Critic Reviews
| 100 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
This series has always handled the duality of his character with masterful strokes. And it has done viewers a favor by quickly setting up the seasonlong scenario. |
| 100 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
Dexter, one of the best shows on TV this decade. High praise, indeed. Deserved. |
| 100 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Hall, who invests strange, demented Dexter with real heart and humanity. It's a spooky tour de force. |
| 90 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
From the brilliant performance by Michael C. Hall to the dryly witty scripting, Dexter secures a position near the top of another year's best list. |
| 80 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
it's the danger of Dexter being found out that permeates these episodes, upping the pressure and keeping the series as tense and twisted as it was in season one. |
| 80 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
Because Dexter's victims are always so evil, we're inclined to root for him, but moments like that--or one in where Dexter admits he doesn't really care about saving innocents, just scratching his itch to kill--gives the show more moral complexity than you would expect, and it's the better for that. |
| 80 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
One magnificently chilling shot near the end of the season two's first episode shows us just how busy Dexter's been all these years. Rarely has an image of evil looked so delectably good. |
| 80 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
In the second season, some novelty has inevitably worn off, but Dexter is, if anything, more of a paradox and remains one of the most compelling characters on TV. |
| 80 |
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
Dexter is a weekly marvel of writing, acting and conceit. |
| 80 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
This season, having already offered up Lindsay's perhaps too-facile explanation for what makes Dexter tick, the writers seem to be digging deeper into Butcher Boy's psyche, even as his colleagues find themselves digging deeper into his after-hours work. And as his pretend life becomes more challenging, it can't help but become more real. |
| 70 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Michael C. Hall's portrayal of the title character remains a towering achievement, one that eclipses the show's other shortcomings and rough patches. |
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