After re-watching some of the previous seasons, I was primed for Dexter's next chapter. I was a bit disappointed with the first episode - the characters were too obvious, not the same level of nuance as in past seasons, and which always made the story development so interesting. Especially this episode's villian (Matt) who was such a problem from the start that I knew he wouldn't last (although, not even through the episode??) And the rich guy in town as the villian? Too trite. The "nightmare" of Deb coming through the ice was really effective though. I was also hoping to find out more about Dexter's escape from Miami - would make for a nice flashback scene!
