Dexter - The Complete Second Season | 
 enlarge | Actor: Michael C. Hall
Studio: Showtime / Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 636
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 892514
UPC: 097368925144
EAN: 0097368925144
ASIN: B000V86OKG
Theatrical Release Date: November 2006
Release Date: August 19, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Dark and sinister is the new sexy, thanks to Dexter, which in its second season has proven to be the most successful series Showtime has offered up yet. Remember how much you squirmed in your seat during the season one finale? Believe it or not, the premiere of season two felt like it could have been a season finale--because jaws were on the floor when the credits rolled. For being a supposed sociopath, Dex is pretty broken up about the gruesome events that concluded last season. The one and only person who could possibly understand him is six feet under, and it seems our unlikely hero is losing his homicidal grip. He's even having a little trouble slicing up a few of his latest victims (from a murderous gang member to a chainsaw-wielding fiend from his past). Enter Lila (Jaime Murray, Hustle), a lady with a sweet British accent and a few dark secrets of her own. She seems to accept Dex for who he really is, and he finds himself feeling relaxed for the first time in his life. In contrast, his relationship with his girlfriend Rita (Julie Benz) has been stretched almost to a breaking point. The problem is, he should be anything but relaxed. Someone picked a poor place to go scuba diving off the Florida coast, and came across an underwater graveyard: Dex's primo spot for dropping dismembered bodies wrapped in heavy-duty trash bags. Word about the "Bay Harbor Butcher" gets out quick, and the F.B.I. sends the best of the best, Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine, Deadwood) to work alongside the police to sniff out Miami's latest serial killer. This guy is no schlub, and Dex may have met his match. And, yes, Dexter gets to work with Lundy on a daily basis, which provides some wonderfully awkward moments. It certainly doesn't help that the intuitively paranoid Sergeant Doakes (Erik King, Oz) is hot on Dex's trail. Season two of Dexter is all about decisions. Lila or Rita? Old code or new code? Run or fight? Right or wrong? Well, one thing's for sure: When it comes to writing, casting, acting, and production, the makers of this show made all the right decisions. Michael C. Hall is simply superb as the title character. You'll never find yourself more willing to genuinely root for a serial killer. It's bloody liberating. --Jordan Thompson
Product Description
DEXTER is a crime drama about Dexter Morgan a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likeable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department and as an emotionless vigilante serial killer. Taught by his foster father to harness his lust for blood and killing Dexter lives by his own strict moral code - he only kills murderers who can't otherwise be brought to justice. Dexter is a killer who grapples with fitting into society while at the same time he struggles with his inability to feel emotion. The irony of Dexter's life is that he works closely as a blood splatter analyst with the very people who hunt his kind - the homicide department. Dexter's "Regular Joe" front is in full force while working alongside the ill-tempered Sgt. James Doakes who seems to be the only one to sense Dexter's more sinister side and Lt. Maria LaGuerta the head of the division who pursues Dexter sexually with as much force as she would any criminal. While his sister Debra Morgan a tough and determined cop leans on Dexter for personal advice and career advancement the closest one Dexter "connects" with is Det. Angel Batista whose similar attention to detail and taste for forensics almost mirrors his own. While sentiment and feelings elude Dexter he struggles to find a kindred spirit of sorts in his emotionally damaged girlfriend Rita who keeps him grounded in the realities of "normal" life and provides him respite from the dark corners of his mind. The series is based on the acclaimed novel "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay.System Requirements:Running Time: 636 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368925144 Manufacturer No: 892514
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 Best season yet August 19, 2008
Dexter is one of my favorite characters.
Season 2 takes place about 5-6 weeks after season 1, debbie is trying to coop with what happened to her last season, and and some of the other characters are trying to move past what happened near the end of last season. Early on, Dexter's bodies are discovered in the ocean.
This brings about what season 2 is about, as the heat gets closer and closer on Dexter, he has to choose between accepting who he is, trying to change, or giving up.
This is a great season, we get some new characters, and this is an original storyline not found in any of the books. Julie's character (Rita) gets more face time this season, and really starts to come around and be more of herself. You feel sorry for her, and proud of her.
Dexter starts getting help for his "addiction" and meets someone who starts to change him, for good or worse, and provides lots of conflict for this season.
I do not wish to spoil anything, so please understand why I'm being so cryptic.
I rate this set as
Overall Rating - 5/5 Stars
Video - 5/5
Audio - 5/5
Bonus - 1/5
Story - 5/5
It is as good or better than season 1 in everyway, with exception to the extras. I want more extras! This is ridiculous!
I kept this as 5 stars, even taking into account the abysmal lack of extras because of the very low price of the dvds, and the phenomenal content contained on those discs.
This is a no-brainer purchase in my mind, and a delightful evening well spent. You can tare through the season in about 10 hours.
I'm still hooked!!! August 18, 2008
Although like it's been written here ,Dexter Season 2, may have been a lil' less than the first season, the 2nd season finds Dexter in a diferent place....personnally, romantically and in in his own ways ...spiritually. With all that has happened in the first season, Dexter, is still searching in the 2nd season. The charcters of the second season act on their impulses of the first season and without giving it away they become more connected to Dexter in the 2nd season. Gone are the main plots attachments from the 1st season only to spawn different questions, different feelings...could Dexter not be as hollow as he once proclaims himself to be? Let me put it to you this way...If you watched the 1st season, there is NO WAY you can miss a second of the 2nd season, trust me! New twists and character developments as well character additions make the 2nd season suspensful, sexy, and in some ways a bit sad. Who stays together, does any focal character die, who gets together, what happens to our dear Dexter, our Dark Avenger...?...you'll have to buy the 2nd season and find out...enjoy droogies...!
 Dexter finds himself off his game but the second season of this show isn't August 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
(Have an opinion? Write a review! The voting system here is about voting those reviews that helped you make a deicsion to buy something NOT if you agree or disagree...that said...on with the show).
Dexter Morgan the vigilante serial killer who finds his impulse to kill channeled into "good" (killing the bad guys that get away)is one step away from Batman--both are disturbed and decide to deal out justice their own way and both just are striving for a normal life that eludes him something that is alluded to in a couple of episodes of the second season.
The second season finds Dexter at odds with his own instincts. His relationship with Rita appears on the rocks and Doakes is still trailing Dexter trying to figure out what is "wrong" with him. When an FBI agent (Keith Carradine)takes an interest in his handiwork complicating his world. There's more challenges facing Dexter than ever during the second season as he stumbles towards his own strange sense of humanity.
The show which is shot in Digital HD looks surprisingly good. Colors pop capturing the bright overripe look of Miami. Audio sounds good as well.
The extras are a bit slimmer here--we get two episodes of the fine Showtime show "Brotherhood", text biographies, a photo gallery. There's also online access to a pair of episodes for "The Tudors" (2nd season) and "Californification". Unfortunately, we don't get any featurettes this time around nor any commentary tracks for the series but, hey, it's the quality of the shows and season that matter more than anything else. The extras are disappointing and considering you are paying for this it would be nice if they included something more substanial next time.
I'd suggest to Showtime that NEXT time they include a featurette perhaps on a real FBI agent that hunts serial killers, perhaps an interview with the author of the original novel (Darkly Dreaming Dexter)focusing on the departure the show has taken from the novels or even a featurette with the actors discussing what attracted them to the roles in the first place.
The show is a fascinating glimpse into the fractured psyche of Dexter, his sister and friends. It's also really compelling, dark television for adults that. Dexter may not be the boy-next-door but he's trying to be inspite of his darker impulses.
Better Than Season 1...If That's Possible? August 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Coming off the phenomenal first season what we have here is absolutely no sophomore slump. Dexter season two has evolved in a good way...Less killing with more uncertainty and conflict swirling around Dexter and the almost equally great supporting characters.
This show seems to have so much to interest anyone. A fantastic locale. A truly unique story around a very charasmatic central character. Colorful supporting characters whose own personas help galvanize the viewer's interest. Oh yeah, macabre death as a form of moral judgement at the hands of Dexter and "Harry's code". A thousand word review is pointless if you saw season one...Season two is better, if that's possible? I think that it might just be. Highly recommended, and in the viewer's opinion the hands down best series since Dallas. I only wish Mad Men's season two could be the same quality, not likely by that one's early indications. Mad Men makes me appreciate Dexter even more!
Dexter may be loosing his killer touch, but the show sure isn't July 30, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Showtime has blown HBO off the map with the these two seasons of Dexter. Now that The Sopranos, Deadwood and Rome no longer around, HBO will need a miracle to compete with the quality of this show.
Season two is all about conflict and questions. Lila or Rita? Serial killer or turn himself in? There isn't as much "Dexter Morgan justice" this time around, but the suspense and top notch acting are here in bucket loads. Just give Michael C. Hall an award already!
If you liked the first season (how could you not?) then the second will take you to a different place. They change things up a bit to add freshness, but they never veer too far off course. I think season one was a bit stronger overall, yet I found this one more interesting. I guess it just means that this show is full of surprises.
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