Inqubo yokudubula yesizini entsha ethi "Dexter" yaqala ngokusemthethweni kule nyanga endaweni yeMassachusetts. Kulokhu, abadali bahlanganyela nabasebenzi abasemthethweni abasemthethweni abavela eRenaissance. Ezithombeni ezithunjwe yindima eholayo ye-Michael S. Hall.
Umphumela wesahluko esilandelayo somenyezeli wobulelesi uzovela eminyakeni eyi-10 ngemuva kochungechunge lwangempela lungukuhlangana. UDexter Morgan (Hall) uhlala u-seclude kude ne-miami ejwayelekile. Ngemuva kokunyamalala ngesikhathi sesiphepho "uLaura", ukhona ngokunganaki ngaphansi kwegama eliqanjiwe edolobheni elincane lesifundazwe lase-Iron-Lake, enyakatho neNew York. Imininingwane eqondile yesakhiwo ayikacaciswanga, kepha umphikisi oyinhloko we-protagonist kulokhu kuzoba yiMeya yendawo uKurt Caldwell (Clancy Brown). Lesi sakamuva sijabulela igunya elikhulu lezakhamizi, kepha uma ngandlela thile lihambisa umgwaqo, khona-ke impendulo enonya kakhulu izolandela.
Le phrojekthi ibandakanyeka eShowranner nakumakhiqizi wezinkathi zokuqala zeClyde Phillips. Ngokusho kwabadali, ngokubona i-dexter entsha ngeke ibukeke njengochungechunge, kodwa kunalokho njengefilimu egcwele yobude obungu-10 enesiqeshana sokuqala nokucacile. Isitatimende sengxenye esemqoka yeziqephu zizobandakanyeka kumqondisi ojwayelekile we-Telephonhide kaMarcos Siga. Ngokubambisana nalabo abashiwo ku-Cash Chon ("izwe le-Lovekraft"), uJulia Jones ("World West World"), u-Alano Miller ("Milkester uSilveroia (" Kholwa ") noJack Olkott (" inyoni yeNkosi Ehle ").
Isizini yesishiyagalolunye izodedelwa ekwindla yalo nyaka esiteshini samakhebula sesikhathi sokubonisa.