So what did y'all think of Dexter, Episode 5x03 last night?
I'd been looking forward to it for all the people that were getting impatient to see Dexter back in his kill a/k/a comfort zone again. And back he was, though it turns out he didn't get anywhere near the comfort he was craving. Despite the voice of Harry giving him how-to prompts, Dexter was not at all on his game. He missed details that "old Dexter" would have never overlooked, he took crazy chances when he didn't need to and almost got caught and then, DID get caught. Anticipating all the gratification that comes with a successful kill (finally), after Dex plunged the knife into Boyd, the-dead-animal-clean-up guy, there was none. Worse, seconds after killing Boyd Dex realized he'd been sloppy and this improvised, inside-Boyd's-home kill brought with it a mistake that shattered Rule 1 of The Code: Never get caught.
Peering through a vent cover, seeing everything, was "Rachel" looking like she's had no access to soap & water for a month and that she'd been bound about the same amount of time. Dexter grabbed her and in doing so we saw further indications of torture which backed up Boyd's assertion that his victims were "in pain" when he offed them. Boyd put them there.
In survival mode, reacting, Dexter knocked her out and in doing so to this pathetic shell of a woman, the monster within him became without. Dex was in survival mode, not in the cerebral way we are used to but scattered, improvised.
Though we know actress Julia Stiles, cast as "Rachel," is in the show for a long arc, in the moment it was a huge question mark for me whether Dexter would continue to break the code and kill her--though she very likely is in no way a serial killer too and therefore a not a candidate for a Dexter kill.
This episode was quite an adrenalin rush between Dexter's attempt at a return to form, and Deb's chasing down the "St. Muerte" killer in a Venezuelan neighbourhood, and strangely, least compelling (so far) Deb's partner's determination to prove Dexter murdered Rita. Quinn's secret phone calls to the FBI guy working the still-open Trinity case were not very terribly exciting because in the context of the series--so far--he just does not seem a threat that Dexter cannot find away to "manage."
Dexter has a huge problem. A victim he has saved is a witness to one of his kills...
...which here she confirms with a look back at Dexter who explains why her cannot let her go.
After four years of watching Dexter, one sort of gets used to his kills and the justifications he uses for them. But now he is faced with a seemingly impossible set of circumstances. "Rachel" is a victim, an innocent and yet she's a bigger threat than Quinn in the risk of exposing Dexter's most unflattering personality trait to the world. Just from the preview & sneak peeks (watch 'em on this page) we see how heartless Dexter is compelled to behave. He's not the "loveable" serial killer but a selfish so-and- so.
"I brought you some aspirin," he tells her, "you probably have a headache from the tranquilizer" (he shot her up with).
This episode will air on October 17th, 2010. Showtime, @9pm
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'A Reliable Parent'
Harrison's Nanny quits after Dexter pulls an all-nighter dealing with the aftermath of his home visitation to Boyd's.
Dexter finds himself in a strange situation when, instead of taking a life, he has to save one. Deb has a scary confrontation with a key suspect in the Santa Muerte murder cases. Quinn continues following up on the strange similarities between 'Kyle Butler' and Dexter Morgan.
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