Yes, Dexter reviews are back and here to stay, as you guys really did a good job last week of letting me know you like and appreciate these posts, and I should keep writing them. I had a bit of a crisis of faith, but now I’m back and ready to start talking about one of our favorite shows.
I’m not sure what to make of this season yet, but I like the direction it’s heading. It’s unusual for Dexter to show us the actions of the killers disconnected from all other plotlines in the show, especially by full on showing their faces and voices, and establishing them as characters well before they cross paths with Miami Metro or Dexter.
The Colin Hanks/Edward James Olmos duo were rarely featured, only in brief snippets that showed them tormenting their latest victim, a kidnapped jogger who they forced to repent for his sins. Did they actually know this guy, and choose him for a reason? The same question goes for the fruit vendor. Or are they just random “sinners” that are being abducted for their “holy” purposes? I think they are in fact random, but I could be wrong.
It’s also a little hard to be intimidated by Tom Hanks’ kid and William Adama.
I’ve been a little unsure of the duo thus far, as even though they’re clearly violent and have been driven mad with religious fervor, it’s going to be exceptionally hard to top last season with Jordan Chase and his rape/murder posse, which in my opinion, is the darkest the shows ever gotten.
I’m not sure if these guys are “darker” per se, but judging from that last scene, they’re the most batshit insane killers to date. Cutting two people apart, stitching them back together and sending down Main Street on painted horses? Ho-lee shit. How the hell do you do that without being seen? Who was the other zombie rider?
Outside of the strange snake case, the cops and Dexter haven’t been too intrigued by these guys, but the undead horse parade is an event that should not only get their attention, but realistically get national news coverage. That’s a viral video if I’ve ever seen one.
“AHHHH GET THIS THING OFF OF ME!”
The “procedural” plot of the evening was Dexter hunting down a longtime serial killer who had gotten away with it, and was now in his twilight years, bored and starting to kill again. It was a variant of the Trinity season condensed into one episode, as Dexter got another look at what his life might be like if he didn’t end up in jail or dead. As always, it was a scary picture. The plot would have been pretty boring if there hadn’t been a twist where the old man figured it out, but even still, things more or less went according to plan. The OCD maniac in me freaked out when Dexter dropped all his slides on the ground and couldn’t keep track of his kills any more. Almost as frustrating as when he lost his entire collection in season two.
I like Deb as lieutenant, it gives her character some depth for a change, and now her freakouts are now non-Quinn related and mostly justified. Hopefully she’ll learn to step up and kick some ass soon. La Guerta is back to being a huge bitch, and this show really doesn’t know what to do with her character. She was a villain in season one, then became nice for a few years, then became a bitch again at the end of last season blaming Deb for that nightclub shooting. No reasons are really given for these switches, and it’s something that really bothers me about her character.
Lastly, is anyone else getting the vibe that there might be more to Masuka’s new intern hottie, Ryan, than meets the eye? Yes, perhaps she’s just a serial killer fangirl, as evidenced by her stealing the Ice Truck Killer evidence, but could there be more to it than that? Could she possibly be a killer herself, slowly ensaring Masuka and the rest of the department in her web? It would certainly be an interesting development.
Fangirl or fearsome freak?
Hopefully Dexter will cross paths with the God killers soon, spurred on by the incoming shitstorm that is two stitched together corpses riding down the street on horseback. Let’s not pretend that wouldn’t be a national news story 24/7 from this point on until it was solved. I can’t wait to see what other ridiculousness the pair has in store. I’m predicting some nails and some crosses next.
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