Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Dexter: Every Main Villain From Worst To Best, Ranked

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Dexter has taken out some of the worst killers around, but which of them rank among the absolute worst?

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Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

For years, fans believed Dexter was building to the titular character taking on the role of villain. Much like Walter White eventually would in Breaking Bad. But here’s the thing: while Dexter demonized Dexter’s actions ultimately, it was always a story about his inner heroism and the fact that Dexter could be good, even if the idea of being a hero and a serial killer was paradoxical in nature.

Of course, this is also a show that stopped using serial killers as villains in its second to last season only to fall back into bad habits for the finale, so whatever. Regardless, even if Dexter’s final season sours things, the show has a history of fantastic villains who complement Dexter, either by bringing out his best qualities or just turning the mirror towards a man who, at the end of the day, can be a monster.

10 Oliver Saxon, The Brain Surgeon

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

The Brain Surgeon, otherwise known as Oliver Saxon, is exemplary of everything wrong with season 8 of Dexter. After spending all of season 7 setting a stage where Dexter was the only character left to reasonably create conflict, the writers instead introduce Oliver Saxon, a character who’s meant to represent who Dexter was– a foil.

It’s a good idea in theory, but ignoring the fact almost every single villain has this kind of relationship with Dexter, Oliver Saxon’s characterization never goes beyond the surface level. Not just that, Dexter ultimately deals with Saxon in an incredibly anticlimactic and unsatisfying manner.

9 Jordan Chase

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Jordan Chase kind of has to end up so long by design. Where other main villains either operate alone or share the spotlight with one other, unrelated antagonist in rare cases, Jordan Chases shares his villain spot with the rest of the Barrel Girl Gang– albeit he’s the face and ultimately most prominent member.

Still, Jordan is a bit bland personality-wise, which is kind of the point. He’s supposed to be unassuming to a degree, but he might come off too unassuming. His relationship with Dexter is at least interesting, though, and he makes a decent antagonist for Lumen arc when all is said and done.

8 Travis Marshall, The Doomsday Killer

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Travis’ greatest sin is being the victim of one too many plot twists, the most egregious of which being painfully obvious to catch: that being Travis is the real Doomsday Killer and Professor Gellar is nothing but a figment of his imagination. Travis also doesn’t win points for just handling the end of his arc very… oddly.

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But, Travis has some great interactions with Dexter and his death directly leads into Debra finding Dexter out. Travis as a character really only gets worse with time, but Colin Hanks puts up an admirable performance and his role in the plot does make season 7 all the stronger.

7 Captain Maria Laguerta

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Although Dexter didn’t always know what exactly to do with Laguerta, her endgame seemed obvious as early as season 2: to uncover the truth about Doakes. Everything in her career leads to her being in a position of power in season 7 where she can quietly investigate Dexter without sending ripples through the plot– something which nearly allows her to succeed.

Laguerta isn’t a very present villain even in her own season, but that honestly works in her favor. She’s narratively unobtrusive and every scene she has in season 7 is important to moving her plot and arc forward. Dexter framing her makes for a great twist, and Deb shooting Laguerta is an even better one.

6 Lila West

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

The sole brunette in Dexter’s long line of love interest, Lila is everything Rita isn’t. She enables Dexter’s bad behavior, compelling him not to change, and she gives him a space where Dexter can be himself emotionally– whereas the whole conceit of his relationship with Rita is so he can hide who he is. Lila sparks a good arc for Dexter, one that makes his bond with Rita stronger, but he can be very annoying.

Lila shares season 2’s antagonistic spot with Doakes, and it’s ultimately her who serves as Dexter’s “final boss.” She brings a lot of great tension to the series, but her presence is sometimes too much to handle, and she can often come off distracting, especially once the Bay Harbor Butcher investigation takes off.

5 Brian Moser, The Ice Truck Killer

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Although not the first major serial killer Dexter goes head to head with chronologically (check out Dexter Early Cuts for some very interesting canon mini-episodes that predate season 1,) but Brian Moser, aka Rudy, aka the Ice Truck Killer, is the first to truly leave an impression on Dexter. It certainly helps that Brian Moser is Dexter’s long lost biological brother.

And while that seems like a silly sentence, the twist is handled exceptionally well, with Brian slowly inching his way into Dexter’s life. In a twist, Dexter doesn’t even hate Brian. He wants to connect with him. He wants to be with his brother. But Dexter is more complicated than he thinks, and his relationship with Brian was always one built on a murder that defied Harry’s Code.

4 Sergeant James Doakes

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Doakes always knew something was a little bit off about Dexter, but no one could have anticipated he’d turn his sights on Dexter as early as season 2. All the same, this is exactly why early Dexter is so well regarded. It wasn’t afraid to do away with Doakes’ character, understanding his personality meant he needed to catch Dexter or die.

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Naturally, Doakes ends up doing the latter, but surprisingly not because of Dexter. Rather, it’s Lila who kills Doakes. Still, he catches Dexter disposing of evidence and even manages to secure his trophies. Unfortunately, Doakes’ history of bad behavior results in him being erroneously labeled the Bay Harbor Butcher.

3 ADA Miguel Prado

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

Perhaps because he’s a serial killer and Miguel isn’t, many fans consider the Skinner, George King, to be the true main villain of season 3. It makes sense to some degree as it fits the pattern established in season 1 and George King is dealt with in episode 12 whereas Miguel is killed at the end of 11, but it’s Miguel who drives the entire plot forward.

His relationship with Dexter is the conceit of season 3, and the manipulation at the core of Miguel’s “friendship” is what ultimately drives the plot and the last act. Miguel himself is one of the most complexly written characters in the show, lying seemingly with next to no ease– to the point where it’s hard to get a sense for who Miguel truly is. All that does, though, is make his performance that much more compelling.

2 Arthur Mitchell, The Trinity Killer

Dexter Every Main Villain From Worst To Best Ranked

The most successful serial killer in America… who got away with it. Arthur Mitchell, like most antagonists in Dexter, is not taken down by Miami Metro, but by Dexter Morgan instead. Unlike previous antagonists, however, there are terrible consequences for Dexter trying to save Arthur for himself. Had Dexter simply allowed Miami Metro to do their job, Rita would have left.

Not just that, had Dexter just killed Arthur as planned, season 4 wouldn’t have ended so tragically. But Dexter sees a support figure in the Trinity Killer and periodically goes to him for advice. By the time Dexter realizes who Arthur really is, it’s too late and the Trinity Killer has set his sights on “Kyle Butler.”

1 Isaak Sirko, Head Of The Koshka Brotherhood

Although Isaak, unlike most antagonists, does not survive his entire season, he leaves quite a lasting impression. Not even narratively, just as one of the best written and acted characters in Dexter. Ray Stevenson understands Isaak on a level other actors in the series didn’t understand their characters (other than Jimmy Smits as Miguel.) He brings a level of depth and nuance to Isaak.

Isaak’s also one of the few villains to truly challenge Dexter. The guy tries to kill Dexter in a casual drive-by shooting. Even when he has all his resources tripped away, Isaak is a massive threat to Dexter. To quote Deb, the guy’s the “Terminator.”

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