Dexter Questions

[perzephone]

I got a Netflix subscription & so far it's working out fantastically. Love Torchwood, love it, love it, love it. Rob's motored his way through four seasons of Doctor Who, the Sarah Connor Chronicles & The Dresden Files. Now we're looking for new stuff to watch when we're done w/Torchwood.

For those of you who watch Dexter religiously... does it have graphic scenes of animal abuse or killing? I ask this because of Rob. Seeing animals being hurt or abused in t.v. & movies freaks him out. Watching The Men Who Stare at Goats was touchy - fortunately the goat just tipped over & that was that (other than that scene, it was a great movie). I'd hate to get into Dexter only to have him flashback to being a kid & doing horrible shit to a bunny or something & Rob having a panic attack over it.

Anyway, if you know let me know... it's a serial killer 'thing' which is why I ask...

Comments

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Dexter - yes, to graphic scenes of killing. Also graphic scenes of death and body parts, sometimes, depending on what season you're in. To date, no icky animal abuse (in fact, in one episode, Dexter and Rita advocate to save a neglected dog). Everything that would fit into the R category, but not go above into NC-17 territory. So they are either brief scenes, or only shown once per episode, etc.

I would hate to think I've missed something, but any animal cruelty is referred to and not shown. Dexter as a child refers to hurting the dog because it wouldn't shut up, but you never see anything (not even a flashback scene), and by the time he's an adult, there are no animal cruelty scenes.

He's also not a serial killer in the classic sense that he's not a classic sociopath (though he's conditioned to believe he is). So while he was cruel to animals as a child, you actually find that he is quite able and capable of defending animals, children (his first victim is a pedophile) and sometimes even humans as an adult.

Hope this helps!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Also, with Dexter, it's worth watching the first two or three episodes before making a decision (or any of their seasons), the first episode is often a poor way into the show and for some reason, it only really comes into its own per season by episode three (with the exception of season 2, which was just awesome).