"Dexter" The Dark Defender (2007)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Keith Gordon

Writers:

James Manos Jr. (developer)
Jeff Lindsay (novel)

TV Series:

"Dexter" (2006)

Original Air Date:

28 October 2007 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Dexter learns that one of the three men who murdered his mother is still alive and, thanks to the Witness Protection Program, running a pub in Naples, FA.

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Pub | Witness Protection Program | Sponsor | Motel Room

Cast

Michael C. Hall	...	Dexter Morgan
Julie Benz	...	Rita Bennett
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Debra Morgan
Erik King	...	Sergeant James Doakes
C.S. Lee	...	Vince Masuka (credit only)
Lauren Vélez	...	Lt. Maria Laguerta (as Lauren Velez)
David Zayas	...	Angel Batista
James Remar	...	Harry Morgan
JoBeth Williams	...	Gail
Tony Amendola	...	Santos Jimenez
Jaime Murray	...	Lila Tournay
Keith Carradine	...	Special Agent Frank Lundy
Christina Robinson	...	Astor
Preston Bailey	...	Cody
Sage Kirkpatrick	...	Laura Moser

Runtime:

56 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:Unrated | USA:TV-MA | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Colleton Company, The

Trivia:

The title of Gabriel's book is "The Ice Princess". Erik King, who plays Doakes, was in the Disney movie Ice Princess (2005).

Goofs:

Continuity: At the start of the scene where Dexter & Lila are driving to Napels, Lila isn't wearing her seat belt, yet in subsequent shots she is.

Quotes:

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I never really got the whole superhero thing. But lately, it does seem we have a lot in common. Tragic beginnings... Secret identities... Part human, part mutant...
Dexter Morgan: [in reference to Doakes] Archenemies.

Movie Connections:

References "Challenge of the SuperFriends" (1978)

Soundtrack:

Los Chucos Suaves