This episode might be the worst episode of this whole show. The 6 seasons included. I wouldn't be able to tell why, really, but it felt so empty in its tries to be philosophical about religion (which will be a recurring and dangerous theme for the season, so they should start treating it better) and nothing at all had real impact, at least on me. Of course, as we're talking about Dexter, no episode is really bad, but this one stood out for me as one of the "least good" episodes so far.
Dexter's killing was meaningless. Well, it was a "bad guy", but come on, he's been doing that since the first episode, so we should see something new by now, shouldn't we? (like it happened last season - killing the rapists was not ordinary at all) And although I thought season 5 was weak comparing to the rest of the show, these two first episodes of season 6 did nothing to show me that Dexter still has room for improvement, in all aspects. It is only changing subjects and scenarios, but it kinda seems the development is frozen, in some way.
One more thing: I really don't wanna see isolated seasons. Well, it is a trend having shows which follow the pattern "one episode, one case" (with some exceptions, of course), but Dexter is not about that. Unfortunately, it looks like it's turning into some kind of "one season, one case" - the character development (not job promotions or breaking up and stuff like that) does not continue as it should from season to season, and events from past season do not connect properly into the following ones. The whole plot HAS to be intertwined. Just watch Breaking Bad, or shows of that caliber (yes, it is higher than Dexter's right now). There are moments when you struggle to remember something that has happened two seasons ago, and when you do, it all makes sense in a perfect way. Dexter is seriously lacking in this department, but I'm still hoping for the best. Faith, is that what this is called? Well, let's see.
Dexter's killing was meaningless. Well, it was a "bad guy", but come on, he's been doing that since the first episode, so we should see something new by now, shouldn't we? (like it happened last season - killing the rapists was not ordinary at all) And although I thought season 5 was weak comparing to the rest of the show, these two first episodes of season 6 did nothing to show me that Dexter still has room for improvement, in all aspects. It is only changing subjects and scenarios, but it kinda seems the development is frozen, in some way.
One more thing: I really don't wanna see isolated seasons. Well, it is a trend having shows which follow the pattern "one episode, one case" (with some exceptions, of course), but Dexter is not about that. Unfortunately, it looks like it's turning into some kind of "one season, one case" - the character development (not job promotions or breaking up and stuff like that) does not continue as it should from season to season, and events from past season do not connect properly into the following ones. The whole plot HAS to be intertwined. Just watch Breaking Bad, or shows of that caliber (yes, it is higher than Dexter's right now). There are moments when you struggle to remember something that has happened two seasons ago, and when you do, it all makes sense in a perfect way. Dexter is seriously lacking in this department, but I'm still hoping for the best. Faith, is that what this is called? Well, let's see.