Heh, Dexter said that exact thing to Astor, minus one or two details.  It felt a little… shoehorned in.

Also, if you're reading this and my calculations are correct, you should have a guitar riff in your head right now.  Don't try to fight it.  It is an excellent riff.

Also, if you're reading this and my calculations are correct, you should have a guitar riff in your head right now.  Don't try to fight it.  It is an excellent riff.

Agreed.  I find it entertaining in a cringe-comedy way, but that doesn't really fit with most of the rest of what the show's going for.  At all.

Agreed.  I find it entertaining in a cringe-comedy way, but that doesn't really fit with most of the rest of what the show's going for.  At all.

Personally I wanted Isaak to turn to the camera as Dexter stood up to leave and say in his suave, cultivated monotone:

Personally I wanted Isaak to turn to the camera as Dexter stood up to leave and say in his suave, cultivated monotone:

That doesn't make him a-popcultural.

That doesn't make him a-popcultural.

Heh, weird… I've been defending the last couple of episodes, but this one bored me for much of it.  Still, the OH GOD NO DON'T SAY THAT moment from Debs was amusingly awkward and the gay bar confrontation was great stuff.

Heh, weird… I've been defending the last couple of episodes, but this one bored me for much of it.  Still, the OH GOD NO DON'T SAY THAT moment from Debs was amusingly awkward and the gay bar confrontation was great stuff.

Was also weird how the other guy assumed Dexter was also there to kill Sirko, as opposed to being a friend of Sirko's…

Was also weird how the other guy assumed Dexter was also there to kill Sirko, as opposed to being a friend of Sirko's…

I think it's because the 24/7 nanny lives in his apartment, and his apartment has a big Ukrainian bullseye on it.

I think it's because the 24/7 nanny lives in his apartment, and his apartment has a big Ukrainian bullseye on it.

Speaking of what a psycho would do… one of my favourite things about the bizarre reality Dexter takes place in is how common psychotic serial killers are.  I don't mean in terms of how many victims there are for Dexter.  It's actually embedded in the way people talk to each other.

Speaking of what a psycho would do… one of my favourite things about the bizarre reality Dexter takes place in is how common psychotic serial killers are.  I don't mean in terms of how many victims there are for Dexter.  It's actually embedded in the way people talk to each other.

I forget what it was, but in the donut shop too they were having a conversation that was 100% pure unadulterated exposition.

I forget what it was, but in the donut shop too they were having a conversation that was 100% pure unadulterated exposition.

I read this without knowing any behind-the-scenes details and assumed that by 'meta' you meant the viewers' relationship with the show.