Diary of a Dexter Newbie
 

Even though the television schedule is way less empty during summer than it was going back before the predominance of Cable (like AMC and SciFi) and Premium (HBO, Showtime) channels, summer still tends to be a bit of a television dry spell for me. This is good. It allows me to do things like catch […]

Breaking News for Dexter Fans
 

Co-stars Michael C Hall and Jennifer Carpenter (who play siblings Dexter and Debra Morgan) eloped last week on New Years Eve. The couple has kept their relationship under the radar for over a year and a half and will be making their first official appearance together tonight at the Golden Globes (where Michael is nominated […]

 

Dexter Season 2 Almost, if not as, good as season 1, Season 2 (which I finished yesterday) had me hooked to the very end. The season solidified my opinion that Michael C Hall is the best TV actor of his generation and also threw even more light on the talents of Julie Benz (Rita), Jennifer […]

Dexter Season 1: nearly perfect

David and Darla shine in the brilliantly plotted, character driven, perfectly cast and uniquely toned first season of Dexter. The character of Dexter Morgan could not be further from Michael C. Hall’s famous role as David Fischer on Six Feet Under; while David was golden hearted yet socially awkward, Dexter is a charismatic sociopath. It’s […]

A New Feature: My Top Ten Obsessions of the Week (maybe TV related, maybe not)

10. My epic facebook TV debate with Rachael from “I watch movies then talk about them”. Daily we exchange ideas on topics ranging from our favourite TV sidekicks to which female characters make the best case for feminism. 9. Late Canadian stage legend William Hutt’s performance of King Lear in the series finale of Slings & Arrows […]