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(Reviewing only ep 3 as they premiered on the same day) Okay. I'm so glad that the pilot was an anomaly. Very vague, so no spoiler warning. If you're reading a review of episode 3 you should already have seen episode 3.

In my review of it, I said I was mostly worried about the pacing. They completely fixed it with the next two episodes. I could nitpick about some things, especially the music (hence the 9 star rating, since apparently *every single* episode of this new show needs one ridiculous song. I get it's the 90s, but maybe they could've saved the songs for only specific scenes? Like when Deb and her friend are dancing. Not 2+ older songs. Every. Single. Episode.)

On another note, I was also unsure about Christian Slater being cast as Harry Morgan. As of seeing this new episode, I'm still not entirely sure that was the right choice. As I said, Christian Slater is a great actor, but there's just something... missing. He doesn't feel like the same character.

As I also said in my review of the pilot, I feel like Molly Brown was *the* choice for young Deb. She nails her angry teen/feeling unappreciated so well.

Now, onto the newest edition to the young version of the older cast. I think Christina Milian was the *perfect* young LaGuerta. She nails the haughty vibes, while showing us the way LaGuerta has to prove herself as a woman in a male-dominated field. (Btw, that scene with her and Patrick Dempsey as Captain Spencer was kinda... lmao. Only me?) I have to take a double take every time I see James Martinez. Everytime I see him, I keep thinking they must've cloned David Zayas. Alex Shimizu may have hair, but he definitely gets Masuka's... unique personality, lol.

As for Sarah Michelle Gellar and Patrick Dempsey... please give them more screen time! I need to know what's going on with Captain Spencer, and I'm really interested in the dynamic between Dexter and Tanya.

But most of all, I'm really intrigued by the allusions we've been given as to Bobby Watt's relationship to the Morgans. I believe it was Reno Wilson himself who hinted at Watt's role in Dexter's childhood, and, as this episode showed us, it seems that he knows a lot more than he lets on.

I'm also glad we're finally seeing more of Dexter's birth mother. Brittany Allen was amazing in this episode!

All in all, I'm so happy with the direction this show is taking! I feel like we're finally back in Dexter's world, and it's as wonderfully bloody and funny as it always was.