Dexter

I thought I was going to hate this show, based on its marketing campaign and ridiculous premise.
The premise is still absurd and laughable, the characters are fairly stock, and some of the dialogue makes me cringe a little. But some of this show is so brilliant I can't help but enjoy it. Perhaps the best little trick the writers have played is to create a lead character who's a bit on the dopey side for all his evil genius tendencies.

To make an audience root for a serial killer? No small task. It helps that they've given him some type of conscience in the form of an ethical code given to him by his adoptive father. However, this same conceit is pretty cheesy at the same time.

Whatever. I love it. Maybe it's the sociopath in me.