Post by BloodyMonkeyZ on Jul 8, 2013 8:55:20 GMT -6
The second episode of the season pushes things along quite nicely. I thought the first spent too much time setting things up. Now we begin to see where everything is going. The downside is that there are several plot expectations that rear up from what we have seen so far. It is fairly easy to extrapolate where things are going.
Vogel insinuates herself deeper into Dexter's brain. Revealing more about his past and her machinations that guided Harry as he was guiding Dexter. Turns out the framework for "Harry's Code" was created by Vogel using Harry's knowledge of law and her knowledge of psychology.
Stepping away from Vogel for a moment, let's look at Quinn. He is a pivotal character in the dynamics of everything this season. He is dating Jaime (Angel's sister and Dexter's babysitter) but that situation keeps spiraling in several directions. What started as a secret becomes problematic when Angel confronts him about it. Quinn never has done well with pressure and blows up with Jaime over it when Jaime questions him about Deb. Quinn and Deb had been engaged in a prior season and you can tell that while she is absent from his life, he still has feelings there. Not that he isn't able to be with someone else, but things are unresolved there and he needs to find closure.
Speaking of Deb, having left the police to pursue a career allowing more freedom from the law, she has now taken on a bit of a Punisher persona. After Sappo beats her up and takes the stolen jewels she found, she takes him out in a flurry of bullets. But she isn't as careful as Dex, leaving evidence behind that Dex has to cover up for her. AND the big thing (well, there are plenty of big things) is that we learn Deb still has her desire to be with Dexter. It is just more complicated now because Deb has her own Dark Passenger.
Of course there is a dead body (what would Dexter be without a corpse) and that dead body points towards a killer with ties to Vogel. Dexter does what he does and tracks down the killer, Sussman, only to find him already killed. The mystery deepens as a video delivered to Vogel indicates a second party was coercing Sussman to kill the people he did. Although even that is uncertain. The video shows Sussman killing one person, but the first victim could have been killed by someone else.
In the end, Dexter and Vogel appear to be forming a bond. She sees herself as a maternal figure for Dexter. A role he never really had in his life. After Harry passed away, he has felt completely alone. He always had Deb, but she was never part of his world (until last season.) Having seen his world has shattered Deb and built what appears to be an insurmountable wall between them. Vogel has arrived at a point where Dexter is emotionally weak. It remains to be seen whether she intends to be maternal towards him or has her own nefarious reasons for showing up at this time. Odds are it is a mixture of both. But what she isn't fully thinking about is that she DOES fit Harry's Code. She may not have killed anyone, but her actions have shaped and molded and destroyed lives. Who knows, maybe Dexter would have been able to overcome the feelings he was having if he had been able to see a doctor with the proper intentions. Someone seeking to heal rather than someone curious about what would happen 20 years from now if the following buttons were pushed.
Either way, I think that Vogel is perhaps the most complex addition to the cast. Whether she becomes extended family or villainess. . .
For me this episode rises a notch to 4 stars.
Vogel insinuates herself deeper into Dexter's brain. Revealing more about his past and her machinations that guided Harry as he was guiding Dexter. Turns out the framework for "Harry's Code" was created by Vogel using Harry's knowledge of law and her knowledge of psychology.
Stepping away from Vogel for a moment, let's look at Quinn. He is a pivotal character in the dynamics of everything this season. He is dating Jaime (Angel's sister and Dexter's babysitter) but that situation keeps spiraling in several directions. What started as a secret becomes problematic when Angel confronts him about it. Quinn never has done well with pressure and blows up with Jaime over it when Jaime questions him about Deb. Quinn and Deb had been engaged in a prior season and you can tell that while she is absent from his life, he still has feelings there. Not that he isn't able to be with someone else, but things are unresolved there and he needs to find closure.
Speaking of Deb, having left the police to pursue a career allowing more freedom from the law, she has now taken on a bit of a Punisher persona. After Sappo beats her up and takes the stolen jewels she found, she takes him out in a flurry of bullets. But she isn't as careful as Dex, leaving evidence behind that Dex has to cover up for her. AND the big thing (well, there are plenty of big things) is that we learn Deb still has her desire to be with Dexter. It is just more complicated now because Deb has her own Dark Passenger.
Of course there is a dead body (what would Dexter be without a corpse) and that dead body points towards a killer with ties to Vogel. Dexter does what he does and tracks down the killer, Sussman, only to find him already killed. The mystery deepens as a video delivered to Vogel indicates a second party was coercing Sussman to kill the people he did. Although even that is uncertain. The video shows Sussman killing one person, but the first victim could have been killed by someone else.
In the end, Dexter and Vogel appear to be forming a bond. She sees herself as a maternal figure for Dexter. A role he never really had in his life. After Harry passed away, he has felt completely alone. He always had Deb, but she was never part of his world (until last season.) Having seen his world has shattered Deb and built what appears to be an insurmountable wall between them. Vogel has arrived at a point where Dexter is emotionally weak. It remains to be seen whether she intends to be maternal towards him or has her own nefarious reasons for showing up at this time. Odds are it is a mixture of both. But what she isn't fully thinking about is that she DOES fit Harry's Code. She may not have killed anyone, but her actions have shaped and molded and destroyed lives. Who knows, maybe Dexter would have been able to overcome the feelings he was having if he had been able to see a doctor with the proper intentions. Someone seeking to heal rather than someone curious about what would happen 20 years from now if the following buttons were pushed.
Either way, I think that Vogel is perhaps the most complex addition to the cast. Whether she becomes extended family or villainess. . .
For me this episode rises a notch to 4 stars.