After watching season 1 of Dexter, I never thought season 2 would be as good. It was. After the death of Doakes in season 2, I failed to see how season 3 could compare. It did. After the guest appearance of Jimmy Smitz as Miguel Prado, I didn’t think season 4 would be able to produce a character as gripping and thrilling with just as good a storyline. But then came along The Trinity Killer and the death of Rita and it was perhaps the best season of TV there has ever been (and that includes season 3 of The Wire) It was TV at it’s very best. So you could understand why I was sceptical of season 5? You can understand why I thought that in no way could it compare to season 4? But it did. Of course it wasn’t as good; it’ll be a long time before we see anything as good as season 4 of Dexter, but it was still brilliant.
Which leads me to the question, season 4 aside, what is the best season of Dexter? Because no matter how much I try, I can’t figure out? Throughout the last 6 years there’s never once been a dip in form, if anything it’s got better. It’s evolved into one of the best shows I’ve ever seen and each season is as good as the last.
I’m ashamed to admit it now, but after the amazingness of The Trinity Killer I was really sceptical when I found out that Julia Stiles was going to be guest starring in season 5. I’d only ever seen her in ‘Save the Last Dance’ and ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ so I wasn’t sure she’d be able to pull off a show like Dexter. How wrong was I? I clearly didn’t realise how good an actress she is. Clearly the show runners at Dexter did because she was great. She deserves her own show after her performance as Lumen. I wasn’t concerned when it came to Johnny Lee Miller, we’ve always known what a fantastic actor he is and once again he didn’t disappoint. The problem with these guest appearances; they’re so good you become so disappointed when they can only stay for one season.
Next season sees a change in show runner for the first time in Dexter’s history. So what that means for the show, I’m not sure. What we do know is that season 6 will jump ahead a year, so Dexter will be over the death of Rita and the rejection of Lumen. We’re also being told that Dexter will be returning to its roots which surely has to mean more killings. I’ve no doubt it will be just as good as season 5, if not better.
In case you were wondering, which of course you were, I put my favourite seasons in order. It goes 4, 5,1,3,2 I’ve put a poll to the side so you can vote on your favourite seasons as well.
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