TV from 12/16 - 12/22

Sunday (12/16)

Dexter

And sadly seasons have to come to an end. I am very glad that I picked up the first season of Dexter the week that the second season began because if I had let this show slip by me for another season I would have been disgusted with myself. After building towards the conclusion for what has felt like half the season, Dexter is somehow able to deliver on everything that has been promised. Doakes, Lila, Angel, LaGuerta, Deb, Lundy, Harry, and Dexter all get their season-long arcs dealt with in someway. Doakes’ death by explosion is disappointing only because it means that there will be no more Doakes next season. That being said, having it be Lila who kills him was sweet because it was another way to help and hurt Dexter at the same time. As for Lila, man, by the time that this episode ended I was begging for Dexter to take her out. Dexter may be a serial killer but that chick’s crazy. And the way that Dexter deals with her made everything worth it because Lila thought she had gotten away, she thought that Dexter wouldn’t track her down, and she thought what Dexter did was beautiful, but instead what Dexter did was shove a knife through her chest. There was also a nice moment where Deb comes to kids rescue and chooses her brother over taking off with Lundy. The relationship between Dexter and Deb is one of the best things on the show. The season ends with Dexter voiceovering that he has found a new path to walk on and that he no longer will be following Harry’s code, I cannot wait to see what means for the third season.

10 out of 10