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| Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan |
If you're not familiar with Dexter :: Um.. HELLO?? :: then you need to be because I'm really not sure I can give it justice.
Try reading THIS first and then finish reading the post.
Oh.. and if you haven't been able to watch the season premier yet then just a warning:
SPOILERS!!!
LoL!
Anyway.. so the episode opens up just where last season ended. Rita dead in the tub.. blood spilling all over the bathroom.. and baby Harrison sitting smack dab in the middle of it.
He grabs Harrison and makes his way out to the front lawn while cops start pouring in from all angles. One cop is trying to take the baby from Dexter while basically asking what had happened. Dexter answers " I did it" ..
Those three little words are the jump start to the season.
We already know that Dexter didn't kill Rita .. WE know that he meant that it was because of him that she's dead.. but nobody else does.
Cue to Debra, Dexter's sister, racing over .. telling the cops that's she's Miami Homicide and that Dex works in the crime lab. He hands Harrison over to her. The only person he trusts. His mind is looking for Harry, their dead father who adopted Dexter when he was an infant... who recognized that Dexter was .. ahem.. "special".. and who schooled him on how to feed his desires and still appear normal. Harry is no where to be found.
Quinn, Debra's semi-partner, notices that the neighbor guy is all busted up about Rita while Dexter appears to be working just another crime scene. Emotionless.
Hmm..
We find out that the case was handed over to the FBI because Rita's death appears to be at the hands of Trinity .. last season's serial killer that Dexter had befriended and then ultimately killed.. The locals are upset.. Rita was one of their own.. but the decision was made and they are instructed to leave it all alone.
Dexter and Harrison stay at Debra's apartment. Rita's kids call from Disneyland.. a trip they took with their grandparents.. Dexter makes an excuse for Rita's absence when the kids want to talk to her.. and tells the Grandparents to come to the apartment instead of the house when they return. He explains to Debra that he just wants them to have one last good day.
There's things Dexter needs to do.. go to a funeral director.. the obituary.. what Rita will wear.. meet with the FBI .. but it's blatantly obvious that Dexter isn't in the moment, so to speak. In fact, he is treating this like another routine crime scene.. not his beloved wife. Something that Debra is quick to pick up on and she tells him that she's worried.
Dexter doesn't process emotion. He's a classic socio-path. Without Harry in his mind to guide him, he really is lost. He marvels at how the funeral director can seem so sincere.. watching a grieving widow at a viewing, he knows that grief is what Rita deserves and what he can't force himself to give.
Rita's kids return from Disneyland bubbling with excitement.. putting Mickey Mouse ears on Dexter and showing the pair they got for their mom when Dexter breaks the news.. Aster takes it the hardest.. asking Dexter where he was and why he didn't safe her mother.. it was his job to protect her.. she tells Dexter that he was the worst thing that ever happened to their family.
Dexter's mind agrees. In flashbacks, we see how they first met.. and why he picked the restaurant that he did.. there was a serial killer that he needed to kill. One eye on Rita.. one eye on the serial killer at the table behind them. The guy leaves.. Dexter excuses himself.. confronts the man in the parking lot.. sticking a needle in his neck and pushing him into the trunk of his car. He goes back into the restaurant and makes an excuse to Rita about having to end the date and leave.
Debra goes to Dexter's house where she finds Quinn, who has always been suspicious of Dexter. Something just isn't "right" about him. The FBI has released the house as evidence so Debra is there to clean up the blood and pick out a dress for Rita to wear. Quinn winds up helping her.. and then the two end up on the kitchen floor ripping each other's clothes off.
That's classic Debra. Just as damaged as Dexter but in a completely different way.. she's almost like a praying mantis with men. After the deed is done, she's all weird about what just happened.. embarrassed maybe.. so she starts grabbing dresses from Rita's closet.
There's a gratuitous shot of Quinn's naked ass that literally filled my television screen. Not sure if the tan lines were intentional or just..well.. his tan lines!
As he's leaving, Quinn happens upon the neighbor and in a brief conversation verifies that him and Rita had shared a kiss that Dexter found out about and promptly punched him in the face. Quinn's wheels are spinning.
Dexter is compelled to erase his life.. remove anything and everything pertaining to him and skip. He tells Debra that he wants her to take care of Harrison.. that the baby needs someone who's decent and good. She tells him that Harrison IS her own.. they are family and that Dexter IS decent and good. He hugs her.. tight.. almost digging his nails in her back.. you can see the worry on her face and in her eyes.
Just a side note, Debra is played by Jennifer Carpenter.. Michael C Hall's real life wife.
Debra has things to do before the funeral and Dexter has to meet with the FBI .. he promises he's going to the meeting but he skips it. We know he's going to do that. We know his plan is to get rid of everything and start over somewhere else. He visits Rita.. laying in her coffin and he confesses to her. What he is.. how she deserved better.. and then he grabs his things.. torches the container holding is serial killer stuff.. jumps on his boat and away he goes.
When Debra finds out that he missed his meeting with the FBI.. she's reeling. Scared of how this is all going to look. Her calls to his cell are going unanswered..
While everyone is gathered at the cemetary, Debra is stalling while we see Dexter pulling up at a dock to gas his boat. He goes into a store and there's a man there. Just some low life. They exchange words.. and Dexter follows him into the men's room. The dude is being an ass and Dexter grabs something that springs open into some type of claw thing.
I know it has to do with a boats but I have no idea what it is.. sorry!
Anyway.. Dexter says something to him about having a bad day. That his wife died. The guy tells him that his dead wife can suck his.. well, you know. Dexter tackles him and starts beating him with the claw thing.. and beating him and beating him and beating him. He can't stop until Harry finally appears and whispers that THAT was the most human thing he's ever seen Dexter do.
With that, Dexter finally breaks down. Screaming.. sobbing.. finally finding emotion.
He makes his way back .. to the cemetery and gives the eulogy.
I have mixed feelings about this episode. It hasn't been as good as previous ones but I guess it had to be a little on the dry side in order to recap last season and set up the this season. I do know that it's going to be a wild ride.. especially with Quinn not cutting the case or Dexter any slack ..
Did you watch it? Comment your thoughts!
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