|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080528202558/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931711.html?categoryId=32&cs=1 |archivedate=2008-05-28 |title=Dexter |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 27, 2006 |first=Brian |last=Lowry}}</ref> recanted his negative review in a year-end column for the trade magazine ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' after watching the full season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117956447.html?categoryid=1682&cs=1 |title=Looking forward, some no-no's for the New Year |work=Variety |first=Brian |last=Lowry |date=January 1, 2007}}</ref>
