Dexter 4.06 If I had a hammer
Nov. 2nd, 2009 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakCurse you show, now I have this earworm in my head you quote in your title and then didn't even play.
I still don't find Quinn any more interesting but he was marginally more useful in this episode. Those were good Deb character scenes. Also working with my theory that Deb, like Dexter in past seasons, is going through her version of Harry's flaws; after the Anton/Lundy situation in parallel to Laura Moser/Mrs. Morgan, we now get Deb almost (thanks, Quinn; as I said, you were useful today) taking a short cut to deal with a suspect. Mind you, that's not exactly what Harry did - he impressed the necessity to establish guilt beyond all doubt first on Dexter rather vehemently - but remember, the point where he made the fatal stop of suggesting to Dexter that he could, in fact, kill humans if those humans were killers was directly after being frustrated by the system and in grief because a murderer who killed a collegue and friend went free. Deb in this episode fights off that temptation after initially succumbing and goes another way, which looks like it leads her to Lundy's (presumable; we actually didn't see it, and I suppose the show could still spring a coincidence and a mugger as the shooter on us instead of Trinity) actual killer. We're also reminded that she is a good cop - it never occured to Dexter she might notice the missing items from Lundy's apartment.
Meanwhile, we meet Arthur the family man. The fact his victims correspond to his dead original family was expected (and said family, sister, mother, father Henry, corresponds with not Dexter's current family but his past one), but given they all died at different times, chances are they weren't murdered by someone else but Arthur himself, which would be a key difference to Dexter's origin story. The fact he brings his sister's ashes along to his crime scenes is a great creepy touch, and that last bathing scene with his wife was chilling for the viewer. As at least one commentator last week predicted, Dexter by Arthur's example figured out how to integrate his serial killer tools with his house and thus how to ditch the apartment, which solves the immediate problem but not the cause underneath; he's still lying to Rita just as Arthur is to his family. Now that Dexter has learned from Arthur what he wanted, though, I wonder how the show will justify him not killing Arthur in the next episode, especially now that Deb is on Trinity's trail as well. One way would be if Dexter is distracted by Deb finally unearthing the late Laura Moser and figuring out the whole Laura-Dexter-Brian/Rudy connection, but I am not sure the show would let her do that before the finale, either, because obviously this would lead into a next season where Deb starts to investigate her brother.
Maria LaGuerta and Angel: ended like I thought, but before that, LaGuerta being willing to be transfered instead so Angel could remain in Homicide admittedly made me go awww a little. See, Foreman from House? (*has issues re: what he did to Thirteen*) But you know, I want both of them to have police work-focused scenes again. Remember back when LaGuerta made the fake serial killer confess his fakeness by placing a dead head next to him? That kind of thing.
I still don't find Quinn any more interesting but he was marginally more useful in this episode. Those were good Deb character scenes. Also working with my theory that Deb, like Dexter in past seasons, is going through her version of Harry's flaws; after the Anton/Lundy situation in parallel to Laura Moser/Mrs. Morgan, we now get Deb almost (thanks, Quinn; as I said, you were useful today) taking a short cut to deal with a suspect. Mind you, that's not exactly what Harry did - he impressed the necessity to establish guilt beyond all doubt first on Dexter rather vehemently - but remember, the point where he made the fatal stop of suggesting to Dexter that he could, in fact, kill humans if those humans were killers was directly after being frustrated by the system and in grief because a murderer who killed a collegue and friend went free. Deb in this episode fights off that temptation after initially succumbing and goes another way, which looks like it leads her to Lundy's (presumable; we actually didn't see it, and I suppose the show could still spring a coincidence and a mugger as the shooter on us instead of Trinity) actual killer. We're also reminded that she is a good cop - it never occured to Dexter she might notice the missing items from Lundy's apartment.
Meanwhile, we meet Arthur the family man. The fact his victims correspond to his dead original family was expected (and said family, sister, mother, father Henry, corresponds with not Dexter's current family but his past one), but given they all died at different times, chances are they weren't murdered by someone else but Arthur himself, which would be a key difference to Dexter's origin story. The fact he brings his sister's ashes along to his crime scenes is a great creepy touch, and that last bathing scene with his wife was chilling for the viewer. As at least one commentator last week predicted, Dexter by Arthur's example figured out how to integrate his serial killer tools with his house and thus how to ditch the apartment, which solves the immediate problem but not the cause underneath; he's still lying to Rita just as Arthur is to his family. Now that Dexter has learned from Arthur what he wanted, though, I wonder how the show will justify him not killing Arthur in the next episode, especially now that Deb is on Trinity's trail as well. One way would be if Dexter is distracted by Deb finally unearthing the late Laura Moser and figuring out the whole Laura-Dexter-Brian/Rudy connection, but I am not sure the show would let her do that before the finale, either, because obviously this would lead into a next season where Deb starts to investigate her brother.
Maria LaGuerta and Angel: ended like I thought, but before that, LaGuerta being willing to be transfered instead so Angel could remain in Homicide admittedly made me go awww a little. See, Foreman from House? (*has issues re: what he did to Thirteen*) But you know, I want both of them to have police work-focused scenes again. Remember back when LaGuerta made the fake serial killer confess his fakeness by placing a dead head next to him? That kind of thing.
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Date: 2009-11-04 10:27 pm (UTC)Oh, the days of glory. *g* I do like their policework - I always do in well-done shows.
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Date: 2009-11-05 06:09 am (UTC)