DEXTER SEASON 4 REVIEW – By Ryan Bogan
There are very few television shows in this world that contain reverting dialogue and keep the audience entertained season after season. Dexter has been on the air for the past few years and has been continuing to do this each and every season. With its unique, incredible balance of gallows humor and trauma along with the show’s attractive characters, Dexter has been pushing the boundaries of drama to new heights. It’s created its own heightened, yet unique and insulated, world in which we can easily find ourselves invested in the hopes and dreams of a dysfunctional, vigilante murderer. Michael C. Hall is truly one of the best actors around. He always delivers the most convincing characters each and every time he steps in front of the cameras. From the days of Six Feet Under to Dexter, he has evolved and found one of the best award winning roles of his career.
I have just finished watching Season 4 on DVD. I can pretty much agree with a lot of reviews that I have read on the internet, that this season of Dexter was both fun and nightmarish. Season 4 led me on many twists and turns as Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) sought out “the secret” to a balanced home life; a system that would allow him to lead a happy suburban family life, while still being able to satisfy the inner bloodlust of his “Dark Passenger”.
After looking for answers in all the wrong places, we saw that the lesson that Dexter was destined to learn was a tragic one and that there was, ultimately, no way to serve two masters. The happy domesticated life that he desired actually needed to be desired above all else. Unfortunately, that revelation came too late, in the season finale, and by then, the cat and mouse game that he’d initiated with ‘The Trinity Killer’ played by the amazing John Lithgow, had come back to totally debase and destroy all of Dexter’s dreams.
John Lithgow was simply superb in his award winning wretched role as Arthur Mitchell. He was so good that he actually was able to bring a few rare moments of sympathy to such a devilish man. Given the haunting and brutal cycle of the Trinity murders, these small windows of empathy didn’t even need to be there, but Lithgow found a way to find them anyway. It has been a long time since Lithgow has dipped into the villain role. The last time I saw him as a notable bad guy, was Cliffhanger back in 1993, opposite Sylvester Stallone. I truly missed him in this role, as he went onto star in the comedy series 3rd Rock from the Sun. The chemistry between Hall and Lithgow on screen was amazing and invigorating.
I am going to give Season 4 of Dexter 5 out of 5. I totally recommend this show to anyone, who appreciates good quality acting, along with a storyline that takes you on a wild ride and leaves you wanting more.
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