Dexter (TV Series) Every Silver Lining... (2013) User Reviews

The Creator and the Creature

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 1 August 2014]

Dexter watches videos of Harry consulting Dr. Vogel about him. The ten year-old Dexter had just visited a crime scene with Harry and his stepfather visited Dr. Vogel seeking help for his stepson. Dr. Vogel discloses to Dexter that she prepared Harry's Code with his stepfather to satisfy Dexter's urge for blood. Dr. Vogel has received the missing part of the brain of a man and she believes that the killer is one of her former patients. She asks Dexter to find and kill the serial-killer as a sort of favor for her. Deb goes to a store expecting to recover the jewels stolen by Briggs, but El Sapo unexpectedly arrives and beats up on Debra. The police find another victim with brain and skull sliced open and Dexter finds a clue. Then El Sapo is murdered and Dexter discovers who has killed the hit-man.

"Every Silver Lining..." is not among the best episodes of Dexter. There are good dialogs and great performances but the plot is weak. Dexter is not following Harris's Code any longer and Debra is completely lost and wasted. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Cada Fresta de Esperança..." ("Each Slender of Hope")

You are perfect the way you are!

[anand-vks · 8/10 · 8 July 2013]

Michael Hall directs this episode. And I believe he has played this character so much so that Dexter has oozed into his directing. The frames themselves look sinister and the interactions between Dr.Vogel and Dexter themselves, creepy. Good work I would say. The plot itself takes interesting albeit predictable twists. Deb starting to lose control, making murder a way of life "This is not the first time I shot a person and it might not be the last": is one. Does this mean Deb starts to fall under Dexter's "code"? Let's not forget that Dexter now has a new "surrogate" mother under Dr.Vogel. Will she push Dexter into thinking Deb as a threat? All interesting plots to be pursued. And the scenes between Dex and Dr.Vogel are absolutely well done since it seems so creepy, especially the closing "You are perfect the way you are" delivery. A good follow up episode to the premiere which could have been better if not for the time wasted on the Batista-Quinn subplot which just seems like fillers trying to make up the minutes. Otherwise, a crackling finale is being set up!

Fantastic follow up to the premiere

[voldie25 · 9/10 · 7 July 2013]

Dexter improved upon the premiere with an excellent episode that showcases Michael C Hall's directing abilities as well as his acting ones.Dexter finds out his connection to Evelyn Vogel via some old DVD's of Harry seeking her help.These DVD's completely changes the way we viewed Harry and adds an extra layer to Dexter's origin story

Charlotte Rampling is brilliant in her role and has great chemistry with Michael C Hall.All of her conversations with Dexter are great and a treat to watch as she seeks Dexter's help and asks him to hunt down The Brain Surgeon,who Dr Vogel believes is one of her own patients.Dexter hunts down Lyle Sussman,whose prints were found at another crime scene only to find that Sussman was a victim of the Brain Surgeon,not the murderer himself.

Dexter is angry with himself for being wrong,but Dr Vogel calms him down.Their final scene in this episode,where Dr Vogel convinces Dexter that he's perfect just the way he is was a turning point for the series and it's main character.

Meanwhile,Jennifer Carpenter continues to do a brilliant job as the new,bad-ass Debra Morgan.When El Sapo beats the sh!t out of her in a brutal scene,Deb kills El Sapo,which shows how much she's changed since she shot Laguerta.

Quinn's story continues to be boring as ever,but i'm glad Batista found out about Jamie and Quinn in the second episode.Since this is the last season,I sincerely hope the writers would get rid of these annoying subplots and completely focus on Dex/Deb/Vogel.

GRADE: A-

Brilliant Follow up

[nikashvili · 10/10 · 9 July 2013]

First episode, aka beginning of the end, was surprisingly full of twists and new characters, who refreshed the spirit of whole show. It started a complex story of Dexter-Debra relationship, investigation of new murders and Dex's contention with mysterious psychologist. But second episode actually runs in totally unpredictable direction and shows Dexter - a cold blood serial killer - in another perspective.

We all know how "dark passenger" was born - Dex witnessed murder of mother and at the age of three he was "christened" in her blood. But we never knew how Dexter Morgan was formed, was it all Harry?

Every Silver Lining is great achievement in dramatic writing, for making brilliant plot twist, adding some very interesting and pensive dialogues, which enhance the problem of moral dilemma in this show. I've been always saying that Dexter bring a issue that never been brought before the screen. It really tries to show whether serial killers can be good people or not. But it does not bring an episode that will give a definite YES or NO answer.

This episode gives closer look to Dr. Vogel and her relationship with Dexter. First episode introduced her as a person who knows Morgan's secret and Harry's code well. But she turns out to be on his side. Is this good? We don't know yet. Evelyn is being helpful psychologist since Dex is losing control on emotions and everything happening around him but every person, who knows that much information about his desire of killing is potential threat - that's what daddy taught him.

Michael C. Hall is great in this episode. It's never been easy to play serial killer, however this episode was special dramatic achievement, including passionate, beautifully written and emotional dialogues. Jennifer Carpenter is just brilliant. This season can be the best for her, making her next award season pretty interesting.

Deb-Dex relationship goes as it's supposed to be - sister tries to push brother away from her, blaming him for everything she's been up to. But Dexter is not capable of letting her go, because he also feels guilty. For this reason he gets psychological assistance from Dr. Vogel, who turns out to be happy for what's happening to Morgan. She tries to keep him closer to herself, as if own child.

Good Work Michael C. Hall

[mrxelement · 10/10 · 7 July 2013]

After I heard Michael C. Hall(DEXTER!) making a Dexter episode made me scream like a little girl. I had no idea he was capable of creating such a well paced episode that was even better than the premiere. The way the camera angles were and the lighting of it was so great! Everything about this episode was very dark in a reddish hellish way.

Seeing Dexter and Dr.Evelyn Vogel together gives me chills and its very exciting to see the way they have this awesome chemistry. I just want to see more scenes with them to how Dr.Vogel shares Dexter about his dark deathly origins.

Deb is still kicking-ass with her great acting Nice scenes from our funny bald-headed Masuka Our nice duo with Batista and Quinn.

Overall, this episode was fantastic! Hope to see more work from Michael C. Hall.

Great Character Development Episode, Great Deb & Dex Scenes, Brilliant Direction but Underlying Subplots tape up Screen-space

[dexbreakthrones · 8/10 · 12 July 2013]

Season 8 is turning out to be one of the most intriguing and captivating seasons in Dexter history. Whilst, in most circumstances, people may say that Dexter has "run it's course", I believe that the series has been going in a fantastic direction, even after eight seasons. And this episode was definitely not a compromise of the Season Premiere.

Written by Manny Coto, and Directed by Michael C. Hall, the episode was well-paced and had around three twists, some expected, some unexpected. But that's the thing about this episode, the writer seemed to have a few tricks up his sleeves. Moreover, even though the twists were well executed it was nice to see some smart and intriguing dialogue between Dr. Vogel and Dexter, because this is what previous seasons sorely lacked "smart dialogue".

From a storytelling point of view, it was well-executed. Michael C. Hall was able to bring back some of the nostalgic cinematography from the first season, into the eighth season, which tells the audience that he knows the show, and is a fantastic up and coming director. If there were any cons in this episode, it would be the wasted time on subplots. Not that I don't enjoy subplots, but they just seem to be the same every season: awkward love interests that don't work out, and other things that just take up too much screen time.

Overall I though this was a fantastic character development episode, that was nicely Written and Directed, which had a few twists and turns that would keep the viewer on the edge of their seat.

Overall Score: 8/10 = B+ Best Actor: Charlotte Rampling & Jennifer Carpenter TIE

A Mother Role

[ZegMaarJus · 8/10 · 20 April 2021]

This episode begins with Dexter, he sees a tape of his father at Evelyn's house. Evelyn tells to Dexter that she helped Harry with the code. Another body has been found, again it is a corpse with his brain pulled open. Lyle Sussman is the main suspect on this case. Deb gets into a fight with El Sapo. El Sapo took jewelery. Angel discovered that Quinn is dating his sister. El Sapo has been killed, is Deb in danger? Dexter found Lyle hanging death on a hook. Dexter found Deb's blood at El Sapo's crime scene, Did Debra kill him. In a flashback it gets clear that Debra killed El Sapo. Dexter stole Deb's gun from the evidence room to protect her. Dexter and Evelyn are watching a tape, Welks got killed and also Lyle past away. Nice episode of Dexter Season 8, Evelyn fills in the mother role that Dexter needs. Such a good actress.

You are perfect

[dannylee-78082 · 7/10 · 16 January 2022]

1. Vogel is Dexter's spiritual mother 2. Deb is beaten and kills el sapo 3. Vogel hugs Dexter

Much better episode than the first. Looks like we are getting more into Dexters origin story in this final season. Vogel so far is a great character that already shows some complexity. Charlotte Rampling is a great actor that can portray that character. Excited about her addition to the show.

Deb has really taken a dark passage and her portrayal is quite frankly, at peak form. Dexter is feeling the guilt of ruining Deb for life and he is hating himself to the point of no return. Looks like we've got a pretty dark and emotional final season ahead and Though I know that the ending was not really appreciated, I am excited for the beginning.

S8.E2 - You're Perfect Dexter [9/10]

[panagiotis1993 · 9/10 · 27 September 2023]

(S8. E2) My Reaction / Review for Dexter Season 8 Episode 2 ''Every Silver Lining...'': Episode 1 was good and I gave it a rating of 9/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. So Dr. Vogel knows everything about Dexter, she worked with Harry and also she wants Dex to kill a man for her, interesting. Who killed El Sapo? Was it Deb? Deb is such a mess, she needs to wake up. So the killer killed himself? I didn't see that coming. I knew it that Deb killed El Sapo, she has become a killer now? Is that what is happening? Wow, the killer makes other people kill for him? That's cool. Overall a really good episode, my rating is 9/10.

Weak tea

[mwollaeger-17797 · 5/10 · 25 March 2020]

Poorly written and clumsily directed episode of a show starting to show signs of incipient collapse, it having become impossible to generate fresh plots. But not surprising that this is Michael C Hall's first effort as director. It shows.

Slope gets slipperier by the second

[anijatsu-94647 · 3/10 · 28 June 2022]

"alpha wolves" used as a phrase by a supposed scientist? Sorry, this does not pass.

It feels like characters are all too calm about their possible fates even in the face of real threat. Some are again, as in previous seasons, revealed without pretense, but then disappear just to serve a /greater subplot/.

And the main theme? Just gets an injection of content that serves as nothing more than that. It's no food for thought more than use of a thesaurus to avoid repeating words is.

Then there's the main characters which have displayed plenty of reasons that serve them with confusing emotions, just to end up right back where they started, as if they lost memory.

I wouldn't put all this on the director. It's absolutely up to the writers to not leave things feeling hollow and stripped of context. But all this back and forth, I can't say that much past season 3 has held up just as strong. It's as if past that, the scenes worthy of remembering decreased like a cubic function.