Dexter
I just watched the final two episodes of this season and as usual with Dexter my reaction involves a lot of *FLAIL!*
On the one hand I'm not sure how I feel about it all wrapping up so neatly, i.e. that Dexter got out of dealing with Doakes because Lilah was also a crazy arsonist psychopath and killed him for Dexter as a gift, OTOH this solution does make sense for the characters involved, and preserves the status quo of the premise.
I think I'll miss Doakes, even though I didn't really expect him to make it. And the scenes of Doakes trying to talk Dexter into releasing him and almost succeeding were great, and I felt so bad for him when he realized that Lilah wouldn't rescue him, but is even more of a sociopath than Dexter.
Also at the end, when Dexter goes after Lilah I thought it was a really fitting tough that he kills her differently, that is when he just stabs her, after paralyzing her, but doesn't do his cutting ritual.
On the one hand I'm not sure how I feel about it all wrapping up so neatly, i.e. that Dexter got out of dealing with Doakes because Lilah was also a crazy arsonist psychopath and killed him for Dexter as a gift, OTOH this solution does make sense for the characters involved, and preserves the status quo of the premise.
I think I'll miss Doakes, even though I didn't really expect him to make it. And the scenes of Doakes trying to talk Dexter into releasing him and almost succeeding were great, and I felt so bad for him when he realized that Lilah wouldn't rescue him, but is even more of a sociopath than Dexter.
Also at the end, when Dexter goes after Lilah I thought it was a really fitting tough that he kills her differently, that is when he just stabs her, after paralyzing her, but doesn't do his cutting ritual.