Dexter is seriously not used to a lack of sleep?

Let me just start out by saying that I don’t feel so bad for talking about video games to my newborn son five years ago, when Dexter’s telling little Harrison about how he kills people. However, my five-year-old is now sorta crazy about video games so … what’s that tell you about Dexter’s son’s chances?

I did a post recently on this season of Dexter in general, or at least based on the first two our three episodes. However, there were a few things of note that I didn’t want to spoil then that I can discuss now. So, if you haven’t seen the episode yet, steer clear.

First of all, you’re not the only one who had to do a double-take when you saw Angel and Laguerta together. When we were watching that episode, I paused playback and looked to my wife with a WTF face. “Whoa, did I miss something from last season?” Nope. This is all new, and yes, they are together.

When we first saw Dexter bemoaning his lack of sleep to us, my first thought was that he should be used to this, right? I mean, this guy carries out his murders in the dead of night, probably spending hours of meticulous time cleaning up after himself and probably crawling back into bed at the apartment just a couple of hours before he has to head to work. What’s a night of baby crying to this guy? It’d be like hearing Bruce Wayne whine about not getting sleep after having a new baby at the Manor … only Bruce Wayne doesn’t typically kill people for pleasure, and would have his kid shuffled off into some other wing of the mansion while Alfred took the role of night nurse. I mean, who are we kidding, he’s a multi-millionaire, right?

By far the must intriguing and disturbing (REALLY disturbing) part of the episode was seeing Lithgow’s Trinity Killer take a victim. Seeing the woman lay helpless and naked in the tub next to him was really difficult to watch, even after three seasons of watching a show about bloody murder. Like I said in my previous post, The Trinity Killer has a different sort of Dark passenger with him. He shares a common trait with Dexter in that he’s a serial killer, but unlike Dexter, Mr. Trinity appears to loathe what he has to do. Dexter has never really shown remorse for his ritual, whereas Trinity scalds himself in a shower while he cries.

This is the sort of serial killer that Harry worked long and hard to make sure Dexter never became. If Dexter was left to his own urges and methods, with no guidance at all, there’s a pretty good chance he’d be looking into the mirror to see the Trinity Killer. The fact that Dexter picks the scum of the earth as Dark Passenger Chow is supposed to make him a more palatable killer to the viewer. I won’t be surprised to see head Harry make this point to Dexter some time this season. This is likely how the Trinity Killer will link back to Dexter and make it all relate to the rest of the season.

Quinn seems to be sliding into the seat that Doakes left unoccupied when it comes to giving Dex the stink-eye. Quinn is clearly not on the up and up, but that won’t stop him from giving Dexter a world of shit to deal with if he doesn’t like the way he looks at him, never mind having something on him. Doesn’t it make you nervous when someone has a problem with Dexter?

Lastly, speaking of coming down on Dexter, his own sister (who I try hard to forget is actually the actor’s wife) is hot on the trail of finding out who Dexter’s real family is and, most likely, that he and the Ice Truck Killer have a lot in common.

Clacked by Keith McDuffee
on Sep 27, 2009 @ 23:00 EST5EDT