Only worthwhile part of the episode.

"You mess with the bull, you get the horns."

i think this season wouldve been much better if in the first episode when he was on the boat he didnt come back. he would be pegged as kyle butler and theyd figure out he was bayharbor butcher. itd be dexter on the run and his sister hunting him down or dealing with it or whatever

I think [Phill] sums it all up really good.

A radical change in direction like that would be the only way to save the series now, in my opinion. I was rooting for it then but of course I knew it would never happen. For starters, if they committed to "Dexter on the run" for real it would mean ditching the majority of the cast. So they're going to keep milking the same tired formula with only minor variations until the show gets canceled, which at this rate will happen well before they get a chance to finish Season 6.

No, that's not what I want at all. Doing the "at least one victim on the table per episode" thing is just more of a tired formula. Aside from the writing just being sloppy this season, I feel like one way or another Dexter's world has to change drastically. He's making all these mistakes, but not facing real consequences and by now it's become a given that things are going to work out fine for him one way or another (yes his wife was killed but in all honesty she was just getting in his way the previous season anyhow).

Dexter is the kind of character who either has to fundamentally change (only a superhero can make a lifestyle of dishing out vigilante justice long-term), or else he's going to come to a bad end. As it is now, he has essentially slipped into a steady routine where he regularly kills people - sometimes he'll take a break for an episode or two - then moves along to the next victim unscathed, and it's gone well beyond the bounds of credibility. I don't even pay attention to all the close calls anymore (increasingly caused by Dexter doing something stupid) because I know he'll somehow come out just fine.

Anyone else disappointed that Julia Stiles is coming back? That part of the season just seems meh to me.

On the other hand Peter Weller is a stud and that makes up for it immensely.

Too much Dexter hate ITT, imo

I've started watching Dexter while cooking and focusing during the Dexter scenes. It has made the show much more enjoyable for me.

yep that was pretty awful.

I cant believe people are still wondering if Quinn is dirty, it was confirmed last year when Dexter busted him taking cash from a bust so its obvious something is off about him...

..And the whole Harrison scratching thing is kind of dumb I must agree, kids do that. I just visited my friends who have a 1 yr old and the kids nails are vicious because getting a 1 yr old to sit still while you clip their nails is extremely difficult unless you want to clop of their fingertip also. Plus kids @ that age like to grab at anything from faces to noses to earrings etc.

I think its a subtle thing that gets people thinking but in reality its going to be nothing

This is silly.

There are a lot of probs with this season. There have been a lot of problems with this series for a while. Realism, however, is not one of them. This is not a realistic show. It never was.

In 5 seasons, there hasn't been one realistic episode in this series. Season 1 was not realistic. At all. Not even a bit. The show has fallen off considerably and needs to get its **** together, but being realistic is not something it needs to do. In fact, if it became realistic all of sudden it would be a huge WTF.

Agreed. I don't want realism. I want intelligence and intrigue -- done with competent craftsmanship -- and this season hasn't offered much of that.

Meh im with Phil mostly.. I dont think the last episode was boring or anything (besides maybe some of the Angel/Laguerta stuff), it wasnt special either. It still kept me entertained and the 50 minutes felt like 20... again.

Also, the scene at the airport security control was pretty well done iyam.

another weak ep of a slow season, but i think it will pick up. thought the angel translating 'si' for deb was pretty silly.

I think people are missing the point about Harrison. I don't think they're trying to suggest he's displaying signs of being a sociopath. It's about Dexter confronting his past and a fear of Harrison turning out like him.

I have been left with a void

What I meant by realism is that no matter how clever the writers are, the story becomes more and more unbelievable the longer it goes. It doesn't matter what the writers come up with at this point, it isn't going to be believable or seem clever.
Pretty much ever good show goes a season or two, too long..We have come to that point, there just is nothing left to tell in this story besides him getting caught.

The exact same thing could have been said between seasons 3 and 4. What makes this different now?

Everyone here saying "wellllll, there's nothing that could POSSIBLY happen but for him to get caught" are either incredibly shortsighted, or incredibly arrogant.

I will agree however that this was probably the worst episode of the series.

I still don't get what you're saying on the believability, really. It's built like a comic book, of course, we accept the ritual/costume/secret identity/not getting caught/non-stop string of villains/..., and we have since episode 1.

If you are on board, fine. If you aren't, that' cool; but I don't see how you could have been on board for a few seasons and no longer with it now when this is one respect in which the show hasn't changed.

I repeat: The show has never been believable. Not even a bit. Not even close.

I don't believe this either. Batman has been telling new stories (and retelling old ones) for how many decades? Some Batman comics/movies/episodes suck and some are phenomenal - they haven't exhausted the character, the character is great but you can still use him in a good or bad story. I see Dexter the same way.

Lol, I didn't recognize him at first, then I said, man that looks like Peter Weller if he snorted blow for three years non-stop. Then I saw the credits.

At this point the Quinn-after-Dexter is the only story I'm vaguely interested in.

The story I'm most bored with is Deb falling in love with everyone that bangs her, and of course the angel / laquinta crap, but maybe its set up for angel to get wasted with masuka and get some strange

I actually like the stiles storyline, I think its a good take on the whole 'mutual killer interacts with dexter and causes problems and then dexter kills them in the season finale' plot... tho the show is at its best when dexter respects the fellow traveler a la trinity and ice truck killers

I also think this show has plenty of plots to play out before they wrap up the series, like dexter has to teach the code to someone new so he can disappear with Harrison, and he'll probably have to kill someone who catches him... Maybe a dirty cop will let him rationalize the code

I thought this was the only way to go, I haven't gone back to watch the season finale last year, but I don't understand how dexter isn't on the run already

I dont see how the show would work with him on the run

Ok, I know I'm like the slowest pony ever, but I just watched the first three episodes of Season 1 and hot damn, this is a great show. Now I know what all the fuss was about. I didn't have Showtime until Season 4 and Comcast never had all the back episodes On Demand. But Comcast has them all on Fancast online, so for once, I have to give props to a company that I otherwise dislike.

It normally takes me a few episodes of a show to get into it, but the pilot was spot on.