Dexter: Original Sin
Dexter: Original Sin Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
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"A killer's origin story told with real tenderness"
A prequel to Dexter, set in the early 1990s, following a young Dexter Morgan as he juggles a blood-spatter internship at Miami Metro with the first stirrings of his hidden urges, all while his adoptive father Harry tries to shape him into something controllable. The tone is moodier and more intimate than the original series, leaning on origin-story tension rather than shock kills. It moves briskly across ten episodes, works best as a character study of a mentor-student bond curdling into something darker, and rewards viewers who liked the show's earlier seasons.
the sharp father-son dynamic that explains who Dexter becomes and why.
you found later seasons of the original show exhausting or gimmicky.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | And in the Beginning... | 8.2 | 9K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Kid in a Candy Store | 7.7 | 8K | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Miami Vice | 8.2 | 7K | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Fender Bender | 7.9 | 7K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | F Is for Fuck-Up | 8.0 | 6K | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Joy of Killing | 8.2 | 6K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Big Bad Body Problem | 8.6 | 7K | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Business and Pleasure | 8.9 | 7K | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Blood Drive | 8.9 | 7K | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Code Blues | 9.0 | 8K | 50 min |