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Plot. Orphaned at age three, when he witnessed his mother's brutal murder with a chainsaw, Dexter ( Michael C. Hall) was adopted by Miami police officer Harry Morgan ( James Remar ).
He's Dexter Morgan, everyone's favorite serial killer. As a Miami forensics expert, he spends his days solving crimes, and nights committing them. But Dexter lives by a strict code of honor that is both his saving grace and lifelong burden.
Several years after escaping from his former life in Miami, Dexter Morgan is living in a small, isolated town in upstate New York. He is now Jim Lindsay, has a stable job, is on friendly terms with everyone in town and his girlfriend is the town sheriff.
A total of 96 episodes of Dexter were broadcast over eight seasons. The series is based on characters created by Jeff Lindsay for his "Dexter" series of novels, and follows the life of Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a Miami Metro Police Department blood pattern analyst with a double life.
By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers. Watch trailers & learn more.
Dexter is here to make a killing on Netflix — here's everything you need to know about the Emmy-winning series, its stars, and when it's streaming. All eight seasons are streaming now.
Dexter first appeared as a protagonist in the Dexter series of novels written by Jeff Lindsay. The character eventually gained more notoriety when the novels were adapted into a television series, with a total of eight seasons that aired between 2006 and 2013 on Showtime.
