Usoro ịgbapụ nke oge ọhụrụ "dexter" malitere ọnwa a na mpaghara Massachusetts. N'akụkụ a, ndị e kere eke na-ekere ndị ọrụ mbụ si Renaissance. Na foto ndị a na-ebute site na oke na-eduga Michael S. Hall Hall.
Mmetụta nke isiokwu na-esonụ nke onye omekome ahụ ga-eme ka afọ 10 ka usoro nke mbụ ahụ gasịrị, nyocha ahụ. Dexter Morgan (Hall) na-ebi ndụ na-eme njem. Mgbe ọ kwụsịrị n'oge ajọ ihe "Laura", ọ na-akpachapụ anya n'okpuru aha akụkọ ifo n'obere obodo Iron-Lake, nke dị n'ebe ugwu New York. Ihe omuma ndi ozo a kapịrị ọnụ nke a na-ahụkarị nke nkata ahụ, mana onye na-emegide onye na-eche echiche n'oge a ga-abụ ndị Mayor Kurt Caldwell (Clancy brow). Nke ikpeazụ nwere ikike nke ụmụ amaala, mana ọ bụrụ n'ụzọ ụfọdụ na-agagharị n'ụzọ, mgbe ahụ mmeghachi omume nke ndị obi tara mmiri na-eso.
Ihe oru ngo a na-etinye aka na ngosi na onye na - emeputa oge mbu nke Clyde phillips. Dị ka ndị okike si kwuo, na-ele anya na dexter ọhụrụ agaghị adị ka usoro a, kama ọ bụ ihe nkiri ruo elekere 10 zuru oke nwere mmalite ma kpochapụ. Nkwupụta nke akụkụ bụ isi nke akụkụ ahụ ga-eme ka aka gị na onye isi oge niile teleprandhide nke Marcos Tiga. Ya na ndị a kpọtụrụ aha na nkedo, Jamie ch ("obodo Loverft"), OSCA Miller ("Oscar Wallorg (Manchester wakporo Oké Osimiri), Johnny Saquoa (" Kwere ") na Jack Olott (" nnụnụ nke ezi Onyenwe anyị ").
A ga-ahapụ oge itoolu n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke afọ a n'oge ihe nlere anya.