This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The biggest surprise of “Dexter” on Sunday night wasn’t that Sgt. James ...

Yet again, it's meme-explaining time. For some time now, you've no doubt been inundated with the face of Dexter character Sergeant James Doakes, played by Erik King. Like all truly great memes, this ...

Doakes stands out amongst his fellow antagonists because he is driven by the desire to do the right thing, to see justice served. That adds a certain nuance to the program that we don’t get as much of ...

Doakes was introduced in the first season of Dexter, which premiered back in 2006. He never liked his colleague, once telling Dexter he gave him “the creeps.” His suspicions turned out to be true, but ...

A meme featuring Dexter’s Sergeant James Doakes has gone viral across social media in 2025, just as anticipation builds for the upcoming reboot Dexter: Resurrection. Centered around the phrase “But ...

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The Dexter franchise has regained surprising relevancy almost 20 years after the first show’s debut in 2006. Spinoff series such as the prequel, Dexter: Original Sin, and the ongoing sequel, Dexter: ...

So many characters came and went on Dexter, but anyone who’s seen the Showtime series will probably never forget James Doakes. A Sergeant in the Miami Metro Police Department’s homicide unit, Doakes ...

Callum Murray is a writer based in the North of England. His love of movies and television formed as a young child, and it continues to flourish. Sgt James Doakes likely won't appear in Dexter: ...

Many of the original Dexter characters have died, but the franchise is no stranger to bringing people back from the dead.