United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"[8th Season Review]: a betrayal of the characters we knew" |
NEG
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United States |
Variety
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"[8th Season Review]: It was great while it lasted - particularly in the middle seasons - but all that's left now is to prepare the kill room and accept the inevitable." |
NEU
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"[8th Season Review]: Dexter has been on the wane for years now, but even those who stuck it out this long will have a hard time stomaching the killer's last hurrah. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)" |
NEG
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United States |
Newsday
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"[8th Season Review]: Sit back, don't think, and expect some good performances -- especially by Jennifer Carpenter." |
POS
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United States |
Vulture
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"[8th Season Review]: Dexter - and Deb, and all of us - deserved better." |
NEG
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United States |
Variety
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"[7th Season Review]: Dexter appears to be, at long last, back on his game." |
POS
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United States |
The New York Times
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"[7th Season Review]: The series succeeds by being a credible and entertainingly complicated psychological thriller with good characters" |
POS
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United States |
Slant
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"[7th Season Review]: Surprisingly, the first few episodes of season seven indicate a willingness on the show's part to take some new chances." |
POS
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United States |
Slant
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"[6th Season Review]: Hall continues to impress with his sly comic skills and unreadable face" |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[6th Season Review]: Uneven, overloaded, even peculiar." |
NEU
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United States |
Variety
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"[6th Season Review]: the show remains watchable but initially falls well short of the unnerving highs that have characterized previous seasons." |
POS
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United States |
Vulture
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"[6th Season Review]: The writers are treading water, waiting for the green light to send this story where we all know it eventually is going. |
NEG
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United States |
AV Club
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"[5th Season Review]: Nicely dark and gutsy." |
POS
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United States |
Boston Globe
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"[5th Season Review]: 'Dexter' continues to both frighten and amuse as it enters its fifth season." |
POS
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United States |
Variety
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"[5th Season Review]: Few series are more adept at consistently keeping their audience off balance as to what happens next." |
POS
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United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"[5th Season Review]: It's good to have Dexter back. It manages to be brutal, tragic, sad, beautiful and funny all at the same time. |
POS
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United States |
Chicago Sun-Times
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"[4th Season Review]: The series is as compulsively watchable as ever." |
POS
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"[4th Season Review]: The show has become repetitive and predictable." |
NEG
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United States |
Boston Globe
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"[4th Season Review]: Thankfully, this season Dexter continues to play with our moral bearings, which is the show's best quality." |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"[4th Season Review]: John Lithgow's Emmy-winning performance boosts the show to another level. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Telegraph
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"[4th Season Review]: The clever creative team at Showtime keeps us salivating for the next episode." |
POS
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United States |
Philadelphia Inquirer
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"[4th Season Review]: Like all good drama, it uses heightened characters to magnify struggles we all have. |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"[3rd Season Review]: The dynamic provides yet another subtle shift for the show, which continues to refresh itself for each new season (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[3rd Season Review]: You can feel the crackling creative current running through the new, third season of 'Dexter'" |
POS
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United States |
Variety
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"[3rd Season Review]: Few of Showtime's series have managed to be this fully realized and consistently entertaining." |
POS
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United States |
The New York Times
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Dexter' begins its third season reminding us just how ingeniously it punctuates the violence of everyday life." |
POS
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[2nd Season Review]: In the second season, some novelty has inevitably worn off, but Dexter is, if anything, more of a paradox and remains one of the most compelling characters on TV." |
POS
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United States |
Boston Globe
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"[2nd Season Review]: 'Dexter' secures a position near the top of another year's best list." |
POS
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United States |
Variety
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"[2nd Season Review]: Spiced with dark humor and oozing atmosphere, 'Dexter' is the buzzworthy franchise for which the pay cabler has long pined." |
POS
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United States |
Time
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"The morals of this provocative show are as intriguing as its cases" |
POS
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United States |
SFGATE
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"Daring and original" |
POS
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"To deny yourself the engrossing 'Dexter' based on its subject matter would be to miss out on one of television's most fiendishly intelligent new dramas" |
POS
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United States |
The New York Times
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"Violence, like deficit spending, is a very American vice. 'Dexter' is yet another temptation that is almost impossible to resist" |
POS
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United States |
TV Guide
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"[A] macabre gem" |
POS
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United States |
Variety
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"If brilliant, psychotic lunatics are your bag, by all means, climb aboard" |
NEU
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United States |
Los Angeles Times
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"'Dexter' is a weekly marvel of writing, acting and conceit" |
POS
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