Everyone has their one show that they’re absolutely evangelical about. Prestige dramas like The Sopranos and Breaking Bad and crowd-pleasing comedies like Seinfeld and The Office inspire hardcore followings that keep them in the zeitgeist. For Playboy Club Creator model Rebecca Adam, her obsession with crime drama Dexter knows no bounds. Here’s why.
Dexter
- Released: October 1, 2006 – September 22, 2013
- Network: Showtime
- Genre: Crime drama, psychological thriller
- Starring: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C. S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Pierson, Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Seasons: 8
- Episodes: 96
Why Rebecca Adam loves Dexter
“It’s a show that I have to watch alone because if somebody else talks over it, I lose it,” Rebecca told PLAYBOY. “I have to focus 100% on the show, I don’t want to miss a second of it.”
Dexter is one of the more iconic dramas from the second generation of deep-cable prestige shows along with Breaking Bad and Mad Men. The premise is simple, and was perhaps patient zero with the now booming true crime industry. Dexter Morgan is a forensic blood-splatter analyst working for the Miami-Metro Police Department. That’s his official day job, anyway.
In the shadows, Dexter’s alter-ego is The Bay Harbor Butcher, a serial killer of some renown, at least with local law enforcement. Unlike other serial killers, Morgan’s modus operandi is all about vengeance, and his victims are murderers that have evaded the criminal justice system.
Since 2006, Morgan has become one of TVs most beloved anti-heroes up there with Walter White and Jax Teller. And despite the show’s ending in 2013, the show has received a continuation series in Dexter: New Blood in 2021, and a prequel series with 2024’s Dexter: Original Sin. But wait, there’s more! Dexter will once again return in yet another continuation, Dexter: Resurrection, which premiers later this year.
Rebecca’s love of Dexter has most to do with its complicated and engrossing characters.
“Everyone goes through these arcs, it’s so cool to see,” Rebecca says. “They’re all flawed, just like the rest of us.”
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