DexterEasy As Pie
Original Airdate: Nov 9, 2008
Valeria – TwoCents Reviewer
valeria@twocentscorp.com
Dexter’s growing relationship with Miguel is continuing to push some boundaries, and possibly taking Dexter into an area more black than grey. It’s clear from the onset that Dexter is toying with the idea of letting Miguel more into his life. Harry is starting to be replaced by Miguel in all the daydreams, and the turnout is always positive – affirming that what Dexter is doing is something good.
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Dexter’s growing relationship with Miguel is continuing to push some boundaries, and possibly taking Dexter into an area more black than gray. It’s clear from the onset that Dexter is toying with the idea of letting Miguel more into his life. Harry is starting to be replaced by Miguel in all the daydreams, and the turnout is always positive – affirming that what Dexter is doing is something good.
ReplyDeleteIn this episode, Dexter really deals with what exactly it means to be a friend. He’s got two people coming at him, asking Dexter, as a friend, to do things that challenge his code. Camilla has been moved into hospice care, so now she’s officially preparing herself to die. In one particular fever of pain, she reveals to Dexter that 1) she knows his secret about his past and 2) she would really like it if he could kill her – she’s Catholic, so she can’t kill herself because that’s a one-way ticket to hell. Of course, both of these revelations throw Dexter for a loop, but, because he’s a friend, and because Camilla knows his secret and doesn’t shun him, he considers it. Miguel’s request, on the other hand, is purely for personal reasons.
A new case puts Dexter on the trail of Albert Chung – an Asian man that Vince resents because they look like twins and Chung is giving Asians a bad name. Turns out that Albert Chung has faced charges for similar crimes in the past, but he’s managed to get off because of the astuteness of his defense attorney, Ellen Wolf. She also happens to be Miguel’s nemesis. After hitting some golf balls at the driving range, Dexter brings up the possibility of tracking down Chung to Miguel. But Miguel thinks that they should go after the source, namely, Ellen Wolf. Dexter, in the name of friendship, takes the suggestion under consideration.
Turns out that Ellen Wolf isn’t a bad guy, intent on getting rapists and murderers back to their lives so they can continue to act on pathological urges – rather she’s just really good at her job. She’s also managed to get people off of Death Row that were wrongly convicted and set up a Defense Fund for the wrongly accused. So, Dexter has to tactfully (read: blurt out) tell Miguel that he can’t kill Ellen. Miguel has the same temper as his brother Ramon so he lashes out and yells out a number of expletives to his friend. Dexter doesn’t do physical confrontation unless it involves plastic wrap and a meat cleaver. So he leaves, essentially ending all ties with Miguel.
This makes his list of guest for the wedding one person short. Observe the list of people that Dexter is inviting to the wedding:
Deb
Miguel +1 (he finally scored with Gianna, the Detective from the Vice Squad)
Vince
Maria
(Donut Guy had to be crossed over per Rita’s request)
For a while Quinn was on this list, until Deb asked her brother to un-invite him. Which was OK with Dexter, since he doesn’t really know whom he considers a friend anyways. But Dexter wants to know if she’s going to be a “plus 1.” She’s not, but of course, I know who she totally wants to get with. AND IT FINALLY HAPPENS. The Homicide department decides to pull out all the stops on the Skinner case, so they’ve decided to leak out a fake lead that Anton knows where Freebo is. Deb doesn’t like the idea of him being set up, so she warns him to skip town while she drinks a “metric f*** ton” of caffeine to find a different lead on the case, which she does. Turns out that the homes of all the victims had trimmed trees around them, which means that whoever The Skinner is, is conducting surveillance from the tree-tops and possibly posing as a landscaper. She gets a phone call from Anton after this breakthrough, and it turns out that he didn’t go to Chicago, but just locked himself in his apartment. He knows how badly Deb wants her Detective Shield, and he’s OK with being bait for that to happen. But Deb doesn’t want him to be bait. But then he says that he would be bait for her and THEN THEY MAKE OUT! Did I mention that this entire time Anton was holding Deb’s face and rubbing her cheek? It was adorable. Serious upgrade from old-guy of last season. Way. To. Go. Deb.
Maria works out a deal with Ellen Wolf to get Albert Chung into custody. It’s big news and blows up all over. So Miguel gets word of it, and calls Dexter to apologize, turns out that the personal vendetta was unfounded. They do what friends do, forgive and forget. So the Bromance survives to continue another day. Dexter cements his “plus 1” status with Miguel by asking him to be Best Man at the wedding.
As for Camilla, Dexter finally fulfills his mission of delivering the perfect Key Lime Pie, and along with it, a merciful death.
I think that it’s really great that the writers are exploring the evolution of Dexter’s code. Originally, it was so tied to his relationship with Harry, but since Dexter had rejected his father, he’s been toying with how to make the code his own. This was the first time that Dexter has ever killed an innocent person on purpose. He’s killed innocent people before - Oscar Prado, Miguel’s little brother. There was a lot more panic following that kill instead of confusion. But when he kills Camilla, he feels wrong, sad even. It’s not until Camilla assured him that she thinks that he’s a good man does he feel at peace with it. That being said, Dexter didn’t kill Ellen Wolf, so he’s still tinkering, not totally changing things around. If he had killed the lawyer, I’m not sure that would sit so well with me.