DA- Everyone’s favorite serial killer is back and after a
painful season six let’s hope we can all have a killer time in lucky season number seven.
The episode begins with a speed round version of season six
which I wish was how long season six lasted all together. (Notice how they
completely skipped over the Professor Gellar character and the big “reveal”
about who he was). In a Breaking Bad flash-forward
we see Dexter on the run and off to the airport booking a flight to Budapest in
cash since his credit cards are declining. Did Deb actually turn Dexter in?
Nope. Flashback to the church where Deb just witnessed
Dexter plunge a knife into Travis Marshall and is at a lost for words. Luckily
Dexter has excuses from an excuse roll-a-dex to pull things from including
still being torn up from Rita’s death in season four. However it was the idea
of Dexter entering a psych ward and losing Harrison that got to her the most.
They plan on making it look like a suicide (Travis was disappointed that he
failed his mission) before they burn the church down since fire is “biblical.”
But guys I think you are forgetting that snakes are too! Why not rent a giant
snake from the zoo and have Travis be eaten alive by the devil! No wait let’s
just flood Miami and have Deb, Dexter, and Harrison float away in a giant ark.
It worked so well for Evan Almighty!
No matter what they do they of course trick the crime
fighters at Miami Metro. While Batista is easily convinced, LaGuerta finds a
blood slide left behind by Dexter. Uh-oh spaghettio’s! Meanwhile Detective Mike
on his way to search for Travis’ absent car tries to help out a roadside
bystander. As soon as he opens the trunk and says he is a cop he finds a dead
body and is shot down. So much for being a Good Samaritan!
Deb meanwhile is starting to get suspicious and finally
seeing through the lies Dexter has been feeding her for all these years. Why
did Dexter have all that plastic wrap, knives, and outfit ready when he was
defending himself from Travis? Most importantly the crime scene looks exactly
the same to the time she was wrapped in plastic to the table in season one!
This is only confirmed when Deb finds the files in the evidence storage room.
Maybe Dexter should have pulled a Walter White, used some magnets and somehow
destroy the evidence in the room as well.
Despite all this Dexter still has Deb slightly wrapped
around her finger. He turns the table on her and asks what she was doing there at the church? Sure I killed Travis but why
were you there Deb?
After finding out who was driving the car with the dead body
in the trunk (thanks to his fingerprint identification iPhone app probably
available on iTunes) Dex feels the need to go and kill this guy before Miami
Metro finds out about him. WHY? He says he wants to be in control but Dexter
take a break. Deb just caught you and you are skating on thin ice here as it is!
But Dexter likes cutting it close. Cue the flash-forward
from the opening, which is now just a forward I guess. After Louis canceled
Dexter’s credit cards (because he was rude to him) he continues to race to the
airport using only large sums of cash. After using a fake passport and getting
caught with his “diabetes shots” he makes it in and finds the man who shot
Mike. After sedating him in a bathroom and suffocating him with a plastic bag
in a side airport room, Dexter succeeds once again and walks out of the airport
(and past the cameras) with another trophy for his blood slide collection.
Skipping right past the unnecessary and boring Batista and
Quinn storyline, Deb looks around for Dexter only to find Masuka taking the
late shift at work so Dex can do the morning one. Determined to find her killer
brother Deb calls the apartment and talks with Jamie who says Dexter is working
late like usual. Uh oh even more spaghettio’s!
Back at the lab LaGuerta asks Vince if it is common
procedure to take blood slides at the crime scenes for evidence. He says there
was only one Miami Metro officer who ever did that and he was the Bay Harbor
Butcher. As Doakes’ close friend and a believer that he never did those crimes
in season two, LaGuerta may now have her evidence to help prove his innocence.
But instead of leaving it in the evidence bin she takes it which I am sure
creates a legal situation if ever used in a future case.
Dexter arrives home after a crazy day only to see his place
ransacked. His knives, blood slides, and Ice Truck Killer hand lies on the
table clear as day. Deb on the opposite side of the table simply asks him “are
you…are you a serial killer?” He responds without any more options or excuses
with a simple “yes.”
Overall I am very optimistic with the upcoming season now
that there seems to be an end plan in sight. While this episode was not perfect
it certainly raised the stakes for Dexter who usually has everything work out
for him in the end. I can not wait to see how this plays out for Dexter and how
much Deb and Miami Metro learns this season regarding the Ice Truck Killer, the
Bay Harbor Butcher, and maybe even Kyle Butler himself, Dexter Morgan.
Episode Grade: B+
Episode MVP: Jennifer Carpenter
Original Airdate: 9/30/12
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