Monday, September 29, 2008

Dexter


If you haven't seen Dexter on Showtime I can only say you are missing one of the most clever shows in a long time. I'm actually afraid to say that out loud - or in print - because every time a really good show comes along they cancel it. We don't have enough shows about hospitals or law and order type dramas. Whoever came up with the premise of a forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer should get a special award for relieving us of all the boring crap that is otherwise forced upon our airwaves. It's the main reason I keep Showtime in my cable line-up.
Michael Hall plays Dexter Morgan - you may remember him as David Fisher from Six Feet Under (another wonderful show that bit the dust) as the troubled Gay son and funeral director. Dexter and David may both be troubled souls, but boy - Dexter is much more interesting!
They have a wonderful cast and fantastic writers - and I want to share with everyone a line from the show last evening which I absolutely LOVED. When the happy pregnancy of one of the characters was announced, Dexter's sister said........"you're having a Roley-poly- chubby-cheeked shit machine??

That about says it all.

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