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With all of the problems weighing him down this season, it's unsurprising that he would lash out as he does in this episode. The only thing is, he's never done it before. From his renewed confrontation with Doakes, his breakup with Rita, his new relationship with Lila, Rita's mother on him, and the continuing Bay Harbor Butcher case, the Dark Defender has a lot on his mind. For the first time, chinks appear in Dexter's armor, and this leads to a series of dangerous moves and rash decisions. And now Doakes' obsession with Dexter has been made known to LaGuerta, leading to an intriguing path for Doakes between choosing his job or his obsession with Dexter. Meanwhile, Dexter questions Harry's reasons for adopting him. Was it out of love, or was it simply out of guilt for his mother. Will Dexter abandon Harry and his code, or will he continue to go on his current path? "Dex, Lies, and Videotape" continues to push the story forward, and odds are Dexter and Doakes will face off before season's end.

This episode begins with Laura and Harry, they are talking about a load of cocaine. Dexter is listening to this tape. Laura and Harry had an affair. Rita broke up with Dexter when she hears that Dexter slept with Lila, a big shocker. Dexter kisses Lila, they have sex at Lila's place. Dexted got into a serious lovetriangle. Dexter deleted the camera files of the adventures on his boat. Dexter strangles Ken Olson. Dexter wrapped Ken in foil. Dexter killed Ken Olson. Lundy and his team found Olson his body. Dexter tells the story of his mother's dead to Rita. Dexter told Rita that he had sex with Lila, he left Rita. Nice episode of Dexter Season 2, Dexter and Rita broke up for real now. Will Dextee start a relation with Lila?

1. Vigilante popping up 2. Lila is an idiot for leaving that voicemail 3. Dex have sex and says see ya to Rita

I am loving that Dexter is involved in a love triangle. While Lila doesn't know that Dexter is a serial killer, she seems to have an understanding of Dexter's "dark side" as a fellow addict. This creates a major bonding between Lila and Dexter, who at the same time is learning more about Harry and his mothers relationship, causing him to be disillusioned about Harry.

Very dynamic character development in the writing. Hope it stays this way!

My Reaction / Review for Dexter Season 2 Episode 6 ''Dex, Lies, and Videotape'' (S2. E6): Episode 5 was awesome and I gave it a rating of 9/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. Lol Doakes actually believed that Dex is an addict, Deb says Dex never even smoked. I really hope this new guy wont dissapoint Deb, she's been through a lot. Rita's mom is evil, she feels happy that her daughter's relationship is over. Doakes just wont leave Dex alone, if he only knew how dangerous Dex is. And now Dex is actually cheating on Rita, well done Dex, well done. This is so unfair for Rita, what a mess. Overall an amazing episode, my rating is 9/10.

This series is inundated with sloppy writing in the form of convenient coincidences, endless Dexter voice overs, leaps of logic that land smack dab in the middle of nowhere, and cameo appearances of repeating characters (mainly, Harry Morgan). This episode is another example of just such lazy writing. A convenient telephone message that causes a rift between Dexter and Rita, the removal of key evidence against Dexter in a contrived manner (i.e. fire alarm? really?!!!), the notion that the FBI would even hesitate to completely take over a case of this magnitude, etc.

Furthermore, this show specializes in annoying characters. Gung-ho G.I. Joe Doakes, Poor Poor Passive-Aggressive Rita, Rita's mother, Paul, Masuka, Quinn, etc. And this episode is no exception. (Note: I'm not talking about well acted "big bad" characters like Brian; just flat out cartoon-ish, one dimensional annoying characters.)

And then there's Deb's desperation bouncing from one guy to the next. It's so totally sad. In this episode, out of the blue, we get "treated" to Deb deciding to give Lundy a hug at a crime scene? Seriously?!!! Please.

And then there's Lila. Does ANYONE really believe that she'd be by herself night after night? ANYONE? Bueller? Bueller? ANYone?!!!

And there are viewers who truly believe that season 2 is one of the best seasons? C'MON, MAN!!!!!!!!!

(NOTE: I wouldn't call the illogical leaps that I cited plot holes, per se. But whatever you call them, this show is full of them. And these problems did NOT just appear in the latter seasons; they are there all along. And for all the flack season 8 has taken (and I've given my fair share), so far, season 2 is even worse than season 8. At least season 8 had the saving grace of Hannah. This season, we're stuck insufferably with the POOR ME RITA show.)

Seeing the way Harry turns out to have been a manipulative cop who got Dexter's mother killed advances the storyline, so Dexter's path takes a little bit of a turn. It's still a long way from being a real revelation, but it's about as good as it gets in this series.

The "vigilante suspect" has an attorney who sits and lets the cops fish for an admission from his client, and allows the cops to hold him without charges in an interrogation room while they go out to rummage around for evidence. A lawyer like that would be opening himself up to malpractice charges, which no defense attorney would ever do.

These writers are lazy. They are more concerned with dragging the story out to fill a season than they are with making a story seem feasible.

Doakes talks with Deb about Dex being a junkie, and Deb sets him straight in about 2 seconds. ;] Deb: I'm glad you got some new material, cos freak and psycho were getting kind of tired.

Lundy wants Dex to accompany him in place of Masuka. Lundy hears he has a knack for knowing serial killers. Deb: Dexter also enjoys long walks on the beach and foreign films. (hehe)

Rita's mother is a f*ckin bitch!

Dex confesses to Rita of having sex with Lila, don't know why he needed to do that, he lies all the time. I didn't really like the Dex/Lila scenes in this one. Go back to Rita!