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Dexter returns tonight (Sunday) at 9 p.m. EDT on Showtime for a 4th season.
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Looks like a return to form this season from the slightly less enjoyable third season. Dexter and John Lithgow's character should make for quality drama.
Saw the first season 4 episode already and can't wait to see the next one.
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The writers are having a ball with the "Dexter as dad" development.
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Well, my 2 cents worth:
I don't like the way the writers are handling Dex with the new baby. Maybe I'm insensitive, but if my work on murder cases (and murders) is suffering, mommy's getting up with the baby, not me.
Also, the Sarge and the LT? Really?
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That seems to describe "dad" as a voluntary position you can squeeze in when you have time. I don't remember if Rita still works, but she certainly is the primary caregiver. It's not too much to ask the dad to shoulder some of the load. Despite his personality issues, Dexter seems to get this. They've come to a division of labor they're both agreeable to, and Dexter was just living up to his end -- though perhaps going a bit further. Still, given his own fatherhood issues, I'm not surprised at all that he's making being a "good dad" a priority.
The question is... is Dexter capable of loving his child? It seems to me sometime last season, we saw Dexter experience genuine emotion, but I can't recall.
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He's going to be experiencing fear if he can't find all the pieces/parts that went flying when he rolled his car.
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Dexter is one of the best shows on television, bar none in my opinion. Still haven't finished Season 3 so haven't remotely looked into season 4, but I can't wait!
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It was great to see Dexter try to run around and put all the pieces together. When he finally realized where the guy went.. classic stuff.
And deb's mouth is as great as ever :)
Put the pieces together.....wow there's a pun in there somewhere!
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Wonder what was in that vial that Lithgow's character dipped his finger in and then draw a short line beside the body? Is it of import because no one noticed it at the crime scene?
The next victim is to be a male? Could it be end up being Lundy?
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I believe the substance in the vial was the ashes of a loved one (his mother?). He did return the powder in the vial to an urn during his ritual.
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Ah - missed that moment. Thanks Walter.
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Wouldn't that leave a print?
Probably no more than a smudge and then the wind would blow most of it away.
Dexter's confrontation with the graffiti artist dad had me worried that the guy would recognize Dex's voice and unravel the whole thing.
This season is shaping up to be better than the last but Trinity's kills seem so real that it makes me squeamish, at least Dexter's victims deserve whatever befalls them. You could sense a real fear in Trinity's victims, I winced when she let go.
Rita is going to think that Dex is the vandal and that is going to play out very badly, I love Julie Benz but Rita is grating on me.
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LIthgow is one of those rare actors that can do 3rd Rock From The Sun, then do something like Dexter (or Raising Cain). I'm really glad he was cast.
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Not really sure what you mean, but Dexter did mention to Deb that he believes the woman was killed, and that "fear" will cause people to do things they wouldn't normally do (or something to that effect). Did you want more than that?
My take as well.
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Dexter observes to Deb that 'fear is a powerful motivator'. Later, he uses the father's fear of injury to his son, to get him to alter his behavior.
The linkage is implicit to the viewer, but I don't know if Dexter has connected the two items yet or not; giving him insight into how the Trinity Killer forces his 2nd victim (in the cycle) to commit suicide (well, sort of suicide.)
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LIthgow is one of those rare actors that can do 3rd Rock From The Sun, then do something like Dexter (or Raising Cain). I'm really glad he was cast.
My impression of Lithgow's career is that roles like 3rd Rock are more the aberration and this dramatic one is more in his "wheelhouse". I am also glad that he was cast.
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Dexter observes to Deb that 'fear is a powerful motivator'. Later, he uses the father's fear of injury to his son, to get him to alter his behavior.
The linkage is implicit to the viewer, but I don't know if Dexter has connected the two items yet or not; giving him insight into how the Trinity Killer forces his 2nd victim (in the cycle) to commit suicide (well, sort of suicide.)
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The very fact he made that statement makes it pretty explicit to me, at least. It takes one serial killler to understand how another operates and manipulates their victims.
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