With the unplanned and unwanted arrival of "Lumen," (Julia Stiles) a victim of Dexter's serial-killer victim as well as a witness to Dexter's killing of him, we see Dexter grapple with a situation for which he has absolutely no reference point to even begin to know what to do and how to go about doing it.
It was not a coincidence that the Harry "apparition" also known as "Dexter's conscience," became both contradictory in his directives, judgemental of Dex's actions and more insistent, at one point almost literally getting in Dexter's face. Harry counts off all the things that Dexter is doing wrong starting with the code-violating kill of a redneck in a rotted old building's bathroom as Dex grappled with coping with wife Rita's death (the redneck goaded him at exactly the wrong time). Now Dexter has it wrong again. Without explicitly telling Dexter to kill Lumen, Harry hints deeply that it would be a mistake to let her live.
But Lumen is a victim and we've known since day one of this show that Dexter does indeed have a soft spot for innocent victims. Why bother with the photographs of them he hangs just so each time he kills a serial killer? Yes, it is to remind the killers of their sins but it's also to honour the dead--the victims.
In Lumen, we see Dexter's Humanity struggling with his Dark Passenger. Lumen is a huge problem for him--and he's going to have to solve this problem, having failed at what Harry insists is Rule #1 of The Code of Harry: Don't get caught. Tellingly, when Dexter has this exchange with his deceased father, Dexter's recounting of the first rule is "Never harm an innocent."
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"Maybe this is one problem I can check off the list..." - Dex in re: Lumen
Poor Dex. Still has so far to go in understanding, in reading people, never mind someone that is possibly more screwed up than he is.
"Get Rid of Me" - Dexter gives Lumen a plane ticket home.
Synopsis: DEXTER - "First Blood" Season 5, Episode 5
When Dexter is saddled with an unwanted conspirator, he is forced to make some hard decisions about her fate. Meanwhile, Dexter wonders if Rita's death has awakened a darkness inside Harrison. Due to Quinn's recent suspension, Debra works the Santa Muerte case alone, leaving Quinn time to enlist an old friend to look into Dexter.
"Home Of A Monster"
Love. Love. Love the new feature on Showtime.com. You can see it above. Instead of me spending time making (oftentimes) fuzzy screen caps they've provided 8 HQ photo stills from upcoming episodes (or possibly just episode 5--if so, a lot is going to be happening. The ninth photo is Executive Producer Chip Johannessen, a Dexter showrunner (I believe) which may indicate that there will be an additional background video coming out before "First Blood."
Update/ New Video!
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Beauty and the Beast: Chip Johannessen
Executive Producer Chip Johannessen discusses Dexter's relationship with Lumen (Guest star Julia Stiles)
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