I would award a straight 'A' if the whole 'Batista retiring and being about to die' thing was a bait-and-switch for the death of Transient Female Detective.  Only, however, if they played a proper emotional death scene with Masuka shouting "Nooooooooooo!", followed by Debs delivering a rousing if sweary eulogy while a…

It's possible that she told him she'd get him out if he played along with whatever Dexter wanted.  Seems unlikely she would have told him that what Dexter wanted involved cutting him up with a chainsaw, which would explain the freaking out.

It's possible that she told him she'd get him out if he played along with whatever Dexter wanted.  Seems unlikely she would have told him that what Dexter wanted involved cutting him up with a chainsaw, which would explain the freaking out.

You can't fight the community grade, Strategy.  There's too many of it and it knows kung-fu.

You can't fight the community grade, Strategy.  There's too many of it and it knows kung-fu.

Remember the time Quinn went to meet Liddy, who he told to investigate Dexter, and turned up outside his van, only to find later that Liddy had been murdered inside?

Remember the time Quinn went to meet Liddy, who he told to investigate Dexter, and turned up outside his van, only to find later that Liddy had been murdered inside?

Oh shit.  I'd forgotten he'd actually had a chat with the arsonist guy and everything.  Yeah, you'd think that might be an issue…

Oh shit.  I'd forgotten he'd actually had a chat with the arsonist guy and everything.  Yeah, you'd think that might be an issue…

There wasn't much he could do as he needed to run away, but… yeah, he was so obviously boned at that point that shooting Estrada in the head, gunshot sound and all, would probably be a safer option than leaving him.  Mind you, he could have been thinking that just before Estrada jumped.

There wasn't much he could do as he needed to run away, but… yeah, he was so obviously boned at that point that shooting Estrada in the head, gunshot sound and all, would probably be a safer option than leaving him.  Mind you, he could have been thinking that just before Estrada jumped.

By God.  I hope at least one of the Dexter writers happens to stop by because this shit is gold.  We're integrating the background characters HARD.

By God.  I hope at least one of the Dexter writers happens to stop by because this shit is gold.  We're integrating the background characters HARD.

Dexter: "I have an objection… to the fact that he's still breathing."

Dexter: "I have an objection… to the fact that he's still breathing."

…which, on balance, I think is a good thing.  He's a rat in a trap and it's actually hard to predict how next episode is going to end, which is worth something.  Any kind of a Dexter-getting-away-with-it reset button would require something so ludicrously convoluted/stupid that it would be worth watching anyway.  But…

…which, on balance, I think is a good thing.  He's a rat in a trap and it's actually hard to predict how next episode is going to end, which is worth something.  Any kind of a Dexter-getting-away-with-it reset button would require something so ludicrously convoluted/stupid that it would be worth watching anyway.  But…

What story?

What story?

Dexter doesn't take place in our universe, though.  Also, assuming the bitterness still applies in the Serialkillerverse, that's just more evidence that Debs poisoned herself.  Which she probably did.