Sat, Mar 22nd, 2008
06:00 Dexter
Dexter. Episode 8. Dexter enters therapy. Well, not really. He suspects that a psychologist is killing his patients, and goes undercover as a patient. Which leads to some very tense scenes as Dexter makes some major self-discoveries. Debra, meanwhile, is starting to get serious about her new boyfriend and Rita is starting to get serious about Dexter. As usual, the personal stuff is far more exciting than the crime stuff on this show. When Rita bared her soul to Dexter (literally and figuratively) it was painful to watch. We are privy to Dexter's thoughts, so we know he is going to run away, and we can see how vulnerable Rita is. And we don't want to see her get hurt. Her confusion as Dexter left was painful to watch. Kudos to Julie Benz for her amazing work on this character.
The fake Ice Truck Killer is dispatched in this episode. In fine style, too. A lesser show might make Dexter the only character to suspect the truth, but this show makes Laguerta just as suspicious. How she reasons it out is very clever. The cleverest part of the whole episode. While the best part of the whole episode was Dexter being able to go back to Rita and spend that the night. That was awesome.
This episode also revealed the identity of the Ice Truck Killer. Unfortunately, I had begun to suspect it during the episode, so it wasn't much of a surprise. If they had opened the episode with that final scene, it would have been awesome. Never mind. We know now. Can't wait to see what happens next.
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