[My First Kev]

What an exceptionally good series this has been. This has undoubtedly been my favourite of the recent big US dramas. The atmosphere was tense and exciting, the main character likeable, a great supporting cast and a bad guy who became no less scary after his identity was revealed. In comparison Lost left me... well, lost and a bit cold really. Heroes was good but when every episode is essentially a new character showing off a new super-power it got a bit repetitive and House, while generally excellent, can be a little hard to take seriously at times with each patient never having the obvious problem and Hugh Laurie always knowing the answers. A bit like Quincy but getting to them before they've actually snuffed it.

Anyway, back to Dexter. After weeks of excellent story and pacing it was with a pinch of salt that I watched Dexter’s final plot twist come round. I won't ruin it for anyone but, for fuck sake, it's the kind of predictable "long lost... whatever" bollocks you would expect from a soap opera. That said the delightfully sick spin on this hoary old cliché in the final minutes of the last episode was pretty sweet.

This series was about half-way through its first run on FX when I got cable put in the flat last year and even though I'd heard good things about it I decided to wait until I could se it from the beginning. I'm glad I did this as the weekly cliff-hangers were almost as exciting as the episodes themselves. I know I'm going to be impatient for series two though so a trip to some torrent websites might be in order.


Oh yeah - How good are the opening credits by the way?