DA- Put yourself in Deb and Dexter’s shoes (one of each I
guess). Your sister just found out you were a serial killer so what do you do?
Of course chase her at full speed out of your apartment at night. Nothing scary
about that! However I can see why Dexter did what he did. He is already running
out of options and it is only episode two.
Within minutes Deb gets hit with more bomb shells. Dexter is
the Bay Harbor Butcher, Harry taught him everything he knows, and that he has
even given his darkness a name. Deb admits that she is the worst detective in
the world to not see any of this but Deb you’re not. At least you found out
unlike the entire crime team at Miami Metro. With emotions running high Dexter
asks what she is going to do now and she does what I believe any woman finding
a serial killer may do, punch him and get out of his apartment!
While Deb goes to research why serial killers do what they
do (with her information coming from her once fling Frank Lundy), Dexter sees
the hand from the Ice Truck Killer murders. Deb dragged it out and he wonders
how did it get to him. After looking through the evidence locker Dex is told by
Masuka that it was sold online to an unknown buyer. Not even whiz-kid Louis
could find the name. Then it hits Dexter…oh yeah Louis.
Cut to Deb leading a meeting about Mike’s shooting.
“Remember him?” she asks. Nope. But continue on Deb. Dexter volunteers to go
investigate another crime scene only to be told no by his boss sister. It is
all part of her master plan to fix Dexter and his “addiction” in her homemade
rehab program. Dexter argues that dad tried this and it will never work but Deb
reminds him he does not have any choice (because she is a lieutenant and can
arrest him remember Dex?)
Meanwhile in other Miami Metro news, LaGuerta has had a
private lab analyze the found blood side. It does belong to Travis Marshall. She
later requests Bay Harbor Butcher evidence from the FBI only to see what could
have been seen from a photograph that yes the slides he used is just like the
slide she analyzed. Quinn also puts his great skills to the task and talks with
the strippers at the club about the death of the prostitute and Mike. The
stripper gives some information and asks Quinn to find the man and put a bullet
in his head. He says that they do not technically do that. Well almost
everyone…
Inside the Deb rehab program she decides to spend every
waking moment with Dexter. Now Deb is this just an excuse for you to get closer
to the guy you recently said you had growing feelings for? She probably will
not want to after Dexter describes his dark passenger and how the blood
trickles behind his eyelids becoming a black flood throughout his body. The
pain is so intense that it feels like his head will explode. Oh come on Dexter.
That’s just a migraine. Take some Advil. As for the black blood thing yeah you
may want to get that checked out.
Unable to sneak out to investigate Louis’ apartment at
night, Dexter tries to take over for Masuka in the field. He has to clear it
with sister first who says of course but she is coming too. Thankfully
tweedledee and tweedledum (Batista and Quinn) arrive to pull Deb away so Dexter
can break into Louis house. What Dexter finds on Louis’ computer even scares
him and he is a serial killer. Not only does he have a video exclaiming how he
wants Dexter to suffer but he also has one where he talks about toys and gets
interrupted by a prostitute to give him a blowjob! I have not been this
confused by a computer video in Dexter
since this from season five.
Louis comes in of course and since this is probably the only
time Dex can get out of the house, he decides to push Louis against the wall
and scare the crap out of him. It turns out he sent him the hand because Dexter
hated his game. Oh go cry me a river. He tells Louis he never wants to see him
again and Louis agrees but then again I would too if Michael C. Hall was
screaming in to my face.
Back at the crime scene Deb asks where he was but Dexter
reassures her that he didn’t kill anyone so she doesn’t need to worry. Hey
Dexter word of advice to not get caught you and Deb need to tone it all down.
Between talking here and at the station about your serial killer addiction it
may raise some red flags. Then again you are at Miami Metro so…
In “killer of the season” news, they think someone in the
brotherhood of the Ukrainian mob tried to send a message to them about killing
Viktor. They jump to conclusions and think it was an ex-employee. In a game of role-playing,
the head of the organization pretends to hold an exit interview which really
just involves getting a screwdriver to the eye. Don’t screw around if you want a better severance package I guess.
After Dexter is shocked to see Louis later that night at his
apartment telling him he will see him at work tomorrow. He decides to put a sedative
in his sister’s steak (like any good brother would do) and sneak out to send
another message to Louis. When Dexter sees the blood from the sedative mark in
Louis neck, he begins to feel his dark passenger. However perhaps due to Dr.
Deb’s program, he calls her for support. She calls this a victory because
unlike what their dad said, he does have control. He does leave Louis on a
random park bench to send a message once Deb leaves the guy who just snuck out
of the house and almost killed another person.
At the end back at the crime scene, Dexter talks with a
convict who is helping the police locate bodies he buried many years ago.
Dexter wonders if he grew a conscious but he said it was always there and that
he just gave up over time. Dexter wonders if he should just give up too. But
before he can decide for sure the convict just jumps in front of a truck. He
did not have a conscious and he never changed. He never wanted them to find the
bodies. He just wanted a few more days in the sun and some ice cream. Who could
really blame him? Who doesn’t like ice cream?
As a slow motion Deb hurries back from the ice cream stand
we all have to wonder if she thinks Dexter pushed him to help release his dark
passenger from the night before. However we should be able to find out quickly
next week in another fast paced episode of a show that has stopped fooling
around and created some real life stakes for our serial killing friend.
Episode Grade: B+
Episode MVP: Louis Greene (Josh Cooke) Finally some character development for this guy!
Original Airdate: 10/7/12
