Dexter 2x10

The second season of Dexter is shaping up nicely for the season finale, so plots need to start twisting, curve balls need to be thrown. The two pressing questions we’re dealing with, that Dexter is dealing with, are: How to avoid getting caught as the Bay Harbor Butcher, and what to do with Sgt. Doakes who’s locked up in the remote cabin on the Miami Everglades? Honestly, the suspense is killing me! It’s a good thing the homicide department is suspecting Doakes and not Dexter! The remarkable thing about this show is how compelling the narrative is: imagine the conversation Dex and Doakes are having in that secret cabin! Who’s going to live, who’s going to jail? Dexter has been raised by his foster father Harry to believe in two primary guidelines: never to get caught and only to kill deserving victims. Doakes doesn’t fall in the latter category, but setting him free goes against the first and more important rule... Oh, the dilemma!

Meanwhile Dex’ sis Deb is forced to think of her future with special agent Lundy, as he won’t be around after the Bay Harbor Butcher’s case is settled... Rita approaches Dex again, but she doesn’t want to rush things ... she just wants to hang ... not date. That psychopathic pyromaniac, Lila with the luscious lips, is hooking up with Sgt. Batista (Dex’ buddy) ... in a twisted way to get back at Dex ... and sets Batista up for date-raping her! Through his conversation with Doakes and some further research, Dex learns that his father Harry (who he thought died of a heart attack) committed suicide when he found out his son had murdered his first victim. Even though he had trained his son all his life for this, when it finally became a reality, he couldn’t face the monster he had created. Now Dex finally knows what it means to have a guilty conscious: he feels he killed his father. You see, this is why this is such an incredible show. It snuck up on me, but I’m liking it more and more.