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DVD : Dexter - The Complete Second SeasonIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Michael C. Hall  List Price: $39.98 Amazon.com's Price: $24.99 You Save: $14.99 (37%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES EAN: 0097368925144 Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Showtime / Paramount Manufacturer: Showtime / Paramount Number Of Items: 4 Publisher: Showtime / Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 19, 2008 Running Time: 636 minutes Studio: Showtime / Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 2006-11 Sales Rank: 2 MPN: 892514 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: DEXTER is a crime drama about Dexter Morgan a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likeable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department and as an emotionless vigilante serial killer. Taught by his foster father to harness his lust for blood and killing Dexter lives by his own strict moral code - he only kills murderers who can't otherwise be brought to justice. Dexter is a killer who grapples with fitting into society while at the same time he struggles with his inability to feel emotion. The irony of Dexter's life is that he works closely as a blood splatter analyst with the very people who hunt his kind - the homicide department. Dexter's "Regular Joe" front is in full force while working alongside the ill-tempered Sgt. James Doakes who seems to be the only one to sense Dexter's more sinister side and Lt. Maria LaGuerta the head of the division who pursues Dexter sexually with as much force as she would any criminal. While his sister Debra Morgan a tough and determined cop leans on Dexter for personal advice and career advancement the closest one Dexter "connects" with is Det. Angel Batista whose similar attention to detail and taste for forensics almost mirrors his own. While sentiment and feelings elude Dexter he struggles to find a kindred spirit of sorts in his emotionally damaged girlfriend Rita who keeps him grounded in the realities of "normal" life and provides him respite from the dark corners of his mind. The series is based on the acclaimed novel "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay.System Requirements:Running Time: 636 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368925144 Manufacturer No: 892514 Amazon.com: Dark and sinister is the new sexy, thanks to Dexter, which in its second season has proven to be the most successful series Showtime has offered up yet. Remember how much you squirmed in your seat during the season one finale? Believe it or not, the premiere of season two felt like it could have been a season finale--because jaws were on the floor when the credits rolled. For being a supposed sociopath, Dex is pretty broken up about the gruesome events that concluded last season. The one and only person who could possibly understand him is six feet under, and it seems our unlikely hero is losing his homicidal grip. He’s even having a little trouble slicing up a few of his latest victims (from a murderous gang member to a chainsaw-wielding fiend from his past). Enter Lila (Jaime Murray, Hustle), a lady with a sweet British accent and a few dark secrets of her own. She seems to accept Dex for who he really is, and he finds himself feeling relaxed for the first time in his life. In contrast, his relationship with his girlfriend Rita (Julie Benz) has been stretched almost to a breaking point. The problem is, he should be anything but relaxed. Someone picked a poor place to go scuba diving off the Florida coast, and came across an underwater graveyard: Dex’s primo spot for dropping dismembered bodies wrapped in heavy-duty trash bags. Word about the "Bay Harbor Butcher" gets out quick, and the F.B.I. sends the best of the best, Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine, Deadwood) to work alongside the police to sniff out Miami’s latest serial killer. This guy is no schlub, and Dex may have met his match. And, yes, Dexter gets to work with Lundy on a daily basis, which provides some wonderfully awkward moments. It certainly doesn’t help that the intuitively paranoid Sergeant Doakes (Erik King, Oz) is hot on Dex’s trail. Season two of Dexter is all about decisions. Lila or Rita? Old code or new code? Run or fight? Right or wrong? Well, one thing’s for sure: When it comes to writing, casting, acting, and production, the makers of this show made all the right decisions. Michael C. Hall is simply superb as the title character. You’ll never find yourself more willing to genuinely root for a serial killer. It’s bloody liberating. --Jordan Thompson Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wow ... where did Dexter go? I'm crushed!!Is it just me, or has this series mellowed more than a little? Season 1 was original, smart, darkly funny (the best kind), and kept you on the edge with the plots. Season 2 has nothing to boast about! You know what's going to happen before it happens ... no suspense, no gross-outs, no good. All-in-all, finding this series tedious. Never thougt I'd say that about this character. I'm a huge Dexter fan (the Dexter in Season 1). Try to rent this out rather than buy. Save a few bucks. Rating:  - Best season yetDexter is one of my favorite characters. Season 2 takes place about 5-6 weeks after season 1, debbie is trying to coop with what happened to her last season, and and some of the other characters are trying to move past what happened near the end of last season. Early on, Dexter's bodies are discovered in the ocean. This brings about what season 2 is about, as the heat gets closer and closer on Dexter, he has to choose between accepting who he is, trying to change, or giving ... Read More Rating: - I'm still hooked!!!Although like it's been written here ,Dexter Season 2, may have been a lil' less than the first season, the 2nd season finds Dexter in a diferent place....personnally, romantically and in in his own ways ...spiritually. With all that has happened in the first season, Dexter, is still searching in the 2nd season. The charcters of the second season act on their impulses of the first season and without giving it away they become more connected to Dexter in the 2nd season. Gone are the main plots attachments ... Read More Rating:  - Dexter finds himself off his game but the second season of this show isn't(Have an opinion? Write a review! The voting system here is about voting those reviews that helped you make a deicsion to buy something NOT if you agree or disagree...that said...on with the show). Dexter Morgan the vigilante serial killer who finds his impulse to kill channeled into "good" (killing the bad guys that get away)is one step away from Batman--both are disturbed and decide to deal out justice their own way and both just are striving for a normal life that eludes him something that ... Read More Rating: - Better Than Season 1...If That's Possible?Coming off the phenomenal first season what we have here is absolutely no sophomore slump. Dexter season two has evolved in a good way...Less killing with more uncertainty and conflict swirling around Dexter and the almost equally great supporting characters. This show seems to have so much to interest anyone. A fantastic locale. A truly unique story around a very charasmatic central character. Colorful supporting characters whose own personas help galvanize the viewer's interest. Oh yeah, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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