Dexter S08E02
There was something that was bugging me after watching last week's season premier of Dexter. The new character, Dr. Vogel, the "Psychopath Whisperer" had a lot of confidence in how she approached and even taunted Dexter. She openly said to Dex "you can't kill me...because I don't fit Harry's code." Where did this confidence come from and how in the hell did she know about Harry's code?
Turns out Dr. Vogel has known Dexter since he was 10. We see old session footage with Harry and Dr. Vogel discussing Dexter's predicament. Harry had taken Dexter to a crime scene and described Dexter's reaction as being fascinated, as if he were looking at a painting. In fact he liked it so much he took a trophy from the crime scene, a piece of glass with blood on it, presumably a precursor to the now infamous blood slides. As Dr. Vogel says to Dexter,"I helped create you, I consider myself to be your spiritual mom."
Dexter recalls his father taking him to that crime scene and also remembers wanting to be "the painter." This is very cool new information and I like how the writers are taking us back to Dexter's beginning to help give us a more complete picture but it seems as if Dr. Vogel has a thing for dexter and being his "spiritual mom," ewwww!!!! Between her and Deb, are there any female relatives that aren't hot for Dexter?
We see another DVD of Harry and Dr. Vogel discussing Dexter's progression as a killer. Harry informs Vogel Dexter had begun showing his victims photos of what they had done to deserve the punishment they were getting. This confuses harry a bit but Dr. Vogel explains that this shows Dexter has an innate sense of justice and she is quite pleased with his progress.
Despite her motives, Dr. Vogel clearly views Dexter as a gift to humanity where Dexter has felt more like a mistake. This theme of gift vs. mistake is very fascinating and hopefully we will see more of that story line.
Anyway, there is a new victim who has his Anterior Insular Cortex removed so the new killer is kicking things up a notch. He sends the AIC from the first victim to Dr. Vogel who reaches out to Dexter for help. Turns out the good doctor thinks that a former patient of hers is doing the killing and might come after her. It isn't just her safety she is worried about because it isn't just Dexter (helping to author/formulate "Harry's Code") that she has dealt with using "questionable" treatment methods.
Thanks to prints Dexter and Masuka, separately but equally get from the crime scene they come up with a suspect who is kind of a loner and a hunter and has a drunk driving arrest but is not a former patient of Vogel's. They track down the suspect, last name Sussman but he is off the hook for the murders, mainly because they find him hanging from a meat hook so clearly there is another killer, the real killer still out there.
It was really great to see how Dexter responded to Dr. Vogel. He doesn't trust her but after learning more about who she is and the role she played in his development/creation he slowly warms to her. I think even more so than to Harry because I think Dexter always felt that although Harry loved him he viewed him as a freak and a mistake and something that needed to be controlled whereas Dr. Vogel views him as an elevated being with a higher purpose. Dexter even opens up to her about Deb.
Dexter opening up to Vogel catches her off guard a little bit. Dexter expressed to her it would have been nice to have had someone to talk to after Harry dies and Vogel questioned this since he is a psychopath and shouldn't have needed that. It really helped set Dexter apart since she is an expert on people like him, onlu there really isn't anyone else like him. I think that hurt her credibility a bit because she should have known him better since she helped "create" him.
Deb seemed back on track though. She checked in with her boss at Elway Security and informed him that she was still in pursuit of the stolen jewelry she was tracking so they can get the 20% recovery fee. He tries to dissuade her but you know Deb, so he accompanies her to Grimes' apartment to look for info on where the Jewels might be. They track it to a storage place. He is worried about her safety and has repeatedly asked her to drop things but now that they find out where the loot may be, he gets a phone call and has to go. I'm not saying he is in on it, but come on, if you are worried about her you don't let her go alone.
Deb goes to the storage locker and finds the loot, yay! Only problem is the mom assassin, El Sappo finds her there and proceeds to kick the holy hell out of her. Deb is feisty and can swear like a sailor but El Sappo put her down, hard. He didn't kill her because apparently he only kills people he gets paid to.
Dexter goes to check on her because he hasn't heard from her. He is concerned but she says she is okay and they do the little dance they do. She once again tells him that she never wanted to hate him, in fact she wanted the opposite. Ok, I know they are not blood related but gross!!!!!
Later on, Dexter gets called to a crime scene where El Sappo is found in his car where he was executed. Dexter finds a piece of blood that he believes came from the killer. As he is running the sample in his lab, Deb shows up to go over the case with Quinn. The results pop up on the screen and it turns out that the blood matches Deb! Deb killed El Sappo. Gets better, when Dexter confronts her about it she asks him to go into the evidence locker and switch out her gun since El Sappo took it from her when they tussled and it would clearly implicate her in his murder.
Deb is invited out for drinks by Batista and pulls up to the bar/restaurant. Quinn sees her but before he can do or say anything she pulls away. This is interesting because Quinn and Jamie have been having problems partly because Jamie thinks Quinn is still hung up on Deb, which he clearly is. Also she (and Angel) are upset that he hasn't taken his Sergeant's exam which indicates he is not taking his career seriously. He agrees to take the test but screw that, looks like we might be getting some Deb/Angel cat fight action and that would be awesome!
The scenes from next week's show were fantastic. Vogel asks why Dexter didn't kill Deb when she found out what he was. Vogel points out that Deb blames Dexter for taking away everything that she was. Why is she trying to drive a wedge between Deb and Dexter? So she can have him for herself? Again, gross!!!!! Looks like Deb is going further down the rabbit hole, Quinn and Dexter are trying to stop it and vogel is stirring the pot. Can't wait for next week!
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