Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is TV's favorite serial-killer hero, a blood-spatter specialist in the Miami PD forensics unit moonlighting as a vigilante who feeds his murderous impulses by targeting other murderers. This Showtime original's mix of grisly mystery and dark wit has made it one of the cable network's most popular shows. The sixth season pits Dexter against a religious-psycho “Doomsday Killer” tag-team played by Edward James Olmos and Colin Hanks—a mentor and acolyte who stage ritual slayings steeped in biblical imagery in order to bring about the apocalypse. Meanwhile, Dexter's detective sister, Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), receives a promotion and shines as the new squad leader—a career move that makes things a little trickier between the adoptive siblings, whose relationship becomes more interesting after Deb starts seeing a therapist to deal with her stress. Dexter also replaces the cautionary mental ghost of his dead father (James Remar) with a “spirit guide” in the form of criminal-turned-preacher Brother Sam (Mos Def). Although this season is less stellar than earlier entries—the Olmos-Hanks partnership seems more contrived and less dramatically compelling than previous nemeses—the series does continue the strange odyssey of Dexter as the single father of an infant who may have inherited his dark impulses, while also offering plenty of gruesome criminality and black humor for fans. Compiling all 12 episodes from the 2011 sixth season, the DVD version includes bonus interviews (only available through the BD-Live feature on the Blu-ray release). Recommended. ( S. Axmaker)
Dexter: The Sixth Season
Paramount, 618 min., not rated, DVD: 4 discs, $54.99; Blu-ray: 3 discs, $65.99 Volume 27, Issue 6
Dexter: The Sixth Season
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