A good third of season four was pretty bad. Nothing happened between episodes 2 and 5, and that was when a lot of us started to wonder if the overall quality was on a downward tilt.  The last 6-7 episodes were pretty great, though.

Building on Joshua's point about the show runners making a major course correction — did anyone else notice, that as Dexter is explaining his victims, that the three examples he offers were all from Season One?

Building on Joshua's point about the show runners making a major course correction — did anyone else notice, that as Dexter is explaining his victims, that the three examples he offers were all from Season One?

This is Victor. This is his other brother, Victor.

This is Victor. This is his other brother, Victor.

This was easily Dexter's best episode in two years.  Which was the last time I thought that Dexter was genuinely at risk of facing the consequences of his sloppiness.

This was easily Dexter's best episode in two years.  Which was the last time I thought that Dexter was genuinely at risk of facing the consequences of his sloppiness.

The Terms of Endearment house is two blocks down the street from St. John's on Locke Lane.  I always thought it was interesting that two of the most high-profile Houston movies filmed were shot within two blocks of each other.

The Terms of Endearment house is two blocks down the street from St. John's on Locke Lane.  I always thought it was interesting that two of the most high-profile Houston movies filmed were shot within two blocks of each other.

@DavetheDouchebag: When Community has talked about politics, it's never really taken a strong stand on anything, and it's usually treated its characters' points of view with respect.  The Internet (and general AV Club commentariat), not so much.

Yeah, this is a good idea. Ruin a perfectly good show by tying it to horrible, horrible politics.

Clearly you do not understand what an incredible genius mastermind is this Travis.  He is a highly-talented painter, an experienced mechanical engineer, a technological expert with the skills to manipulate running elevators and intuit the inner workings of a police station's security systems, and you're complaining…

Excellent. Now we can look forward to several retconned flashbacks where Dexter suddenly remembers that there was a third boy in that shipping container, huddling in the corner, for two days, without Dexter or Brian remembering.

It gets worse next week with "This Is the Way the World Ends."

I also enjoy his ability to know how to navigate the security inside Miami Metro headquarters, without ever having been there.

At this rate, this article's going to have 10,000 comments by Monday night, and Todd will be overcome with glee.

I used to rave about this show for its tight plotting. It's making me look like an idiot now.

Did anyone else notice that Dexter apparently had to drive all night to get to the yacht?  He's on the phone with the boat-OnStar people, and then says he has to get to that yacht and save the girl ASAP.  And then he stopped for a movie and some brunch, or Travis took the boat to Destin, or something.

Sigh. So bad.

With as much as they've cut LaGuerta's screen time this season (while writing her character as much less sympathetic), I'm guessing that they're finally setting her up to die.