[TV] Dexter - Page 206

On October 02 2012 13:54 Dave[9] wrote:


They aren't blood related, kinda just awkward "we grew up together since we were 4" sex.

On October 02 2012 13:57 Chairman Ray wrote:
I just watched the first episode. It was the first Dexter episode I didn't like. Idk, it just felt so flat. I'm still gonna keep watching though. Hopefully the writers haven't run out of steam, and better stuff lies ahead.

On October 02 2012 08:52 Pyskee wrote:
As a criminal justice major and someone that plans to be a detective in the future, this show is almost insulting. Is Dexter the only fucking person in that entire department that is good at his job? A cop just got killed -- something that would usually get the whole force worked up into a state-wide manhunt -- and we got the two stooges and Masuka over here handling it. While the former are off drinking, the latter is sifting through useless paperwork and all the while Dexter finds and kills the guy before the day is done. I understand Dexter broke into the guy's apartment, checked his laptop, and other things that violated the fourth amendment, but he's a vigilante; I get that, so he'll be able to do things regular cops can't. But nobody checks the turn signal?! Dexter is really the only person capable of figuring that gem out? These detectives have decades of experience combined and they all decide to look for fingerprints everywhere but the turn signal?

On October 02 2012 08:52 Pyskee wrote:
As a criminal justice major and someone that plans to be a detective in the future, this show is almost insulting. Is Dexter the only fucking person in that entire department that is good at his job? A cop just got killed -- something that would usually get the whole force worked up into a state-wide manhunt -- and we got the two stooges and Masuka over here handling it. While the former are off drinking, the latter is sifting through useless paperwork and all the while Dexter finds and kills the guy before the day is done. I understand Dexter broke into the guy's apartment, checked his laptop, and other things that violated the fourth amendment, but he's a vigilante; I get that, so he'll be able to do things regular cops can't. But nobody checks the turn signal?! Dexter is really the only person capable of figuring that gem out? These detectives have decades of experience combined and they all decide to look for fingerprints everywhere but the turn signal?

On October 02 2012 08:52 Pyskee wrote:
Why the Hell am I still watching this show? Season five was bad, season six was bad, and now this season comes back with the same, stale writing and horrible characters and cliched plot twists. Maybe I just want it to be good, like how it was when I first started watching it :\

As a criminal justice major and someone that plans to be a detective in the future, this show is almost insulting. Is Dexter the only fucking person in that entire department that is good at his job? A cop just got killed -- something that would usually get the whole force worked up into a state-wide manhunt -- and we got the two stooges and Masuka over here handling it. While the former are off drinking, the latter is sifting through useless paperwork and all the while Dexter finds and kills the guy before the day is done. I understand Dexter broke into the guy's apartment, checked his laptop, and other things that violated the fourth amendment, but he's a vigilante; I get that, so he'll be able to do things regular cops can't. But nobody checks the turn signal?! Dexter is really the only person capable of figuring that gem out? These detectives have decades of experience combined and they all decide to look for fingerprints everywhere but the turn signal?

I also loved the AFIS app for his iPhone XD

It's a real shame they killed off the new cop. He was the only other reasonably competent detective in the show and he gets killed after having just enough lines to start to see some potential. But as someone earlier in this thread said, every black person on this show dies :\

On October 02 2012 18:46 Rannasha wrote:

Anyway, for the episode. I have mixed feelings. On one hand the whole reveal thing was pretty cool and leaves you wondering how on earth Dex is going to clean up the mess with Deb, LaGuerta, The Crazy Intern and Team Special Tactics on his tail. The performances of the actors (Hall & Carpenter) was pretty good too. But there were many moments of very sloppy writing / storytelling that were quite distracting.

Mike just happens to run into the mobster having car trouble. Nice coincidence there. Furthermore, after the guy repeatedly says that he doesn't need help, Mike keeps insisting ("it's okay, I'm a cop") and just barges forward opening the guys trunk. It's just a far too easy way to start up this storyline, with a sequence of unlikely coincidences.

Dexters finding of the killers fingerprint I can live with. Regular CSI may have missed a spot and Dexter is portrayed as being better at this than all the rest. But then he finds a laptop that is not password protected in any way, where he can just open the browser history and find the flight the guy is taking? If I were on the run for double homicide (including a cop-kill), I'd take 2 minutes to ensure that when the police inevitably searches my apartment, they have to do more than just start my laptop to find exactly where I went.

Then the whole airport scene is just weird. In a large city like Miami, Dexter just happens to run into the guy as he enters the toilet. Talk about right place, right time (for Dexter at least). Oh and the toilet happens to be empty and noone is walking by as Dexter rolls his unconscious victim in a wheelchair underneath the "closed" sign. Then he proceeds to do the kill in a quiet corner of the airport. Sure, it's unlikely that anyone would enter, but it's still extremely risky and completely against Dexters code. Dex may be stressed out, but he's been in trouble before and he's never been this risky. Again, it reeks of lazy writing, because the typical Dexter kill involves incredible planning and observation and it is this process that seems to give Dexter already enough anticipation to at least temporarily satisfy his dark passenger, at least in earlier seasons. And even other rush-jobs that he did, were more believable than the scenario painted here.

Deb trying to connect the dots was for the most part fine. With one major exception, which was apparently also the major clue that Deb needed to search Dexters place: The "working late alibi". When your sister and (probably) best friend works at the same place you do (and it's a friggin police station), you have to assume that the alibi of "working late" isn't going to work forever. Sooner or later she would find a discrepancy in it. It so happens that this first occurred just after Deb found out that Dexter killed someone, but the whole scene of Debrah looking for Dexter, calling the babysitter who says that Dex is working late, while Deb knows he isn't, could've happened a long time ago. If you need an alibi, pick something that doesn't directly involve the people who may be looking for you. Pretend to be part of some lame sports club that noone wants to know about.

So like I said, mixed feelings about the episode. There were pretty cool parts and I definitely want to see how the story will unfold, but the amount of lazy writing in this episode did dampen the fun. Of course, it's a show about a serial killer working for the police, so some coincidences need to be there to keep the story running, but earlier seasons seemed to be more believable and consistent.

On October 02 2012 14:35 whatevername wrote:
Thats actually the entire psychological reason incest is a taboo. Its why childhood friends usually say something like "ew id never, hes like a brother!".

On October 02 2012 23:40 Figgy wrote:
Thats actually the entire psychological reason incest is a taboo. Its why childhood friends usually say something like "ew id never, hes like a brother!".

On October 03 2012 00:05 Mr.Faces wrote:
Did anyone else miss the part where Dexter forgets Mr.ComputerExpert is found at his computer. That doesn't raise his keen detective senses? Or perhaps he was too stressed about having his fix and hiding his true self from deb but...either way, when his credit cards get denied on the way to the airport...doesn't that get him wondering?

On October 03 2012 00:55 zalz wrote:
I usually lock the trunk of my car.

Were I to transport a dead prostitute, I might be more inclined to make sure my trunk is locked.


Also, gotta love Deb's line:

"We are looking for one shooter minimum."

Gee, you think, captain?

On October 02 2012 20:39 pugowar wrote:Your right - this is against dexters code. As dexter becomes more preoccupied with Deb, his attention to detail and thought process could be becoming warped. He could think he is doing it by his code when he really isn't. He changed many things about the kill - not using plastic, bshing the head etc, so if the scene is found, it wont look like him. He didn't even take a blood sample. In short Deb is forcing him to evolve at an uncomfortable rate - and they are showing it. Of course - they could have had him kill the guy in the woods or someplace else boring but they thought this was a cool (and yes a bit unrealistic) way to kill him.

On October 03 2012 05:45 Sonic Boom wrote:


Don't forget he also simply ties him up with some strap belts with no plastic so how the fuck would he clean shit up.