I enjoy all of the angles the writers of Dexter use to tell his story. It is still great storytelling. You could get all personal and complain about the 'nagging wife' of Dexter but in the end, you're still watching, wifeless and envious of a fictional character.

Benz provides the sexual goodness Dexter needs to break up the heavy storylines and soulless killings. Granted, her character as a nagging conscious should be tweaked but she shouldn't be gone.

Single father Dexter? That'd be too hard to juggle. If they're going to go that route, it would make more sense for them to kill off his entire family. Then again, that would just make this The Punisher.

Hmm...I wonder if Ken Tucker knows something. I could see them killing off Rita.

I think we need to wait before judging this season. I believe they're methodically laying the groundwork for some major payoffs down the line. For instance, I don't think Trinity killed Lundy. The real shooter made it appear so, using the article on Lundy's hunt for Trinity as a convenient misdirection. The parts that may seem boring and unneccessary now may come into clearer focus.

@anti-believer: he'd never kill an innocent person. Also, the show is a big hit for Showtime, they're not going to give it up next season.

Would be interesting to see how Dexter would cope with three kids as a widower. Deb is single again so she could move in... oh that would make no difference then...
A jump in the future where astor would show her dark side and Dex trains her after er... cody and rita die in a terrorist attack...

I've already come to conclusion that she will be killed off by Dexter this season because dexter doesn't want to married.

Plus, it will be great to see him escape from that until he is captured in the next season when it will likely end. My opinion.

That poll is a little odd, but I'll ignore it.
I would love to be rid of Rita. She just complicates things in boring ways. And it seems like the writers don't even enjoy writing for her, they give her terrible storylines.

To me, there is nothing likable or interesting about the character though I do see why the writers keep her around. Keeps Dexter more 'human', acts as a time filler, etc. So I don't see them getting rid of her. But one can dream, right? lol

Honestly, I hate every single character on the show except Dexter and Trinity. As far as I'm concerned, Dexter should move away from Miami after he kills Trinity.