DVD NEW: Dexter | 2nd Season - 2006 Crime-drama, Police Procedural Series

Description: Dexter is an American crime drama television series that aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in blood spatter analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, hunting down murderers who have not been adequately punished by the justice system due to corruption or legal technicalities. The show's first season was derived from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), the first in a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay. It was adapted for television by James Manos Jr., who wrote the first episode. Subsequent seasons evolved independently of Lindsay's works while using many of the same characters and concepts. The series enjoyed mostly positive reviews throughout its run. The first four seasons were widely praised, but reception dropped considerably as the series progressed. The show has received myriad awards, including two Golden Globes won by Hall and John Lithgow for their roles as Dexter Morgan and Arthur Mitchell, respectively. Season four aired its season finale on December 13, 2009, to a record-breaking audience of 2.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched original series episode ever on Showtime at that time. In April 2013, Showtime announced that season eight would be the final season of Dexter. The season eight premiere was the most watched Dexter episode, with more than 3 million viewers total. The original broadcast of the series finale on September 22, 2013, drew 2.8 million viewers, the largest audience in Showtime's history. In October 2020, it was announced that Dexter would return with a ten-episode limited series titled Dexter: New Blood, with Hall reprising the title role and Clyde Phillips as showrunner, a position he occupied during the original series' first four seasons. The first season premiered on November 7, 2021, and concluded on January 9, 2022. A continuation of New Blood is in development. In January 2023, a prequel series titled Dexter: Original Sin, was announced as being in development, with Clyde Phillips once again returning as showrunner. This series will follow a younger Dexter as he begins his career with the Miami Metro police department. DETAILED PLOT Orphaned at age three, when he had to witness his mother being brutally murdered with a chainsaw, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) was adopted by Miami police officer Harry Morgan (James Remar). Recognizing the boy's trauma and the subsequent development of his sociopathic tendencies, Harry has manipulated Dexter to channel his gruesome bloodlust into vigilantism, killing only heinous criminals who slip through the criminal justice system. To facilitate covering his prolific trail of homicides, Dexter gains employment as a forensic analyst, specializing in blood spatter pattern analysis, for the Miami Metro Police Department. Dexter is extremely cautious and circumspect; he wears gloves and uses plastic-wrapped "kill rooms", carves up the corpses, and disposes of them in the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf Stream to reduce his chances of detection. Dexter struggles to juggle his double life. Although his homicidal tendencies are deeply unflinching, and he originally claims detachment (via narration), throughout the series he strives to feel (and in some cases does feel) normal emotions and maintain his appearance as a socially responsible human being. PRODUCTION Exterior filming Although the series is set in Miami, Florida, many of the exterior scenes are filmed in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. Many landmark buildings and locations in Long Beach are featured throughout the series. The finale episode's airport scene takes place at Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California. Marketing In preparation for the United Kingdom launch of the series, Fox UK experimented with an SMS-based viral marketing campaign. Mobile phone owners received the following unsolicited SMS messages addressed to them by name with no identifying information other than being from "Dexter": "Hello (name). I'm heading to the UK sooner than you might think. Dexter." The SMS message was followed by an email directing the user to an online video "news report" about a recent spree of killings. Using on-the-fly video manipulation, the user's name and a personalized message were worked into the report—the former written in blood on a wall near the crime scene, the latter added to a note in an evidence bag carried past the camera. While the marketing campaign succeeded in raising the profile of the show, it proved unpopular with many mobile owners, who saw this as spam advertising aimed at mobile phones. In response to complaints about the SMS element of the campaign, Fox issued the following statement: The text message you received was part of an internet viral campaign for our newest show Dexter. However, it was not us who sent you the text, but one of your friends. We do not have a database of viewer phone numbers. The text message went along with a piece on the net that you can then send on to other people you know. If you go to [the website] you will see the page that one of your friends has filled in to send you that message. Therefore I suggest you have a word with anyone who knows your mobile number and see who sent you this message. For the record, we did not make a record of any phone numbers used in this campaign.

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DVD NEW: Dexter | 2nd Season - 2006 Crime-drama, Police Procedural Series

Item Specifics

Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Case Type: Tall/DVD Case

Former Rental: No

Rating: MA15+

Subtitle Language: English, English For The Hearing Impaired

Custom Bundle: No

MPN: Multi Region Player Required To Play Outside Aust & NZ

Studio: Colleton, John Goldwyn, Clyde Phillips, 801, Devilina, Showtime

Format: DVD

Region Code: DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...)

Language: English, English Captions

Release Year: October 1, 2006 – September 22, 2013

Actor: Desmond Harrington Aimee Garcia Geoff Pierson, Lauren Vélez David Zayas James Remar C. S. Lee, Michael C. Hall Julie Benz Jennifer Carpenter Erik King

Features: Cast Interviews

Movie/TV Title: Dexter

Season: Based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, The Complete Second Season

Music Artist: Theme music composer Rolfe Kent Composer Daniel Licht

Video Format: PAL

Sub-Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural

Director: Clyde Phillips, Executive Producers: John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton

Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent, Avant-garde

Franchise: Dexter

Edition: Box Set, Subtitles, Widescreen

Modified Item: No

Aspect Ratio: 16:9