Did anyone else see the premier of the new Showtime series “Dexter” last night?  I think I’m going to like this one. The premise is that Dexter works in forensics for the Miami PD as a blood splatter analyst.  And he’s good at his job, really good.  He’s also got a half-sister on the force currently working in vice. But that’s not the interesting part, the interesting part is that Dexter is… a serial killer.

Dexter is a shell of a human being.  He says he doesn’t feel emotions. He “acts” his way through life, going through the expected motions but not really experiencing them. His foster father, a former cop, discovered his predilection for violence when he was young and helped him harness and control it.  He still kills, but the catch is that he only stalks and murders *other* murders that the police have been unable to catch. And he’s gotten away with it for a long time.

In the premier though, another serial killer is butchering prostitutes in a very unique way. And apparently he or she knows about Dexter and is taunting him.  That storyline appears to be an ongoing arch that isn’t resolved in the first episode. Can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

It’s a strange show, but I really liked the premier…