It sort of says a lot when Dexter, a sociopathic serial killer, is not the nastiest person on the show. Surprisingly, that honor goes to John Lithgow, an actor who aside from trying to prevent a bunch of rowdy teenagers from dancing in Footloose doesn't normally play the villain. Apparently he's been saving it up, because the Trinity Killer is pretty terrifying. He commits murders in a cycle of threes, reflecting the deaths of his own family murders. Now, that would probably be bad enough to end up on here; serial murder is generally frowned on in polite society. But it's his treatment of Dexter's own family that really catapults him into the big leagues. It's hard to top killing a man's wife and then leaving his young child in a pool of its mother's blood, thus mirroring Dexter's own childhood trauma.
Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.
