Dexter

The way they pulled the plug on Angel and LaGuerta's marriage gives me hope that they know enough to never speak of the Flowers in th Attic again.

I was disappointed Prado never put it together that Dexter was the butcher, so I'm glad that penny dropped early. Like said before there needs to be more scenes of Deb getting at Dexter for blowing their clearance rate and withholding.

There will probably be a new code where Dexter can only go after murders Deb can't get to.

Sooo Louis (Lewis?) is gone now. One less problem for good ol' Dex! That Ukrainian heroin mafia dude is looking for him now though, and that's way worse. I already feel bad for that stripper, Nadia, because she's probably gonna end up very dead once Ukrainian Boss Man gets impatient with her. Everytime they talk, I expect him to snap her neck or stab her with something. It's creeping me out.

I know that Dexter wants Deb to accept what he does, but he's pushing her in a way that makes me so uncomfortable. I felt bad for Deb. And that scene where he was stuck in the maze was seriously freaky, and tiring to watch with the strobe light.

They need to stop referencing the Deb/Dexter idea, because it just makes me so angry I forget everything I like about this show.

Sweet, Deb brought up Trinity in the confessional back alley! (Useful set that's turning out to be.) Next, I want Deb to realize Dexter totally got Doakes killed, and he doesn't exactly fall into the category of people who deserved to die.

I also hope Dexter scraped out the crematory retort after he was done so it didn't leave behind any metal bits from the slide box, or, of course, incriminating bits of Speltzer.

punkysdilemma wrote:Sweet, Deb brought up Trinity in the confessional back alley! (Useful set that's turning out to be.) Next, I want Deb to realize Dexter totally got Doakes killed, and he doesn't exactly fall into the category of people who deserved to die.

Heh, when we watched last night, my husband turned to me and said, "so is Deb going to figure out thing Dexter's done per episode for the rest of the season?" I hope we get a Doakes flashback. I loved Doakes.

The maze was freaking terrifying. Though when he got to the room with the mannequins, I yelled, "strip and pose, Dexter! Strip and pose!" I felt for Deb when she wondered if she was a terrible person for being glad Speltzer was dead, but Dex was right - being glad only makes you human when it's someone who's that big of a waste of oxygen.

Also, Quinn is like the worst detective ever - no sense of natural curiosity AT ALL. "Oh, things here are kind of hinky and don't add up, but he wrote a note? Works for me! I gotta go bang a stripper who's going to end up dead, peace out!"

It would probably bother me more if the whole Ukrainian plotline didn't seem so incidental. I love seeing Titus Pullo and Iron Eagle, but I'm not getting any menace from it. It has the feel of one of those plotlines the show will abandon or give short shrift and it's running third behind Deb finding out and Not Carrol Ann Fugate, who is totally going to turn out as the driving force behind that killing spree.

Oh, gee, Dexter, I hope you took care of all the surveillance equipment found in the typical jail visiting room. IDIOT.

I do kind of like how Dexter still compulsively lies to Deb, even though she KNOWS he's a great liar.

Also, when the boss of the notorious international crime syndicate is sent to jail, that means it is "over." Uh huh!

So is he going to be in jail for the rest of the season? I thought he is the big bad this season

I would not be at all surprised if Quinn ends up murdered or in prison by the end of the season. I love the dude, but he's a moron. He was just making out with Nadya, easy as you please, at her goddamn workplace where he knows the Ukrainian druglords lurk! WTF, Joey?!

Also, I'm really pissed at Dexter for not killing Hannah and instead screwing her on the damn table killing table. Did he learn nothing from Trinity? Dex let him go once, and that ultimately ended with Rita being slit in a bathtub. Who will Hannah have to kill so that Dexter comes to his senses? Idiot.

Also, the theme of this season is "Poor Deb." She seriously finds out something sickening about her bro in every single ep. When she was talking about Lumen and Dex shacking up right after Rita was murdered, she looked like she'd puke. How has she not had a complete mental breakdown yet?

I was also upset he didn't kill Hannah (although not surprised). I just feel this season has too many stories (or have I forgotten other seasons?)

I think the number of plotlines is probably on par with past seasons, but they do all seem so heavy and loaded that it seems a bit a overcrowded at the moment. That said, I am riveted by pretty much everything so far. I want Isaak's dumb ass to die already though. I'm already rather bored of his personal vendetta against Dexter. Dex's walkthrough of his shootout in the Columbian bar was pretty cool though. That man has a lot of fight in him!

Ooh I so agree on Izaak needing to die (although I love the scenes he has , which do not include murder and I too would like to avenge Victor's death just because it would have been nice to have him around)

I forgot the name of the actor who played Victor (Enver something, I think), but I really enjoyed him on Dollhouse, where he also played a guy named Victor. I was hoping we'd see a bit more of him before Dex exacted some justice.

BTW, did they ever explain why Speltzer dressed up as the Minotaur while chasing victims through creepy labyrinths? If they did, I must have missed it, but I was so curious as to why he did that. His mazes were creepy as fuck, too!

Yes Victor and Victor! Enver...yeah he should have been there longer.
They never explained the Maze.

Considering what an elaborate ritual Speltzer had, you'd think they would've explained it somehow. Most killers don't bother building insane mazes for their victims. There had to have been a reason for it! You disappoint me, writers.

Not really liking Yvonne's acting at all. She's a tad wooden.

I actually really like her. I have a lot of affection for her from Chuck, granted, but having seen her there I've thought she was making an active decision to play the character as detached and it works for me.

She wasn't at all wooden as Sarah Walker on Chuck even though Sarah was a serious CIA agent, so I definitely consider her aloof demeanor as Hannah to be a very conscious acting choice.

She's coming off as blow up doll to me. I liked her on Chuck as well.

Deb just killed me tonight. I really wish they had left the "Deb loves Dexter" plotline alone though. There's not enough brain bleach...

I don't understand how Dex and Hannah can trust each other without thinking the other one is not going to kill them.

I guess for him it's easier - he fasts around her.

Morning Angel wrote:Deb just killed me tonight. I really wish they had left the "Deb loves Dexter" plotline alone though. There's not enough brain bleach....

Yeah seriously. That almost made me break up with the show. Stop revisiting that ridiculous character-assassinating bullshit. I'm holding out for this season, but 'jumping the shark' might well be replaced with "psychologist-reccomended incest".

Paris, Texas wrote:Not really liking Yvonne's acting at all. She's a tad wooden.

If I may counter: Gurl Purdy.

I thought they had the good sense to know that the Flower in the Attic was a horrible mistake to be burried.

With Quinn's troubles I'm half expecting the whole department to start going to Dexter asking for kills. "Hey Dex my neighbor is playing music too loud. Can you hack him to bits?"