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Don’t Date A Serial Killer
And other great life lessons from Dexter
I’ve recently been re-watching Dexter. For those who have never seen the show, it’s about a serial killer who only kills murderers that slip through the cracks of the justice system. As the series progresses, however, he becomes less concerned with that nicety.
The reason I originally watched the show — I had read the Jeff Lindsay books that it’s based on. The titles of the books were all alliterative — Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, etc.
I found the series (both the books and the show) strangely compelling.
There were also important “life lessons” imparted by the show.
For example: Lying to your partner never ends well.
Several relationships in the series end because one or both parties were lying to each other. In some cases, the offending party was a serial killer or other bad guy, but in many cases an otherwise decent person lied to his or her partner. The person always had a “good” reason for doing so, but the resulting betrayal of trust often tanked the relationship.
Another lesson: If you have a code, stick to it. There is a reason you chose the code. Breaking it could lead to bad consequences.
