"People think it's fun to pretend you're a monster. Me, I spend my life pretending I'm not."
- Dexter
"There is no light in you. There is no light in me"
- Dexter
(attention: do not read this post if you don't like spoiler)
This year, Dexter—an American TV series about Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), blood spatter analyst of Miami Police Department who's also a serial killer at night—has reached its sixth season. Personally, Dexter is one of a few of series I am still watching every week now, beside The Walking Dead and The Big Bang Theory. Aired every Sunday evening on Showtime, this series has become a TV show that I always look forward to watch on Monday night (thanks to the time differences). I have been falling in love with Dexter since I watched the first season years ago. It is interesting how a character that is supposed to be an antagonist, someone who is usually being hated, has taken lots of attentions and become a person that is loved by many people and being called "America's Favorite Serial Killer".
I usually searched for a trailer of the forthcoming season of Dexter a few weeks before it started. I did the same thing with the sixth season. From the trailer I saw on youtube, I know that this season, Dexter will involve a lot of religious elements—which is Christian of course—in their stories. Some people worried whether this theme will ruin the story and its strong-builded-characters. I felt the same way with them (ish). I always feel that religion is a sensitive topic to talk about (thanks to my culture) and we shouldn't mix it with secular thing or un-religious stuff. Beside, I wondered what will happen to Dexter and religion. Will he become a religious person?? Will he stop killing people and confess his sins? Well, please don't get me wrong. It doesn't mean that I agree with what Dexter do. It's just a movie. A fictional stories. If the stories happen in real life, of course I would be very happy if he stop killing people. So... I am actually looking forward to see what will happen in the end of this series.
Travis Marshall and Professor Gellar
Until today, Dexter sixth season has already aired eight episodes, started on October 2nd until the latest episode on November 20th. This season's main antagonist is a charismatic professor 0f religious studies named Professor Gellar (Edward James Olmos) who killed people based on Biblical scene. He gets a help from his former student, Travis Marshall (which is played brilliantly by Colin Hanks). They do the killing with reference from Book of Revelation. They leave signs of Apocalypse on their victims and crime scene, such as Alpha Omega signs, Four Horsemen and Whore of Babylon.
(note: I could write and interpret better about this sign of Apocalypse if only I understand Bible very well. It appears that I am not a good Christian.)
This season also features an important character named Brother Sam (Mos Def), even though he only shows up in six episodes. Brother Sam is an ex murderer and drug addict who has turned into a good path and become a minister. He has an auto shop and helps other ex drug addict or gang member by giving them job, shelter and better life. Dexter becomes close with Brother Sam and he is often told that he still has "light" in him. Brother Sam says that he knows the darkness inside Dexter, sees the light in him and tells him to let the darkness go. I am not sure if Brother Sam's words work on Dexter, but in this season Dexter lets his prey (Travis) go—which never happened before. He even pray (sort of) when his son, Harrison, is in hospital. Wow. Never thought this could happen to Dexter.
Another notable stories in this season are Debra's (Jennifer Carpenter) promotion on becoming a Lieutenant which is misunderstood as the reason why she rejected Quinn's (Desmond Harrington) proposal, La Guerta (Lauren V elez) who is now become a captain (which makes her more annoying), Masuka's (C. S. Lee) intern students and appearance of the new detective named Mike Anderson (Billy Brown).
I realized that Dexter has become more human since the fifth season after Rita's (Julie Benz) death, followed by his relationship with Lumen (Julia Stiles). I think this is the first time Dexter revealed his true self to someone other than his father. On sixth season, Dexter shows that he has love in him. He really shows it toward his son, Harrison. He worries about what Harrison will be when he knows that Jonah Mitchell—who is the son of Arthur Mitchell, the Trinity Killer—killed his mother and sister (revealed that she committed a suicide later).
In my opinion, Dexter sixth season is not the most interesting part of the whole seasons. The first one still become my favourite until now, followed by the forth. This season doesn't give me a thrill like the previous ones. But, I am still interested in watching it and looking forward what will happen afterward. Will Dexter repent of everything he has done? Will it be the end of this series? Let's wait and see...
Tessa
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