1. The series is based on the book by Jeffrey Lindsay - "Darkly Dreaming Dexter". He talks about the police forensic scientist Miami and part-maniac Dexter Morgan. But his assassination attributed by some code of Harry, in which, inter alia, states that a person can not kill unjustly. So Dexter kills only those who have gone from justice. That's why the show is sometimes called "Dexter».
2. The majority of filming on location in the series made in Long Beach. Long Beach - a city in California. As we know California is the US West, and in the film the action takes place in Miami, and Miami in the Southeast. The fact is that the first five series really took off in Miami, and then the directors have decided for economic reasons that go, and Long Beach and transferred to shoot. Russian viewers will not notice the difference, but for Americans the difference is striking.
3. Residents of homes near the TV series which starred, is now proud to call himself a "neighbors Dexter».
4. In 2008, Dexter essentially only accelerated (filming the third season), and Michael Hall (in the TV series Dexter Morgan) and Jennifer Carpenter (in the series Debra Morgan) for the New Year quietly all went and got married . Brother and sister in the film became husband and wife in reality.
5. Michael Hall became ill with cancer and continue shooting the series turned out to be a big question, but the cancer had been defeated.
6. At the beginning of each episode shows a selection of the usual events in the life of an ordinary man, but because of the effect of this macro looks ominous. One prominent critic even said: "It's the only thing that the viewer must see to understand the character of Dexter».
7. In an interview with the creators of one of the series is called "the worst day of Thanksgiving, shown on television." Humor of this sentence will understand all those who regularly watch American soap operas.
8. Opposition Dexter and Doakes - one of the most impressive moments in the first two seasons. However, in the life of the actor - best friends.
9. Michael Hall just read the first two books about Dexter. Then he told me in an interview that the show stopped shooting on the books and decided to "self-disclose the image of their hero." Starting with the second season of the TV series and the similarity between the novels of the series "Dexter" is virtually absent.
10. To promote the third season advertisers, instead of water, poured into the local fountains, fake blood. The promotional campaign fountains were involved in 14 major US cities. Particularly impressive looked bloody jet fountain-geyser in Philadelphia "Park of Love».
11. «Dexter" has received critical acclaim, won two "Emmy" in the technical categories and was the reason for the dispute because of its content. The series has been criticized by parents' organizations as too cruel and immoral. When in December 2007 the representatives of CBS reported that they are going to broadcast "Dexter" on the public channel, the parent organization "Parents Television Council" publicly protested: "We officially ask CBS to cancel the show the first season of" Dexter "on their channel. This series is not suitable for broadcast on the public channel and shall remain on paid cable channels. The main problem of this series is that the installation is not correct: the series compels viewers to empathize with a serial killer, much to his victory, hope that it will not open ».
12. In January 2010, Michael Hall, finally won the US Screen Actors Guild, as well as the award "Golden Globe Awards" in the category "Best Actor in a Drama Series" for her role as Dexter Morgan. In addition, for the role of a serial killer Trinity (Trinity) in the same series, the award "Golden Globe" as a Supporting Actor John Lithgow received.
13. In total, the last episode of the 4th season looked at 2, 6 million people. More popular than "Dexter" honored only Mike Tyson in 1999.