Dexter: The Netflix Show

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The Netflix show I chose is titled Dexter and it falls in the crime, drama, and mystery genre categories. The show is about a character whose name is Dexter that is employed at a police department being a blood splatter analyst along with his sister, Debra who is a detective. Though he works at a police department, he also lives a double life as committing violence. When he isn't working, he is murdering bad men that have gotten away from the justice system and living life. However, Dexter doesn’t just kill anyone, he kills men that have committed crimes. The show experiences some terms we've learned in communications which is, the Johari window, mindfulness, and conflict. In the series, it involves the Johari window that categorizes the relationships

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