Sometimes the plot devices employed to keep the story moving are just out of whack with common sense. In this episode it all came to a crash at the end.
Deborah and the cops go into an apartment looking for murderers in Miami, yet they're surprised by over ten illegals living in a one bedroom? It's Miami. There at least five cops in the raid, yet NONE support Deb when she goes through a gaping hole in the closet to an adjacent room to confront the suspect? Even after Baptista calls in for a "clear" and she doesn't answer? Where were the rest of them at? Certainly not surrounding the building because apparently a guy with a machete can just hop out the window and be gone. I'll cut Deb some slack for being a terrible shot since she was running on no sleep but not for being surprised by the outcome of her stand-off. She was tied up by (and romantically involved with) the Ice Truck Killer AND she's a cop! She should be a little more resilient to gritty crime.
Dexter figures out his new buddy is a runaway, leaves her in a state of medicated distress, AND leaves a bottle of pills near at hand. Later when she feigns suicide he's duped way too easily for a guy who was kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of a car not too long ago. Further, after she turns the tables on him and locks him in he simply busts the lock by shouldering the door? She didn't try to jimmy the door or escape through a window or anything before he came back? That lock was weak and it's doubtful Dex would have used a piece of crap lock or secured a latch somewhere anybody with a minimal amount of force could wrench it free.
The three dudes in the car note a deranged chick in the swamp, laugh, and then drive off? Really? WITHOUT looking in the rear view mirror to see the guy hiding step up to the side of the road and subdue her! No way.
But all that being said, I'm still a fan. I like the plot progression of this season so far. Julia Stiles is great, the dynamic between Dex and Deb is awesome, Quinn's whining about Kyle Butler is interesting enough (although it was a pretty huge leap I thought), and the internal affairs issue with Baptista is mildly entertaining. (Although any IA cop who would jeopardize his position for a hummer from a department chief is stupid. Like she's not just going to entrap him in order to take the heat off her husband. A guy who has already put a boy in blue in the hospital. That doesn't make a lot of sense.)
Deborah and the cops go into an apartment looking for murderers in Miami, yet they're surprised by over ten illegals living in a one bedroom? It's Miami. There at least five cops in the raid, yet NONE support Deb when she goes through a gaping hole in the closet to an adjacent room to confront the suspect? Even after Baptista calls in for a "clear" and she doesn't answer? Where were the rest of them at? Certainly not surrounding the building because apparently a guy with a machete can just hop out the window and be gone. I'll cut Deb some slack for being a terrible shot since she was running on no sleep but not for being surprised by the outcome of her stand-off. She was tied up by (and romantically involved with) the Ice Truck Killer AND she's a cop! She should be a little more resilient to gritty crime.
Dexter figures out his new buddy is a runaway, leaves her in a state of medicated distress, AND leaves a bottle of pills near at hand. Later when she feigns suicide he's duped way too easily for a guy who was kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of a car not too long ago. Further, after she turns the tables on him and locks him in he simply busts the lock by shouldering the door? She didn't try to jimmy the door or escape through a window or anything before he came back? That lock was weak and it's doubtful Dex would have used a piece of crap lock or secured a latch somewhere anybody with a minimal amount of force could wrench it free.
The three dudes in the car note a deranged chick in the swamp, laugh, and then drive off? Really? WITHOUT looking in the rear view mirror to see the guy hiding step up to the side of the road and subdue her! No way.
But all that being said, I'm still a fan. I like the plot progression of this season so far. Julia Stiles is great, the dynamic between Dex and Deb is awesome, Quinn's whining about Kyle Butler is interesting enough (although it was a pretty huge leap I thought), and the internal affairs issue with Baptista is mildly entertaining. (Although any IA cop who would jeopardize his position for a hummer from a department chief is stupid. Like she's not just going to entrap him in order to take the heat off her husband. A guy who has already put a boy in blue in the hospital. That doesn't make a lot of sense.)