Dexter: Season 2
  • Network: Showtime
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 1, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8
Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    100
    Dexter, one of the best shows on TV this decade. High praise, indeed. Deserved.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    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.
  3. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    100
    Hall, who invests strange, demented Dexter with real heart and humanity. It's a spooky tour de force.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    90
    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.

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User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 319 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. PollardsVision
    10
    Count me completely hooked. Loved Season 1 and enjoyed season 2 even more. Continued developing existing characters beautifully and introduced some good new characters.… Full Review »
  2. Joishm
    10
    Any supposed issue with this series are like water off a ducks back. This season lays the foundation for Dexter as a family man; a 'prop' that needs to be more to him if he is to keep it. This season see's Dexter having to answer questions about his 'humanity' that he'd never forseen being asked of him, and this season will have you watching on tender hooks from the off as Dexter walks this tight-rope.

    Just as thought provoking and captivating as ever.    … Full Review »
  3. MustisTheCat
    7
    The weakest Dexter season yet. The story took a very bad hit when compared to season I and is much less interesting. It is not like the episodes are boring, though I kept wondering where was it all going. The good side to it is that we have a little more of the backstory to the other characters. For the same reason Jennifer Carpenter and David Zayas give good supporting perfomance. Sadly, the story seems out of place and is not believable.… Full Review »
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