Must see TV

Found a new must see program-- Dexter on Showtime. Totally by accident I caught episode two last night, and then hunted around till I found episode one via cable on demand. If you haven't heard of it, Dexter's a serial killer who happens to work for the Miami police department as a blood spatter analyst. He enjoys his work analyzing blood spatter almost as much as he enjoys his hobby of ridding Florida of criminals that the police can't touch.

Dexter's an incredibly vivid character who springs immediately to life in all his twisted glory. I wish I'd created him. The series is based on the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Now I want to read the book, but think I'll wait a bit, so I don't taint my initial impressions of the TV series.

The first two episodes are available for viewing at Showtime's website.