Dexter forces me to reevaluate my morals

So my mom has recently been really into, and has convinced me to watch, the Showtime show "Dexter," which is about a serial killer/vigilante type... thing... dude. Guy. Anyway, I have been watching this show, and I'm only five or six episodes in but already I can feel my moral fibers crumbling in confusion. Am I supposed to root for this guy or what? He is a sociopath and a killer, but he means well. And he only kills bad guys (reminding me of my favorite line in True Lies where he tries to justify having killed people by saying in that silly Austrian accent "... but they were all bad!") That is what Dexter is like, but even more convincingly human than the Terminator, even though we KNOW he's faking it.

My biggest problem with the show, then, is that it's making me question the people around me. I feel like I can't trust anyone anymore, because they might just be faking their emotions to hide the fact that they are sociopathic bloodlusters? I feel like I would be an easy target for that kind of criminal behavior, because I talk all the time. It would be pretty easy to blend into an area on my friendship spectrum where I would never question your late-night activities or the discrepancies of your character. It could be happening right now! I could be next!

I remember seeing on CNN at work one time a clip about some creepo sex offender, and they showed his picture and he was smiling normally, on the handsome side of average , and I got really freaked out. Usually I am comfortable in the conception that I would be able to spot a creep instantly due to some sort of obvious giveaway, like wonky eyes and lecherous looks, a sneer or really soft hands. But normal people? Creepster! They're all around us! I can't even handle it.

That being said, Dexter is a pretty good show. Sometimes I think they overdo it a little with the inner monologuing - he repeats every five or so minutes that he doesn't have feelings, but we kind of get it already, what with the killing. I llike the cast though, and the liberal use of cuss words (it's Showtime!). I also really like the fact that the show takes place in Miami, and all of the characters sweat profusely. Now that's attention to detail.