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The Dexter Season 5 DVD brings home all 12 episodes of the Showtime drama’s 2010 season. Michael C. Hall stars as Dexter Morgan, now a single father, who teams up with Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles) in the fifth season, with Jonny Lee Miller as Jordan Chase. In stock and dispatched within 2 business days. Add it to your cart today.
| Format | DVD |
|---|---|
| Discs | 4 |
| Studio | SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Released | August 16, 2011 |
| Run time | 10 hours and 18 minutes |
| Condition | Not specified |
| Availability | In stock |
The Dexter Season 5 DVD collects all 12 episodes of the Showtime drama's fifth season, which premiered on September 26, 2010. Michael C. Hall returns as Dexter Morgan, joined by guest stars Julia Stiles as Lumen Pierce and Jonny Lee Miller as Jordan Chase.
This is a DVD, so it plays in standard US DVD players and in Blu-ray players, which also read DVDs.
Season 5 picks up in the aftermath of the shocking Season 4 finale. Dexter is now a single father. He hires a nanny for his young son and goes back to hunting, starting with a killer named Boyd Fowler.
That hunt leads him to Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles), a woman who witnessed a killing and wants revenge on the men who attacked her. Dexter becomes deeply involved in her mission, and the trail points toward Jordan Chase (Jonny Lee Miller), a motivational speaker tied to Lumen's attackers.
At Miami Metro, Det. Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington) grows suspicious of Dexter. Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) works the Santa Muerte cases and later the Barrel Girls murders. Peter Weller joins the cast as Stan Liddy.
Chip Johannessen served as showrunner for this season. He joined Dexter as an executive producer, along with Manny Coto, after the end of 24. Clyde Phillips, the previous showrunner, stayed on as a consultant.
The Dexter Season Five set marks a turning point for the character, as he rebuilds his life and finds an unexpected partner in Lumen. Owning it on disc means you can follow the story in order, with no streaming subscription required.
Catch up with Dexter: Season 4 or continue with Dexter: Season 6. For the whole run in one box, see Dexter: The Complete Series + Dexter: New Blood, or browse our TV series collection. For episode details, read the Wikipedia article on Dexter Season 5.
Dexter Season 5 DVD: Questions Buyers Ask
How many episodes are in Dexter Season 5?
All 12 episodes of the fifth season, which premiered on Showtime on September 26, 2010.
Who does Julia Stiles play?
She plays Lumen Pierce, a woman seeking revenge on the men who attacked her.
Should I watch Season 4 first?
Yes. Season 5 picks up right after the events of the Season 4 finale.
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.
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Mary K. Daffron –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Thank goodness for actors that are talented….
I had seen Dexter a couple of times on SHOWTIME, but I really did not pay that much attention to it. Well, I was laid up for a few months and wanted something to fill my boring soap opera plagued afternoons. One day I told my sister to go to the video store and rent me something with a bit of excitement to it; she brought me back Season 1 of Dexter. Well let me tell you, I watched the entire season in two days and then I sent her to the local Best Buy to purchase all the Seasons available, including Season 1. I am hooked. The only bad thing about watching so many episodes one right after the other is that when you come to the end (which I did in Season 4) it is like you have lost your entire family. You come to know these characters as if you have spent your entire life with them. I now own all the Seasons and cannot wait for the release of Season 6 on DVD and the start of Season 7 on Showtime. If it were not for VOD through my cable service provider and programs like Dexter, Grey’s Anatomy, the Tudors, Desperate Housewives, and The Borgia’s I would not even subscribe to the premium channels that I have.
I switched from HBO to SHOWTIME when Season 4 of TRUE BLOOD ended. It resurfaces in June and Dexter some time in September 2012. I guess I will have to bounce back and forth between HBO and SHOWTIME until these two GREAT shows end their run(which I hope never happens). It is strange how you can come to love Vampires, Werewolves, and certain Serial Killers. With Dexter, I don’t consider him your run of the mill serial killer, he is just the garbage man taking out the TRASH!
Jax Avolltech –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Cheryll –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Awesome as Usual
**Spoiler alert – I don’t reveal much, just don’t read if you want to be totally surprised by watching it**
As soon as this season came out on DVD I had to snatch it up since I’ve been watching Dexter since season 1. Unfortunately, I moved and don’t have Show Time anymore so i had to wait almost a year after the premier of the season to watch it, but boy was it worth the wait! I was initially skeptical when I heard Dexter was going to have a new female in his life, however, reading the other reviews, I kept an open mind. Although I preferred Rita, there’s not much I can do since she is no longer alive. I felt they introduced Lumen a little too close after Rita’s death, but considering that Dexter is supposed to be void of emotions, it was not a huge surprise. What was a little strange was that Dexter became strongly emotionally attached to Lumen, perhaps stronger than he and Rita’s connection, due to the “dark passenger” that resides in Lumen.
All-in-all the plot, however skeptical I was, worked out fantastically. I couldn’t keep myself from watching several episodes per night, even though I said I was going to watch 1 per week (so it would be as if I was watching it on Show Time :P) The introduction of Lumen gave Dexter a new dimension, a feeling that he may be more human than Harry thought. Their (Dexter and Lumen’s) victims were not too different from Dexter’s previous victims (there are only but so many ways to be a bad guy right?), but there was a little twist on the usual serial killer. They always seem to make Debra closer and closer to finding out Dexter’s true identity and continue to put the single father through previously unseen circumstances that keep you glued to the tv.
barry –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Amazing season – review of the blu ray
Since DEXTER’S very first season it has been my very favorite tv series. Season 4 was considered by many to be a milestone for the series. John Lithgow certainly left his imprint forever as The Trinity Killer. But though his acting was superb and the cat and mouse portrayed between him and Dexter was mezmerizing, the season is more important as the one that had one of the most shocking and series changing season endings in history. The death discovered in the last few minutes of the season finale rocked and shocked all DEXTER viewers. All knew that the series would never be the same with this character loss and how would it move forward.
Season 5 handles all of that not only with great success but also by providing what may be the shows best season yet. At the time of its airing fans viewed with expectation and some were not favorable to the plot line or the addition of Julia Stiles for the season. Fact is those who truly loved the series were comparing the season to all those before and especially the beloved lost character. So before watching season 5 I viewed season 4 for true continuity. Watching Dexter who struggles with human emotion was amazing. And simply put, the plotline for this season worked perfectly as the horrific center as well as a way to move Dexter along in his development. Upon my second viewing of this season everything was raised a bar. Julia Stiles is superb here as Lumen, a rape, torture and potential murder victim who Dexter discovers. Her emotional development as a caged victim set free who then works with Dexter is perhaps the best work of Ms. Stiles career and she and Michael C. Hall have a chemistry that fits this story line perfectly. The addition of Jonny Lee Miller as self help guru Jordan Chase provides the seasons villanous character and he masters the role perfectly and is in every way as good as John Lithgow was.
DEXTER is one of those shows that always looks best on blu ray. The video is always crisp and clear with superb clarity. Black/white ratio is excellent and colors pop. The scenery of Miami shines and facial close ups show great detail and flesh tones are perfect. Day and night scenes are both levels above the dvd. I own all the seasons on blu ray but found the audio the best here. The Dolby TruHD 5.1 track utilizes all the speakers perfectly and this season had many shock scenes and scary moments that utilized rear speakers to great effect. You’ll be jumping out of your skin. If you love DEXTER this season is a must have and the blu ray would be the greatest gift to yourself. Season 4 and the Trinity Killer was indeed supreme but season 5 moves DEXTER forward with thrills and chills galore. A great season of a superb series.
Tom –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
When it Comes to Suspense……Nobody Touches Dexter
I have to say, of all the TV/Cable shows I watch (almost exclusively on DVD/Blu-Ray), this is the one that most makes me groan at the end of each episode, wishing it didn’t have to end. So many intriguing sub-plots and characters circle our dark hero, but unlike other shows, in which sub-plot and characters exist merely as threads alongside the main storyline, every filament of plot in “Dexter” Season 5 leads directly back to the man and the story at center. The writers of this show pull off an amazing hat-trick of suspense in this outstanding and somewhat unexpected Season 5.
(Alert: Possible Spoiler Ahead) If you’re reading this, you probably know by now that Season 4 ended with the shocking (if textually convincing) murder of the character of Rita, Dexter’s wife. I wondered for a long time, waiting for Season 5 to arrive on DVD, how on earth this series would continue. It seemed to me the show’s creators had done just about all they could with the bizarre character of Dexter Morgan, and that there was little else to say following that bitterly ironic murder at the end of Season 4. It amazes me that they not only found a way to move the story forward, but quickly developed an entirely fresh direction in the person of Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles) which dominates Season 5.
Michael C. Hall is fantastic as always. Lauren Velez and David Zayas (i.e., LaGuerta & Batista), are not only terrific as always in this season, but they continue to find nuances of character that are absent elsewhere in television depictions of Latinos. Much as the character of Deb is over-the-top potty-mouthed and temperamental, I never tire of watching Jennifer Carpenter’s work; she manages to make me care about Deb precisely as one would about a sibling whose heart (and mouth) are sometimes bigger than her brain. Best of all this season, though, is the guest star, Julia Stiles, who makes the unthinkable seem terrifyingly real.
I loved the heck out of this season, and I can’t imagine anyone who enjoys the series not being glued to every episode as well.