I picked up on Deb and Lundie too. But I'm hoping it is a paternal one. I love all the issues Deb has around Harry and Dexter, and it's kind of nice for her to be in the position where she's the "favorite" of the cop this time. I can see it causing some interesting dynamics, because of course Dexter wouldn't be jealous of that, but Deb would probably project that on to him if he started to get nervous for other reasons.
I go back and forth on Lilah. I think it's a bit forced at the moment. I mean, first I hate the whole "I'm so crazy I steal and destroy things that belong to other people!" thing and I always want somebody to just tell her she's not wacky or dangerous and call the cops. But it is good for her to keep pushing Dexter because he needs that going on this season. I thought he was a bit naive to think she "saw him" when he was showing her the bodies. I would have said the exact same thing as her about the bodies--serial killers are human. That doesn't mean we're all like serial killers. Though she's a bit of a poser so it seems like she'd get all into being into it just to pose. A believable character, just not my favorite kind.
Also I really hope they don't cave and make Dexter just another guy who of course wants to have sex with the woman the way anyone else would. I like him staying different and not being into it the way you'd expect.
Of the two I think Rita is far more interesting dealing with Dexter even if right now they're kind of in a lull. She's also got kids--and also of the two I think she's the one more likely to really "see" Dexter and still like him. The fact that she's sort of in denial about it doesn't make it any less possible for me. Only she likes it in, imo, a more interesting way than Lilah would because she's not so much about presenting a mysterious image of herself. I guess I feel like she's the one who really far more understands that Dexter is part of the human spectrum and not a monster far more than Lilah does.
I don’t care about what he was trying to accomplish in the long-term with shaping Dexter into a neat vigilante monster, that line actually shocked me, in a show where very little does. Poor Dexter. Poor Deb.
I kind of like that about Harry, though, because Harry's dealing with the reality. Serial killers are, well, they're serial killers. If he fails at shaping Dexter into this, Dexter needs to be killed, pretty much. He's not somebody who ought to be feeling that his impulses are okay. He's just as human as she is, but we don't just all have good and evil within us and therefore we're all just like serial killers. Whether you call him a monster or not, he's a predator. A lot of what Harry does with Dexter--and I think Dexter gets this--isn't so much raising a child as training an animal. Which is stone cold and also great.:-)
I'm with you on LaGuerta too. She didn't lose Pascal her job. If Pascal hadn't had a meltdown LaGuerta would have just looked like petty and vindictive.
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I go back and forth on Lilah. I think it's a bit forced at the moment. I mean, first I hate the whole "I'm so crazy I steal and destroy things that belong to other people!" thing and I always want somebody to just tell her she's not wacky or dangerous and call the cops. But it is good for her to keep pushing Dexter because he needs that going on this season. I thought he was a bit naive to think she "saw him" when he was showing her the bodies. I would have said the exact same thing as her about the bodies--serial killers are human. That doesn't mean we're all like serial killers. Though she's a bit of a poser so it seems like she'd get all into being into it just to pose. A believable character, just not my favorite kind.
Also I really hope they don't cave and make Dexter just another guy who of course wants to have sex with the woman the way anyone else would. I like him staying different and not being into it the way you'd expect.
Of the two I think Rita is far more interesting dealing with Dexter even if right now they're kind of in a lull. She's also got kids--and also of the two I think she's the one more likely to really "see" Dexter and still like him. The fact that she's sort of in denial about it doesn't make it any less possible for me. Only she likes it in, imo, a more interesting way than Lilah would because she's not so much about presenting a mysterious image of herself. I guess I feel like she's the one who really far more understands that Dexter is part of the human spectrum and not a monster far more than Lilah does.
I don’t care about what he was trying to accomplish in the long-term with shaping Dexter into a neat vigilante monster, that line actually shocked me, in a show where very little does. Poor Dexter. Poor Deb.
I kind of like that about Harry, though, because Harry's dealing with the reality. Serial killers are, well, they're serial killers. If he fails at shaping Dexter into this, Dexter needs to be killed, pretty much. He's not somebody who ought to be feeling that his impulses are okay. He's just as human as she is, but we don't just all have good and evil within us and therefore we're all just like serial killers. Whether you call him a monster or not, he's a predator. A lot of what Harry does with Dexter--and I think Dexter gets this--isn't so much raising a child as training an animal. Which is stone cold and also great.:-)
I'm with you on LaGuerta too. She didn't lose Pascal her job. If Pascal hadn't had a meltdown LaGuerta would have just looked like petty and vindictive.