dexter (tv series)
An American television crime drama mystery 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 pattern analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, hunting down murderers who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system. The show's first season was derived from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), the first of the Dexter series novels by Jeff Lindsay. It was adapted for television by screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the first episode. Subsequent seasons evolved independently of Lindsay's works.
The series later had two sequels and a prequel. Dexter: New Blood, which aired from November 7, 2021 to January 9, 2022 on Showtime, is a miniseries that takes place ten years after the events of the original series, Dexter: Original Sin a prequel taking place fifteen years before the original series, that aired from December 13, 2024 to February 14, 2025 on Paramount+ before being cancelled, and Dexter: Resurrection, a new series and sequel to New Blood which began airing on July 11, 2025 on Paramount+.
