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The Dexter Season 1 DVD brings home all 12 episodes of the Showtime drama’s 2006 debut. Michael C. Hall stars as Dexter Morgan, a Miami blood spatter analyst who secretly hunts killers, as he tracks the Ice Truck Killer through the first season. It is in stock and dispatched within 2 business days. Add it to your cart today.
| Format | DVD |
|---|---|
| Discs | 4 |
| Studio | Showtime Ent. / Paramount |
| Released | August 21, 2007 |
| Run time | 650 minutes |
| Condition | Not specified |
| Availability | In stock |
The Dexter Season 1 DVD collects all 12 episodes of the Showtime drama's first season, which aired from October 1 to December 17, 2006. Michael C. Hall stars as Dexter Morgan, a Miami police blood spatter analyst who secretly hunts killers the justice system has failed to stop.
This is a DVD, so it plays in standard US DVD players and in Blu-ray players, which also read DVDs.
By day, Dexter works as a forensic blood spatter analyst for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department. By night, he is a serial killer who targets only murderers who have slipped through the cracks. His adoptive father, Harry Morgan (James Remar), a police officer, taught him to channel his urges this way.
Season 1 sets Dexter against the "Ice Truck Killer," a murderer who leaves his victims' bodies drained of blood and preserved by cold. Along the way, the season digs into a childhood trauma that Dexter has kept buried.
Around him are his sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), his girlfriend Rita Bennett (Julie Benz), and Sgt. James Doakes (Erik King) of Miami Metro. Lauren Vélez plays Lt. María LaGuerta, and David Zayas plays Det. Angel Batista.
Dexter ran for eight seasons and 96 episodes on Showtime, from 2006 to 2013, and the series received a Peabody Award in 2007. Season 1 adapts the opening novel of Jeff Lindsay's book series, so the Dexter Season One set is the natural starting point for new viewers.
Critics responded well from the start; the season holds an 81% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Owning the first season on disc lets you rewatch the Ice Truck Killer case at your own pace, with no streaming subscription needed.
Keep going with Dexter: Season 2, or get everything at once with Dexter: The Complete Series + Dexter: New Blood. You can also pick up the 2021 revival, Dexter: New Blood, or browse our TV series collection. For episode details, read the Wikipedia article on Dexter Season 1.
Dexter Season 1 DVD: Questions Buyers Ask
How many episodes are in Dexter Season 1?
All 12 episodes that aired on Showtime from October to December 2006.
Which book is Season 1 based on?
It is based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the first Dexter novel by Jeff Lindsay.
Will it play in my US DVD player?
Yes. It is a DVD, so it plays in standard US DVD players and in Blu-ray players.
Who is the villain this season?
Dexter tracks the Ice Truck Killer, who leaves his victims drained of blood.
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A. Trotter –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Wow, wow, wow! Holy Cow!
If I could give 6 stars I would, and I’ve never said that before. Love this show. LOVE IT! (Pissy at showtime but that’s just because they don’t let people – even US people serving their country – outside the US look at stuff on their website, but their product is awesome… )
Ok, so Dexter, he’s a little different, right? He works for the police, he’s charming and geeky, he kills people for fun after work. Just bad people, of course. It would be no fun otherwise…
This is a strange story – more than half revenge fantasy but also part personal growth drama, part romance, lots of humor, and some good old fashioned thriller thrown in for spice. It makes you ache a little inside and then giggle in horror. It invokes a lot of emotion in it’s viewers, as you watch someone without emotion begin to feel things and not know what’s going on… not understand that these are feelings he’s having. I’m sure a lot of people are pursing their lips over it and going “tsk!”. I mean, a comedy/drama where the hero is a sociopathic serial killer? And a very good one at that?
The acting is AMAZING. This is TV done right, TV that makes you sing with delight, that catches you with it’s beauty and writing and the way it perfectly catches the atmosphere of a place. I cannot rave enough – it goes in with the other perfect shows like the new Battlestar Galactica (somewhat less funny but just as perfect) and Wire in the Blood, Buffy, Firefly and Touching Evil. It’s vastly better than CSI Miami (really, what isn’t?) but it will draw comparisons, or parallels, because both take place in Miami and involve forensics (from weirdly skewed angles mentally, when you look at it – he’s both catching killers forensically and keeping from being caught himself…) This show catchs the flavor of Miami in such a lovely way that you want to visit, even if – like me – you absolutely hate humid heat and bugs and all that sort of crap. It makes it seem alive and vibrant, dead hookers and all…
Can’t wait for season 2. Can’t wait can’t wait… couldn’t wait for this season either but man oh man, now I know exactly how good it is? Yes!
Ivan –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
M. B Cole –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
‘Dexter’ is as cool as one of his victims
I had no clue what this show was about until around December when my buddy was talking about season 2 coming out. I had noticed the DVD set here on Amazon and immediatly added it to my Wishlist…mainly because of the cover of the box set. When my friend mentioned it, I asked him what it was about and then I became even more intrigued.
Knowing I was heading to Iraq in January, I decided to wait on buying it until I got there. Now that I’m here, I ordered it as soon as I got internet access. In less than a week it showed and that following night when I got back to my tent I popped it in. The first episode got my attention right away. The Ice Truck killers victims and Dexter himself were so interesting.
Michael C. Hall plays Dexter (who also played in 6 Feet Under) brilliantly. His acting is so dead on and so believable. I dont even see his character anymore from 6 Feet Under. Julie Benz who plays Rita, Dex’s girlfriend, is also really great. And David Zayas who plays Angel is also really good. But that’s about it. I’m not saying the others are bad, but they just dont seem believable. I cant stand Dex’s sister, Debra Morgan played by Jeniffer Carpenter (she seems like she is forever imbedded in my head as Emily Rose) because I think she over reacts to everything. And she seems like she cusses to much (I’m no saint and I say the F word WAY to much) when it doesnt even need to be said. And it sounds like she’s a really nice girl trying to cuss to be cool. I dont know. It bugs me. And Eric King’s acting is also WAY over the top. He plays Doaks who is a forensic investigator that just doesnt like our boy Dex. I like the character a lot, but just not King who plays him. To me, the guy always looks like he’s wanting to bust out laughing during his ‘really mean and pissed off’ parts. It drives me insane.
Also the sound is not perfect sometimes. During a scene with a hockey arena…you can tell Dexter’s lines are coming from him while on the ice. But the other 2 guys lines seem to have been recorded in a room somewhere else. Very annoying.
I know I wrote a lot about some bad stuff, but this by NO MEANS, should hurt the rating I want to give Dexter. Michael C. Hall and the show itself should be rated over 5 stars with no question.
Sadly I dont have Showtime, so I’m gonna have to wait for the DVDs as the seasons come out. Hopefully Dexter will last quite awhile. At least Showtime is producing some quality shows though (Weeds is another great one from them and I’ve heard good things about some of the others ones like Riches and Tudors.)
One last thing, and it’s not a spoiler at all. I loved how at the very end right before the credits, during the ‘ticker tape parade’, Dexters thoughts and his smiles and the peoples signs saying things were filmed. I was laughing pretty good at that last few seconds.