See-Through

After three weeks of Agent Lundy's investigation of the Bay Harbor Butcher, Dexter is feeling paranoid and visits his N.A. sponsor Lila seeking support. The jealous and nervous Rita questions whether Lilia would be the suitable sponsor for Dexter and suggests him to break up with Lila while preparing her home for the visit of her estranged mother. Meanwhile, the housewife Alicia Barnes is executed with three shots by her husband Curtis and Sergeant Doakes recognizes him from the Special Operations. Masuka finds diatoms of eukaryotic algae in the corpse and invites marine biologists to help to locate the marina where the killer might have moored his boat and Dexter tries to destroy the evidences sabotaging the refrigerator. Pascal has a meltdown in the precinct and Captain Matthews reassigns the Machiavellian Maria back in charge of homicide. Agent Lundy suggests Debra to have a social appointment. Doakes goes to the Blue Wing Marina to meet Curtis Barnes in the "SS Fubar" and the former military asks him to stall the investigation.

"See-Through" is another engaging episode of Dexter. Now he is paranoid and felling under siege with the whole investigation of the Bay Harbor Butcher. When his attempt to destroy the corpses fails, Dexter feel insecure. It is funny to see the population supporting the vigilante serial-killer when they discover that he has just executed criminals. Rita's mother seems to be another problem to Dexter. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Transparente" ("Transparent")

This is my 3rd time rewatching Dexter and I forgot most of the show. This episode is one of the exceptions, partly because its part of the best season of the show. This episode has all the fixings of a great Dexter episode, great Dexter drama, developments with Rita, Debra subplot, and a subplot for a character in the precinct. The Doakes storyline honestly deserves to be an episode of it's own, it adds to his character as well as advancing the development of his character. This episode is definitely in my top 10 of the show, at the very least an honorable mention.

The Bay Harbour Butcher investigation is now into its third week, and agent Lundy's task force is making gradual progress, much to Dexter's dismay. Debra makes even more progress re-adjusting to a normal life and Rita is jealous of Dexter's new female friend from his addiction group. The story lines feels a bit slow and never really catch my attention in the same way as they usually do.

The general pace of the episode is a bit slow for my taste, there is very little happening in the first half of the show, and it kind of drags along. There are a couple of mildly entertaining subplots, including Doakes hunting down a very competent killer and Pascal's continuing jealousy becoming a big problem at work, but unfortunately the real thrills are absent this time.

I'm sure future episodes of series 2 will be more interesting, because this is a filler, no doubt about that.

In this episode, we see Dexter's anxiety about his actions. He tries to get rid of the evidence, which includes a corpse.

Rita has started acting like a broken person. She threatened Dexter with a breakup. He's the one who has always been there for her-he loved her and treated her child as his own.

But thanks to Rita, Dexter continues his 12-step treatment. That way, he gets to see Lila.

Lila went crazy. The way she looked at Dexter-first into his eyes, then at his lips-oh my God, that was the sexiest thing I have ever seen.

She convinced Dexter that she was the right person for him.

My review point is 9.

The character of Sgt. Doakes is really an unlikable character, not because he's suspicious of Dexter, but because he qualifies as one of Dexter's potential targets. He's a murderer, obviously, who killed a man he caught a glimpse of and decided that he was a Tonton Macoutes from his rotation in Haiti. The guy did turn out to be who Doakes assumed he was, but he had chased him down and shot him before he could positively identify him. Doakes is arrogant and vicious in his interactions with people he doesn't know, but worst of all, he has the face of an alien who is trying, not convincingly, to pass as human.

i hope that Dexter eventually gets him on the table and into the ocean.