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I am so so sad Rita is gone. I found her to be just as twisted as Dexter in her own little way and I can't imagine what's going to happen now. Well, I can actually. I imagine the paternal grandparents will take Cody and Astor and Rita's mother will try to take baby!morgan but what I REALLY want is to see Deb and Dexter try to raise that baby. That shit would be dark!comedy gold.

I find myself, this season especially, getting really pissed off at Dexter and how his "Dark Passenger" winds up getting in the way of Debra's career. If he wasn't out wreaking havoc on Deb's cases, Miami Metro would realize she's the best damn detective they've got. I really hurt for her professionally this season.

I hope the writer's will be forced to tighen up Dexter's characterization and methods, he was so sloppy this season that it drove me nuts.

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It's terrible that my thoughts went like this: 1) oh! the kids! Those poor kids! Dexter can't raise them by himself! 2) Oh! Dexter! Who's going to be damaged enough for you to marry now? 3) Oh. Rita. Huh. Guess you never have to find out what your husband truly is.

I mean I'm sad-ish that there won't be that marriage dynamic anymore, but, I'm not all torn up about it.

I think that the sloppiness was intended--the difficulties of juggling a wife, 3 kids AND serial killing. Having to be home at night and be a real dad and husband rather than a boyfriend/psuedo-father was bound to throw a wrench in things.

I don't think anyone on my flist posts about Dexter -- so I was very surprised with how many people posted yesterday and how many of those people all echoed your sentiments about Rita. I feel like the only person around who will genuinely miss her. My very favorite Rita moment ever was the look of utterly sublime happiness on her face when she put the padlock on Dexter's little house in the backyard. She truthfully didn't care what he was doing out there -- she just wanted him there and not lying and off in his old apartment. It was really twisted.

All of her personal work at trying to grow and be a better person and how she tried to drag Dexter with her was genuinely amusing to me. She was so self-deluded and yet so strong at the same time. Not to mention, she's easy on the eyes *g*

I agree that the sloppiness was intended and that they had to get out of the happy suburban corner they'd written Dexter into, but I'd rather have seen Rita realize the futility of trying to make Dexter into something and grow into something else herself.

God, that was an awful ending. I was profoundly unsettled by it; it took me a long time to calm down enough to go to sleep.

You're right, though, that Deb and Dexter really ought to try to raise Harrison. That would be great.

And yes, it's a miracle he didn't get caught at some point this season; I was frequently worried about security cameras he might not have seen, because he didn't scope the sites beforehand.

Harrison's first word would shitmotherfuckerdamn! And I would laugh and laugh and laugh. I've been more concerned for Deb than Dexter this season. I've always really loved her but this season I loved her more than ever, she really seems to have matured. I hate that Lundy had to die for that to happen.

He should have let Deb have Trinity. She deserved one "kill" even though hers would have been metaphorical. Especially this kill, because she was shot and Lundy died because of Trinity.

I thought Rita still had a long way to travel and I'm sorry she's gone.

But when I think of the season as a whole, I'm overwhelmed by Lithgow's creepy performance. No wonder Dexter was off-balance.

Edited 2009-12-16 03:34 (UTC)

She really *really* deserved that kill, but I suppose if he understood that in any way, he wouldn't be a serial killer himself.

I'm going to miss Rita too.

Lithgow turned in a tremendous performance and I wish either Deb had caught him or he'd gotten away. I'd love to see Dexter live with knowing Trinity was constantly looking over his shoulder

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