Dexter 20062006

Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the 2006 premiere is the moral framework it constructs: "The Code of Harry." Through flashbacks, the audience learns that Dexter’s adoptive father, Harry, recognized Dexter’s violent urges early on. Rather than suppressing them, Harry channeled them. He taught Dexter to kill only those who "deserve it"—other murderers who have escaped the justice system. This plot device is the show's masterstroke. It allows the audience to root for Dexter. In the premiere, he dispatches a choir master who has murdered young boys. By making the victim an unrepentant child killer, the show stacks the deck, allowing the viewer to feel a grim sense of satisfaction rather than revulsion. It creates a vigilante fantasy wrapped in the skin of a psychological thriller.

Unlike most long-running dramas, Dexter ’s identity was forged entirely in 2006. Season 1 introduced: dexter 20062006

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