Ranking All 8 Seasons Of Dexter
5. Season 6
Dexter goes to church as the show explored themes around faith and religion in its sixth season. Miami is haunted by The Doomsday Killer, who is trying to bring about the end of the world by staging elaborate murder scenes inspired by the book of revelation.
Season 6 manages to regain some of the tension that seemed to be missing in season 5 and uses its guest stars to good effect; Edward James Olmos and Colin Hanks are fantastic as a teacher and student duo in conflict with Dexter, and the investigative nature of the season's first half works well to draw you in.
The season features a great twist midway through, as well as a good twist in the finale that saw audiences perched on the edge of their seats back in the day. On the downside, however, this season spends too much time dealing with petty relationship drama between Angel and La Guerta, as well as La Guerta’s political game playing. All of this stuff never quite feels like it’s part of the same show and can be annoyingly distracting.