Dexter is back! Now on it’s 6th season the vigilante blood spatter anylyst shows no signs of slowing down as he continues to bring the bad guys to justice via his own brutal methods. Previous seasons have seen some unexpected stars playing the big killer. Who can forget John Lithgows Trinity Killer from season 4 or even last seasons Johnny Lee Miller. This season it is the turn of Colin Hanks to play the bad guy. He is the son of Tom Hanks if you hadn’t already guessed.
Many critics had sugested that the show was becoming stale and that has kind of been addressed in the new series. This season seems darker than previous seasons with religion playing a huge influence. Dexter is forced to confront his own beliefs and the morality of what he does. It is not only religion that forces Dexter to think, it is Harrison his young son. In season 5 Dexter had to deal with being a single parent while still carrying out his form of justice. This season sees Harrison a little older and Dexter wondering how to keep his killing and his son seperate from each other.
The genius of Dexter though is in it’s serial killers and this year we get a true monster, no make that 2 monsters. Colin Hanks is only the apprentice so to speak with an older man pulling the strings. He kills and presents his victims in scenes from the book of Revelations. We get snakes in one victims stomach while another victim is chopped up with his body parts sewn onto mannaquins in a bid to represent the four horsemen of the apocylypse. In these early episodes we have also had a plague of locusts! There is no doubt that this killer is a true monster although he obviously believes in the importance of his work. Colin Hanks also plays a disturbed individual although you get the feeling that he’s been brainwashed.
As of writing I’ve not got a confirmed UK airdate but I’m guessing that it’ll be sometime in the new year on FX.
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