Somewhat shameful moment for me during this episode: "Oh, everyone eats steaks in Argentina?  I haven't been to South America yet, maybe I should hit Argentina first, since I enjoy steak.  …Oh, goddammit, Dexter!"

I was miffed that during "Previously on Dexter," they showed Hannah at the hospital with Harrison, but not Harrison getting launched off the treadmill again.

And also on gas pumps all over the city.  What the hell?  I only ever see entertainment news on those things.

If you do that, the end of the friendship will be loomin'.

When Deb said "You're kidding me!" to Quinn's revelation that Saxon was Vogel's son, I thought "Not 'you're fucking kidding me?'"  Deb not using gratuitous profanity should be a sure sign she's hiding something, to a sharp observer.

I'll take the curse that makes me lose half of my actions.  With any luck, some of those lost actions will keep me from watching any show any Dexter writer works on in the future.

Regarding the boat, here's what I dearly wish had happened: That guy buys the boat on the spot, and later Dexter kills Saxon and thinks "Now to chop him up and dump him in the ocean…oh, shit."

"I totally loogied on that good dead me!"

@avclub-0831e5131f68f7f4abe81fabc11fde20:disqus : I started off the episode doing something on my computer and only half-watching the show, and after twenty minutes I thought "Well, this episode is moving along at a good clip!"  But then I finished up my work and devoted my full attention to Dexter, and my perception…

I CAN SMELL YOUR BLUNT!

And it would have been a straight-up C if the scene had been shot in one take, without cuts, so we'd know it had actually happened.  Hell, they could have just used a YouTube video and superimposed Harrison on it, and I would have eaten it up.

I was so bored during the breakup scene, I started reflecting on how the food in the pan was almost certainly cold, and the sizzling noises were just the foley artists doing their thing.

Definitely did for me, since I'm coincidentally rewatching it now for the first time since it originally aired.  Great moment to share with the wife, who's been seeing it for the first time, period.

And in the next season the camera zoomed in on a milk carton someone had just set down to reveal a picture of Seven as a missing child.  Goddamn, that was hilarious.

However, the #1 best use of red herrings goes to A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.

I'm coincidentally watching Six Feet Under (for the first time) these days—just finished the third season.  The gulf in quality between these two MCH vehicles can be unsettling.

In Swedish the letters Å, Ä, and Ö come after Z.  I say we use those.

Corollary to rule 1: Drink every time Ghost Harry utters a sentence.

I was half-expecting Dexter to stroll into the restaurant, jab Saxon in the neck, and drag his body out past the oblivious patrons.

"My name is Buck, and I came here to fuck…up your franchise's remaining viability."