The humor and the whole irony of the situation was one of my favourite parts.

I think I read somewhere within this thread that someone rated season 4 as the best of the bunch. I'm 6 episodes in and think it's the worst so far. What's with all of the personal melodrama? Debra's breakdown scene with Dexter in the parking lot where she and Lundy got shot was laughably bad. The Maria and Angel romance? Enough already. And Rita's become Queen bitch all of a sudden. And I've seen enough of John Lithgow's naked ass to last me 4 lifetimes. I hope it starts picking up soon.

So I binge watched episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10 last night and you were right. Things went from cruise control to flat out batsh*t nuts. Damn, when Christine opened the door and Arthur is there and she calmly says, "Hi Daddy". I actually jumped out of my chair with a WHOA! Got minor goosebumps too. Can't wait to see how this all plays out.

Dexter shows Lumen the picture he took of Jordan Chase to see if she recognizes him as one of her rapists. She stares at it as says something along the lines of "Well, he looks like a total freak and all, but......" Dexter glances at the picture, sees Vince and says, "No, not him. The other guy."

I can suspend disbelief in the whole premise of the show, but the writers definitely got lazy so far this (5th) season. The worst being the ending of the episode with the saran wrap dude and the dentist tie wrapped to the pipe. Vince sums it all up as kink and all of the other detectives buy it.

Lumen makes her first "official" kill while Dexter looks on. They clean up and dump the body parts after Dexter cuts him up. Back at his place Lumen finally makes the move on Dexter and I'm sitting there with tears rolling down my face because I'm happy for them. This show does weird sh*t to you!

First off, really dug how season 5 played out. Suspension of disbelief definitely required but I thought the chemistry between Stiles and Hall was great. (I guess so great they ended up having a fling which broke up Hall's marriage to Deb and caused the producers to scrap bringing Stiles back for season 6.

Season 6: Considering Hall and Carpenter's marriage fell apart it's nice to see it hasn't affected the chemistry between Dexter and Deb.

Everywhere I've checked season rankings of the show no.s 6 and 8 are always at the bottom. I'm two episodes in and liking everything so far. I don't mind all of the side stories going on at all. Either it's not as bad as some are saying or it's about to go downhill badly pretty soon.

Ok, so I'm finally starting to see why season 6 gets so much flack. So far it's more about stupid scenes getting inserted in and totally ruining an episode's vibe. Example: Dexter and his brother speeding down the road while Dexter shoots at stuff. Totally stupid and 100% unlike Dex. And then drunk Quint telling Batista to his face that he wants to tap his sister's ass. Come on man. Plus they are really telegraphing ****. I already know that Travis talking to Gellar is the same thing as Dexter talking to his dad/brother.

Speaking of which, I loved that they inserted his brother in to temporarily take the place of the dad cause the dad was getting soft about killing the kid.

Travis killing his sister as the whore was a pretty WTF moment for sure!

My problem with that storyline is that for five seasons, Dexter has been realizing that he is more than just some empty shell whose only moral center is the Code, and all it takes to undo that is some guy he knew for like a month dying?

Like, really? He's that weak-willed?

Them killing off Brother Sam was such a waste too. Mos Def was doing a great job with that role and they could have taken it so much further and down some interesting paths - like him finding out about Dexter.

Totally. Best new character in that season, and he had really great chemistry with Dexter. The season never really got back on track after that. Don't worry though. There will be a payoff to make the season worth it in the end. Just.

So yeah, sixth season wasn't so great. But that last scene in the last episode completely made all that slogging worth it, right? Prepare yourself for the seventh season, as it's the best since season four, and contender for my fav along with the second. It's going to live up to every expectation you're hoping it will.

And how did you feel about the Dexter/Deb romance subplot? Don't want to say anything to ruin the rest of the show (unless you really felt negatively about it), just curious.

WHAT THE ****!!!!!! More totally unbelievable scenes. The worst bad guy the show has ever had - Hanks, learn a few more facial expressions, Mkay? Dexter tripping and stumbling over himself every chance he gets. Never mind suspension of disbelief, this was unscrew your entire brain and drool for 52 minutes crap. And I actually knew the big season ending reveal before it happened because of the whole Deb realizing she is in love with Dex BULL****!!!!!!! I never though I'd use the FF button with this show but I wore off the freaking icon during the last two episodes. ARRRGGHHHH.

Yeah, but still. Last five minutes sets up some of the best drama of the series. And, if you're concerned with the Dex/Deb romance thing, then this is a spoiler, but it's one that would have legitimately comforted me had I known it at the time, so I'll give it to you anyway. It doesn't give anything else away, so don't worry about anything actually being ruined. I promise you, you will think me for this spoiler...

She did just discover the dude she thinks she might be in love with, and want to get naked with and ****, is another serial killer. Deja Vu all over again. How could Dexter have anticipated that Travis would ask him to inject himself with his needle on top of the skyscraper????