Check out the video below - Dexter’s laying low, ready to take on the Trinity Killer in season four of the bloodily brilliant drama series. But perhaps you can spot him. He’s hiding in a series of Youtube clips. If you click on him, you’ll progress to the next one, and so on.
Warning, you’ll need to have VERY good eyes to get to the end of this viral trail. Keep ‘em peeled!
The Comic-Con cult TV festival has been in full swing in the US, with stars and creators of all our favourite shows chatting about what we can expect when their programmes return in the weeks and months to come. Excited? Us? Not half!
First up, a trailer for series four of Dexter from the good folk of Showtime, with Michael C Hall’s troubled serial killer trying to cope with the stresses and strains of his newborn son on top of his two other full-time jobs - blood spatter analysis and topping killers who have evaded justice.
The series also features a new nemesis for Dexter in the shape of another serial killer, played by Third Rock from the Sun’s John Lithgow. It looks like it will be quite the battle.
Here’s the trailer…
No, of course, not - everyone’s favourite serial killer has still got that lean, mean murderous streak we all know and love.
Series three of Dexter, which returns to the UK on FX on Friday 24th April, sees our somewhat questionable hero emerge as a much more confident killer after getting off scott-free for his crimes in the previous series. On top of that, he develops an unlikely and dangerous friendship with politician Miguel Prado (The West Wing’s Jimmy Smits), who seems to share Dexter’s bloodlust.
To celebrate Dexter’s return, the fab folk at FX have given us 5 of these marvellous Dexter Bobble Head dolls that we, generous to a fault, are passing on to you!
All of this can only mean one thing - it’s competition time on TV Spy. To be in with a chance of winning one of the dolls, all you have to do is answer this fiendishly tough question:
Q. Which other cult US drama did Michael C Hall appear in before he became the murderous Dexter?
Email us your answer, with ‘Dexter competition’ in the subject line, at tvspy@ipcmedia.com. The competition will close on Friday 24th, just as the new series starts!
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It’s not every Tuesday morning you get to share coffee and croissants with a serial killer. Then again, it’s not every day you get invited along to a boutique hotel for a chat with Michael C Hall, the star of FX’s brilliantly dark drama Dexter.
Michael’s over in London for a few days to promote series three of Dexter, which begins on FX at the end of April, and we’re glad to report that he’s not half as scary as his screen role – though we admit to being slightly nervous he’d morph into character and make a quick lunge with the butter knife.
As well as giving us lots of spoilers for the upcoming series, which sees TV legend Jimmy Smits join the show as Dexter’s equally odd new friend Miguel, Michael revealed why he’s been happy to sign up as the sympathetic sociopath for another two seasons.
We also got a chance to meet Michael’s co-star – and wife – Jennifer Carpenter, who plays Dexter’s foul-mouthed cop sister Debra. The couple got married at New Year and are combining their press visit with a few days’ sightseeing in London. Hmm, wonder whether a trip to Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors is on their list…
Brilliant! That’s all I can say. The writers came up with just the right amount of shock twists to satisfy all of us Dexter fans.
Poor Doakes, though. I really wanted him to survive (like he does in the books that the series is based on). But alas, he is no more thanks to evil Lila who went on the rampage (hence the title of this week’s episode).
First, she turned Doakes into a human fireball (thus bringing the Bay Harbour Butcher case to a neat conclusion), then tried cremating Dexter and Rita’s kids when she realized she was about to be shafted by our favourite serial killer. But the Dark Defender had his day. He saved little Astor and Cody from the flames, and slienced Lila once and for all after she fled to Paris. Phew!
Favourite scene of the night was Dexter getting ready for work, which gave new meaning to the opening credits.
While UK fans won’t get the third series until next July, here’s a taster of what to expect:
‘For such a neat monster I’m making an awfully big mess!’
You sure are Dex! The FBI and Miami’s best are hot on your tail, your trophies have been stolen, the code you live by has been shattered and you’ve got a co-worker in a cage. But turning yourself in… No way!
This was a heart-stopping episode, setting everything up for next week’s big finale, as Dexter set his affairs in order. Favourite scene of the night was Dexter confessing to Debs (well, in his head, that is). Hilarious.
Elsewhere, Doakes managed to escape only to be caught be drug dealers and had to rely on Dex to save him. But back in the cage he went. Evil Lila, meanwhile, will stop at nothing in her bid to have Dex all to herself. So, armed with his satnav, she’s hunting him down. Altogether now, ‘You have arrived at your destination…’
For a taster of next week’s explosive finale, here’s a preview:
The action certainly stepped up a notch in the thrilling killer drama as the caged Doakes shocked Dexter with a big revelation about Harry. Seems Dexter’s daddy actually topped himself when he realized what kind of monster he had created in his son.
But I loved the retort Dexter gave Doakes about which of them was the worst kind of killer: ‘So, it’s okay to take a life as long as you get a paycheck for it?’ And as for those hairdo’s in the flashback sequences – priceless.
And what about poor Batista? That devil woman Lila has struck again. Can no one stop her?
Finally, my quote of the week comes from Dexter trying to multi-task his way out the tight corner he’s found himself in: ‘I remember when life was easy, when the only question I worried about was, “Who’s next?” Now it’s, “How can I dodge my protective detail?” and “What should I do with my hostage?” These are not easy questions.
And if you can’t wait for next week’s episode, here’s a sneak preview:
Well, the title of last night’s episode should have been ‘Don’t Get Caught’ as Doakes went on the run in Haiti, Batista blindly fell for Lila’s spidery charms and Debs stupidly revealed that she slept with Lundy.
But the highlight was Dexter discovering his blood-slides gone and then finding himself being brought before his superiors. My heart raced, and that reverse dolly zoom (a favourite camera tick of Hitchcock and Spielberg) in Dexter’s apartment was just brilliant.
With Doakes now Miami’s most wanted, just what is Dexter going to do with his caged prisoner? The mind boggles….
Favourite quotes this episode:
Doakes: Jesus Christ, Morgan. Jesus f****n’ Christ. You’re the Bay Harbor Butcher.
Dexter: I really hate that name.
Things got really claustrophobic last night, especially as the creepy Lila has moved in with Dexter and Debs (who hates her). But Dexter’s finally twigged Lila’s a dangerous psycho in the Fatal Attraction mode. So, unless he falls for her bunny boiler antics, I think she’s not long for this world.
Still, it’s just great seeing these two psychos doing their thing. Lila’s shadow at Rita’s apartment sent a chill down my back, as did the moment Dexter realised that it was Lila who called his mother’s murderer. But the scene where he tells her to stay away or she will ‘see the monster’ was choice. Looks like the Lila experiment really is over.
And what about that cliffhanger, where Doakes finds Dexter’s blood slides? Wow! Can this show get any better?
Best line of the night:
Deb: ‘I’m sorry, but she’s gross. And pale. Nobody is pale in Miami. She is obviously a vampire. A gross. English. Titty. Vampire.’
Here’s a neat little time-waster from the folks plugging the second series DVD of Dexter.
Dexter’s Psycho Therapy is an online Rorschach test that measures your inner killer. It’s only four questions (actually, inkblots) long, but we tried it and scored a nice 25 per cent the first time (no hint of a psycho).
Then we cheated a little by adding words like blood, guns and torture and scored a psycho-in-the-making 34 per cent. Give it a try at the official site. But do it in private…. just in case you score that perfect 100%.
