Dexter: Pilot Episode (2006)

Hadn't yet checked this show out due to an overall disinterest in television programs, but since the show had been recommended to me soon after it's initial debut, I figured it was worth watching the first episode at least... I can't say "Dexter" begins poorly, but I was bit disappointed after all the powerful hype from the devoted fan-base. Aside from a few decent elements here and there, it's pretty much another forensic show that tries to be 'off-beat' by throwing an unlikely character into the role of crime scene analyst/detective (like "Monk", kind of).

Dexter is a Miami serial killer, as well as a zealous blood-spatter expert working for the police. Apprantly, he moonlights as a vigilante murderer of murderers, currently searching for a puzzling madman who leaves his female victims dismembered and completely drained of blood. Throughout the first episode, Dexter is narrating his unusual "quirks" - such as sexual repression and being unable to feel emotion as well as providing brief information into his childhood. All of this is boringly STANDARD stuff. The Miami setting is far too vibrant and "CSI" looking to possibly make any of the sadistic material anywhere NEAR menacing or dark... The scenes in which Dexter actually kills people are the closest thing to "edginess", yet far too quick to have any real effect...

I will be checking out the next few episodes just because a show about a serial killer intrigues me and just to see if things build into something more interesting, but as far as the opening bit goes, I wasn't blown away...