Holy Shit Dexter S1 was intense

Oh, season 4. Why are you so FULL OF PAIN?

I...MICHAEL. Aaack. He got his first taste of blood by proxy, and now he's become One of Them! HE BEAT UP A TEN-YEAR-OLD KID. AND SLAPPED NAMOND AROUND. AAARGH. And then he SHOT A DUDE IN THE HEAD. I...I can't even say anything. It's so sad. So hard to watch.

And Namond! Poor fucking kid. And I hate his mom SO MUCH. I want to reach through my monitor and strangle her. She's so awful, without an ounce of human decency in her. At least now he gets to live with Colvin! And get his old hair back!

And Dukie! Being shipped off to high school...and choosing to DEAL DRUGS INSTEAD AARGH.

And RANDY. My poor Randy. Oh my God, you guys, the end of episode 12 killed me. It's always the penultimate episode that does it, and after seeing Michael go crazy and then following it up with the destruction of Randy's faith in humanity ("You'll look after me, right? You've got my back?"), I wanted to cry. And then he ends up beat up in a group home. None of these fucking kids can catch a break. Except Namond.

In happier news, I really like how much Carver has grown, as I said. It's interesting. Back in season one, Carver and Herc were sort of on equal footing, and although Carver got his stripes first, he was also the mole, and he was a whiny bitch in season two, and then he was a little more morally ambiguous in season three. But in the end, he's turned out to be a way, way better cop than Herc, who's really kind of a fuck-up. It's pretty consistent, but I had higher hopes for him after his stand against Hamsterdam.

Lester Freamon, how are you so awesome! The end.

Oh God, poor fucking Bubbles. I had a feeling that's how that was going to turn out. Not that I cared a whit about Sherrod, but shit, Bubbles fucking HANGED HIMSELF over it. Ack. At least Landsman showed that he has a heart.

Rawls! Oh, Rawls. I felt a little sorry for him when he realized that he actually wasn't going to be moving up the chain like a regular person. Reverse racism is a bitch.

Cutty! Shit! I freaked out when he got shot; it was so abrupt and unexpected.

BODIE! Man, see, I've been spoiled about this from the very beginning. I looked him up on Wikipedia to see whether he was really Wangler, and he was, but I also got the bonus knowledge that he's only in the show through the fourth season, and the only way Bodie's leaving the show is by dying. But I was really beginning to like him in more of a "rooting for him" kind of way since we both hated Marlo. And I knew that as soon as he said he was going to take a stand against him, he was doomed. At least he went out fighting.

Omar! Man, you do not cross that fucker. He scared Prop Joe! The dude who'll kill your whole family!

HOLY SHIT! THAT FUCKER! THE GREEK DUDE! And here I thought season two existed in a vacuum. Joe did mention the Greeks before. All this time, that's where his shipments were coming from? Come to think of it, this might have been established in season two.

That grad student teacher lady was cute. I'm just saying. I don't get a lot of eye candy on this show. Although I got a Beadie scene too!

I am so ready for the gang to get back together and kick Marlo's motherfucking ass. Oh my God, take that bastard down, PLEASE.

Man, I'm not even sure that was all as bad as I was expecting, the way people kept talking about it. I was preparing for way worse, I think. But this was still bad. Aaugh. Kids. Poor fucking kids.

And here I thought season two existed in a vacuum.

Everything is connected. Everything.

Poor fucking kids.

No shit. I think S4 is not just the best 12 hours of television, period, but also the most heartwrenchingly true and terrible. And now I can't wait until you see S5!

I am so ready for the gang to get back together and kick Marlo's motherfucking ass. Oh my God, take that bastard down, PLEASE.

Avert your eyes, P-C: Is anybody hearing Fred Savage asking Peter Falk who kills Prince Humperdink at this point?

Avert your eyes, P-C

Whitefont? What could that...

Aw, crap, HUMPERDINCK GETS AWAY? WHAT DID YOU READ THIS TO ME FOR, GEEZ?

Ha!

Holy Shit Dexter S1 was intense

I know! But good, right? Season 2 is just as good, even better perhaps. I can't wait to see what they do with Season 3.

In case you might be inclined to go out and main-line, er, read the books, book 1 is excellent, book 2 is good, and book 3 sucks.

Hey, erika, tell me this doesn't sound like a Wire plotline.

Season 3, I think.

Hec, every time I read about the Your New Muslim Bakery shooting now, I think it's a Wire plotline.