This week's episode of Dexter was great. It picked up right where it left off last week in its examination of primal humanity, only this time it stretched the theme to even more characters.
Jordan Chase is brought back into focus as a charismatic and oddly appealing philistine. He promotes a reawakening of, and return to, the primal self - not as an homage to the noble savage of Rousseau, but as an embrace of some much more nebulous savage.
The viewer is again reminded of LaGuerta's cut-throat instincts and her self-serving absolutism. Simply put, Laguerta is a bad person, perhaps the corporate version of Dexter... only she doesn't submit to any code of moral calculous, just self-interests.
Deb struggles equally in coming to terms with her own rigidly puritan sense of right and wrong and everyone else's grayer moral perspectives. I think the writers are setting the stage for Deb to discover Dexter's dark passenger. I also am reminded of the fact that Deb only has two gears: bulldog and whiny bitch.
Meanwhile, Dexter is forced to recount his psychological reaction to Rita's death, where he and the viewer share the quickly forgotten realization that he is human. (All Too Human?)
And Lumen sees Dexter for the first time not as the Dark Defender but as the Bay Harbor Butcher... and seems to accept accept him.
Aside from being an excellent episode, it lays the groundwork for even more and better to come. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Episode Rating:
8 (Quality TV)
Episode's Best Line:
"I've never been around so many people that made me feel normal." - Dexter (Internal monologue)
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