Dexter season 1

I watched Dexter season 1 marathon style. I worry now that some of my social dysfunction are a psychosis. You can't trust what show tell you about how people act.

Spoiler Alert!!!

Dexter is a serial killer working as a blood spatter expert.

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I'm staring at the screen wondering what to say about the show. The characters are wonderful. The fact that the lead character is frighteningly evil and yet sympathetic is amazing. The flaws and mistakes are excellent. The man who gets Dexter, not the other killer, the cop who is creeped out by him, ends up making sense and being required for the story. The relationship with the girlfriend that ends up helping Dexter become a more efficient killer is appropriate.

There is a bunch of back and forth between the present and past. Apparently Dexter's step dad, a cop, taught him to be a better serial killer and how to avoid being caught as he grew up. Hell of a dad you got there Dexter. Nice having a family watching your back. It did make your sister fight like crazy to catch up. You, Dexter, are a serial killer, but your sister has massive daddy issues. You kill people and she, now a coop like her old man, will spend the rest of her life trying to live up to a dead man's image of her.

What a bastard. I blame the father for all the extra corpses sinking to the bottom of the bay. The father raised, deliberately, a killer, trained him to hide his tells and strip the bodies like a deer. Then he destroys his daughter by keeping her out of the loop. She only sees Dexter's constant attention and hunting trips.

At the end of the first season, Dexter learns his mother was diced to ribbons with a chainsaw right in front of he and his <clears throat> blood brother. This is apparently the lynch pin that sets off all the crazy bits of the child's existence. I can't blame Dexter for being messed up after this. I still blame the step father for keeping everything hidden. So, I hate the step father character.

I can't wait for the second season. How can they possibly top season 1? I'm told it is still a very good series all the way through to present.