Dexter: Season 3 (2008)

Still a very solid show, but not addicting in the way seasons 1 & 2 where. Show settling into a little bit of a formula, Dexter thinks the seasons main guest star could finally be the one to really understand his serial killing ways, only to have said guest star turn out to be more nuts then he is. This season that role is filled by Jimmy Smits, in a powerhouse performance as an ambitious Cuban born assistant district attorney, with a propensity for anger and cutting corners. This is the first season not based on one of the Dexter novels, and I give the writers kudos for doing as well as they did (particularly liked the episodes concerning the lung cancer of Margo Martindale's character), but am hopping for just a little more out of next season. Still even a weaker season of Dexter rates a laudable A-.