Dexter: 7.08 "Argentina" (open spoilers for this episode)

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I’m enjoying this season of Dexter more than any other in quite awhile. Ray Stevenson’s character is a real challenge for Dexter, and he’s fascinating to watch and listen to as well. I loved the scene at the bar with Dexter & Sirko - it made sitting through even more Dexter and kids interaction worth it. I wish they’d just handwave the the kids away so we didn’t have to watch them twist like circus contortionists to bring them in and make them go away. I’m still a little WTF’ed by the next-door nanny that Dex bought a condo for, but I’m not worrying about it much because I’m enjoying the show.

Deb is going off the rails in a big way, and that’s compelling in much the same way as a train-crash is. She’s asked Dexter to kill, she’s professed her love for him, she’s lied and covered up to protect him, and now she’s bogarting Astor’s joint. I get the idea she’s gonna do some extracurricular killing or dying this season, or maybe go away for a few months with the nice men in white coats.

Also, let’s not forget Captain LeTimeFiller is still wandering around looking for the Bay Harbor Butcher, and has discovered that <GASP!> Dexter has a boat! And finally, Chuck’s serial-killing girlfriend is doing the dirty with Dexter, which is never good for any woman’s long-term survivability.

All MUCH better than Tom Hank’s son and his invisible buddy.

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Part of me is hoping that Deb and Dexter become a team.

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I suspected that Russian mafia boss was Gay from the first minute he discovered his lover was killed. It does make for a far stronger reason to get revenge.
Somehow I think he will kill Dexter’s serial killer girlfriend, giving Dexter all the strength needed to kill him.
And I do agree that Debb is now off the rails - will she join Dexter or become a victim?
As there is supposedly only one more season after this one, I could see Debb getting killed as the season finale, and Dexter going after the killer in the final season.
Then again, maybe Debb will kill the captain when she discovers who Dexter really is?

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Dex and Isaac at the bar, especially when Isaac asked why Dex doesn’t like guns, reminded me of various depictions of conversations between Batman and the Joker.

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This is seriously the best season ever, if not some of the best TV ever. Suddenly I’m not missing Breaking Bad as much. I think Debb is going to go vigilante herself, but how exactly it’s going to play out remains to be seen. If I were to bet money on it, I’d say Debb kills Hannah, hoping that Dexter will be pissed for a while but eventually get over it.

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No - Deb will end up killing LaGuerta - she has enough reason to now anyway, but LaGuearta is zeroing in on Dexter now -

I can’t decide if Hannah gets to survive the season or not - I don’t think she’ll die at Dexter’s hands - but maybe Dex will send her on to Argentina with plans to meet her.

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That might even be how the series itself ends. They’ve already stated that they’ve decided how the series will end, and I’m naturally assuming it’s with Dex in exile, sunning himself on a beach in South America somewhere.

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I can see this happening in an almost accidental way. A struggle, gun goes off, Deb accidentally kills her.

If it does happen, that’s it. I think she goes off the rails and offs herself or does something equally crazy.

She truly is all sorts of f’ed up. Almost marrying a serial killer, almost being killed by said serial killer, people she grows to love being killed, falling for her brother, finding out that brother is a serial killer… poor Deb.

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How about Debra kills herself but leave a suicide note or other evidence so that people think she’s the Bay Harbor Butcher, not her brother?

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Of everything we know about Deb - this will not be the way she goes -

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Yeah, fuck that fucking shit with a bag of cunts.

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I’m really enjoying Titus Pullo as the season baddie. I will admit that I did not see the gay thing coming.

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OK, if not suicide, how about if she were murdered in a way that diverted suspicion from her brother? It just looks like LaGuerta is too close to the truth.

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This is why Deb will kill LaGuerta - and in a fit of irony, she will get away with it and then meet Dexter’s code - leading to a 3-way with Hannah and Dex where Dex has to decide which one to kill.

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I called the gay thing on Sirko first sight he was in Miami - believe he was wearing a white suit? :smiley: Damn he is hot! I think he is why I am loving this season so much.

Deb confessing squicked me out. I actually skipped last season, and only know the storyline from my bf and Wikipedia. I yelled at the TV when she told him.

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I thought Victor was Sirko’s son! Totally did not see the gay thing coming.

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LaGuerta is a pain but not truly evil…I’d be disappointed if that was the culmination of the show.

Dexter on a sunny South American beach is too cliche.

Dex and Deb consummating their relationship as a team sounds good.

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So has anyone speculated on why Victor killed the stripper in the first place?

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I thought it was actually spelled out in one of the episodes - IIRC, she stole product.

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I’m surprised several of you guys were shocked about the gay thing. It was a few episodes ago when they revealed he had a secret photo of Victor that he kept hidden and took out when he wanted to think about him wistfully. Seemed pretty clearly gay to me.