"The Dark Defender" is the fifth episode of the second season and seventeenth overall episode of the American television drama series Dexter, which first aired on 28 October 2007 on Showtime in the United States.[1] The episode was written by Timothy Schlattmann and was directed by Keith Gordon.
In the episode, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) investigates a crime scene in a comic book store where he sees a poster of The Dark Defender, a character inspired by Dexter's own crimes under the guise of the "Bay Harbor Butcher", who is currently under investigation in his own police department. After he dreams that The Dark Defender saved his mother's life when he was young, Dexter's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor Lila Tournay (Jaime Murray) encourages him to seek closure by confronting one of his mother's killers, Santos Jimenez (Tony Amendola). Meanwhile, Dexter's sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) suspects that her new boyfriend Gabriel (Dave Baez) is using her to write a book about her engagement to the first season's "Ice Truck Killer".
Schlattmann was inspired to set the homicide case in a comic book store when he realized that an Aquaman snow globe on his desk "could easily be a murder weapon". When he visited comic book artist Tone Rodriguez to draw and render the poster of The Dark Defender, comic book writer Dan Wickline was also at Rodriguez's studio, and so Schlattmann arranged for the two to have cameo appearances in the episode. The episode was filmed in Los Angeles, California though set in Miami, Florida. "The Dark Defender" was praised by critics and Schlattmann was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for his script. The episode was also submitted as Dexter's sample episode to determine the nominees for Outstanding Drama Series at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards; though nominated, the series didn't win.
^Eric Goldman (October 29, 2007). "Dexter: "The Dark Defender" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
"TheDarkDefender" is the fifth episode of the second season and seventeenth overall episode of the American television drama series Dexter, which first...
renamed the 90 and 110 as Defender 90 and Defender 110 respectively. The 127 became theDefender 130. The vehicle, a British equivalent of the Second World...
Butcher; the case even inspires the creation of a knife-wielding comic book superhero "TheDarkDefender." To oversee the investigation of the Butcher's...
power that summons a three-headed dragon that destroys all enemies and fired shots on screen. Mystic Defender at MobyGames Mystic Defender at GameFAQs...
Steadfast Defender 2024 or Steadfast Defender 24 (abbreviated STDE24 or SD24) is the 2024 NATO Steadfast Defender exercise that takes place from 22 January...
Dexter: Blood Spatter (2006), animated series, based on Dexter series TheDarkDefender (2007), animated series, based on Dexter series Dexter: Early Cuts...
in seasons one, two and three of Dexter, in the episodes, "Seeing Red", "Born Free", "TheDarkDefender", "Dex, Lies and Videotape", "Turning Biminese"...
on the events of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the series's subsequent seasons do not follow the novels in the series. Departing from the narrative of Lindsay's...
movement. The term "Dark Enlightenment" is a reaction to the Age of Enlightenment and apologia for the public view of the "Dark Ages". The ideology generally...
"thedark arts" against which students are taught to defend themselves. Made into a film series (2001–2011). Sherlock Holmes (2009) – the first of the...
Defenders of the Earth is an American animated television series produced in 1986, featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features...
from darkness where Hell hath no mercy and the screams for vengeance echo on forever. Only those who keep the faith shall escape the wrath of the Metallian ...
TheDark Eye (German: Das Schwarze Auge, lit. "The Black Eye") is a German tabletop role-playing game with a high fantasy theme created by Ulrich Kiesow...
Dark Sun is an original Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) campaign setting set in the fictional, post-apocalyptic desert world of Athas. Dark Sun featured an innovative...
A darknet market is a commercial website on thedark web that operates via darknets such as Tor and I2P. They function primarily as black markets, selling...
TheDark Order is a professional wrestling stable currently wrestling in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and consisting of Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds...
Global Information