The Reel Rejects - DEXTER SEASON 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3, & 4 REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:02:19 It'd be fun All right Let's see, Potzi, an angel, Potzi says, Dexter, yes! And Angel says, oh my God, Dexter, whoo! I just, I like to acknowledge the enthusiasm. Makes me very happy, you know, because, again, this was something that I never really thought might. I didn't imagine this would happen. And then when they were like, were you guys going to cover Dexter, I was like, what?

Starting point is 00:02:42 Yeah, my older brother, this is top three, his favorite show of all time. And when I told them a few days back, I said, no spoilers. I'm going to be watching Dexter. And then he almost proceeded to say, I was like, stop it. Bro. But he said he was so excited for us to be reacting to it and that he's going to be, he doesn't usually watch my work. Oh.

Starting point is 00:03:04 But this time he said he's going to be on the hunt. He's going to be watching. But no, he's really excited because he's always wanted to talk to me about this show. So I'm actually, yeah, no. And we watch, we talk movies all the time. So I'm actually glad that. We don't talk about television. Yes.

Starting point is 00:03:21 Only films. Entourage mainly, but now I'm glad we get to expand upon our horizons into, and delve at least four episodes of Dexter. But I'm loving it so far as it's great. I can understand the hype that he's been mentioning so much over these years. Sam'ses, samezies. And Zachary Zbindon says, Dexter, let's go! And start a Flying Scotsman, 472 also echoes in that I really hope the reaction does well enough so they can cover the entire show. That's my hope.

Starting point is 00:03:52 I understand. I don't know much about this show, but I know that it is consistently great till the last episode. Anyway, Stardust and Madness. I don't know what this says about me. The Dexter is one of my top ten shows

Starting point is 00:04:08 and how much I'm looking forward to these reactions. Michael C. Hall is brilliant. I would echo that sentiment. Bless. Bless. Bless. Those overcome? With the brilliance. No, seriously. It's rare and special. when a show grabs you this quickly

Starting point is 00:04:24 and when like, you know, a performance endears itself to you this you know, fully, you know, in such a... I mean, four episodes is a substantial amount of time we're a third of the way into this season. I think I was saying half earlier on. It's a 12 episode season. It's not an eight episode season. But hey, you know what?

Starting point is 00:04:45 I know a lot of people for whom this is one of their favorite, if not favorite shows ever. And at this moment, and I could see why. And, you know, as scary as it is to relate to a guy like Dexter, I feel like a lot of people do. And that's a beautiful thing in certain ways and potentially a scary thing in other ways. Absolutely.

Starting point is 00:05:05 I like Topkin, got a lot of people into the Marines. I want to know how many people this show got into blood splatter or got into vigilanteism. One of the other, you know, I want to really be curious to know. But yes, this show, like, right away, it just gets you into, from Michael C. Hall's performance to the character to the storyline like you are enthralled you you are immersed and it's just very fascinating the dialogue it's quick it's snappy it's witty it's just so freaking good and it's edgy but yeah loving love and loving so far what else we got johnald we got emma thank you for stoking the fires of conversation dexter i'm so excited i love dexter for john and andrewsie

Starting point is 00:05:48 gay what do you think about the way dexter's father went about helping him with his urge to kill. Do you think it was right to have him channel his urges for something, quote, good before he ended up doing something worse? Or do you think by doing that, he enabled those urges to grow? Also, what do you think about the ice truck killer who specifically leaves no blood and his victims channeling Dexter who specializes in blood, challenging Dexter, who specializes in blood analysis?

Starting point is 00:06:15 Fantastic question, Emma. Truly. In regards to the father, I think, like, he's an incredible mentor. And like, that could not have been an easy thing knowing that. And I get it. It's his foster son, but he raised him. That is his son. And I understand that knowing that there is this urge in his son.

Starting point is 00:06:34 And we don't know the full backstory yet in Dexter. And that is still such a fascinating thing for me. I really can't wait until we really delve deeper into what's causing these urges. Because it didn't just come out of nowhere for me. Like there's something hidden, you know, beneath the crevice there. So I'm excited to get to that. But in regards to the dad, like, I think that is a fascinating way to do that. And I think it shows a level of care and compassion and love because he easily could have dismissed him, sent him somewhere, called the cops or whatever.

Starting point is 00:07:06 And he chose to, hey, you know what, let's use this pain and this urge to, again, like you said, Emma, let's use it for good. You know what I mean? Because the law doesn't always work all the time. And we saw that example with James Remar's, his partner, I think. Like, he got killed and then they weren't able to stop him. So, like, you know, we can't harness and challenge this for something good. So I think that was a fascinating way for him to do that. And he's not using his son.

Starting point is 00:07:36 He's using, like, his compassion, his love for his son to do something with this horrible thing to turn it into something positive. And, you know, I'll go back to a quote. My uncle always says, you know, There's always some, like, it doesn't matter how negative a situation is. You can always find some kind of a positive in there. And I feel like that's what James Remar is doing with his son. Like, it doesn't matter how crazy the urge is. We will find a positive here.

Starting point is 00:07:59 And he does that with his son. So I love it. And I love all their scenes. And I think the nonlinear story telling so far through the first four episodes is so well done because it's such a delicate thing you have to do. Like when it's done right, it can be so effective. But the editing has to be properly done because it can feel so out of place if you don't do it and so far the way they have entered it in to the scenes it really fits the themes of

Starting point is 00:08:24 mentorship and I think again just really adds to why he is on that that coat of hairy rather you know what I mean so I think it really works well and I'll let you go from there and then we'll talk about we'll go into the ice truck killer but I'll let you go into the hairy stuff no I think it's really it's really compelling obviously it's really strong dramatically And yeah, I mean, it's made to, you know, tickle your brain and make you ask the question of like, yeah, should, should this boy just have been institutionalized or something? Or is this a better way to, I mean, you know, you can't really condone like this guy going out and killing anybody, but at the same time in a narrative fictional setting, I think it's, you know, the best possible outcome for somebody who is experiencing these urges, like, okay, we learn to. it's interesting. Like I think there are a lot of little slippery slopes that the code of Harry represents, you know, obviously, because there are certain arguments to be made about whether or not you want to, quote, fit in. But I feel like the way that they, and how much you want to change yourself or adjust yourself to fit in with other people or to not upset or ruffle other people. And I think the way they portray that so far with Harry is really compelling and his reasoning, like there are times where he'll give the first piece of it, the command and you're like, I don't know about, and then he'll start to unpack why and then you're

Starting point is 00:09:52 like, but I get it though, you know, especially as he's, you know, telling that whole thing about like smiling in the pictures and like, you know, pretending like you want to be here and, you know, acting the part of a normal person, you know, so as to not be further victimized for not being that way. And so, yeah, there's a lot about if like if you remove the murder element, you know, I think Harry's mentorship is pretty strong, and I think that, yeah, he is seeing this kid fully and looking out for him and being like, look, I know you have these urges, but you also seem to have a good. If you had a heart, it might be a good heart. And so it's a real interesting, you know, crossroads of nature and nurture, really, because, you know, obviously I interpret this as it being in Dexter's nature to have these urges to kill. And to, you know, behold the sight of blood and human meat and, or just, you know, living meat and all that stuff. But, yeah, I mean, I don't, I guess I wouldn't really come down on the side that he is just, like, enabling this completely because he's clearly trying to temper it. And I feel like, of course.

Starting point is 00:11:07 The question then becomes, do you, yeah, completely discouraged, do you send him somewhere where that's going to be, like, completely. attempted to be stamped out of him or do you kind of find, yeah, the most benevolent or the most useful way in which to kind of flow around this? It's a fascinating debate. And I think it's the kind of question designed to not have a specific one answer.

Starting point is 00:11:31 And just really quickly, because we do got to get to the ice truck thing. To your point, like even when Harry saw that he was bullying like the soccer kid and stuff like that, he's like, well, that wasn't fun for him. Like, he's trying to come to him from a compassionate place as well. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:11:44 That's why I keep using that word, so like... And explaining the logic, like the colder logic of the morality. Like, hey, yeah, like, you wouldn't want to be treated that way. And if you want to be fitting in, and if you don't want to have people holding grudges and coming to get you, you probably shouldn't engage in this kind of behavior. I'm telling you right now, even though it all ended up working out in Return of the Jedi, if Anakin would have had Harry, things would have worked out a little different in the prequel's just saying. Yeah. The Cote of Harry stuff, I think, is really fascinating. and I'm really excited to see more.

Starting point is 00:12:14 And it really does remind me of Syke in like an inverted more, you know, heinous sort of way because that show has a heavy motif of your frequently seeing flashbacks to young Sean the lead and his cop dad who is teaching him all these different more, more like detective skills, whereas this is sort of the inverse

Starting point is 00:12:33 where he's picking up some of that. Syke is amazing. But yeah, he or he's... Sike! Hey! Yeah, like his dad is teaching him. some detectivey stuff here but also just like had a human

Starting point is 00:12:45 and it's such a huge part of who he is in the present and how he moves in the present so like yeah this is it kind of reminds me of serial killer's like I really love the ice truck killer though too I think that's a really cool motif so far yeah just the the idea of it in general

Starting point is 00:13:02 but then combine that with the cat and mouse game and him leaving the doll parts and stuff like yeah there's already kind of a murder of the week or there will be like a couple of like the day-to-day cases in an episode as we've seen so far but yeah like to have this be a sort of season arcing villain and somebody to yeah really throw dexter yeah uh you know some curve balls i think it's really fun i think too yeah no for sure i love that it's a season

Starting point is 00:13:31 arcing thing it's something that's not just a one-off in an episode which if if it wasn't again it's as long as it's always done in a satisfying way i'm i'm cool with it but the fact that it is a season arcing thing and i'm like so up in arms about who it could possibly be because there's one of two possibilities it's either someone who is just such a big fan of dexter or in my opinion because y'all know how much i love to make predictions and i i own it i own that and roxy and i also own that we're just such you know love to make those type of predictions but i have a feeling if it really is someone if it's someone from that has a personal beef with dexter that it could be from that first, you know, when he first became, you know, this vigil, this anti-hero vigilante

Starting point is 00:14:14 with that nurse he took out who was trying to take, it almost took Harry's life. Could be. I'm just curious, but I like that this show is just so unpredictable and just really subverts so you don't know. But I also love the fact that Dexter is also looking at this as such like he's in a place of feeling like it's a challenge, too. And he comes from it in that perspective, like, yeah, he wants to catch this person. But it's like, this is like a fun game for him too.

Starting point is 00:14:46 Have I met my Moriarty? Like, as a Sherlock Holmes, have I met a Moriarty? Yeah, because he really feels like no one's really on his level when it comes to that. But it's like, okay, let's do, let's go. Yeah. So that's, but you can see that, again, permeating from Michael C.Hull, or rather from Dexter's face when he's watching it. And a lot of times, too, I don't particularly love. love narration. There's times where, again, I feel it's appropriate. And there's other times

Starting point is 00:15:12 I'm like, I feel like I'm being spoon fed as an audience. And look, there's times where I don't get things, so I'm glad they're doing it. But there's other times I'm like, it's a device that you have to earn. Yeah, for sure. But in this case, I'm like, I like, I like the narration that they are. But I think it also like, it really works with the way that Michael C. Hall is emoting at the time, too. So it really like, it just fits together so beautiful, in my opinion. Absolutely would agree. And, uh, and, uh, yeah, I mean, he's just such a great, is a great expressive performer. And he had the narration especially, I think is, is well handled because it can be a tool for laziness,

Starting point is 00:15:51 but in this case, you know, as sort of a window into this peculiar person who has a very different mindset and who is trying to approximate emotions, there's a bit of an unreliable narrator or a sense of perspective that keeps it from simply being an information delivery system. Yeah. That's a good thing. And just to cap off the hairy thing, like, I'm sure you can argue that he is, you know, encouraging these urges or something or shaping. More, I think he's shaping them in his moral image, which I mean, I guess you just say,

Starting point is 00:16:21 thank God he wasn't a bad dude. But yeah, it's like, I don't think he's like full on enabling it, but he's doing some kind of enabling. And it's a fascinating. He's harnessing it. He's channeling it for good. It's a fascinating debate about what to do in a situation like that. when you have someone with some kind of disturbance happening yeah um but yeah that's that's what good

Starting point is 00:16:42 fiction's here to do is to make us thank uh terra dexter terra i am actually watching with another reactor but happy to watch again wow we're gonna have to go uh serial kill them now there are rival they are ice truck killer no i'm glad like seriously and hey recommend some more good reactions like let's share the love because too part of the fun of a show especially like this and clearly by this response thus far and I'm excited to see the YouTube comments to people are really excited and shows like this

Starting point is 00:17:15 grow communities. Yeah. And I'm excited to be inducted into the community. Absolutely. So heck yeah. And let's see, Landon Miller, so hype for Dexter. Connor Kraut says, Dexter! A lot of Dexter, excitement and enthusiasm. I really appreciate that. And Emma's back. Let's go again. I'm so

Starting point is 00:17:34 glad you guys are continuing we did put these posts out separately even though we wound up shooting these all in a big chunk um but anyway for the question uh we see dexter can be socially awkward around people not to really liking people having to put on a mask to hide the quote monster but he seems to have a soft spot for kids when we see him interact with reed his kids he seems really good with them and doesn't seem as strained to keep up a front and acts genuinely caring despite him saying he doesn't have a heart. Why do you think this is? Do you think he finds it easier to interact with kids or do you think there's a deeper meaning? I mean, again, as we delve deeper into his past, because we have seen moments of him as a kid and obviously with Harry and that, and he still

Starting point is 00:18:20 had that urge, you know, because he was doing things with with animals and stuff, but there was still a time before that that we didn't get. So it could have just been, you know, that's just such a a less complicated time for him or there was something before that that didn't happen and you know in regards to or it's just like kids are just less complicated they're just more fun to be around um you could be that and i mean i can resonate with that i can be very socially awkward around people so i mean i i i get that and kids are just they're so they're different yeah they're different But they're, again, they're less complicated and you don't have to have like deep interactive interactions rather with them. So you just be more yourself without having to the monster out or have a facade rather even on.

Starting point is 00:19:15 So I can understand that when it comes to him. But again, I think like I just like that there's this mystery really behind Dexter because we still don't know before Harry found him or adopted him or became his foster dad. we still don't know what happened yeah who are his real parents what did they do what did he experience what kind of trauma what happened that made this urge want to come out yeah so i'm just like that is like the whole mystifying thing for me so you know it could be a a whole litany of things that that makes him like why speaking to children is just so much more natural for him or just easier and he doesn't have to like put on the facade anymore yeah i mean i think there's there's a different kind of depth you can reach that's like

Starting point is 00:20:04 because you have to come out of your adult brain you have to kind of think and speak in less complicated terms i think sometimes yeah like i don't know every now and again a kid will hit you with something where you're like oh that was surprisingly astute or sage or just like piercing because kids are also like there's they talk about in these four episodes at least you know the politics and the sort of like even though it's the most obvious through dexter i think through a lot of characters we see just sort of like the awkwardness of interaction and communication and the need to consider and play politics and kids don't have that need so much or they're not quite oftentimes there yet so i feel like yeah there is a sort of more natural way you can exist maybe around kids unless you're uncomfortable around kids and hey sometimes i don't know how to talk to kids not that i'm in a lot of positions to talk to kids, but I used to teach improv two children, and, you know, I wasn't always feeling like I had the easiest flow of how to connect with, you know, younger people and especially very young people. And, you know, here, I do have a bunch of curiosity, because obviously we just started this,

Starting point is 00:21:15 and I'm sure this is going to be a continuing thread. But yeah, it is really charming to see him in that way, and it almost feels like good practice. And I guess it shows, it seems to me, at least to be an illustration of nature because, you know, there was that whole thread of him growing up and doing these things to animals and stuff like that. And that is, you know, disturbing and not great, Bob, in its own way. But I guess the kids to me at this point kind of also represent like a line where like, yeah, he seems completely safe and non-threatening around these kids. And so it suggests something about his nature that I think bolsters what Harry must. have seen this idea that like you clearly like have a motivation to be a good person even

Starting point is 00:22:02 if you don't have the emotional spectrum or the you know sensation of feeling in various ways I am curious because like anytime you have some it's like watching equilibrium and you're sort of like as I recall that movie it's been a minute but um don't spoil it for me anything that has like a conceit where there's like no emotions and granted this isn't the same thing this is more like a person psychologically detached from or not experiencing emotions the way most folks do

Starting point is 00:22:31 but you know so like an equilibrium is an extreme example but anytime you have a situation where it's like yeah I don't feel emotions but I am also either masking with some performance of emotion or demonstrating some in yeah like

Starting point is 00:22:46 I'm very curious to find out if he's just able to free flow around the kids and that's just kind of how he is natural or if this is also kind of a big part of the act because even in the you know and I'm curious to rewatch this too to get all the little nuances but even in the narrations he seems less sort of anxious about the kid stuff yeah you know and yeah very sweet reject nation life's only got him busier filming working out getting a new studio all the moving but I've learned that when I stay consistent on what I put in my body I perform better across the board no joke mentally physically

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Starting point is 00:25:02 Ooh, I like that. That's a surprise. I'll say this to it, and I just thought about this as you were talking and just lolling on it for a moment. I think, too, why he feels so comfortable interacting with children to, I think it's honoring Harry

Starting point is 00:25:18 and how his father spoke to him when he was a child and the mentorship. so I think he wants to honor his father in that way you know what I mean too so you know I think there's a parallel there as well he's like yeah he had a very strong mentor as a kid so maybe he naturally had that it's weird like he had a very strong paternal influence growing up

Starting point is 00:25:42 and so I guess it would make some sense that yeah just like in the sense memory he might be good at those things yeah fun fascinating thank you for the question That was a really good one. Yeah, thank you how much. And Tara. Terra!

Starting point is 00:25:56 Back once again. I'm sorry if you've already discussed this. Don't even trip dog. But I love the combination of quirky music like in the opening credits and then the change to a darker tone. What are your thoughts on the music for the show so far? That's good. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:26:11 I've been really enjoying the music. This has been a fun, yeah, juxtaposition of tones because obviously the theme music has that. You know, it's that sort of like ornery sounding music where it's clearly going for something a bit cheeky of tone because it knows how dark it's going to get and you have all this, yeah, like hypersaturated imagery that looks very bright and vibrant, but is also like, yeah, he's nicking himself shaving. We're watching meat be cooked. We're watching a chomp. You know, it's dripping with irony in a very fun way. And, yeah, I appreciate it very much.

Starting point is 00:26:52 And I mean, you know, going to continue paying attention to the, you know, music of the show so far. But given that we're in Miami, there has been a lot of that flavor in the music. And just the general, yeah, absolutely. And, you know, even the just more suspense or, you know, sort of procedural cop show score elements have been very complimentary at the very least. So I think every, you know, facet of this thus far has been killing it and it's been very enthralling largely due to that is that sort of like it's,

Starting point is 00:27:27 it's so engrossing from the acting standpoint, but it's also really well shot. And the music is really good and complimentary to that, at least as I recall it thus far in the haze of these first four episodes now, kind of solidifying in my brain. What do you think? No, the music, the way it's able to balance

Starting point is 00:27:43 between the quirky and the dark, especially how it matches the tone, for sure. I do like that, but I do want to get to the, that title sequence is one of the most, I know we're again, we always talk about recency bias. I don't care. This is one of the most creative title openings I have ever seen on a show. Pretty iconic. A lot of times when I am watching shows, I will skip the intro because I don't want to watch them. The only shows that I really do not skip the intros are Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I will not skip that. The song is so bomb in that show. I will always watch that. And probably now, if I ever rewatch this show, besides the fact when we're going to watch it now,

Starting point is 00:28:26 I just love it again, that contrast between you think something. Obviously, the blood splatters up, but again, I just love that you, it's so unpredictable. The first time you watch it is obviously the best. Yeah. But then you pick up more things as you are watching because you're thinking so many different things are going on through your head as you're watching.

Starting point is 00:28:47 it so yeah no it's it's a very fascinating i don't know who the creative genius that came up with that title sequence to it probably a legend throughout the tv opening credits but you mentioned yeah but you mentioned because there are award shows for stuff like that stuff like this gets awarded i'm very curious if someone won for that because again it is very creative and inventive that that opening title sequence because there are again they're opening title sequences that are very memorable from the song and the visceral stuff. But that one just really, it sticks with you. And I love that one so much.

Starting point is 00:29:27 And then it just goes off into a mundane, like regular day when he just walks off like, wait, with all that blood and just making the music. And then with the floss and like so many different things you could think about with someone who's an anti-hero monster like this that he could be doing like that. So I just think it's just such a, again, And it's just such a fun, visceral way to show a title sequence with someone who's got this urge.

Starting point is 00:29:53 Yeah. So, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it's got a lot of energy and soul to it. Yeah. And it's a perfectly balanced in my view kind of take on the idea that, yeah, like there's all this sort of mundane carnage going on. It's like all this stuff that you do every single day that is very kind of common and innocuous. But, you know, portrayed through this guy who has this. these, you know, animal instincts, these killer urges.

Starting point is 00:30:19 And so, yeah, you're seeing all these normal daily routines re-contextualized through, like, the lens of a killer. So it's like, yeah, even the floss is like you see, you can feel it on your fingers. You can feel how tight it's wrapped in the blood, you know, being cut off. And, you know, the meat being cut over. Yeah, he cuts himself of shaving and the blood. And then, yeah, like, opening up the package of the meat. and like, yeah, it's weird

Starting point is 00:30:47 because it makes you hungry and it makes, like, you know, he's splattering hot sauce on the eggs like it speaks to that, that blend of like, this looks like meat and carnage and blood spatter in a way, but it also makes you hungry.

Starting point is 00:31:00 And it's like, I think it really nicely clues into that hunger, you know, and that's just sort of force that a character like this would feel. And yeah, like a person like this walking around their daily routine

Starting point is 00:31:14 probably is to some degree peppered with these more you know harsh and violent you know just aura around the edges yeah yeah that's a good point about having those urges and being hungry because how we feel is an audience and how he feels

Starting point is 00:31:32 yes that's a good point you have the hunger for for killing yes but yeah this was really really great these first four episodes definitely lived up to the hype I think the the pilot was immensely strong because I think there are a lot of great pilots

Starting point is 00:31:48 but even and there are a lot of great shows with like decent pilot but like a pilot episode that is truly great is special and hard to come by like there are a lot of pilots that have a lot of potential and you can clearly see what would grow out of them but this was like damn from the get go we are

Starting point is 00:32:04 that first episode got me endeared to the whole ensemble pretty much I think all the relationships are really well defined and I really like in such a short amount of time you know his uh i love angel i love his back and forth with angel i love uh his sister and i love them together but i also love watching her journey as you know she rises the homicide detective uh you know dokes you know way like way to take a character who like yeah like is an asshole sometimes

Starting point is 00:32:36 yeah but he sees way past his facade yeah and that's you need a character like that who is sharp like that and can see this person but who also very quickly runs into trouble of their own that makes us sympathize with them like right right yeah there's so much great and like margot martindale's in here I'm excited to see her some more and that's the interesting part of the show because you can watch dokes

Starting point is 00:32:56 and go like I don't like him though especially the way like he looks at Dexter but then you watch him in that situation where he's being like hunted by Guerrero's men and like oh my god now I sympathize with him and I love when shows can do that in a situation where you you feel that empathy for the

Starting point is 00:33:12 character of a character you didn't maybe like earlier on yeah and it happened so quickly there's just a couple quick moments throughout these first four episodes I do want to talk about in regards to the the drunk driver who had no accountability yeah that really just angers me I understand at this time there was no was it Uber right and no lift and all that but I mean you could still whether you get a taxi or not like no one's saying don't drink but like to have no remorse. No accountability. He can go right back to drinking. And it seemed to be like really into drinking and driving specifically. Yeah. He was like going right back into it again. Seems like you're a

Starting point is 00:33:53 serial killer. Yeah. And he was doing it in other states too. So like he he soberly knew what he was doing. And like like the more I sit here, the more like, that is a particularly odd and twisted plot line. Yeah. No, for sure. Like as we were like really layering that. out and like this is a really evil person you know now that you're thinking about more yes he's got a lot of problems he's clearly got an alcohol problem that's obvious but again he had as i just mentioned earlier not to sound repetitive but he had no remorse on what was happening you would think like a person with some empathy would have like holy crap i've killed people due to my alcohol problem maybe this is a sign yeah i need to if anything stop drinking but if i'm

Starting point is 00:34:42 gonna drink maybe just get rid of the keys you know what I mean at that or just stick at home if I'm gonna dry drink but clearly a person unconcerned yeah yeah he just doesn't give it he just does not any of those considerations yeah human life and carnage does not care so like yeah again I'm a pacifist honestly at heart I do not I support murdering people yes yes of course so but the point I'm making is like of course I don't condone violence obviously when I'm watching a movie or TV show. Like, yes, it's fun to watch and all that.

Starting point is 00:35:16 But I don't mind him taking that person. I really have a soft spot when it comes to drunk. Especially nowadays when we can just press things with a button, Uber, Lyft. Like, I just, like, I'm so fascinated that people, like, don't want to pay 70 to 100 bucks, which I'm not saying is cheap, but that's better than a 15,000 DUI ticket and someone's death on your conscious. So I'm just, I'm very fascinated by how, how, how, how. We've gotten to a place where that still happens with all the thing, with the technology

Starting point is 00:35:45 we do have today. But in regards to the next thing I want to talk about, the brother of the woman who was killed by Guerrero's men, that was a fascinating thing, how that, again, that plot line was explored. Absolutely. And the character, because we just thought that he was just pissed about his sister,

Starting point is 00:36:04 which he was, not saying he wasn't. And then we just thought he was just setting up dokes, right? We just thought he was setting up Dokes And that was the whole thread there Because he found out that Dokes was sleeping with his sister Which again Still a dickish move But again

Starting point is 00:36:23 It was just a means to an end And I found that whole thing again Rather to be interesting And then that was the way to catch Guerrero I don't know if they're going to end up like What's going to have Yeah it was a cool twist I don't know what's going to end up

Starting point is 00:36:34 Because you buy it every step of the way You're like of course they're going to mess with this do Oh okay well I guess this was This still sucked shitty thing to do to the guy But also I was just shocked Once he caught Guerrero or dokes

Starting point is 00:36:47 I'm surprised he didn't say How you like them apples You know Because he was in goodwill hunting And that's what you know Will said to him But you know That's another thing

Starting point is 00:36:54 But it was Again that was a well done twist Because as things were spinning And spiraling I'm like What is? Oh okay Good

Starting point is 00:37:03 Very good I really appreciate the writing there And the last thing I really like Rita a lot Rita is lovely Yes And I want the best for her Yeah, and again, we know the traumatizing situation that she was put through by her despicable, disgusting ex,

Starting point is 00:37:16 and she still has to face the ramifications of those consequences of her ex, whether that's a guy coming to her house and taking her car, or it's even Dexter, like, just touching her, and, like, she still feels the consequences and that, and still has that trauma. Yeah, no, she still has it, so you really feel her. But I like in this last episode, too, like, as she's working through that trauma, dealing with this piece, of crap neighbor. Yeah. They really gave her some,

Starting point is 00:37:43 I really feel like they gave her some agency with what they did with this dog because I was really afraid, again, you know, talking about, I love that that was her. Yeah, I really do

Starting point is 00:37:52 because we're talking about, I think the writers knew like John, myself and the rest of the audience, possibly thinking that Dexter might do something to this dog, you know, with his urges of course

Starting point is 00:38:02 and that he had already done something to animals back when he was a child or whatnot. It's a perfect mislead. Yeah, great mislead because I was really like my, my Andrew Tingle was going off.

Starting point is 00:38:12 So I think, like, that was such a great way to give her some agency. And also, like, to stand up for herself was some really good character development. And then her coming, you know, as Laura Croft, like, it just showed, like, showing her, like, wearing different attire like that shows that she's really growing as a character

Starting point is 00:38:31 rather than, I'm not going to be Snow White. I'm going to be Laura Croft, like, going from more mundane to badass. I'm not saying Snow White's not a badass, but I think you understand my point. yeah absolutely oh yeah and her shedding that's no way yeah wanting to do literally giving up one costume for a different more formidable more you know fully actualized costume yeah and yeah like just the tenor of her performance is really lovely you know is really you definitely feel the

Starting point is 00:39:01 the sort of hurt of all she's been through but you also just see like it's such a tender vulnerable performance and to be in that state as an actor frequently as a person who lives portraying a person who lives like this. I am rooting for this character to, yeah, to continue, you know, coming back to herself and, you know, reclaiming the parts of her life that have been damaged and warped by this awful experience. And yeah, like her performance and her chemistry with Michael C. Hall is just lovely. It's electric. Yeah, and I'm really excited to watch more of their relationship. too. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:39:38 This was really terrific, man. This is great stuff. Cannot wait to continue. You got anything else, though, let the people. I don't have anything else, but, again, I really love this first four episodes. I'm extremely hooked so far. I cannot wait to continue. Find out what's going on with the ice cream.

Starting point is 00:39:56 The ice cream killer. The ice cream killer. Ice truck killer. Yes, the ice cream truck killer. I'm really anxious to see if this is just someone who's just a fan of Dexter, if it's possibly related to the nurse. So I'm so intrigued. The writers have just done such an intriguing job building this world around incredible acting, great characters, and also just got me completely on my tiptoes where I don't know what's going to happen next. So I'm, I'm loving it so much.

Starting point is 00:40:22 Heck yeah. Well, if you're loving it, leave some thoughts down on the comments. Be careful. Yo, don't spoil it. Please. I don't know exactly how we're going to interact with the comments for this show because we want to keep it as fresh as possible. We also love hearing your feedback and your enthusiasm. And yeah, thank you guys for tuning in.

Starting point is 00:40:38 Catch us next time for episodes 5 through 8. We will see you soon. Stay killer. Blood! Ah!

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