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Welcome to Adriii’s film and TV shooting locations tours! We started with The Sopranos so we go all along to the other side of the country to visit Dexter’s locations. Enjoy!

Dexter Location Tour

Everyone is talking about Dexter. Its fourth season ended a few weeks ago and a lot of viewers agree in this to be the best one so far. Also, Michael C. Hall announced prior to the Golden Globes that he has cancer. It was a shock but it’s great to know the illness is in remission and he’ll be fine… He has his whole career ahead of him. And he’s finally being awarded for his role at the show: a golden globe, a SGA…

So what would be a better time for us to make a Filming Location Tour of Dexter? First of all, you know the show is supposed to be set in Miami but, apart from the first episode, everything is filmed in California, mostly in Long Beach where probably 80% of the scenes are shot.

We have to start somewhere so, why don’t we visit some of the characters’ houses. Dexter’s apartment exterior is actually in Miami. However, Rita’s Home, The house where Angel used to live and Dexter’s childhood home are in Long Beach, California. Eventually, Rita and Dex move in together so you can also visit the new home.

Season two and three introduced us to Lila and Miguel Prado. The first one has a great artist loft and Miguel, well; his house is pretty and big. Fourth season gave us the best villain so far, Arthur Mitchell; you can visit his house too.  Also you could say that “Slice of Life”, Dex’s boat, is like a home to him… you can visit the deck where he has it “parked”.

Now it’s the turn of murder scenes. Lots of show’s deaths occur on the outside so that give us a lot of filming locations to visit.  ¿Do you remember the Ice Truck Killer? You can visit the Seven Seas Motel where Miami Metro found the first drained-chopped victim.  His second victim was found at the Pepper Fountain at an amusement park.

The skinner was another serial killer hunted by Miami Police, one of his victims was found in this shoreline park, which is right next to the Aquarium of the Pacific, where Lila and Dexter met on second season’s finale.  Another bloody scenario is the one Dexter couldn’t stand at Marina View Hotel.

One of my favorite moments is when Dexter finds out that someone created The Dark Defender, a superhero comic based on his life; well, on Bay Harbor Butcher. He finds out at a murder scene at a comic store which is at the Melodrama Theatre on Shoreline Village.

Cafes and restaurants are used pretty often too for those conversations, usually intense. Lila and Dexter bond for the first time at Edie’s, a 50’s restaurant. Dexter has a really awkward moment at Mosher Gourmet Restaurant when Arthur Mitchell’s behavior starts to be erratic.  He had better times were his self-called friend Miguel Prado playing golf and having drinks with the ladies at Pacific Palms Resort. Debra and his brother usually have some fraternal moments having coffee; one of those happened at Kayak Café.

I was going to end this compilation but then I decided to dedicate a paragraph to the Trinity Killer. He deserves it. We witness how he forces a woman to kill herself from this warehouse. He goes to B&B Hardware store to get a hammer for his third victim. A killer also has to eat and he does so in Babe’s Kitchen. Agent Lundy meets the killer he’s being studying for years at the Oceangate Center. We see Dexter going there afterwards and Trinity committing one of his many murders.

I just pointed out some of the film locations but you can find many more in the guide. This is the end of Dexter’s filming location tour but be ready for the next one… I’ll be talking about the show that soon everyone will be talking about.

Dexter Location Tour

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