Dexter - Popping Cherry
The first season gives us real insight into Dexter’s
difficulty “feeling” anything. He grouses about having to fake it all just to
co-exist with these people he can’t relate to. Being a sociopath, raised by his
cop father to integrate in order to survive, adapting to the construct of being
a member of society despite the complications that exist for him. Attending a
funeral, for instance, for a slain cop, Dexter slides on the shades to conceal
his inability to grieve or empathize. That is the dilemma that marks Dexter the
entire series…trying to disguise who he truly is, a killer. And trying to be a
boyfriend to “damaged” Rita, still trying to recover from the cretin father of
her children in jail as his dopehead “associates” coming out of the woodwork
want what is owed them. Dexter has gotten involved in a relationship wrought
with further problems than he really needs. Dexter involved with an abuse
victim, whose dump of an ex continues to cause her trouble, while moonlighting
as a killer of sickos while his own sister eventually investigating his
handiwork…the labyrinth he creates for himself leaves him inundated with one
cumbersome situation after another.
"If I had a heart, it might be breaking right now."
IMDb long-winded synopses...
In this excellent episode, following up a rather average second episode, we see in flashback further introduction to The Code of Harry (allowing him to finish off a dying deer he shot with his rifle) as well as an "angel of death" (a nurse played by Denise Crosby of Star Trek: The Next Generation & Pet Sematary) who Harry (James Remar) realizes is "stroking" other patients, increasing their morphine. Rita's abusive deadbeat husband (now in jail) owed money to a "collector"; he comes to collect, and she just allows him to drive off in her SUV. Dexter did nothing but stand there, but he seemed willing to help her get in touch with the local authorities (Rita isn't interested. She just wants it all (the past) to go away). Dexter picks up a "gangsta ride" from auction as a temporary vehicle until she can afford a new car…it comes with bright red interior and a portrait of Jesus painted on the hood! The ice truck killer is becoming more flamboyant with each appearance of dead body parts, having a night watchman who was security of a major hockey arena place them in a goal to further exploit his sick handiwork. LaGuerta seems persistent in going before the media (she loves the spotlight her position provides in news coverage) and informing John Q Public that the night watchman is their prime suspect, certain to infuriate the serial killer wanting the prestige of his notoriety not credited to someone obviously not educated in chemistry to pull these murders/body displays off. Dexter sets his eyes on a new prey…a kid getting out of jail—responsible for murdering someone—could be looking to savage another victim. When it appears the kid may be about to stab a teenager his age near a place where gators frequent, Dex actually intervenes on the would-be victim's behalf, later pondering (this after barely avoiding a gator attack!) why he would place himself in the position of dictating a matter of life and death. The ongoing disconnect between LaGuerta and Debra is detailed: while LaGuerta insists on looking at the night watchman as the killer, she believes he drives a station wagon (as her "girls" (hookers she worked alongside while undercover on Vice) tell her of the named victim getting in it prior to her death) and wouldn't blatantly reveal his identity on a security camera. Going to Captain Matthews, and not reporting up the chain of command to LaGuerta, about a second theory regarding the ice truck killer, Debra gets a scolding and is told that her father, Harry, would have never pulled such a stunt. Meanwhile, Doakes has gained some enemies in the police department for screwing around with the dead cop's deceased wife, and they frame him for a home invasion of drug kingpin , Guerrero (Doakes makes a really unwise decision to question Guerrero's daughter at a celebration dinner in front of invited friends and family, pretty much putting a target on his chest). Seeing Harry worse for wear (hardened arteries ultimately take his life, but he lives a year longer than he would have if Dex hadn't of taken care of Nurse Mary (it wasn't so controlled on the first time, or as Dex put it, the murder was "a bit messy")) is rather humbling, but Remar's quiet grace and soft-spoken manner with Dexter, even as he realizes that this young man would perhaps lead a long life as a serial killer, gives this character a level of respectability he might not have otherwise, considering what he knows and hadn't reported about his son. Dexter's bond with Rita's kids, and helpful assistance as her career (and the lack of a vehicle, having to use the bus) interferes with picking them up from school and visiting social workers (because of the domestic violence that threatened to derail their growth), might be considerable detriments to raising her family, has been a subplot explored with significant importance in the first season of this series…escaping her past might not be so easy, particularly because of her husband's baggage. Dexter's near escalation in making the kid a part of his blood spot slide collection is an example of how his selection process isn't altogether flawless.
"If I had a heart, it might be breaking right now."
IMDb long-winded synopses...
In this excellent episode, following up a rather average second episode, we see in flashback further introduction to The Code of Harry (allowing him to finish off a dying deer he shot with his rifle) as well as an "angel of death" (a nurse played by Denise Crosby of Star Trek: The Next Generation & Pet Sematary) who Harry (James Remar) realizes is "stroking" other patients, increasing their morphine. Rita's abusive deadbeat husband (now in jail) owed money to a "collector"; he comes to collect, and she just allows him to drive off in her SUV. Dexter did nothing but stand there, but he seemed willing to help her get in touch with the local authorities (Rita isn't interested. She just wants it all (the past) to go away). Dexter picks up a "gangsta ride" from auction as a temporary vehicle until she can afford a new car…it comes with bright red interior and a portrait of Jesus painted on the hood! The ice truck killer is becoming more flamboyant with each appearance of dead body parts, having a night watchman who was security of a major hockey arena place them in a goal to further exploit his sick handiwork. LaGuerta seems persistent in going before the media (she loves the spotlight her position provides in news coverage) and informing John Q Public that the night watchman is their prime suspect, certain to infuriate the serial killer wanting the prestige of his notoriety not credited to someone obviously not educated in chemistry to pull these murders/body displays off. Dexter sets his eyes on a new prey…a kid getting out of jail—responsible for murdering someone—could be looking to savage another victim. When it appears the kid may be about to stab a teenager his age near a place where gators frequent, Dex actually intervenes on the would-be victim's behalf, later pondering (this after barely avoiding a gator attack!) why he would place himself in the position of dictating a matter of life and death. The ongoing disconnect between LaGuerta and Debra is detailed: while LaGuerta insists on looking at the night watchman as the killer, she believes he drives a station wagon (as her "girls" (hookers she worked alongside while undercover on Vice) tell her of the named victim getting in it prior to her death) and wouldn't blatantly reveal his identity on a security camera. Going to Captain Matthews, and not reporting up the chain of command to LaGuerta, about a second theory regarding the ice truck killer, Debra gets a scolding and is told that her father, Harry, would have never pulled such a stunt. Meanwhile, Doakes has gained some enemies in the police department for screwing around with the dead cop's deceased wife, and they frame him for a home invasion of drug kingpin , Guerrero (Doakes makes a really unwise decision to question Guerrero's daughter at a celebration dinner in front of invited friends and family, pretty much putting a target on his chest). Seeing Harry worse for wear (hardened arteries ultimately take his life, but he lives a year longer than he would have if Dex hadn't of taken care of Nurse Mary (it wasn't so controlled on the first time, or as Dex put it, the murder was "a bit messy")) is rather humbling, but Remar's quiet grace and soft-spoken manner with Dexter, even as he realizes that this young man would perhaps lead a long life as a serial killer, gives this character a level of respectability he might not have otherwise, considering what he knows and hadn't reported about his son. Dexter's bond with Rita's kids, and helpful assistance as her career (and the lack of a vehicle, having to use the bus) interferes with picking them up from school and visiting social workers (because of the domestic violence that threatened to derail their growth), might be considerable detriments to raising her family, has been a subplot explored with significant importance in the first season of this series…escaping her past might not be so easy, particularly because of her husband's baggage. Dexter's near escalation in making the kid a part of his blood spot slide collection is an example of how his selection process isn't altogether flawless.
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