#DEXTER “Sunshine and Frosty Swirl” Recap: Deb Reacts and Dexter Goes to Rehab!
WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD!!! STOP reading this recap if you haven’t watched Sunday’s premiere of SHOWTIME’S #DEXTER that kicked off its seventh season with a very creepy episode “ARE YOU? …”. The rest of you, keep going! 🙂
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Well, here we are folks. Season freaking seven! After the largest cliffhanger in Dexter history last season, we finally get to find out just what happens after Deb catches Dexter red-handed in tonight’s premiere “Are you…?” Even though many Dexter fans believed the last season to be the weakest (including myself), I was willing to overlook the messy character developments, huge leaps in logic, and general sloppy story-telling as long as this season got off to a good start.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Deb Gets Tangled in Dexter’s Web: We pick up right where we left off, with a stunned Deb staring at Dexter and his crime scene in horror. Thinking on his feet, Dexter says he “snapped” and this was a one-time deal. “I’ve had a lot of anger inside of me since Rita died.” Playing the dead wife card? Smart move, Dex. Deb notices that Travis has been wrapped up and later will get flashbacks to when she was the one on the table. (Thank you, show! We love that the writers didn’t dumb Deb down for this, by the way.)
Dexter convinces Deb to destroy the crime scene and make Travis’ death look like a suicide (playing the Harrison card helped) and while she goes along with it, she is so not OK. Deb starts putting two and two together, asking Dexter why he had all of those tools, why he was wearing a rubber apron, how he’s so calm, etc.
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And with one word, “Yes,” which Dexter says to Deb at episode’s end when she searches his apartment and finds his blood sides and asks if he’s a serial killer, Dexter once again left us with our jaws in the floor.
Crushin’ the Russian: While the episode started out with Dex making a mad dash to the airport, it wasn’t to run from Deb. He was tracking down his victim Victor, a Ukrainian mobster (played by Dollhouse‘s seriously underrated Enver Gjokaj—take notice, casting directors!) who killed cop Mike Anderson (Billy Brown) when he stumbled upon a dead stripper in his trunk. While Dex gets his kill in (jn the unclaimed baggage room!), he also sets himself up for a pesky problem with the mob in the future.
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Danger at Home: Because of Deb’s interruption, Dexter was a little frenzied while cleaning up his crime scene and didn’t notice when he dropped his blood side. While checking area with the team, LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) finds the slide, but keeps it on the down low. For now. We have a feeling she’s going to try and honor her friend Doakes’ (Erik King) life by finding the real Bay Harbor Butcher.
SOME THOUGHTS:
– I was wondering if they’d show Travis’ face; If they’d get Colin Hanks to do one last scene. They got pretty darn close, but I guess they were able to get away with just a lookalike.
– It’s kind of funny that James Remar is noticeably older as Dexter and Debra’s dad, even though it’s supposed to be a younger him in a flashback.
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– You’d think with all of the times that Dexter tells Jamie he’s working late, and all of the times he tells Masuka that he’s leaving early, that he would have been caught in a lie a little earlier than tonight?
Favorite Moment: Dex and Deb working together to distract the team when they notice a piece of plastic still on Travis’ toe at the crime scene. We could get used to this!
That’s all the creepiest things from the premiere, folks! How about you? Did you love it? Hit the comments 😉
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October 8th, 2012 → 1:55 PM
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