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Let newbie Dexter fans know what they're missing!

If you've been a fan of Dexter since its Showtime beginnings, you'll notice some very obvious (and not so obvious) differences and missing pieces in the new CBS network broadcast. Use this page to compare and contrast the two versions of the show.

Season 1 just wrapped up on CBS. Are you ready for DEXTER Season 2? There are two ways to watch right now:

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Dexter: CBS vs. Showtime

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PLOT/CHARACTER ELEMENTS/QUOTES
HOW SHOWTIME PORTRAYS IT
HOW CBS PORTRAYS IT

Sgt. Doakes knows there's something off about Dexter. He gives Dexter a stern warning:
"I'm watching you mother-f***er".
"I'm watching you mother-lover"
Deb is known for her colorful languange, often interjecting obscenities in everyday speech. "You're f***ing her?"
(Deb suspicious of Dex's rapport with Lt. LaGuerta)		 "You're sleeping with her?"
(her back is to the camera, so the voiceover is not apparent)
Dexter keeps a single piece of memorabilia from each of his kills: a blood-stained glass slide. Dexter methodically draws a scalpel across his victim's cheek to obtain a blood sample for his slide collection. The camera cuts away as Dexter presses the scalpel to his victim's cheek. We do not see it slicing the flesh.
When dexter kills someone. He stabs them in the chest or cuts their throat.
They cut away on cbs and whats the point of watching it then??