Any of you out there who just wrapped up the first season of Dexter on CBS and are now going through Ice Truck Killer withdrawal, I have your methadone:

Season 2 is an easy download from iTunes or Amazon, for about $25. It’s also available anytime you want on Showtime On Demand, should you decide to pony up the bucks for digital cable (I’m biased, but I’ve found that it changed my life.)

‘Course if you’re on the fence, you can always whet your appetite for all that Michael C. Hall goodness by watching the first episode of Season 2 online for free. If it doesn’t convince you to download the rest, we have nothing left to talk about.

Just a reminder: Season 3 returns to Showtime around Sept. 30.

Photo: Randy Tepper/Showtime

Happy Friday, everyone. Here’s a little news for your last few hours of the work week:

• Since a few of you have asked, I looked into the possible air date of Dexter’s third season. No firm date has been announced, but the buzz is that Dex and co. should be back in your living rooms in the fall, possibly as early as September.

• Those of you who’ve read Jeff Lindsay’s Darkly Dreaming Dexter novels know we have him to thank for the amazing character Michael C. Hall has brought to life. Lindsay’s at work on a fourth Dexter book. He just gave an interview to USA Today.

• With The Wire wrapping up its final season, San Fran TV critic Tim Goodman is casting about for a new “best drama” on TV. He picks — no surprise here — Dexter! Goodman calls the last two seasons “thrilling”, with much of the credit due to Hall’s exceptional performance. The show has “a wonderfully intoxicating mix of thrills, pathos, humor and existentialism,” he writes. “That last quality is essential. Dexter is still trying to figure out who he is, what he’s capable of and if, in the end, he can feel any of it.”