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

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.
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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