DEXTER, RAINMAKER AND SUITS

Dexter Resurrection and The Rainmaker are two series I'm currently watching not from Netflix or Prime.

• Dexter Resurrection (Rotten Tomatoes, 94/86) is the latest continuation of Dexter (RT 71/81) starring Michael C. Hall, which began on Showtime in 2006, and endured for seven seasons.  
• In that original series, Hall played Dexter Morgan, a forensic technician for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department.
• However, he led a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer of murderers

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  Extremely bloody and gory, but nothing compared to Squid Game (RT 86/66) from South Korea.  In a ranking by IMDb ten years ago, Dexter was #14 in a list of 18 most gory and bloody shows.  Earlier this year Collider had a top ten most violent shows of all time, and neither series was included.  Three were animated productions and most violent was Warrior (2019-present).  Rotten Tomatoes gave it 79/95 ratings.  There were three seasons.    Next most violent was Game of Thrones.  RT scored the 8 seasons 89/85.  Haven't seen either of these two series for they aired on Max.  Good scores, indicating why there are so many of these.
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  After Dexter, Showtime had a sequel, Dexter: New Blood (RT 77/74), 10 episodes, from 7November2021 to 9January2022.
• There was a prequel, Dexter: Original Sin (RT 70/78), starring Patrick Gibson as Dexter, going back 15 years to 1991 when he was in his youth, also on Showtime.  Ten episodes.

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  The Rainmaker (a full episode) is a new USA Network series based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name.  Stars Milo Callaghan and John Slattery.  Grisham is an executive producer.  
• Rotten Tomatoes gave it 45/80 scores. but there are only 4 episodes, and the first two were interesting enough that I'll watch the final two.  Says Rotten Tomatoes:  Young attorney Rudy Baylor, alongside Bruiser Stone and Deck Shifflet, battles a powerful law firm led by Leo F. Drummond and his girlfriend, Sarah Plankmore, unearthing a dark conspiracy that shows how far his opponents are willing to go to win.
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  Rainmaker kind of reminds me of Suits, another law series.  I reported on this series earlier this year.
• I said:

• First season appeared in 2011 with 12 episodes.
• Then seasons 2 to 8, with each having 16 episodes.
• Season 9, only 10 episodes, released in 2019.

• There are two ways to watch this series.

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  On the USA Network, which can get confusing if you haven't already begun.
• Or Netflix, because the entire suite of series is conveniently catalogued.  

• I should add that there is a new Suits LA which began in 2023, but is not as well-rated.
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  So, anyway, back to the original, Rotten Tomatoes have the series 91/87 ratings, with seasons 4-7 getting 100% from reviewers.  I am yet only in season 1.
• That photo to the right are of two of the stars, Mike Ross and Megan Markle (now the Duchess of Sussex, married Prince Harry in 2018).

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