Dexter: There's Something About Harry

Great episode. I think Dexter if facing a serious identity crisis. Harry was the moral guy and approved of Dexter - this is the basis for Dexter's self acceptance. Seeing Harry think he made a monster brings in to question dexter's own view of himself. Maybe he has to come to terms with the monster in a different way - My bet is harry was murdered, only because it frees Dexter of his guilt - otherwise he has to just get over it for season 3 which might be hard to do.
Doakes was the first witness to Dexter's crime. Normally viewers are a fly on the wall, seeing it from his perspective. This time, as a flly we see it from Doakes perspective and Dexter really looked like a psychopath with some serious problems. Great job by the writers on that...

I don't understand the point of framing Doakes. Is framing him for capital crimes, which, if successful, will get him executed, somehow more in keeping with the code than just killing him in a more quick and direct manner?

anyone else remember this line "Maybe the problem can be a part of the solution"?

the problem was that drug guy coming for his "snow", the solution is freeing Doakes without getting labeled as the BHB.

How is killing the drug guy, makes him part of the solution?

My idea, he didn't kill him. He only made Doakes think he did (I don't think that THAT cubin was the ONLY place Dexter could have choosen to do his killing thing, and even so, I don't think he likes the audiance).

The blood? Dexter has tons of fake blood.

So what will happen? Dexter will had over the drug guy to the police (personally, or an anonymous tip), Doakes will get free somehow.

First thing Doakes will do is, claim that Dexter killed the drug guy (noticed how Dexter said the guys full name? as if he wants Doakes to remeber it). Then we'll see that the drug guy is alive, and that will make everything else Doakes say, less belivable (what will he say? "Ok, so maybe he didn't kill that guy, but he killed many other ppl").

Anyone else thinks that?

It seems painfully obvious that Harry and Matthews "let" Dexter overhear the bit about the killer going free as a way of goading him into killing someone they needed out of the way because of some kind of shared criminal scheme which also got Harry killed.

I will assume that Harry's heart disease was a drawn out affair, so it's not necessarily inconsistent that season 1 showed his nurse as Dex's first victim. That being said, I have found this show's writing to get sloppy at times. The overall plot is so good, and Michael C. Hall is so damn good, that it gets by regardless. But certain little story choices this season have been a little off (like Doakes running off to Haiti to test the blood slides, because we all know Haiti is the best place to do this, but leaving the blood slides in his car). Should the writers decide to build future storylines around the possibility that Harry was murdered, I will be disappointed.

What makes Dexter's character so intriguing is that he's a serial killer with a conscience...and the name of that conscience is Harry. That's the portion of him that's human...makes him think twice..."WHAT WOULD HARRY DO?"... He repeats to himself religiously. Left up to Dexter... he would have carved Doakes up like lamb chops because he's a cold-blooded homicidal maniac. He embraces every kill...because that's who he really is.

As we already know; in order to convict a suspected killer...there must be a viable timeline and Doakes could never be convicted with alibis such as LaGuerda's. Lundy actually believes in her as he stated more or less, 'find other evidence.' Deep down he knows that Doakes didn't do it...and though her alibi would be inadmissible because of her relationship with him...LaGuerda will produce the goods.

By the way, my guess is that when Lila does locate Doakes at the cabin and those two don't run off to Haiti...one of them will wind up as lamb chops. Let's hope its Lila.

Harry's Nurse (Denise Crosby) was Dexter's first kill. She didn't kill Harry, because Dexter stopped her. We saw Harry after Dexter killed her, so she couldn't have killed him.

I think the reaction was more in seeing Dexter covered in blood, happy to see him, and show off what he had done! Knowing he is a killer, and seeing him happy and splattered are two different things.

As for season three, I don't see the other books being be used. The storylines are vastly different, as are the characters. Some of what goes on in book two might be used, but the writers would have to rework alot. Might just be easier to continue as they are, with their own Dexter.

harry lived for a year after dexter killed the nurse.

neither matthews nor harry can be dexter's biological father. rudy/brian killed their biological father. (dexter ran his blood against the man's, and it was a match.) i would actually like to know more about dexter's biological father.

i can believe harry being so devastated at what he had done that he just couldn't live with himself. captain matthews may not be a good person, but he just seems more like a suck up than a crime lord.

Keith - I hate to call a poster on this, but if by, "the actor involved" you mean Michael C. Hall - it's hard to imagine an advanced roll he couldn't pull off. You're talking about a widely acclaimed stage actor who has long been in demand by discriminating writers - and I believe was nominated for a grammy for his musical work on broadway. He may not be your cup of tea, but he is certainly one of the most technically skilled actors working today.

@Keith McDuffee
"You're right about everything about Matthews and Harry's cases. Well, except maybe for the golf membership -- I don't think it's *that* expensive to be there."

well dex does allude to it being expensive by saying he couldnt afford it on his pay grade. i doubt a police captains pay grade would support it either. although it might be worth the expense for a politically motivated person/crime lord such as mathews to shell out for the social connections. you know judges, politicos, etc.