Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season

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Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season

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RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season

November 9, 2021 at 5:29 pm

(November 9, 2021 at 5:18 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: I stopped watching Dexter when it sunk in that the protagonist is a psychopath who kills people. IMO there is nothing heroic or laudable in the psychopathic character.

A protagonist doesn’t have to be heroic or laudable to be interesting.

And the case could be made that Dexter’s particular brand of psychopathy is both heroic AND laudable; since he only preys on serial killers - at great risk to himself - he’s preventing more deaths than he causes.

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Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Foxaèr - April 30, 2021 at 12:46 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Rev. Rye - April 30, 2021 at 12:54 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - April 30, 2021 at 2:08 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - May 1, 2021 at 12:34 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by The Valkyrie - May 1, 2021 at 12:51 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Foxaèr - May 1, 2021 at 3:39 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - May 4, 2021 at 3:40 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - September 13, 2021 at 9:39 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Spongebob - September 13, 2021 at 10:33 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by arewethereyet - September 13, 2021 at 11:03 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Spongebob - September 13, 2021 at 11:11 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - November 9, 2021 at 1:42 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Foxaèr - November 9, 2021 at 1:46 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - November 9, 2021 at 5:11 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Foxaèr - November 9, 2021 at 7:35 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 10, 2021 at 5:18 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 9, 2021 at 5:18 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 9, 2021 at 5:29 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by LadyForCamus - November 9, 2021 at 6:49 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by GUBU - January 11, 2022 at 9:45 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by LadyForCamus - January 13, 2022 at 7:55 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Uberpod - November 25, 2022 at 11:41 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2021 at 5:18 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2021 at 5:35 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Fake Messiah - January 11, 2022 at 8:15 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Spongebob - January 11, 2022 at 12:51 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Uberpod - November 24, 2022 at 1:55 pm

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by GUBU - November 25, 2022 at 3:29 am

RE: Eight years later, 'Dexter' is returning for a ninth season - by Uberpod - November 25, 2022 at 11:32 am

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