She's posing like a motherfucker.  Stardom doesn't come natural to that girl.  But she does write annoyingly catchy pop songs.

She's posing like a motherfucker.  Stardom doesn't come natural to that girl.  But she does write annoyingly catchy pop songs.

But he has to be that awful to even remotely excuse Dexter offing him. 

But he has to be that awful to even remotely excuse Dexter offing him. 

People are overreacting to having a decent non-Dexter character (and actor) after the debacle of last season.  The truth is, as bad guys go Trinity was a deeper character (and arguably a more riveting performance - though I do really like Stevenson's blend of charm, menace and world-weariness), and in the first couple…

People are overreacting to having a decent non-Dexter character (and actor) after the debacle of last season.  The truth is, as bad guys go Trinity was a deeper character (and arguably a more riveting performance - though I do really like Stevenson's blend of charm, menace and world-weariness), and in the first couple…

@avclub-e03518408ba3251eab84fa54bb4c3dc5:disqus He didn't necessarily die - he was shot somewhere in the torso, but that's all we know.  There was no subsequent dialogue or scene indicating he died as a result.  So they've still got the option to bring him back, if they want to.

@avclub-e03518408ba3251eab84fa54bb4c3dc5:disqus He didn't necessarily die - he was shot somewhere in the torso, but that's all we know.  There was no subsequent dialogue or scene indicating he died as a result.  So they've still got the option to bring him back, if they want to.

You pretty much answered your own question.  Plot developments that mean nothing in the bigger picture are the definition of "going nowhere" to me, even if they are briefly exciting.  "Dexter" is a show with the memory of Leonard from "Memento."

You pretty much answered your own question.  Plot developments that mean nothing in the bigger picture are the definition of "going nowhere" to me, even if they are briefly exciting.  "Dexter" is a show with the memory of Leonard from "Memento."

Agreed about the big picture change of abandoning the code, and the possibility of a surprising ending to the season - however, they certainly have thrown the principles of good writing to the wind in order to accomplish these things.  The season no longer feels like prolonged rising action that is leading to…

Agreed about the big picture change of abandoning the code, and the possibility of a surprising ending to the season - however, they certainly have thrown the principles of good writing to the wind in order to accomplish these things.  The season no longer feels like prolonged rising action that is leading to…

He was fun and suitably white trashy on Justified.  He needs to quit Dexter and do an arc on that show instead.

He was fun and suitably white trashy on Justified.  He needs to quit Dexter and do an arc on that show instead.

He was fun and suitably white trashy on Justified.  He needs to quit Dexter and do an arc on that show instead.

Course correcting, I guess.

Course correcting, I guess.

I had the same reaction, to the point that I had to pause the TV to laugh and rant to my (very tolerant) wife.  That scene was hilarious.  Matthews' "skepticism" only makes sense if he's actively covering up for Dexter.  Otherwise, he's a huge fucking idiot.

I had the same reaction, to the point that I had to pause the TV to laugh and rant to my (very tolerant) wife.  That scene was hilarious.  Matthews' "skepticism" only makes sense if he's actively covering up for Dexter.  Otherwise, he's a huge fucking idiot.

This semi-mirrors my feelings.  I actually thought the episode was better in isolation than what it represents in the grand scheme of things.  The season has indeed gotten as rudderless as I feared it would, and is the whole Russian mafia story really going to wrap up with A) Dexter learning a lesson, and B) Quinn…