| − | '''Dexter''' is a TV series on [[Showtime]], about a murderous vigilante. Dexter himself is an [[atheist]]. However, the show does depict ''normal people'' as being religious, and although Dexter is glorified as a serial killer, the show downplays other criminals, liars, murders, and adulterers. In the very first episode of the series, Dexter criticizes adultery. | + | '''''Dexter''''' is a TV series on [[Showtime]], about Dexter Morgan, a murderous vigilante and psychopath who feigns emotions in order to fit into society as he targets notorious murderers and other criminals while working for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood spatter analyst. Dexter himself is an [[atheist]]. However, the show does depict ''normal people'' as being religious, and although Dexter is glorified as a serial killer, the show downplays other criminals, liars, murders, and adulterers. In the very first episode of the series, Dexter criticizes adultery. |
| | Conservative media watchdogs have criticized the show as perverse but liberal television critics give their approval.<ref>[http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2006/col20061005.asp TV’s Serial Killer Chic, MRC, October 15, 2006]</ref> | | Conservative media watchdogs have criticized the show as perverse but liberal television critics give their approval.<ref>[http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2006/col20061005.asp TV’s Serial Killer Chic, MRC, October 15, 2006]</ref> |