'Dexter' Final Season Recap - Scar Tissue

So after this week's Dexter, we find ourselves 1/3 of the way through the show's final season, and to say things are getting a bit nuts is an understatement.

Masuka learned he has a daughter (played by Friday Night Lights' Dora Madison Burge), Quinn not only passed the Sgt exam but then screwed up his chances defending Deb's 'honor', and of course, Deb got herself out of her rut with Dr. Vogel's help only to try and kill Dexter in the process.

Let's start off with the most important element of this week:  Deb trying to kill Dexter.

I don't know about you, but when Deb got all 'at peace' and lovey dovey toward both Quinn and Dexter, I knew something was up.  Especially after just seeing her father, Harry, admit on video that he couldn't live with himself any longer after realizing what Dexter had become.  This should sure be a hell of an opening next week as we'll have to deal with the repercussions of Deb not only attempting to kill Dexter, but deciding to save him too.

Onto this season's killer, one of Dr. Vogel's former patients.  I thought it was quite interesting that this guy was about two feet from shooting Dexter by surprise and yet our favorite serial killer had no idea he was there at the time.  Probably the closest we've seen Dexter to actually getting knocked off (well, until about 30 minutes later).

Oh Quinn, you bastard you.  You pass the Sgt exam with flying colors, celebrate with Jaime and Batista, then somehow screw the whole thing up by socking another officer who was bad mouthing Deb (also your ex-girlfriend) in front of your boss and current girlfriend.  Way to go (though hey, I probably would have done the same thing).

What about Dr. Vogel and her secret agenda to study Dexter?  I knew something was up about this woman from the beginning and I still don't believe we've learned everything.  And her caring and nurturing attitude toward to somehow get her to realize she's a good person?  Please.  I think she wanted her to try and kill Dexter.  But we shall see.

Notes:

• How about Masuka hitting on his own daughter before realizing, well, it's his own daughter.  Hilarious.

• This new character of Cassie who likes Dexter after meeting him for a total of 10 seconds and one dialogue exchange?  Please.  She's going to serve some purpose of getting killed-off soon enough.

• Why do the writers feel the need to bring in a new character to the police force in the last season?  Is it because Deb's not there anymore?  I'm talking about this 'King' person who's also up for Sgt as well.  Common, it gets a bit annoying when we have to listen to her talk and have a purpose to the story when we know she's only there to fill a void.

We will see next what happens next week when we get the aftermath of Deb's sudden urge to kill Dexter and what this new killer has for Dr. Vogel after he kidnaps her.

Grade: B-