Dexter Discussion Thread *Spoilers*

[ShadowX81]

That's what a GOOD trailer does. It gives you a taste, and suprises you.

No, actually almost everyone considers a misleading trailer to be a bad one. People complain about them all the time.
Especially when what you end up with is not only completely different, but worse than what you were promised.

If you dont like the characters in the show, then why are you watching it? It was never about Dexter, and only Dexter. Even from the VERY first episode. You had about 3 interlocking stories....IN THE FIRST EPISODE that had nothing to do with Dexter. So how this suprises you is silly.

Uh, yes it was. It was intially only about Dexter, and Dexter alone. Its really only this season (and the subpar season 3) that things deviated and other characters' storylines did not interact.

This show is about Dexter. Not about cops and thier love lives, not about police politics, its about Dexter. A serial killer who just happens to work at a police station.
Obviously a show needs more than one character and outside side stories are important to develop those characters, but that development only serves to give meaning to characters with roles to play in the main storyline.

The problem is that Angel and Laguerta really have no reason to be on this show anymore. They serve zero function in the main storyline at all, and thier little romance plotline may as well be a seperate spinoff show. Thier relevance to the main plotline is comparable to Matthews at best; whoich is a character they chose early in the show's not to really develop because of his overall irrelevance to the plot.

 

[CelticPredator]

Bull. Watch the first episode again.

We set up Deb's need to get into Homicide, LaGuarta's reputation, and Doakes' problems with Dexter.

The show has been about the characters from day one.

 

[ShadowX81]

Exactly, and every one of these were minor and short lasting subplots used to characterize them so we care about them when they come to play a part in the real (and by far dominant) storyline.

-Laguerta manages the Ice Truck Killer Case
-Debra ends up becoming engaged to Brian
-Doakes also works on the Ice Truck Killer case while also being suspicious of Dexter, making it harder for him to carry on his activities.

The only character with no development (Matthews) received none becuase he had no role to play.

In the end, they all existed to play an important part in the season plotline. It is only recently that they got away from that and just had these completly seperate and barely connected storylines taking large chunks of time.

 

[CelticPredator]

That's a good point....but still. The show isnt all about Dexter. It never was, and never will be. That would be kindof boring if it was just Dexter killing people the same way for an hour....I like the extra stuff. I enjoy each character.

 

[Dark Passenger]

Yeah, I wonder if 'Tick Tick' has been put in there to throw us off. It could turn out Johnny Lee Miller is innocent and somebody else used his catchphrase. He is also not in the photograph

If anything he knows what was going on because when Cole crashed and Boyd was fingered Chase said, "You finally did something right this time, pinning it on Boyd." He's definitely not clean.

Am I the only one who thinks Quinn wont go after Dexter? Dispite the evidence? I think he's changing.

I agree! It seems like the previews for next week show Quinn telling Liddy to back off even after seeing pics of them on the boat together. Maybe after Quinn & Deb being screwed by Laguerta, Quinn will just look the other way.




I want to know who's in the house next week? Maybe it'll turn out to be Astor and Cody or the Grandparents. Maybe Elliot.

 

[316what]

The problem is that Angel and Laguerta really have no reason to be on this show anymore. They serve zero function in the main storyline at all, and thier little romance plotline may as well be a seperate spinoff show. Thier relevance to the main plotline is comparable to Matthews at best; whoich is a character they chose early in the show's not to really develop because of his overall irrelevance to the plot.

WRONG.....Angel/LaGuerta are important. They are Dexter's alibi.

 

[die]

I'm also wondering if it'll be Astor and Cody going into the house next week, weren't they going back to the house earlier in the season? Possibly, missing their home? it makes sense.

Maybe Dexter will explain Lumen to the kids as being Harrison's baby sitter?

 

[ShadowX81]

WRONG.....Angel/LaGuerta are important. They are Dexter's alibi.

Im not quite sure I know what you mean.

 

[El Skutto]

Im not quite sure I know what you mean.

When Rita was being murdered by Trinity, Dexter was acting as witness to Angel and LaGuerta's wedding. Since he can't be in two places at once, he couldn't have murdered Rita.

 

[ChaserFan]

When Rita was being murdered by Trinity, Dexter was acting as witness to Angel and LaGuerta's wedding. Since he can't be in two places at once, he couldn't have murdered Rita.

Dexter was actually at Arthur's house when Rita was being killed...

 

[ShadowX81]

When Rita was being murdered by Trinity, Dexter was acting as witness to Angel and LaGuerta's wedding. Since he can't be in two places at once, he couldn't have murdered Rita.

The point still remains that they arent really serving any purpose on the show anymore besides thier own completly disconnected storyline.

The alibi part is a one second thing that is long since over. I don't think that the cops are even suspicious of Dexter anymore.

 

[die]

I think the part about Dexter being suspected was just to add fuel to the fire of Quinn suspecting Dexter of "something" much like Doakes always did. It seems like he really just started out wanting to get something on Dexter since Dexter saw him taking money and blew Quinn off when he tried to talk to him.

I see the characters fitting together in the big picture though, it just seems like the writers are maybe doing it in less revealing ways right now. Maria sent Quinn and now Deb on leave, pissed Robocop off and looks to have Batista about to turn on her. It'd be easy to overlook Masuka, but he did a nice job of getting Dexter off the hook with his "deductions" on the double-homocide at the warehouse. Again, it goes back to how the show has always worked, alot of it is intended to make you speculate. Remember Yuki, who was investigating Quinn? Alot of people thought she was The Skinner in Season 3. You just never know which characters will be most important to the big picture. Remember how important Batista getting stabbed was in Season 1 to the discovery of the Ice Truck Killer?

 

[Kamandi]

I think the part about Dexter being suspected was just to add fuel to the fire of Quinn suspecting Dexter of "something" much like Doakes always did. It seems like he really just started out wanting to get something on Dexter since Dexter saw him taking money and blew Quinn off when he tried to talk to him.

Exactly. I think Quinn's primary motivation is to hold something over Dex.

The irony is anything Quinn and Murphy find on Dexter would probably be disallowed in court. No warrants and the chain of custody is compromised.

It'd be easy to overlook Masuka, but he did a nice job of getting Dexter off the hook with his "deductions" on the double-homocide at the warehouse.
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Remember Yuki, who was investigating Quinn?

Masuka's pantomime during Dexter's voiceover was the funniest thing this season.

The Yuki storyline was a dumb waste of time. Cute actress though.

 

[die]

The Yuki storyline was a dumb waste of time. Cute actress though.

I guess it kinda worked in a sense that it helped to draw some question to Quinn and it threw so many people off, but I do agree, in the end I really hated that part of the season.

She was definitely cute, though!

 

[CelticPredator]

HOLY ____. All bets are off. Best episode of the season.

"Tick Tick Tick....your time is running out....goodbye Lumin"



So much stuff! I got chills!

 

[Dark Passenger]

Oh man is this season really picking up. I can't wait to see what happens between Quinn, Deb, Dexter, and Liddy.

Spoiler

Looks like Deb is going to be onto Dexter judging by the scenes from next week, with Lumen appearing in the tapes. Can't believe Liddy is bugging the next Kill Room. The scenes for next week were almost better than today's episode.

 

[Dark Passenger]

HOLY ____. All bets are off. Best episode of the season.

"Tick Tick Tick....your time is running out....goodbye Lumin"



So much stuff! I got chills!

I was so excited too man, you just beat me!!

 

[CelticPredator]

Ahh! Put the coming attractions in a spoiler tags. I refuse to watch them from here on out.

 

[Dark Passenger]

Ahh! Put the coming attractions in a spoiler tags. I refuse to watch them from here on out.

Oops, didn't think of that. Sorry man.

 

[CelticPredator]

No worries.

Same with Hungry Man, I wanted PURE suprise.