08-14-2025, 08:21 PM
So let me just go ahead and rate Dexter by my personal favorite seasons...
1. Season 10
2. Season 9
3. Season 1
4. Season 5
Now that we got that out of the way, I'll do a season by season breakdown of the show...
Season 1: Iconic. We meet Dexter for the first time, we like him immediately, we get to meet the brother he didn't even know he had, then things end tragically as usual. 10/10 stars.
Season 2: Literally don't even remember. Let me look it up. Ohhh, shit! Hell yeah, this was the season with Lila, the "gross English titty vampire" and she and Dexter have a bunch of low key BDSM sex which is my absolute favorite and it was SO GREAT to see Dexter that way. Great season, 9/10 stars.
Season 3: This was the "Miguel" season, and it was absolutely not among my favorites, though it wasn't the worst by a long shot. Jimmy Smits is a great actor. Overall decent season, I give it 7/10 stars.
Season 4: The iconic "Trinity Killer" season. John Lithgow, total master of the acting arts, great season, 8/10 stars.
Season 5: The "Lumen" season. Julia Stiles was great in her guest role. She and Dexter did eventually do some pretty bomb fuckin' too, so I appreciate that. Lumen was his best love interest ever. Great season, 10/10 stars.
Season 6: Oh man. Dear God. By far my least favorite season of the entire show. I gotta put this one in league with Original Sin. And the real kicker is I LOVE Edward James Olmos. That guy is so hot, such a great actor. But this role was such a waste of potential. Least favorite "big bad" in any season ever. I skip through every single scene of him and his obnoxious crazy sidekick dude. The only good thing about season 6 was Brother Sam, and the fact that Debra finds out Dexter's secret. 4/10 stars.
Season 7: Gotta look it up, no idea. Oh God, this was the first season in which Hannah appeared. Can't stand Hannah, she totally sucks, like almost all of Dexter's other love interests. Pretty bomb sex though. 4/10 stars.
Season 8: I thought this season was decent, I really didn't mind the whole psychiatrist thing being brought into play. It was actually pretty brilliant, but most people disagree. Wholly underwhelming "big bad" though, he sucked. Not memorable at all. The Zach character was a huge missed opportunity for the series IMO, total waste. And of course the season 8 finale, the last episode of the original show, was an absolute fucking disaster that was regrettable on basically every level. 4/10 stars.
Season 9, AKA New Blood: Totally epic on every level, completely loved every second of it, 10/10 stars.
Season 10, AKA Resurrection: Greatest season of the show by days and miles. Superb is not a strong enough word, 11 out of 10 stars, masterpiece. Of course, we've only seen 6 of the 10 episodes so far, they COULD still fuck it up. But I feel like they've surely learned their lesson from the last 2 times they've tried to end the show and failed.
It is beyond insane that Dexter debuted almost TWENTY YEARS AGO, and its newest season is THE GREATEST in the history of the show. Just phenomenal.
Summary:
Dexter: Resurrection = 11/10 stars.
Dexter: New Blood = 10/10 stars.
1. Season 10
2. Season 9
3. Season 1
4. Season 5
Now that we got that out of the way, I'll do a season by season breakdown of the show...
Season 1: Iconic. We meet Dexter for the first time, we like him immediately, we get to meet the brother he didn't even know he had, then things end tragically as usual. 10/10 stars.
Season 2: Literally don't even remember. Let me look it up. Ohhh, shit! Hell yeah, this was the season with Lila, the "gross English titty vampire" and she and Dexter have a bunch of low key BDSM sex which is my absolute favorite and it was SO GREAT to see Dexter that way. Great season, 9/10 stars.
Season 3: This was the "Miguel" season, and it was absolutely not among my favorites, though it wasn't the worst by a long shot. Jimmy Smits is a great actor. Overall decent season, I give it 7/10 stars.
Season 4: The iconic "Trinity Killer" season. John Lithgow, total master of the acting arts, great season, 8/10 stars.
Season 5: The "Lumen" season. Julia Stiles was great in her guest role. She and Dexter did eventually do some pretty bomb fuckin' too, so I appreciate that. Lumen was his best love interest ever. Great season, 10/10 stars.
Season 6: Oh man. Dear God. By far my least favorite season of the entire show. I gotta put this one in league with Original Sin. And the real kicker is I LOVE Edward James Olmos. That guy is so hot, such a great actor. But this role was such a waste of potential. Least favorite "big bad" in any season ever. I skip through every single scene of him and his obnoxious crazy sidekick dude. The only good thing about season 6 was Brother Sam, and the fact that Debra finds out Dexter's secret. 4/10 stars.
Season 7: Gotta look it up, no idea. Oh God, this was the first season in which Hannah appeared. Can't stand Hannah, she totally sucks, like almost all of Dexter's other love interests. Pretty bomb sex though. 4/10 stars.
Season 8: I thought this season was decent, I really didn't mind the whole psychiatrist thing being brought into play. It was actually pretty brilliant, but most people disagree. Wholly underwhelming "big bad" though, he sucked. Not memorable at all. The Zach character was a huge missed opportunity for the series IMO, total waste. And of course the season 8 finale, the last episode of the original show, was an absolute fucking disaster that was regrettable on basically every level. 4/10 stars.
Season 9, AKA New Blood: Totally epic on every level, completely loved every second of it, 10/10 stars.
Season 10, AKA Resurrection: Greatest season of the show by days and miles. Superb is not a strong enough word, 11 out of 10 stars, masterpiece. Of course, we've only seen 6 of the 10 episodes so far, they COULD still fuck it up. But I feel like they've surely learned their lesson from the last 2 times they've tried to end the show and failed.
It is beyond insane that Dexter debuted almost TWENTY YEARS AGO, and its newest season is THE GREATEST in the history of the show. Just phenomenal.
Summary:
Dexter: Resurrection = 11/10 stars.
Dexter: New Blood = 10/10 stars.
