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Dexter (2006)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

IMDb rating
8.6 (935,317 votes)
Seasons
8
Streaming (US)
fuboTV · Paramount+ · Spectrum On Demand · The Roku Channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

8.74 avg 12 episodes 8.7 → 9.6 54 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.7 · 23,052 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 16,513 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 15,485 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 15,082 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 14,528 votesEp 6: 8.9 · 15,624 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 14,262 votesEp 8: 8.9 · 15,705 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 14,068 votesEp 10: 9.1 · 16,126 votesEp 11: 9.3 · 17,193 votesEp 12: 9.6 · 30,937 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dexter8.723,052
2Crocodile8.116,513
3Popping Cherry8.215,485
4Let's Give the Boy a Hand8.615,082
5Love American Style8.414,528
6Return to Sender8.915,624
7Circle of Friends8.614,262
8Shrink Wrap8.915,705
9Father Knows Best8.514,068
10Seeing Red9.116,126
11Truth Be Told9.317,193
12Born Free9.630,937

Season 2 (2007)

8.77 avg 12 episodes 8.6 → 9.2 53 min avg

  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.6 · 13,205 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 12,239 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 12,127 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 11,768 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 12,093 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 11,799 votesEp 7: 8.7 · 11,989 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 13,010 votesEp 9: 9.5 · 17,086 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 12,698 votesEp 11: 9.0 · 12,924 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 15,700 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1It's Alive!8.613,205
2Waiting to Exhale8.412,239
3An Inconvenient Lie8.512,127
4See-Through8.211,768
5The Dark Defender8.612,093
6Dex, Lies, and Videotape8.511,799
7That Night, a Forest Grew8.711,989
8Morning Comes9.113,010
9Resistance Is Futile9.517,086
10There's Something About Harry8.912,698
11Left Turn Ahead9.012,924
12The British Invasion9.215,700

Season 3 (2008)

8.42 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 8.8 52 min avg

  • Slow burn
Ep 1: 8.0 · 11,176 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 10,682 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 10,575 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 10,513 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 10,307 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 10,199 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 10,457 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 10,271 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 10,498 votesEp 10: 9.0 · 11,403 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 11,048 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 11,780 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Our Father8.011,176
2Finding Freebo8.310,682
3The Lion Sleeps Tonight8.010,575
4All in the Family8.010,513
5Turning Biminese8.310,307
6Sí Se Puede8.110,199
7Easy as Pie8.410,457
8The Damage a Man Can Do8.510,271
9About Last Night8.710,498
10Go Your Own Way9.011,403
11I Had a Dream8.911,048
12Do You Take Dexter Morgan?8.811,780

Season 4 (2009)

8.92 avg 12 episodes 8.6 → 9.8 53 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.6 · 11,657 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 10,802 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 10,596 votesEp 4: 9.2 · 12,624 votesEp 5: 9.0 · 11,609 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 10,652 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 10,501 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 10,700 votesEp 9: 9.5 · 16,099 votesEp 10: 9.2 · 13,543 votesEp 11: 9.5 · 18,416 votesEp 12: 9.8 · 43,639 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Living the Dream8.611,657
2Remains to Be Seen8.610,802
3Blinded by the Light8.210,596
4Dex Takes a Holiday9.212,624
5Dirty Harry9.011,609
6If I Had a Hammer8.610,652
7Slack Tide8.410,501
8Road Kill8.410,700
9Hungry Man9.516,099
10Lost Boys9.213,543
11Hello, Dexter Morgan9.518,416
12The Getaway9.843,639

Season 5 (2010)

8.53 avg 12 episodes 8.9 → 8.8 51 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 12,993 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 9,515 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 9,257 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 9,212 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 9,845 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 9,789 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 9,084 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 9,574 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 10,030 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 9,930 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 9,531 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 11,057 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Bad8.912,993
2Hello, Bandit8.19,515
3Practically Perfect8.39,257
4Beauty and the Beast8.29,212
5First Blood7.89,845
6Everything Is Illumenated8.79,789
7Circle Us8.29,084
8Take It!8.89,574
9Teenage Wasteland8.910,030
10In the Beginning8.99,930
11Hop a Freighter8.89,531
12The Big One8.811,057

Season 6 (2011)

8.15 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 9.1 51 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.3 · 10,467 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 9,613 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 9,053 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 9,065 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 9,144 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 9,376 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 10,943 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 8,996 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 9,501 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 9,110 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 9,075 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 13,781 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Those Kinds of Things8.310,467
2Once Upon a Time...7.99,613
3Smokey and the Bandit8.09,053
4A Horse of a Different Color8.39,065
5The Angel of Death7.89,144
6Just Let Go8.49,376
7Nebraska7.810,943
8Sin of Omission7.78,996
9Get Gellar8.49,501
10Ricochet Rabbit7.99,110
11Talk to the Hand8.29,075
12This Is the Way the World Ends9.113,781

Season 7 (2012)

8.67 avg 12 episodes 9.4 → 9.3 56 min avg

Ep 1: 9.4 · 19,332 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 10,063 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 9,402 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 10,407 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 8,963 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 9,087 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 9,011 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 10,370 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 9,109 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 8,775 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 9,817 votesEp 12: 9.3 · 15,161 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Are You...?9.419,332
2Sunshine and Frosty Swirl8.710,063
3Buck the System8.59,402
4Run8.810,407
5Swim Deep8.48,963
6Do the Wrong Thing8.19,087
7Chemistry8.39,011
8Argentina8.810,370
9Helter Skelter8.69,109
10The Dark... Whatever8.38,775
11Do You See What I See?8.99,817
12Surprise, Motherf**ker!9.315,161

Season 8 (2013)

7.40 avg 12 episodes 8.4 → 4.9 53 min avg

  • Front-loaded
  • Bad finale
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.4 · 11,689 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 9,539 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 9,354 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 9,396 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 9,156 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 9,152 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 9,244 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 9,820 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 9,547 votesEp 10: 6.9 · 10,648 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 10,787 votesEp 12: 4.9 · 34,224 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Beautiful Day8.411,689
2Every Silver Lining...7.89,539
3What's Eating Dexter Morgan?7.99,354
4Scar Tissue7.99,396
5This Little Piggy7.79,156
6A Little Reflection7.69,152
7Dress Code7.49,244
8Are We There Yet?7.99,820
9Make Your Own Kind of Music7.29,547
10Goodbye Miami6.910,648
11Monkey in a Box7.210,787
12Remember the Monsters?4.934,224

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