TV-Reviewed

Wow! This was definitely an interesting Thanksgiving for any episode I’ve ever seen which saw Dexter really get to know Trinity and his family. Let’s just say that there are definite cracks in Arthur Miller’s family.

I still find it hard to believe that Arthur hasn’t found out that Dexter is following him. Dexter has sat outside a several times this season with Arthur unaware, but that’s besides the point. This week Dexter infiltrates the family and realizes that Trinity’s family doesn’t like him very much. We meet Jonah, who’s probably the most normal family member. It was nice to see Dexter kind of bond with Jonah and want to protect him. After Jonah damages the car, Dexter stays over at Arthur’s a lot longer than necessary because of worry about what Trinity would do to Jonah.

Some of the scenes in the Trinity household were sad. Watching Arthur break Jonah’s fingers or finding out that he locks his daughter in her room or that the wife is terrified of what he’ll do was sad. Things got even worse in the household when Jonah destroys Trinity’s sacred vase. We finally see Trinity unleash his beast.  This in turn leads to a good scene where Dexter unleashes his beast and we see him drag Trinity into his kitchen. It was a terrifying scene where it looked like Dexter was going to kill Trinity right there. There was also a weird reaction from the family who actually seemed to want Arthur to live.

Harry showed up in this episode and there were a lot of comparisons between Dexter and Trinity and the fear that Dexter could end up turning out like Trinity. As the audience, we somewhat scoff at the idea of Dexter turning out like Trinity, but there is a possibility that after so many years, Dexter could end up like Trinity.

Debra continued to come closer to finding Trinity and is showing that she’s a really good detective. I have to say I thought Jonah was going to be the one who shot Debra, but I didn’t think that it would end up being Quinn’s reporter girlfriend, who’s apparently his daughter. It was definitely an interesting turn events and it’s looking like a race to see whether Debra will catch Trinity and her shooter before Dexter gets to him.

We also had the side story with Batista catching a criminal from a case a long time ago. The Batista/LaGuerta relation is still boring, but it’s kind of cute to see the two in love. I also could do without Debra possibly falling for the next door neighbor Elliot.

The ending was great with everyone seated at a table hiding some kind of secret or knowing something. It’s odd that Masuka ends up being the one knowing about Debra’s indiscretion, so I wonder what he plans on doing.

This episode really kicked it up and I’m eagerly looking forward to what happens next with Dexter, Trinity Killer, and Debra. We also get to see whether Trinity will run into Dexter again and how Dexter plans on recovering from showing himself to Trinity’s family.

Rating: 8.5