Fall Asleep To Every Version Of Dexter Explained

Every version of Dexter Morgan explained in one long, calm walkthrough, the novels, the Showtime series, the comics, the CBS broadcast edit, the sequels, and the prequel. This video works through the entire Dexter franchise as separate versions of the same character rather than a single canon, starting with the mahogany blood slide box hand-built for the show and the way Dexter: Original Sin later has Harry Morgan tell his son to keep no trophies at all. It covers Jeff Lindsay's eight novels and how they diverge from television almost immediately, the production history of the Showtime series, the real criminal cases the writers borrowed from, and the smaller official material most viewers never encounter. There is no ranking and no twist saved for the end, each section stands on its own, which is the point of the format. The closing thread is that three separate official endings now exist and none of them has settled whether Dexter deserves to live, die, or be punished some third way. What's covered in this video: The hand-built mahogany blood slide box, made by carpenter Michael Cosentino to match the hinges of an earlier prop, and how Dexter: Original Sin contradicts the trophy-keeping premise entirely. Jeff Lindsay's novel sequence from Darkly Dreaming Dexter in 2004 to Dexter Is Dead in 2015, including why Dexter in the Dark is the third book and not the second. How the books split from the show, Rita, LaGuerta, a more supernatural Dark Passenger, and James Doakes surviving Doctor Danco's mutilation rather than dying in Lila West's fire. The two Marvel Comics miniseries, Dexter and Dexter: Down Under, written by Lindsay with art by Dalibor Talajić and set inside novel continuity. Lindsay's stated influences, Hannibal Lecter over Patricia Highsmith or Richard Stark, and the real Miami homicide sergeant behind Debra Morgan. The 2005 pilot Clyde Phillips reworked, Matt Blank's nervousness about a serial killer lead, and Michael C. Hall being cast by Robert Greenblatt and Michael Cuesta without an audition. Casting stories including John Lithgow initially refusing Arthur Mitchell at CAA, David Zayas calling his Angel Batista role in an elevator, and Jennifer Carpenter cutting her own profanity. The Emmy-winning Digital Kitchen main title sequence, creative directed by Eric Anderson with music by Rolfe Kent, and the Xploding Plastix score Showtime rejected. Real-world sources behind the show: Dennis Rader for the Trinity Killer, the Snowtown murders, Manuel Pardo for Miguel Prado, and Richard Trenton Chase. Why bloodstain pattern analysis is shakier than the show suggests, per Carol Rogers and a 2009 National Academy of Sciences report cited by the Innocence Project. Miami standing in as Long Beach, California, plus kill room construction with Husky plastic sheeting and Kathleen Felix-Hager's stalking outfit versus kill suit. The censored first season CBS aired in February 2008 during the writers' strike, with profanity dubbed and episodes cut to roughly 47 minutes. Mentioned in this video: Dexter Morgan, Harry Morgan, Debra Morgan, Rita, Maria LaGuerta, James Doakes, Angel Batista, Brian Moser, Arthur Mitchell, Miguel Prado, Lila West, Doctor Danco, Barbara Gianna, Jeff Lindsay, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, John Lithgow, Colin Hanks, Charlotte Rampling, Kevin Spacey, Clyde Phillips, John Goldwyn, Robert Greenblatt, Michael Cuesta, Matt Blank, Eric Anderson, Josh Bodnar, Rolfe Kent, Lindsay Daniels, Dalibor Talajić, Jessica Kender, Joshua Meltzer, Kathleen Felix-Hager, Michael Cosentino, Carol Rogers, Dennis Rader, Manuel Pardo, Richard Trenton Chase, Showtime, CBS, Marvel Comics, Digital Kitchen, Sunset Gower Studios, Long Beach, Miami, Snowtown murders, Innocence Project, National Academy of Sciences, Dexter: Original Sin, Dexter Is Dead, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the Dark Passenger, blood slides. Chapters: 0:00 The Handmade Box Nobody Noticed 1:40 Every Dexter That Exists 5:02 The Novels Nobody Read 12:35 The Pilot That Almost Was 15:06 Lithgow Said No Flat 21:49 The Real Killers Behind Dexter 27:42 The CBS Frickin' Cut 31:03 Canon Nobody Ever Watched 34:44 New Blood's Quiet Retcons 43:21 The Prequel That Broke Canon 54:34 Resurrection Undoes The Death 1:16:23 Three Endings, No Verdict