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(S02E08) I have mixed emotions about this episode. At first, when the episode ended, I was flipping-out excited. Holy crap, what a turn the season has taken! Then I remembered last season and how, when Dexter's brother (who we didn't know was his brother yet) was introduced as the prosthetics expert, I made an easy prediction that came true. I see that happening here again, and in some ways I'm hoping it's a huge red herring.
Don't get me wrong -- last season was amazing, even though I knew Dexter's brother was going to be the killer. However, I didn't feel like they threw things in our face like they did tonight. When Doakes said to La Guerta, "my father was a butcher," I could already see the flashback scene in the season finale, with Doakes being suspected as the Bay Harbor Butcher and la Guerta remembering that "pivotal" scene in this episode. "OhMyGod! He said his father was a butcher! It all makes sense now!" Please please tell me it won't play out that way.
I can also see that Doakes, now having discovered Dexter's slides (this was the part that made me yell "holy shite!" when it played out on-screen), he will likely be found with those slides by the finale, which will further (or initially) incriminate Doakes as the Butcher. Ironically, I don't think Dexter thought his plan for getting Doakes out of his hair would have worked out so nicely for him.
Now, if Doakes does go down for the Bay Harbor Butcherings, I wonder how next season would play out. If Doakes dies in this season, then the slate is basically wiped clean for Dex next season. If Doakes goes to jail, I imagine a good chunk of the next season could hover around Doakes trying to find a way to prove Dexter is the killer. This is a guy who has it out for Dexter, so if he's rotting in jail because of something he clearly knows he didn't do (and knows who did do), he'll make it his mission to take Dexter down. I seriously think it makes a hell of a lot more sense that Doakes will die before the season's out, otherwise we're talking lengthy court cases that will certainly start leading away from Doakes and toward Dexter -- that couldn't play out all that well for him.
I think a red herring we're seeing in this episode is likely Lundy's interrogation of Dexter and how it looked as though he suspects Dexter as being involved in the murders. I think Lundy does suspect Dexter, though not of performing the murders. I think Lundy thinks Dexter knows Doakes is the killer and is hiding the evidence for fear of what Doakes will do to him. In the end I'm betting that's how it will play out.
Now let's talk about Lila and Rita. Lila's not out of the picture -- not by a long shot. I'm betting she calls Dexter's bluff and does something completely heinous to Dexter, Rita or Rita's family that causes Dexter to, er, relieve his urges. As for Rita, I feel so much for her poor kids. To have them shuffle around from one father figure to the next is a heartbreaking thing to see. If Rita's not meant to get back with Dexter, I'm not yet sure why we'll see much more of her and her family in this or next season.
One big question I have is: what about the crime scene Dexter just left in that shack in the woods? Is it conceivable that someone might happen upon it before Dexter's able to come back to finish cleaning it up? Maybe Dexter will know Doakes's position in Lundy's eyes and will set the scene up to look like Doakes did it? Man, that would be something else.
Oh, and I'm not sure what more there is to say about Deb and Lundy. We all saw it coming, right? Right?
Quote of the episode:
Dexter: "A secret cabin in the middle of the Everglades. What more can a rededicated serial killer ask for?"
| a red herring | |
|---|---|
| an overly-obvious plot driver | |
| Something I have no idea why is significant at all |
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