TV-Reviewed

“Lost Boys” was a good episode that revealed more about the Trinity Killer than I thought there was possible. When Dexter showed his murderous side last week, I wasn’t sure where they would take the relationship between the two. I was also wondering if Dexter would try to keep his distance. Everything came together nicely and there’s an interesting race to see who’s going to get Trinity first and it looks like the police might be the first to do it.

Dexter is still stalking Trinity and on one night he sees Trinity follow a family and take a child. This was surprising because taking children had been part of Trinity’s pattern, or so we thought. It seems Lundy’s detective work was incomplete and he failed to find the part of the pattern, where Trinity kidnaps a child days before he starts his cycle again. The children always represent Arthur. It was quite creepy watching Arthur alone with the boy and calling him Arthur. Some of the dialogue was tricky because due to Trinity saying he would preserve the boy’s innocence, I thought that he actually wouldn’t kill the boy. Once I saw Trinity poison the boy’s ice cream, there was a sense of urgency of Dexter trying to find Trinity.

Dexter looked like crap this episode and it was funny that Debra seemed to be the only person who noticed that Dexter looked kind of dirty. This season has been hardest on Dexter, who really seems to be trying to fit everything around trying to find Trinity. I liked the fact that Jonah was in this episode again and it would be interesting to see Jonah next season, or at least hopefully see what happens to him by the end of the season.

Dexter ended up getting to the child just in time, but somehow Trinity got away again. It’s kind of funny that Trinity has escaped Dexter this many times, especially considering how Trinity isn’t very fast and is pretty old.

I also liked how Debra used her interview with Christine to get more information on what she knew about the Lundy’s shooter. It was a great set-up. I also liked how Quinn wasn’t totally mad at Deb for probing Christine; even though he did still seem pissed off at the end when they escorted her out in handcuffs.

I liked that we got to see Christine’s relationship with her father also. She seems to be treated like the black sheep of the family. It was kind of sad how much attention she wants from her father and how she doesn’t get it.

There was a little scene there where Deb gets more information about who her dad was seeing and this all might pop up by the end of the season again.

I liked this episode because it kept the La Guerta/Batista relationship to a minimum also. Masuka trying to confess what he saw at Thanksgiving was kind of lame because it doesn’t feel all that important. In fact, once Dexter finds out, he might not even have that big of a reaction to it.

Aside from that, this was a pretty good episode and it was great seeing Dexter’s pursuit of Trinity. This was another solid episode and with the police getting closer to catching Trinity, I’m looking forward to seeing how all of this plays out by the end.

Rating: 9.4