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Hey, he didn't cheat. They were on a break!

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Oh also, Deb and Lundy? No way, she looks up to him as the father who appreciates her. That was made pretty clear even from the start. If they did go down the sexual route with those two they wouldn't have wanted us to see all the father/daughter-esque behaviour between them. Unless they wanted us to feel really *really* uncomfortable. More so, given that we watch a serial killer murder people on a regular basis on this show.

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I like Lila a lot more than Rita, especially for Dexter. At this point, I'm sort of tired of Rita, and I don't think she has anything else to offer Dexter or the show, for that matter.

I do not see Lundy and Deb getting together; rather, I think she sees him as a father figure, and desperately craves his respect and attention. He will become to Deb what Harry was to Dexter.

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Of course Harry can't be Dexter's father last season he found out the Ice truck killer was his brother and the the man that died that claimed to be his father in the will blood test proved that.
Dexter technically never cheated Rita had broken up with him (grant you it was the same day,but never the less). The new Dexter seems more daring and calm. I kind of like it.

Deb and the old dude I don't think it will turn into a relationship either but I do think it will get hot at a particular moment and it will become very awkward for the both of them.

Matsuka has to go the bad references and jokes are getting very annoying. Any real workplace he would have 1. been writen up for sexual harassment or 2. have had the ever living crap kicked out of him by Deb..

Next week I cant wait for. Stokes is getting close and I think in the last episode for this season he finds out Dexter's seacret.

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"Then maybe I'll tackle world hunger..."
"Apparently the new Dexter is stuck in High School."

This was kind of a weird episode. I'm not sure why, it had a very tense and disturbing feel to it. Seeing Dexter so messed up and angry must be it. Although it's good to know he can still keep it cool when he took out that copy-cat. That was a very creepy character moment, by the way.

The Rita/Dexter relationship seemed like it needed a big shake up. I'm not really sure I want them to get back together either. At first I liked the new Rita, and it was the obvious place to go with the character, but now I realize their relationship doesn't work like this.

Also, the way Deb was in this episode is how she should be all the time. Although the thing with her and Lundy is getting in the creepy range.

Were Doakes and LaGuerta really together like that? Is this the first time its been mentioned?

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Your poll needs a none of the above, as he won't kill any of them.

I think there was something Dex missed at the end of the tape between his mother and Harry. It sounded like another voice at the end saying just like that or something..

As to the blood test, Dex ran his blood against Brian, Harry could have fathered both of them, I suppose.

I don't see Lundy sleeping with Deb. She clearly sees him as a father figure, and hugged him after he told her he didn't like Dex, he just couldn't stand Matsuka. (in the commentary track on the season 1 DVD the producers talk about how much they love Matsuka, and increased his role from what it was supposed to be.)

I still believe Lila is going to take the fall for the Bay Harbor Butcher. With Dex losing control of himself, I think he'll let something slip and she'll be shot at a Butcher crime scene.

Dex will get back with Rita and the kids, as Deb said, she is perfect for him.

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deb sees lundy as a father figure. she is trying to get the love and support from him that she feels that she did not get from harry.

dexter did not run his blood against rudy/brian's. he ran it against the man brian killed, the guy with the spider web tattoo on his elbow. (don something?)

i think it would be lame for lila to take the fall for dexter. that said, i have no idea how this is going to be resolved.

dexter won't be killing doakes anytime soon (nor lundy nor gayle).

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I was glad to see Rita and Dex over. I think they were great in season one, but this season we finally see how much she has grown and come into her own, so to speak, and she doesn't need him anymore. Now that she's not so desperate she's able to see things aren't 100% with Dex, so it's a logical time for them to finish up.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Dexter's comments about being in recovery, and not "needing" to kill anymore. That sounds to me like a pivotal moment in the whole show. Could we eventually see the end of him as a killer? If so, would the show be worth watching? Of course not, so they probably won't so that, but it seems like that's where it's heading.

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I absolutely hate the TV Squad polls, I often have to pick the option I least disagree with.

I like the turn with Dexter's character. The show of raw emotion and sexuality is startling, but it just shows the actor's ability more and more. I really don't think there is anything sexual going on between Deb and Lundy, although that has to be the most awkward hug I have seen on television in a long time. It seems like all the little things Dexter has done will catch up with him (couldn't they get his fingerprint off the fire alarm?), and Lundy will figure it out. Dexter will have to kill him, and it will be a stark moment for his character, killing someone who is not a murderer, not even a criminal.

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Chuck, it was a big moment. But to me it wasn't that he would stop killing, it was that he wanted to. Before it was "the need" to do it, and now...? The look in his eyes was creepy. Fantastic stuff.

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I think season two has been brilliant, up to this week, where they seem to have hit a bump in the road. The script was just not as sharp as in previous episodes. Last season I thought they misstepped by getting too obsessed with the Ice-Truck Killer plot, which was too juvenile and obvious for such an intelligent show. This season started out so strong, with the emphasis on Dexter's evolving character. But it seems they reach a point where they don't trust that and feel the need to shift the focus toward more melodramatic, less interesting elements. I wonder if it's the show's writers themselves, or Showtime's interference, causing that. I'm not surprised by the sudden shifts in Dexter; he's still discovering himself. It would defy belief if he had decided to become the minivan-driving "nice-guy" Dexter; with "no secrets" and everything on the up-and-up. Another surprise is that he hasn't figured out that Lila is up to no good; after that phone message one would have though he'd catch on. Lila is one tempting temptress, though.

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What will happen if Deb discovers that the evidence is leading to Dexter? I brought this up with my brother who watches the show as well and we pondered it. If Deb were to by the end of season 2 discover that Dexter is the one commiting all these murders, would she turn him in as is her responsibility as a cop? Or would she protect him, as he's her brother and knows that he's only going to kill other serial killers? I think the only way they can go with this series is that the "Bay Harbor Butcher" murders remain unsolved. If Dexter makes it look as if someone else did it, framing someone who probobly would be one of his victims, and then continues killing in future seasons, the police will realize the didn't find the right guy.

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Although we might all see it coming that Lila will have an affair with Dexter sooner or later when they first met at the AA meeting, I was a little disappointed about the cause of the fight between Dexter and Rita they chose.

Given what already happened between dexter and Lila, there must be a much better way to handle their break-up. I mean, a message in the machine? Come on, you can do way better than that!

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Lundy is DEFINITELY suspicious of Dexter...didn't you notice his conversation with Dexter in the trailer? He noticed a lot of things about Dexter. Of course he's disgusted by Masouka too, but it's more than that I'm pretty sure.

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'I think the only way they can go with this series is that the "Bay Harbor Butcher" murders remain unsolved. If Dexter makes it look as if someone else did it, framing someone who probobly would be one of his victims, and then continues killing in future seasons, the police will realize the didn't find the right guy.'


well, you're assuming that the police would find another one of dexter's mass graves, which they wouldn't if dex uses the gulf stream.


as far as plot speculation goes, i think that deb will probably find out about dexter's extracurriculars. apparently, she found out about that stuff by the end of the first book.

perhaps deb will have to choose between saving her foster brother or impressing lundy, her surrogate father figure, in a parallel fashion to dexter choosing between his foster sister and family at the end of season one.

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Doakes has already killed 2 people this season.

I see that as reason enough for Dexter to kill him.

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does nobody remember the flashback where dexter was injured and needed a special kind of blood so harry has to go find 'someone' he KNEW had that blood? if all that inuendo wasn't enough, dexter said he knew it was his father. i wanted harry to be the birth father but it just isn't true.

im not sure if i loved or just liked this episode. i love that dexter is stone cold now but i liked rita. although i've loved the actress playing lila since the first episode of hustle and was waiting for her to break onto the American scene - she wasn't doing much in britian either.

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How would Lundy have gotten suspicious of Dexter? Is he a psychic? There is no logical way he could suspect Dex at this point.

Doakes is killing in the line of duty, not out murdering people for fun. He doesn't fit into Harry's rules. None of the poll do. So unless Dexter gives up following Harry's rules they should be safe.

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Kevinc,

Sometimes I am surprised more people are not suspicious of Dexter. As far as Lundy goes, I thought this episode (the scene in the trailer with Dex, and the interrogation of the copycat) showed how Lundy operates: he is on guard for personality types - people who fit the profile. Add to that the simple fact that the Bay Harbor Butcher is someone who has only killed murderers, though many were never convicted or suspected of such in their lifetimes. I think it would only be natural for someone like Lundy to consider that the Bay Harbor "vigilante" would be someone with access to criminal records, familiar with criminal intent, or involved in law enforcement. Add to that the fact that many police officers use one of the marinas used by the Bay Harbor Butcher.

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