I was finally able to catch this week's episode.

More chinks in his super-hero armour I think - not a good liar about personal stuff.
His creepy stuff yes, but he gets tripped up with other stuff especially with Rita.

I like that he is starting to evolve emotionally.

Also good - Keith Carradine's character seems realistic not the usual blow-hard idiot characature that TV & movies usually show for FBI honchos. He seems to be actually helping Deb get over her issues from the Ice Truck Killer and his comment about the only justification for killing is to save an innocent life was interesting under the circumstances.
I am really looking forward to seeing where this story line progresses. We know Dex isn't going to get caught but that doesn't mean people won't find out about him. I am thinking Deb finding out or getting suspicious might be an interesting turn.
Or maybe they will figure out the 'motive' behind the killings and decide not to pursue him and he becomes an underground hero. Well, he is already but an underground hero that more than just Dex knows about.

Other interesting tidbits this episode - we learn Dex went to med school and was top in his class and took jujitsu.

Favorite line(s) of the night -
'You owe me a new Michelin MF!'
'The boss' sweater melons look bigger on tv'
and not really a line but the look on Rita's face when she sees Dexter's sponsor

Is it wrong that Matusda is one of my favorite characters? He is such a perv and an a** but he cracks me up.

btw- did any one see previews for next week?

I love Matsuda also. He really cracks me up.

I liked how LaGuerta stood up for the current Lt. I thought she was trying to get her job back, but then she went and stood up for the Lt.

By underground hero, you mean anti-hero? Because I can agree w/ that, but I don't think he's a hero. He kills bad people, but he steps outside the rules of society and takes it upon himself to punish these people to feed his own sick desires. While I enjoy the character and the show, he's nothing more than a psychopathic vigilante.

I keep saying I want to read the book, and I do, I read a little blurb on the differences between the show and the book, and it's interesting because in the first book his sister does find out about him, but they don't say what her reaction is. Also his brother killed LaGuerta. But I also read that the second season plot is not from any of the books.

Yes, I guess hero is a bit of a euphemism- I certainly wouldn't want to live next door to him., Although I guess I don't consider him a villan either but that is really a matter of view point. Definitely some moral ambiguity on either side, but that is part of why I like this show so much.

It does raise some interesting questions.
Is it okay to kill someone to save an innocent life - even if you are killing that person for your own sick reasons? Does that change the fact that Dex is actually saving lives?
If the end result is the same - does it matter what your motivations are?

Which is actually what I think the show is trying to explore right now. Did Dex kill the guy to save the brunette or to satisfy the 'dark passenger'? Last season I would have said definitely the 'dark passenger' but now I am not so sure.
I don't really have an opinion either way right now but I do think it is an interesting thing to think about.

Interesting on LaGuerta. I think they changed her character along the way and made her a little more likable so maybe they decided not to kill her off after they got through the first few episodes.
I do think there is more to her than meets the eye. I don't think she is being nice about Pascal just to be helpful. I actually think she is setting both her and the Chief up for a fall so she can have the Chief's job.

I do think there is more to her than meets the eye. I don't think she is being nice about Pascal just to be helpful. I actually think she is setting both her and the Chief up for a fall so she can have the Chief's job.

Hmmm. That's an interesting thought.

It does raise some interesting questions.
Is it okay to kill someone to save an innocent life - even if you are killing that person for your own sick reasons? Does that change the fact that Dex is actually saving lives?
If the end result is the same - does it matter what your motivations are?

Yes, I do believe he is saving lives ...by default, but if Harry didn't train him, he could have been killing random people. He has a sickness and while I enjoy the moral ambiguity of the show what he does is still wrong. Just the fact that he gets enjoyment killing people negates the hero factor.


I was thinking about this today and the show reminds me a bit of Crime and Punishment. There are some obvious differences, but I can see Dexter as a modern day Raskolnikov and Rita as Sonya. The difference is that Raskolnikov tried to kill to prove that he could be a "super-human" but realized that he had a conscience. I think Dexter is a "super-human" as Raskolnikov would define it and is completely remorseless and that Rita acts as his Sonya or his conscience and will slowly chip away at him to possibly create remorse. Or maybe I'm over-analyzing.