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The Great John Dahl Directed Tonight’s DEXTER & Chicago's Capone Has Already Seen It!!
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John Dahl is one of the greatest creators of low-grossing movies alive (rent “Red Rock West” at once if you don’t know what I’m talking about) and tonight he turns his attention to Showtime’s favorite scheming psychopath.
Chicago’s “Capone” returns his gaze to Miami:
Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago with a few choice tidbits about Episode 303 of "Dexter." There have been bloodier season than Season 3, there have been weirder ones too. But I don't think anything compares in terms of unpredictability than this season. I've seen the first four episodes of this remarkable Showtime show, and I cannot for the life of me figure out where the hell this badboy is going, thanks in large part to the outstanding work Jimmy Smits is putting into his role as District Attorney Miguel Prado, who becomes more complex and less flawless with each passing week.
What's the title of "Dexter" 303?
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Who directed?
John Dahl, one of the great directors working today of the modern crime drama. I have admired his works immensely for the last 20 years. His films include KILL ME AGAIN, RED ROCK WEST, THE LAST SEDUCTION, ROUNDERS, and last year's exception Ben Kingsley vehicle YOU KILL ME. I even interviewed him about that film. As for TV, just in the last couple of years, he's directed episodes of "Life," "Fear Itself," True Blood," "Californication," and one of the upcoming final episodes of "Battlestar Galactica."
Who wrote it?
Show co-executive producer Scott Buck, who has written three previous "Dexter" episodes, as well as scripts for "Six Feet Under" (on which he was also a co-executive producer) and "Rome." He also wrote the screenplay for the direct-to-video classic TREMORS 4.
Where do we pick things up?
Dexter and Rita are shopping for groceries with her kids. Dexter sees a man talking to the daughter, Astor. Dex's "prey-dar" goes on alert. He breaks up the discussion, and the man says he's was just asking Astor where the Cheerios are. He is forever known as Cheerios Man.
As for the Freebo/Jane Doe case, Freebo still has not been found and Jane Doe still has not been identified. Apparently, Miguel Prado (Smits) has decided to keep his secret about Dexter's action a secret. Dex refers to him ominously as "the only living person who has seen me with blood on my hands" and wonders why Prado is trying so hard to be his friend by actually trying to convince Lt. Laguerta to scale back he investigation into his brother's death.
Is the Rat Squad's Yuki Amado still after Deb to get close to former narcotics officer Quinn?
She is nowhere to be fond this week, although Deb is looking at Quinn with more suspicion these days.
How does Dexter take to the thought of being a dad?
This week, his insecurities about being a father come forward when Rita asks the orphan Dexter about his family's medical history. Since he doesn't know it, he agrees to get a complete work up from a doctor, which begins with a brain scan. This triggers a scary memory about his father comparing the brain scan of a serial killer with Dexter's own scan.
Dexter also finally tells his sister Deb the good news. She joyfully refers to the baby as a "motherfucking, rolly polly, chubby cheeked shit machine." She actually very happy for him.
Any new cases for the detectives to fret over?
Oh yes. Another dead body shows up with a patch of skin missing...a really big patch of skin. The detectives all assume this is more of Freebo's handiwork, since the body is that of a certain pimp from last week. Dexter and Prado know better but can't say anything.
Do Dexter and Prado get to hang a little bit more in this episode?
Indeed. As with last week, their increasingly frequent interactions are the show's highlights. In one afternoon meeting, Prado assures Dexter that he didn't do anything wrong, but he's clearly looking for signs in Dexter that he is bothered by what he's done; Dexter obliges for show.
Prado is hatching a scheme to the police to find Freebo's body, but Dexter has already disposed of it. Later that night, the two swap stories about their awful father.
I do like Cheerios. Any more action from Cheerios Man?
After finding out that Cheerios man is a registered sex offender, Dexter stalks him as his latest victim, but since the guy hasn't actually killed anybody, Dex says he isn't allowed to kill him, per his code. Soon after, Dexter, Rita, and the kids are on the beach, when Dexter spots Cheerios Man, this time with a camera taking photos of children.
Last week Angel and Quinn uncovered evidence that would have cleared a man being prosecuted by Prado? What happened there?
The now-convicted man is sentenced. Prado essentially ignored the new witness.
What I liked
As thrilled as Dexter was the Prado is covering for him, he also sees that Prado sees this as a partnership of sorts, and he quickly becomes annoyed with his new partner. The show's funniest moment happens at a yoga class that Dexter refers to as "the worst moment in my life." The way Dexter manipulates things to give the cops Jane Doe's name is genius. This move also takes the focus of the two murders off of Freebo.
So is Freebo's body found by anyone other than Dexter or Prado?
No.
Does the non-killing child predator land up wrapped in plastic at a custom-built Dexter kill house?
No.
Will he show up next week to plague Dexter?
Doubtful.
How does it end?
Remember Prado's bloody shirt from last week? It comes back to say hello. And Dexter finds a certain lover of Cheerios at home on this laptop looking at some recently taken photos.
-- Capone
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I love Dahl by the way. Kind of sad to see his career did'nt take off. Loved Rounders, Red Rock West, and You Kill me.
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you do realize that she is dating Dexter in real life dont you?
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I thought the first season was average with hints of greatness, but Dexter being the only really well written character. The second season drastically improved things, had a wonderful plot, and the supporting cast actually did improve. This season unfortunately seems to be a step back. Deb and everyone else besides Dexter have reverted to their one-note nature of season one. Deb's stuff in season two trying to deal with trust issues, and her relationship with the older guy were all great and we got to care for her. But as you guys have stated, she's just back to swearing. I loved the idea of Dexter killing someone he didn't want to, and this in fact turned out to be an actively GOOD person. I think that's wonderful material t o explore, but of course they had to negate this by making the guy in fact bad. All the same, the stuff that happened in episode 2 was good, and I am enjoying this season more, and I do remember that season 2 didn't really step up until it was a bit in. All I'm saying is this show is capable of greatness, and DExter himself is a good character, but the writers really need to trim the supporting cast, or at least make them less of stereotypes. I feel people are giving this show a break just because it's high concept and a cool idea with lots of killing.
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Oct 12, 2008 11:25:06 AM CDT
John Dahl is all over TV like a motherfucker these days.
by johnny smith
True Blood, Dexter, Battlestar Galactica...what are the odds someone can get him to direct an Aqua Teen episode?
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Did Dexter actually start to have a decent story with characters you cared about outside of Dexter and Deb?
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Wasn't it?
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Besides Deb and Dexter, who else is there? La Guerta is doing the exact same thing she did last year with pursuing some love interest that nobody at all cares about, but at least her blind hatred towards Deb is gone; Angel is pretty superfluous even though we HAVE seen instances of him. We see him struggling through divorce, and his child, and now he gains a promotion, but I honestly don't care at all. On something like "The Wire" when people get promoted, it was done at a point where you not only cared, but knew the character deserved it. What has Angel done at all to imply he is very capable at his job? I suppose Rita is complicated and complex and had reasonable material to deal with, but one character being fleshed out doesn't justify the rest. Last season Lila and the guy Carradine played were both immensely interesting and not one-note at all, but of course they are gone now. Smitt's character seems like he'll follow the same suit, but I would be highly surprised if he sticks around to season 4, if he even makes it through the rest of the season. Again, I do enjoy this show, and I think some of the plotting and decisions in season 2 were some of the best I've seen in a show, but when you have a very large supporting cast that is treated negligently and haphazardly, obviously there will be issues. I just wished they'd resolve these. I'm pretty positive nobody watches this show for any character BESIDES Dexter. I mean, on something like Mad Men, Lost, BSG, there are obvious main characters, but it's more than plausible that you'll have people tuning in because they like Pete or Betty/Ben or Sayid/Six or Baltar the most. They need to fix this problem, because it inevitably stifles creativity. They're stuck always doing "Dexter" episodes, because they know no one is going to give a fuck if they do an "Angel" or "La Guerta" episode.
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Incredibly. And this show is awesome.
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Jennifer Carpenter (DEB) was in a little film that aicn dropped the ball on this week. Quarentine, the [REC] remake. fucking amazingly scary. i peed a little, im not gonna lie. why no coverage you fucks? oh yeah, and DEXTER ROCKS!
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Carradine WAS good last season, I'll give you that, but he was underused... the promise of Dexter/him showdown never happened. Hopefully with a writer of Six Feet Under on here they'll start getting into more quirk and meaning. Disagree about Rita being fleshed out... has she ever been shown as anything more than just a really good mom? Give the woman some personality and maybe a hobby or two already. Hell, have ol' Darla make a joke once a season.
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Ya, the [REC] remake was surprisingly good, I thought. It starts a lil slow, but builds up to an "oh fuck! they're all fucked!!!" vibe pretty fast.
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Oct 12, 2008 5:55:44 PM CDT
Haven't seen Quarantine, but REC is supposed to start slow...
by danielkurland
It makes the wonderful second half all the more unexpected.
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I only really know if it was good by the end of the season. The individual episodes are fine, but it's the overall story-arc that does it for me. First season was great fun, season season was enjoyably uncomfortable, so here's hoping the story they've introduced now keeps building like the last couple.
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Since Season One followed the first Dexter novel (Darkly Dreaming Dexter) pretty closely as far as the characters go, Jennifer Carpenter is only playing what's on the page. Deborah is introduced in the book as someone who uses a tough demeanor to cover her awkwardness - no wonder the cursing doesn't come off as 'sincere'.
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and i hope it goes on for a while. i wish they wouldn't have killed off brian in S1, and though i use to wish they would follow the books, i realized it's like getting more volumes of dearly devoted dexter. for me, its a toss up between dex, lost, & friday night lights - for my fav current show. lost barely edges em out, but they're all legit.
btw, i had no idea the 2 were dating, but i think its pretty cool. she is remarkably hot, and i think we've only seen the surface of her talents. i hope when the show gracefully winds down, they both succesfully transition to motion pictures. though if the relationship doesn't work out, will they have to off deb?! -
Just throwing that out there
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Damn this show is good.....
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I agree!!!
Season 3 is so damn good, can't wait to see where it's going. Also, I'm not gonna watch Heroes, I think I'm done with that show now. -
Every season has been great. It tends to get a bit implausible towards the end of a season but I can handle that. The only bad element of Season 1, the flashbacks, have been removed. And with Doakes now dead all the actors are good. I love it. Every other show that has returned recently has been awful.
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After a slow start I thought that was a very good episode, intriguing and humorous in places. Why arent more of you watching and commenting, shame on you. :)
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I just watched it and man this was a terrific episode. Anybody else see sparks flying between Deb and Andre? He's got to be an undercover cop or something, because Deb hasn't fucked anybody yet, and that bald headed detective boy is way too boring for her.
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How about the fact that Dexter is 3 for 3 in the non-killers department this season? The first one was an accident, and the second one a mistake, but tonight he made the decision. I'm not shedding a tear for Cheerios guy, but you kinda have to feel bad for poor dumbass little Freebo. May be part of becoming a master means Dexter's figuring out where his own limits are, or he is beginning to spiral out of control. I like this season a lot so far. It's different - again.
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it will be a huge and possibly unforgiveable coincidence if the "patch" killer turns out to be the third brother (the sheriff).
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I agree 100% with what you say about looking at it as "getting more." I'm a MUCH bigger fan of the TV show than I am of the books, but I see them as being separate, in the same way that something like Legends of the Dark Knight is separate from Detective Comics.
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I loved second season and third season is starting off interesting but nothing beat the Ice Truck Killer mystery. I'm a sucker for mystery storylines and even though I knew who the Ice Truck Killer was right when the character was introduced the ending was still shocking!
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Dexter is bringing in quality recurring guest stars ala The Shield. A very strong move IMHO. Last year Carradine seemed to raise everyone's game.
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Dexter will kill Smits at the end of the season
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Really?
I think Mike can do better. Deb really doesn't do it for me.
I mean good actress, no problem there.
But, Julie Benz is way hotter.
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