The show also has considerable fun with planting Dexter Morgan in an environment completely different from Miami, with the character having taken refuge in a small wilderness community where he works at the fish-and-game store and is dating the local sheriff , which seems unnecessarily risky given the “Dark Passenger” within him.
Of course, the idyllic nature of Dexter’s existence can’t stay that way for long , but the premiere takes its time building toward what might trigger its protagonist to fall off the wagon, while sweetening the mystery with a number of missing persons in the area.
Introduced in 2006, “Dexter” came out amid a wave of TV antiheroes, and in advance of suave sociopaths like “You’s” Joe Goldberg in mixing corpses and comedy.
Nevertheless, now that it’s here, through four episodes the show effectively pulls viewers from chapter to chapter.