Dexter: Resistance Is Futile

As much as I like Doakes, I just can't see him surviving. I think Lundy will replace him as the suspicious cop for Dexter to worry about next season. I think there is little more to this part of the story to unfold. As for Lila, I think that's where it will continue - she will be killed somehow for doing something dangerous.

Re: the comment that Dexter took Doakes down so easily - Special Ops means killing from a discreet distance. Dexter has had more mano-a-mano experience, so of course he'd have the upper hand... and foot... ;-).

Like Leon says in The Professional (superb flick!):
"Zee knife is zee last ting you learn, because it takes you zee closest to your target."

I found this episode the deepest yet, morally - I liked the Harry flashback - which is more important, killing the guilty? According to Harry, it's "don't get caught". Thus we see that Dexter faces a moral quandary, but if he does stick to the code above all, well, Doakes gotta go.

It's kind of like the First Law of Robotics - the prime directive, if you will. Clever, no? God, I love this show.

And if you think about yourself... I mean, you're cheering for the guy who carved up a human being with a chainsaw against an officer of the law...

and it feels GOOD.

How's this: the preview for next week had Doakes asking Dexter if he'd made a decision, & Dexter opens up his "tool kit" saying, "Yeah, & you're not going to like it" or somesuch. So, Dexter gives Doakes a lobotomy, puts him back on a boat with enough food & water to last a while - presumably to be found in season 3. As far as the commendation scene, I'm guessing Deb looks sad because Lila's dead (by Angel's hand?) & Deb feels guilty.

Yeah...that teaser was a bit of a spoiler and I'm glad that I didn't read it. As a general rule though, I skip over the episode reviews and come back to them until after I have watched. It's pretty easy to do seeing as how the title of the article is what jumps out at you.

You'd think that finding a lab to discretely do some blood work in the US would be no big deal. Haiti seems to be the quick and dirty choice as it's the only place where he has an established history. The problem is that you'd think he would have hidden the slides somewhere intelligent if he was that worried seeing as how his training should have led him to realize that his car is a bad spot.

The GPS usage is fairly plausable. He was a black-op, remember? What we don't know is how Doakes actually got to there.

These past 2 episodes have been jam-packed with suspense. Well done.

By the way, please proofread the article. The error is glaring and should have been eliminated in a draft.

It's not really spoilers if the episode has already aired, the large amount of public has already seen the episode, the blogosphere doesn't revolve around your schedule. Why would you even read the paragraph if you haven't seen the episode?

If you see the Dexter in the headline just blink and quickly scroll over it. No big deal, what's the fuss.

that being said, this episode was okay, overall this season has a little less umph than the first. Hopefully the finale will be as great as they say it will be.

Any chance we can eliminate spoilers before the jump? I was scrolling down last night and briefly caught the bit about Doakes being on the dock.

Those were the only words I saw, but it was enough to ruin the surprise.

Please please please?

it'll turn out that who we thought was sgt. doakes was actually the real sgt. doakes' twin brother!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

The review's teaser text seemed a little more revealing than I am used to, that's all. The picture was fine.

I think Dexter is just going to wrap up his leg and hide the injury. There is no way to explain a gun wound.

Let me chime in on the "Writers have painted themselves in a corner" argument. I think they decided early on that they wanted the BHB plot resolved completely or nearly completely by the end of the season, but they didn't quite figure out how to get there. Doakes is definitely the most interesting supporting character outside of Deb and LaGuerta, and it will be a shame if they have to write him out of the series.

Here hoping they can inteligently wrap up the loose threads in the next 3 episodes.

Keith, with all due respect, you really did not have to mention that Doakes showed up at the end of the episode in your first paragraph.

Now, I guess, I can only be glad SOMEONE was surprised.

I'll be VERY disappointed if Dexter and Doakes team up and frame it all on Lila. I'd like to think deep down inside Doakes would in fact support what Dexter has done... but he hates dexter so much it would never happen.

And I think Doakes and Lila are both equally bad people so that one is no less worthy of being wrongfully framed than the other.

But there's just no way for Doakes and Dexter to both be back working at the police station come season 3. There's no show without Dexter. Get rid of Doakes, and bring in another character. It's the only way to resolve this. Maybe Lundy will move down to Miami and marry Deb, and join the FBI Miami field office.

Next season can be about Rita's son having homicidal tendencies like Dexter, and he and Dexter can explore them, Dexter can be his Harry. I understand that's what one of the books is about, though I have not read any of them.