US: 3X09 - "About Last Night" [** SPOILERS WITHIN **]

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thetvdb.com summary:

The friendship between Dexter and Miguel become strained even as Rita resolves to confront Miguel about his suspected infidelity; Debra searches furiously for Anton when it's revealed that he was abducted by the Skinner.

Fantastic episode IMO. And yes, I had the suspicion that this is where things were going for a few episodes now (and so did many here) but as usual with Dexter, seeing it all come together is hugely satisfying - it's going to be an intense last 3 episodes to the season!

Miguel killing off Ellen was not a surprise, though I didn't quite expect the twist with the shirt until Dexter started expecting it - Miguel sure is one sly b*****d...

Plenty of movement on the skinner storyline too, though I am still not sure where things are going with this one and how (if at all), it ties into the main story somehow (if not, it seems a bit pointless).

Turns out I was way off on Anton being the skinner and good to see that Debra has not been written to be a complete idiot that always hooks up with complete psychos...

Can't wait for the next one and the next one after that and well, the one after that ...

TheAlmightyZeus

Awesome episode! Really enjoyed it. It took a while to get going but once Dexter uncovered Ellen's body, things really took off! Oh yeh, what were those kids doing playing in a cemetary anyway? Poor Anton, he was in pieces and King was almost gonna get away with it. Dexter has two problems to deal with now in the skinner and Miguel.

Oh and that bit at the end with Dex going crazy and destroying his office was hilarious. I love the bits like that they throw in here and there, it really gives a look at whats going on in his head.

Can't wait for next week!

11811

yeah was great, finally some real tension! Going to a be some show down between the two!
altho will Dexter kill Migel? - seems like a recurring plot that he kills those kinda close to him...

J-blk

TheAlmightyZeus wrote: »

that bit at the end with Dex going crazy and destroying his office was hilarious. I love the bits like that they throw in here and there, it really gives a look at whats going on in his head.

The best such sequence has to be in Season 2 though, when he's seeing all the scenarios of Debra finding out he is the Bay Harbor Butcher in his head .

TheAlmightyZeus

J-blk wrote: »

The best such sequence has to be in Season 2 though, when he's seeing all the scenarios of Debra finding out he is the Bay Harbor Butcher in his head .

Haha, forgot about that! She starts choking, then she is crying in another and then she shoots him in the head! Brilliant!

Ron DMC

Loved this episode. Sheer class as usual. Love how Miguel 'used' Dex. He's not gonna be happy with that. Looking forward to seeing him tear Miguel apart or at least leave him for the skinner to take of (keep the attention away from him). He'll have to kill him though because having him arrested will mean he'll rat out Dexter.

DeadParrot

He told King about Dexter.
Simple as.
He turned off the camera in the interview room, then came out saying oops we've to let him go.
Skinner will go after Dexter as Miguel doesnt like the idea of being chastised by Dexter.
Good ep.
I was a little disapointed with the skinner revelation just done immediatly onscreen but otherwise class stuff

11811

DeadParrot wrote: »

He told King about Dexter.
Simple as.
He turned off the camera in the interview room, then came out saying oops we've to let him go.
Skinner will go after Dexter as Miguel doesnt like the idea of being chastised by Dexter.
Good ep.
I was a little disapointed with the skinner revelation just done immediatly onscreen but otherwise class stuff

hmmm yeah thats an idea..makes sense.
How will Migel be dispatched then?

J-blk

I'm pretty sure Dex himself will somehow take care of Miguel... Though the idea of turning the skinner on Dexter makes sense (and would be a reason for having the whole storyline in the first place), what motivation could Miguel have given the skinner to go after him I wonder? The skinner seemed pretty confident that they could not charge/hold him, so he hardly would go after Dexter in order to be released?...

ixoy

J-blk wrote: »

Though the idea of turning the skinner on Dexter makes sense (and would be a reason for having the whole storyline in the first place), what motivation could Miguel have given the skinner to go after him I wonder?

Miguel is the D.A. and can get him off but only if he does in Dexter?

The skinner seemed pretty confident that they could not charge/hold him, so he hardly would go after Dexter in order to be released?...

Yes, he would because Miguel would protect him. That's why he's been so cocky so far because Miguel had his back the whole time. Miguel turns him out to go after anyone associated with Freebo because in Miguel's twisted mind, even being associated with the man who (he thinks) killed his brother is worthy of death. Knowing that Freebo is dead works in his favour because nobody can ever tell King where Freebo is, so King gets to keep killing the suspects without ever getting his answer.

TheAlmightyZeus

Yeah, it would be a nice twist if Miguel was helping out King. Dexter has his hands full now with the two of them but looks as if Miguel is his top priority right now since he used him, which doesn't sit well with Dexter. Hopefully next week we can get as much of the Dex/Miguel/Skinner triangle in, rather than seeing anymore of Angel/Masuka/Whatshername..

Snake Plisken

If Dex wanted he could take out Miguel, and set it up to look like the Skinner did it.

Krieg

Dexter's hissy fit in the office made me lol

"MIGUEELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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ixoy wrote: »

Yes, he would because Miguel would protect him. That's why he's been so cocky so far because Miguel had his back the whole time.

Good point. I never considered that Miguel could have been involved with the skinner right from the start and instead I figured this was their first meeting - in which case the skinner was already too over-confident to care about getting protection from the D.A. But if he is over-confident because of an earlier arrangement with Miguel, then that does change things. Now I'm getting even more excited about the remaining 3 episodes .