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Dexter Season 4

post #1 of 201
8/19/09 at 8:14am
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Coming soon to showtime.

 

Here's what we know (without too many spoilers)

* Dexter is now a new dad
* (fmr) Agent Lundy, now retired, is back in town, following up a case that has slipped through his clutches a few times.
* Rita is hotter then ever ;)

Premieres in September.  Looking forward to it in glorious HD!

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post #2 of 201
9/26/09 at 11:31pm
Dexter returns tonight (Sunday) at 9 p.m. EDT on Showtime for a 4th season.
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post #3 of 201
9/27/09 at 12:36am
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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post #4 of 201
9/27/09 at 7:59am
The writers are having a ball with the "Dexter as dad" development.
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post #5 of 201
9/27/09 at 8:53pm
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Absolutely brilliant kick off for the season.  This show almost never dissappoints.  Season 2 is still probably my favorite... started out slow but ended with one of the most brisk 5 episode run that just had you waiting on your chair for the next one.. this has all the feeling of that.
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post #6 of 201
9/27/09 at 9:34pm
I just got caught up in the last week, started with the Blu-ray's of season one about a month ago, and devoured the first three seasons. I absolutely love this show, and am really looking forward to watching the 4th season evolve.
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post #7 of 201
9/30/09 at 4:37am
Nobody?

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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post #8 of 201
10/1/09 at 9:31pm

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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post #9 of 201
10/2/09 at 7:32am
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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post #10 of 201
10/2/09 at 9:08am
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* Rita is hotter then ever ;)


And more annoying than ever!

Decent premiere.  Looks to be an improvement over season 3 (big disappointment to me).  Although I think I've had my fill of John Lithgow bare ass.  Also, it seems the writers tried too hard to give Dexter an antagonist in Quinn (to replace Doakes).  The whole thing just seemed really forced to me.
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post #11 of 201
10/5/09 at 11:11am
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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 :)
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post #12 of 201
10/7/09 at 8:08pm
Great show, wish I'd come across it sooner, just always an HBO guy, but switched to Dish this summer and they had a deal for Showtime, so got a chance to start watching this. They showed two episodes a week and I'm just about to the end of season 2, so got a ways to go to catch up.

Looking forward to see how he deals with Doakes (he just found Dexter's blood slides in the AC and is in Haiti) and the Lila problem.

Not worried about reading spoilers since I'm two years behind, hope to be caught up in month or so. Nice to see there are still some familiar characters in the current season, didn't expect Lundy or Rita to still be there.
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post #13 of 201
10/8/09 at 8:38am
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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post #14 of 201
10/8/09 at 11:36am
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Lundy is not in S3.  But returns in a big way this season... and Rita takes a turn I like (others hate) in S3 as the beard of sorts ;)
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post #15 of 201
10/9/09 at 2:34pm
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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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post #16 of 201
10/12/09 at 9:28am
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Well, there is something to be said about not being a vandal in Dexter's neighborhood.  Great scene there.  And Jennifer Carpenter is still great in her role.   Really good stuff.

I'm wondering how Rita reacts next week to the punching out of the lights.
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post #17 of 201
10/13/09 at 3:10pm
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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post #18 of 201
10/13/09 at 3:27pm
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.

- Walter.
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post #19 of 201
10/13/09 at 4:33pm
Ah - missed that moment.  Thanks Walter.
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post #20 of 201
10/13/09 at 5:47pm
Also noticed how he took his glove off to make that mark on the ground.  Wouldn't that leave a print?

I'm liking this season so far.  A big step up from last season IMO.
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post #21 of 201
10/13/09 at 7:22pm
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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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post #22 of 201
10/13/09 at 7:51pm
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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.

I don't think she will jump to that conclusion.  I think she's going to decide Dexter is too stressed and should work a lot less hours.  That's my bet.  He's a police employee for gosh sakes, she knows he can't be a criminal ;)  

 

But the thing about the trinity murders.. yes, pretty scary.  And Lithgow plays it with just the right way.  I liked S3 better then most, but I consider S2, especially the last half of season2 to be the best this show has ever been.  The thing I like about Lithgow's character is that he reminds me of that really creepy psycho who just accepts who they are.. it's both intoxicating to Dexter and wrong... very reminiscent of Lila.

This season could be one of the creepiest ever.

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post #23 of 201
10/13/09 at 9:24pm
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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post #24 of 201
10/14/09 at 1:27am
I fully expected Dexter to realize how Trinity 'killed' his victim after threatening his neighbor in a similar way.  It was so obvious that I was surprised it didn't come up later in the episode.  Yet it's weak enough that I can't see it being mentioned in an upcoming ep.
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post #25 of 201
10/14/09 at 5:26am
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I fully expected Dexter to realize how Trinity 'killed' his victim after threatening his neighbor in a similar way.  It was so obvious that I was surprised it didn't come up later in the episode.  Yet it's weak enough that I can't see it being mentioned in an upcoming ep.

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?
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post #26 of 201
10/14/09 at 2:27pm
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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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post #27 of 201
10/14/09 at 2:49pm
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.)

- Walter.
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post #28 of 201
10/14/09 at 4:07pm
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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.)

- Walter.

BTW, I thought this entire juxtaposition was BRILLIANT writing.
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post #29 of 201
10/14/09 at 8:43pm
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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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post #30 of 201
10/15/09 at 9:51am
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Originally Posted by Walter Kittel View Post

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.)

- Walter.

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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