Darkly dreaming

The problem with this series of "Dexter" is that it doesn't have John Lithgow. 


Which makes sense as he came to a sticky end in the finale of season 4, but still his character brought a new life to a show that had seriously started flagging in season 3. Having Julia Stiles instead just doesn't have the same punch. 


I've not finished the season yet, so it could still pick up, and to be fair so far it has been better than season 3. Although I'm not sure if I like the direction it's heading in. Chalk it up to intended character development (is Dexter finally devolving) or lazy writing, but Dexter seems to actively be going against his code now, and the code was key to establishing him as a likeable anti-hero. Of course we're going to cheer for the guy who murders child killers. But the code originally dictated that Dexter was only going to kill people who the police knew were guilty but they couldn't put away. Now he seems to be actively stopping the police from arresting the right people so he can kill them himself. I hope this is character development and we're heading in to something special.


Also, if memory serves he killed an innocent person last season - a storyline which seems to be all but forgotten. 


That said, I'm quite enjoying watching the master/apprentice storyline develop...I always said Dexter needed a "Robin". In fact, I never said that, as it somewhat defeats the original concept, however I guess it was a natural evolution from the theme of season 4.


Still loving the Deborah one liners though, the highlight of this season has to be "Shit a brick and fuck me with it". Classy.


Still if I've only learned one thing from this season of Dexter, it's that "Lumin" is a brick shittingly stupid name.