Vacation Murders - Lt. La Guerta (Lauren Vélez) surprises Angel (David Zayas) with the media's take on the vacation murders. Meanwhile Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) continues to work on the Lisa Bell case.
Episode 2: Remains to Be Seen
The pressures of fatherhood threaten to bring Dexter's world crashing down. In his carelessness, Dexter realizes that he's misplaced crucial evidence, something that could expose his dark side to the world. But his search will have to wait, as Miami Metro's two simultaneous murder cases continue to escalate. Their top priority is to solve 'The Vacation Murders', a series of robberies gone bad that threaten Miami's lucrative tourist industry. Lundy, however, remains convinced that the bigger problem is dealing with the Trinity Killer, who unbeknownst to them is already stalking his next victim. Dexter has to weave a web of lies to extract himself from his duties, hoping to bury his secret before someone else finds it first.
Bubblegum Gelato - An accidental run-in brings the Trinity killer closer to his next target.
I haven't been on the 'net today to see what "the critics" are saying about last night's season premiere of Dexter, Season 4. I'm caring less and less what they think with the exception of a very few, anyway. Without going full-on with a rant I know of about half dozen who simply parrot one another then urge readers to go read their friend's review and they come full circle. See? We all agree about "X" show. OK. Whatever.
I wasn't blown away by the Season 4 Dexter premiere, not that I was expecting that especially. There was quite a bit of exposition about how we got here from where we left off about 10 months or so ago to get through. Have to consider the first-time viewers,too.
Deb's musician boyfriend now goes on tour and works on cruises--so no problem with his pot smoking--he's never home. All neat and tidy. For the moment. Angel broke up with Barbara the cop leaving the door open for the big non surprise that he and LaGuerta have a thing goin' on. There is still lots of murder going on in Miami too, which means Dexter is very busy with his day job as a blood spatter analyst/expert, is getting behind in his night job (serial killer), and with the addition of little Harrison now three months old, Dex is way behind in his sleep leading him to make a sloppy and embarrassing mistake in court testimony and allowing him to give us a cliffhanger ending to the episode.
Rita. I'm sorry but this is the one co-starring character that I feel persnickety about. I do not know how Dexter stands her. She's always grated on my nerves--the character, not the actress. She's bossy, controlling, whiny--ugh! If she only knew to whom she was married she'd zip it tout de suite!
My other small complaint is how the heck is Dexter keeping his Miami waterfront condo without Rita finding out? It must be costing him thousands a month. Even if it is completely paid off, there would be a fee to keep his boat docked and association dues stuff coming in the mail. Rita, of all people though not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is not placated easily. This one is just too much of a stretch.
Beyond this stuff we were introduced to "Trinity" who clearly is a nut case. It appears he will affirm next week that one of his issues is with mommys. It looks as if John Lithgow will be perfect in the role. In the short-ish murder scene he played he was extremely scary which is quite a task IMO, for an old, pasty-white dude.
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