Watch Dexter's pilot episode - Cast&Crew

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September 19 2006

Watch Dexter's pilot episode. The password is "Sneak Peek". Julie Benz (Darla) is in the pilot episode. (only accessible to those inside the United States).

Michael C. Hall sells the show and his character so well. Very dark and funny.

Odysseus | Cast&Crew | 18:03 CET | 25 comments total | tags: darla, julie benz, dexter

I added a heads for our non US chums (we can't get access to the Showtime site - I think they're the only US tv website that does that).

Simon | September 19, 18:08 CET

From the commercials I've seen on my local cable (Los Angeles), Showtime is having a free preview weekend in October (starting the 8th, I think), during which they'll make the first 3 episodes of "Dexter" available via (free) On Demand.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how they handle this premise!

swanland | September 19, 18:08 CET

This is the only new series of the fall season I'm really excited about and pretty sure I'll stick with all the way through, but once again Showtime burns me with their US-exclusive website content. Only saw an extended series of clips on the costume designer's web site so far, haven't seen any official trailers, but it was enough of a taste to see that this'll be something special.

Kris | September 19, 19:17 CET

This may be free, but it is still restricted. Does anyone know where to procure the password which is required to view the video? Oh, yeah 'Sneak Peek' - thanks. Sigh.

[ edited by napua on 2006-09-20 03:09 ]

fanbuoyant | September 19, 19:53 CET

Can anyone who saw this and knows make-up tell me: was Julie wearing make-up in this show? She looked very natural to me, but I'm easily fooled.

jaynelovesvera | September 20, 04:06 CET

Is Julie in the pilot episode only? I remember reading that she was a main cast member or something...?

aapac | September 20, 04:40 CET

Tried a few proxies but I think the site's filtering for them so still no joy.

Ah well, at least our chocolate tastes like chocolate ;).

Saje | September 20, 05:06 CET

aapac, at the official site under "Characters", Julie is listed second only to Dexter himself.

jaynelovesvera | September 20, 06:40 CET

Pretty sure (without having seen it obviously) that she plays his girlfriend so unless they go the "early, shocking fatality" route a la 'Spooks' she should be in it a fair bit.

Saje | September 20, 06:52 CET

She does appear in the pilot and has a decent size role, I thought she did very well. No or very little makeup and nothing like Darla, which shows her range as an actress. It sounds like they'll be exporing her character's relationship with the lead in some detail over the course of the series.

The show creeped me out too much. I think it's well done, very well acted, very creative, but its quality just made it all the more disturbing.

Biff Turkle | September 20, 07:32 CET

I loved the books and can't wait to see this. But I'll have to being a UKer. *pouts*

JB plays Dexter's girlfriend Rita.

lynnie | September 20, 07:40 CET

Hmm. I like it. Sort of serial killer version of Nip/Tuck.

delirium_haze | September 20, 12:56 CET

Hey Non-US-ers!

Puds38 over at TWoP posted this:

Got this from a cyber-friend who lives in Germany. She uses firefox browser. I don't use firefox, but if you want to try it this is what she says to do.
For Firefox:

Open your browser
open tools
select options
click general
click connection settings
Select the Manual proxy configuration option
In the HTTP Proxy box, type 128.114.63.15
In the HTTP Proxy Port box, type 3127
click ok
again click ok to return to Firefox

If you want to surf to through the net like before
select options
click general
click connection settings
click auto-detect proxy settings

Invisible Green | September 20, 14:38 CET

Nice one Invisible Green, cheers. Either they're not filtering and all the proxies I tried were just closed or this one's not yet on the list but i'd get it while it's hot fellow non-US types.

Saje | September 20, 14:48 CET

I watched it and thanks for the password. It's well done, and the lead-acting, including our JB, is very good indeed, but it's so not my kind of thing. It took me years to get the images from "Silence of the Lambs" out of my mental library. I guess I'm just not the type of gal to have a "favorite serial killer."

QuoterGal | September 20, 14:52 CET

The show is disturbing, but at it's core it's just a caper. We didn't find out who the other killer is at the end. So I'm assuming it's probably going to be one of the people Dexter knows.

ETA: Complying with request. ;)

[ edited by delirium_haze on 2006-09-20 23:33 ]

delirium_haze | September 20, 15:06 CET

delirium_haze, would it be OK if I asked you to use inviso-text? I haven't found the time to watch the ep yet! Thanks, dude! :-)

billz | September 20, 15:49 CET

I loved it. Jet black humour, a whole slew of interesting directions it can go, good-to-great core cast, definitely be checking it out. His internal narration sort of reminded me of a really nasty adult version of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' (a fantastic little book - which has nothing to do with serial killers - the central character and authorial voice of which is an autistic boy, for those who haven't read it).

I wonder if the other killer may be a season long arc, the two of them playing a game of cat and mouse back and forth ? Wouldn't be amazed if it turned out to be a woman (despite the truck silhouette) and Dexter's left with a bit of a conflict between his 'code' and his 'desire'.

Saje | September 20, 16:00 CET

I've been wanting to see this since I first heard about it. It's right up my alley, and I adore Michael C. Hall. A Nip/Tucky show about a serial killer? I'm so there! ...Except I'm really not. Without fast internet and cable, I'll be there in about a year when the DVDs are released. But I'm there in spirit.

electricspacegirl | September 20, 16:29 CET

Saje, I was thinking the same thing. It would be especially interesting if it turns out to be his sister, 'cause that could imply few things about Harry.

delirium_haze | September 20, 16:41 CET

Ooh, that's not bad. And the slightly incompetant police officer is just a front she puts on ? Interesting, because one of the different directions I was thinking about above is something that throws the whole nature of 'the code' into doubt, something to knock Dexter way off kilter and that would definitely do it. Also, the 'fast-track' comment he makes about the parking valet and his obvious sexual arousal when thinking about the bloodless killer makes me wonder about a possible deterioration in Dexter's condition i.e. he may start to become more murderous. Obviously we're never going to see a redemptive arc but we might see him pull back from the brink of becoming truly evil (by killing 'civilians'). There're a whole bunch of nature vs nurture questions that could be asked too. Definitely many interesting possibilities.

Saje | September 20, 16:56 CET

That was very different, but incredibly well made. Love the dark humor. It's a sick sick little show though, definitely won't be to most folks' tastes. I don't think there's ever been a lead character on TV like this one. As far as Dexter's internal dialogue goes, it reminds me most of Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman character in American Psycho (though it would appear they're different brands of sociopaths).

So cool to see Oz alums like the woman who played Dr. Gloria Nathan and the guy who played latino leader Morales in that series. James Remar too, he's always good and he's an HBO-series regular as well. All these HBO actors making the jump to Showtime, crazyness.

Kris | September 20, 20:52 CET

Great episode, reminds me of a more evolved version of "Profit". Deeply disturbing and yet... Oh-so-fun.

non sequitur | September 20, 21:31 CET

Thanks, all, for the inviso-text! Yay spoiler-free-ness! :-)

billz | September 20, 22:45 CET

I really wish I had showtime!!! I really really wish I had showtime!!!

the ninja report | September 21, 14:27 CET

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