History Series / Dexter

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Many fans see [[spoiler:[=LaGuerta=]]]'s death as this, seeing as how she [[spoiler:framed Debra for Marco Fuentes escaping and some innocent people being killed, blackmailed Captain Matthews, refused to re-open the Barrel Girls Case because she thought it might make her look bad]] and did many other morally questionable things.

** The step children get PutOnABus to live with their grandparents after Rita becomes incapable of taking care of them.
** Dexter buys the adjacent apartment for the babysitter so baby Harrison can be abandoned with ease without making him appear negligent.

* MurderByProxy: Jordan Chase directs the rest of the Barrel Girl Gang to rape and murder numerous young women. However, he limits his own involvement to psychologically tormenting these victims and does not touch them himself. It's just a power-trip for a raging narcissist. It's not until Dexter and Lumen start to go after him and his associates that he decides it's time to get his hands dirty.

''Dexter'' is a crime drama series developed by James Mano Jr. and based loosely on the novel ''[[Literature/{{Dexter}} Darkly Dreaming Dexter]]'' by Jeff Lindsay, using it as inspiration for its first season and general premise but eventually evolving in a direction independent of Lindsay's future ''Dexter'' novels. The show premiered on Creator/{{Showtime}} in 2006 and ran for eight seasons, concluding in fall 2013.

** The main set for Miami Metro Homicide wasn't established until after the pilot. Initially, the characters are shown working in a much larger and open office space and Dexter didn't have a backroom. Presumably, the writers needed a convenient excuse to have Dexter access police databases for criminals he was targeting without having his colleagues literally watching over his shoulder.

* DaylightHorror: Many gruesome crime-scenes are shot around the sunny Miami locale. Dexter comments on how the bright sunlight makes gruesome crime scenes look like staged theme park attractions.

* DeathSeeker: At the start of season 8, Deb shows shades of this with her increased drug addiction and self-loathing. Considering what she did at the end of season 7 - [[SadisticChoice by either]] [[spoiler:killing/apprehending Dexter or killing [=LaGuerta=], and choosing the latter]] - it's easy to see why her spirit's [[BrokenBird completely broken]].

** Dexter is able to use a capacitive touch screen with ordinary leather gloves in a couple episodes, which is impossible. While there are specially made gloves on the market that work around this limitation, they weren't brought to market until late 2012, 6 months after the final season was set.[[note]]Though about 9 months before the episodes aired.[[/note]]

* OedipusComplex: Brian Moser "Rudy Cooper" killed his father and fetishizes his mother. (Prosthetic hand with painted nails similar to Laura Moser.)

** The main set for Miami Metro Homicide wasn't established until after the pilot. Initially, the characters are shown working in a much larger and open office space and Dexter didn't have a backroom. Presumably, the writers needed a convenient excuse to have Dexter access police databases for criminals he was targeting without having his colleagues always watching over his shoulder.