Dexter: Original Sin
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We pick up right where we left off, with Dexter staring in horror at Mad Dogs mangled corpse.
Look, this show requires a staggering amount of belief suspension.
Im doing my best to just go with it.
Back at home, Harry is furious after hearing Mad Dogs name on the police radio.
If he woke up early, that is your fuck-up its your responsibility, Harry admonishes.
My fuck-up was letting you go after that nurse.
It was too soon.
This is the throughline of the episode: People fuck up sometimes.
Hes not allowed to go to work (how does the rest of Miami Metro feel about that?)
Death didnt feed my Dark Passenger; killing did.
And I was still … hungry.
This does lead to a nice bonding moment after Deb comes home and realizes how baked her brother is.
Deb also confides in Dex about Gio and suggests a double date with him and Sofia.
Do you see what I mean about twisted family-sitcom mode?
LaGuerta points out that accidents happen, and its what we do next that matters.
Our mistakes dont have to define us, Dexters voiceover helpfully translates.
If I wanted to kill again, Id need to learn from mine.
Meanwhile, Harry has problems of his own.
At the Levi Reed trial, hes facing a tough cross-examination from Reeds defense attorney.
With an apology to Reed, the case is dismissed.
I guess were dealing with sitcom pacing, too.
Captain Spencer is reasonably pissed at Harrys case-destroying mistake (episode theme alert!
Does Harry go home to spend time with his daughter and accompany her to the cemetery?
Instead, he heads to a bar to get drunk.
When Spencer finds him there, he tells Harry that hes pulling him off the Jimmy Powell case.
When Harry wakes up, hes strapped onto a kill table.
I think not!)
Dexter says Harry should never have gone after Levi Reed himself thats what Dex was trained for.
So, yes, Dexter is back on track, with Levi as his next victim.
No need to find additional proof of his misdeeds, Harry says, since they already have ample evidence.
I could never be good, Dexter says, but maybe I could still do good.
At this point, Im just wondering how much more origin story there is to tell.
This is very disrespectful to Charlotte Rampling.
I didnt include the flashback scenes in the recap because they are more of the same.
Harry and Laura continue their affair, and Harry shares that he had a son who died.
When he returns home, Doris reveals that shes pregnant.
Tell me something I dont know!
Who is Gio anyway?
He mentions that his dad has a yacht, which could mean hes Mad Dogs son.
That would certainly bring him into the main plot, but wouldnt he already know about his dads death?
(I guess these things did take longer in a pre-cell-phone era.)
There is still not nearly enough of Tanya, though shes at least more present in this episode.
I wanted to punch him in his smug-ass face, she says of the defense attorney.
There was a bailiff there and, you know, professionalism.
Its her Buffy-est line yet.
Grounded Dexter watchesParker Lewis Cant Lose, another fun period detail.
Its a surrealist sitcom, which definitely fits the vibe ofOriginal Sin.
