"Dexter" Crocodile (2006)

Director:

Michael Cuesta

Writers:

Jeff Lindsay (novel)
James Manos Jr. (developer)

TV Series:

"Dexter" (2006)

Original Air Date:

8 October 2006 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Dexter's world of police analyst by day, and serial killer by night, is rocked when he's privately contacted by another serial killer...

Plot Keywords:

Miami Florida | TV Series Pilot | Based On Novel | Police | Miami

Cast

Michael C. Hall	...	Dexter Morgan
Julie Benz	...	Rita Bennett
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Debra Morgan
Erik King	...	Sergeant James Doakes
Lauren Vélez	...	Lt. Maria Laguerta (as Lauren Velez)
David Zayas	...	Angel Batista
James Remar	...	Harry Morgan
Geoffrey Pierson	...	Cpt. Tom Matthews (as Geoff Pierson)
Sam Trammell	...	Matt Chambers
Rudolf Martin	...	Carlos Guerrero
Cristos	...	Norberto Cervantez
C.S. Lee	...	Vince Masuka
Richard Gunn	...	Sean
Lisa Kaminir
Christina Robinson	...	Astor Bennett

Runtime:

55 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Japan:Unrated | Japan:R-15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Colleton Company, The

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Angel and Dexter are showing the DNA evidence to Laguerta and Doakes, the laptop screen shows that the DNA came from "Jimmy Sanders" and "Residence: Jimmy Sanders", even though the two samples came from Ricky Simmons and the residence of Ricky Simmons. There is no one named Jimmy Sanders anywhere else in the episode.

Quotes:

Dexter Morgan: My father taught me one thing above all others; to be sure. And I am. Matt Chambers, Miami is your last stop. If God is in the details and if I believed in God, he’s in this room with me. I just wish he had brought an extension cord.

Movie Connections:

References "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)

Stay focused, Dex!

Only the second entry in the "Dexter" TV-show and the concept already slightly begins to weaken. There's less blood & excitement in episode two then there was in the pilot, but also the story lines start to revert to clichéd situations and the characters already start to develop towards typical cop stereotypes. The entire Miami police department is still after the Ice Truck serial killer, but he hasn't made any new moves apart from secretly contacting Dexter and challenging him to a showdown. There are two supplementary (and seemingly forced) sub plots in the second episode, namely the murder investigation of an undercover police officer and Dexter himself digging deeper into the trial of a recidivist hit-and-run felon. Completely opposite to the events in the pilot, where the camera deliberately zoomed in on the gory set pieces, the blood & splatter sequences now seem rushed and limited. The dialogs and interactions between the characters become funnier ("glad to see that sexual harassment seminar paid off") but Dexter's narrative thoughts & impressions are still whiny and a little dull to endure. If you speak Spanish, you can probably also predict the future character developments (like that of Officer Angel Batista) but I had no idea what he and the lieutenant were saying. James Remar is more clearly visible in this second episode, as Dexter also continues to have extended flashbacks about his adolescence. I hope the next installments will get much better, or at least equal the quality level of the pilot again.