"Another preemptive thread here. I'm hoping by starting this a little early that perhaps we can get all discourse of the episode on one thread. Hopefully we'll all get a more cogent discussion going than last week, which was all split up accross multiple threads.

Looks like a good episode to me though."

"Well, Peter Weller signed on for 8 episodes, I believe, so it'll be around episode 5 when we see him. Julia Stiles, I think, will be introduced in Episode 4 ("Beauty & the Beast"), but Maria Doyle Kennedy should be introduced tonight.

Also, I believe tonight will see the end of Boyd Fowler, or at the very least the beginning of his downfall. We have two other bad guys for Dexter to slash up (three, if Peter Weller is one), plus the Santa Muerte murders, Quinn, and any other unknown variables they've cooked up. I doubt they'd overload a season, though, which means Boyd's gotta go soon.

In other topics, I can see the writers tying the Santa Muerte killings to the Angel / LaGuerta storyline. For some reason, that one's been nagging at me since last Sunday.

Also, I don't think we're done with Rita's shadow yet... I wouldn't be surprised if the shadow lightens, but it'll be here all season, I think. You don't shuffle 1 (possibly 3) people out and not have it leave some lingering impact."

"Julie Stiles sees Dexter kill. "

"I'm very curious about the julia stiles character. is dexter going to half to hold her hostage forever so she never tells a soul what she saw?? what do you all think of the plot line??"

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Wouldn't it have made sense for Dexter to ambush Boyd Fowler in his house all along? I mean, say he did kill him out in the middle of nowhere. It seems to me that doing it in his house would have eliminated a lot of unnecessary moves from Dexter's life.

I believe those motivational tapes Fowler was listening to are going to have a larger impact than may be apparent. This was the second time in two episodes where they were highlighted specifically. These mean something."

"Alright. So the episode has been seen. What does everyone think? I liked it. This season of Dexter is undoubtedly different from every other season, but this episode feels to me as though things are just finally getting back to regular Dexter mode.

First thought- Julia Stile's character looks like a chimpanzee. What a wild woman!

Also, perhaps I'm some sort of psycho myself, but I actually found myself feeling sorry for Boyd Fowler as he was getting killed. I know it sounds crazy, but Sean Hatosy did such a fantastic job playing such a small character. I felt bad for him as Dexter was killing him.


I guess this is the product of having a series on for five years, but I'm starting to get a little peeved a repeat stories and motifs. Oh gee, Batista's in another IA investigation (last one was season two). Hmmm, Deb's working a case where anyone who cooperates with her ends up dying an excruciating death (last time was season three). None of these are big issues I suppose, I'm just thinking out loud.

I'm having a hard time getting excited for the possible ramifications of Julia Stile's character catching Dexter killing because since the beginning of September, Showtime has had a clip of that floating around. So I'm not much in the speculating mood as to what is going to happen because of this. Perhaps next week will bring back that spirit in me."