I can't really be bothered getting into why but I liked this. I knew I would before I saw it, anyway.

I can't really be bothered getting into why but I liked this. I knew I would before I saw it, anyway.

I thought a lot of this episode was kinda boring the bits that weren't boring were pretty stupid, including Carrie and Brody scenes which is a first. Hopefully it is just an aberration in writing quality.

I thought a lot of this episode was kinda boring the bits that weren't boring were pretty stupid, including Carrie and Brody scenes which is a first. Hopefully it is just an aberration in writing quality.

I'm not American.

I'm not American.

He can be a snide little toad, like David Frost. One of those guys who likes to act as if he's been put down in the world and responds by putting others down in return. I don't think he is a very good performer, either.

He can be a snide little toad, like David Frost. One of those guys who likes to act as if he's been put down in the world and responds by putting others down in return. I don't think he is a very good performer, either.

I really didn't like Cake's sassy sidekick archetype…

I really didn't like Cake's sassy sidekick archetype…

Yeah, I haven't watched it since it was first on. I guess I just thought Doakes was pretty cool.

Yeah, I haven't watched it since it was first on. I guess I just thought Doakes was pretty cool.

Maybe Doakes got LaGuerta to help him fake his death somehow so he could disappear forever, and when LaGuerta finds evidence that it couldn't have been him, he is able to return discreetly and they work together to get Dexter. I mean why not, right?

Maybe Doakes got LaGuerta to help him fake his death somehow so he could disappear forever, and when LaGuerta finds evidence that it couldn't have been him, he is able to return discreetly and they work together to get Dexter. I mean why not, right?

Something like that, yeah.

Something like that, yeah.

One of the most unsettling and interesting things about this show for me is getting some kind of insight into the way a conservative household might operate. I mean I know the Brody's aren't a typical conservative family, but they have a dynamic and act in ways I find really strange. I couldn't figure out what the…

One of the most unsettling and interesting things about this show for me is getting some kind of insight into the way a conservative household might operate. I mean I know the Brody's aren't a typical conservative family, but they have a dynamic and act in ways I find really strange. I couldn't figure out what the…

One of the most unsettling and interesting things about this show for me is getting some kind of insight into the way a conservative household might operate. I mean I know the Brody's aren't a typical conservative family, but they have a dynamic and act in ways I find really strange. I couldn't figure out what the…

There's still an underlying stupidity to everything that has been really thick in the show since about season 3 episode 1, but this feels like the best possible version of what Dexter has been since Doakes died/left the show, and maybe I just think the first two seasons were better cos I was younger back then.