of the show so far. Everything boils down to a seriously tense moment where Dex has to decide if he can kill his foster sister to gain his real brother... it goes without saying that that’s a tricky decision, even for a serial killer. There are game-changing consequences to all the choices that Dexter has to make in the finale; and as Season 2 began this week, I’m going to enjoy watching some of those consequences play out again.
Even from its very first episode, the second season of Dexter clearly has a very different tone to the first one. Evidently, between the seasons, the producers made a conscious move to make Dexter’s character one that is easier to relate to. Throughout the first season, Dexter struggled with social interaction and often felt more comfortable faking human emotions around other people. Whilst this was an interesting look into the mind of a serial killer, it also made it difficult for viewers to understand Dexter as a person. Thankfully with this season, Dexter knows himself better, which allows us as an audience to know him better.
The end of Season 1 also marked Dexter’s first major change from the source material. The books are great and all, but they’re a little too dark (which is really saying something) and the storyline of the second season allows Dexter to become a more creative and interesting TV show...rather than just an adaptation of a book.
The story for this season puts Dexter under the spotlight. His own victims (sealed in garbage bags) are discovered at the bottom of the ocean. Dexter is part of the investigation into his own set of murders and the suspense builds as more and more is uncovered about this particular group of bodies. Season 2 takes steps towards showing us the messy side of our favourite “neat monster” as Dex himself struggles to come to terms with who he really is – his defining question of the season is: "Am I a good person doing bad things? Or a bad person doing good things?"
Dexter’s supporting cast have some really interesting stories this season too; Debra embarks on the difficult task of coming back to work after almost being killed, Sgt. Doakes becomes increasingly suspicious of Dexter, and Rita’s relationship with Dexter is put under strain as she begins to wonder about what secrets he might be keeping.
Season 2 picks up the pace and changes the tone from the first season. This is the season that asserts Dexter’s worth as a TV show. After all the controversy about the portrayal of a serial killer on television, Dexter has become as compelling and fascinating a series as any other. The second season builds on the truly brilliant end to the first one and adds further intricacies to this twisted story.
Watch Season 2 of Dexter, Wednesdays at 10pm on FX
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