Dexter: Review & Commentary
#72
S10 E8 - "The Kill Room Where It Happens"

This episode is only 45 minutes long, OMG it's gonna go by so fast... *cries*

1:25 yo I got a bad feeling about this.

This show is either about to stay crazy good or take a massive shit. I'm scared.

1:35 dude I honestly feel bad for Batista, the guy's totally lost his mind. Even though he's right. It's wild how they can make us feel like he's crazy even though he's LITERALLY RIGHT.

2:00 they're getting rid of his character without a doubt. I dunno how they're gonna do it, and if they flub it, there's gonna be hell to pay with the fanbase.

2:42 this is honestly really sad. Cuz Angel was really the only OG show character I liked all that much, and this is definitely the end for him. One way or another. Awghaaad. Angel, you should have just enjoyed that retirement man.

I could be off base, but this whole thing just has doom written all over it. There's a definite foreboding sense of doom.

Something's totally about to go wrong.

6:30 "I don't have a good feeling." - Charley. What are the fucking odds she says this and I just got done saying the same fucking thing?? They're PROJECTING this tone of doom somehow. I dunno how they're doing it, filmmaking magic I guess. What the actual fuck.

6:35 "Feeling? I'm sorry, did you just say FEELING? I don't care about your fucking feelings, Charley." - Prater. Dude I am tripping so hard right now.

6:55 this definitively proves that Prater DOES NOT know that Dexter is the BHB. People have been speculating he already knows, but I think he only finds out sometime during these last couple episodes.

7:15 Prater just dropped the words "apex predator" and fans are always using this term to describe Dexter. Maybe the OG series referred to him that way at one point but I don't recall. I'd like to think it's fan service.

7:28 he just called Gemini an "incel".

9:45 they really emphasize the shoulder pain with Dexter. I wonder where they're going with that. There has to be a reason they keep choosing to portray him with arm/shoulder pain. I don't even see how it's related to getting shot by Harrison since he was shot in the chest. Agh, the doom. I can't.

Maybe the "Dexter's gonna stop killing" rumors are true. If he can't physically pull this shit off anymore, what other choice does he really have? That'd be a bummer though. I mean I'm sure they could make it work, but it'd be a curveball.

10:20 it's absurd that Dexter hasn't discovered the AirPods yet and Batista is STILL tracking him. Everybody who called out the alert that you get on the iPhone when those devices are nearby are gonna be pissed about this. I was 50/50 about whether or not Dex would discover them quickly. I figured they'd lead him to a kill room but... I was kinda hoping he'd discover the tracker instead.

10:33 oh my God, we're "Stayin' Alive" again. People are super annoyed by Claudette (Det. Wallace) and her obsession with this song. Supposedly she's autistic and the song is her fixation/focus mechanism. I get it, and it doesn't bother me, but a lot of people complain about it. I just feel a ton of friction in this episode man. We're only 10 min. in but it feels like a potential disaster. There's either a literal disaster coming in the plot, or the episode isn't gonna be that well received for some reason.

10:37 it shows her reading a news article online from 2007 about the BHB's dumped bodies being discovered. So now thanks to Angel she is obsessing on the BHB. Now she's reading an article that says James Doakes is the Bay Harbor Butcher and she seems skeptical.

11:06 everybody says Claudette's partner Melvin is one of Prater's inside guys. He's going to Prater's police Gala, so maybe it's true. He's trying to convince her to go even though she doesn't want to.

13:30 I love seeing Dexter laid out on this table in his boxers. It's hot. I dunno how they manage to make these scenes seem totally nonsexual.

13:45 the acupuncturist is repeatedly poking needles into him and she keeps doing it too hard cuz she's all stressed about life. Dexter's practically being her therapist right now. But just think about how, in this fictional universe, if she ever found out that she had been poking needles into one of the most prolific serial killers ever, that would be such a mindfuck. To look back on that shit in retrospect? You never know who people are man. It's chilling.

15:50 damn that's a big trunk.

Yeah the vibe is whack with this episode. Whatever's gonna go down is prolly pretty bad, I don't think this episode is gonna leave off on a good note.

17:26 "He may be an asshole, but that doesn't make him Code Worthy." Roflmao, and the way he crossed his arms when he said it. We needed a funny moment.

At one point, MCH had said that he didn't wanna return to play Dexter unless the character became more dark and unlikable or some shit. I forget the exact wording, but I got the gist that he wants the audience to not like him as much, or to see him for what he really is or something.

But maybe that changed, cuz I'm pretty sure he said that back in the New Blood days. I'm not sold on the idea that they could ever really make Dex unlikable though. It's easy to suggest if you're somebody who doesn't like him that much in the first place, as I assume is the case with MCH.

What, are they gonna make Dexter more selfish? I don't mind that. What, are they gonna have him kill Angel? Big deal, I don't care. They're not gonna succeed in turning us against him, they'll just piss the fans off again by pulling some BS stunt trying to "end" Dexter and it's never gonna work.

I just dunno where this ominous vibe is coming from. If they're using whatever kinda hollywood sorcery to make it feel that way on purpose, they went kind of overboard.

18:30 how the fuck is Dexter planning to get Al into the trunk in the middle of NYC with all those people around? This is the most ridiculous staging yet. People have been calling out the fact that he's run into ZERO problems taking out everyone else in the group so far. I have never felt like the improbability of it has ever been an issue before now.

19:00 oh God, Dex is getting sidetracked with the fucking landlord. This is about to go in all kinds of directions that are all kinds of wrong, I can just tell. This is not gonna end well man. I agree with Harry, it's a stretch. Dexter just wants an excuse to go after someone.

20:28 I'm gonna keep it so real with you, I truly do not even care about this right now. I do not even care right now.

I'm all fucking mixed up man. I dunno how to feel. WHERE IS THIS GOING?!?!!!!?!! WHERE THE FUCK IS THIS GOING!??!?!?!!?!??!

21:15 everybody said it. "Rapunzel's way scarier and more badass than you all think!" Well okay, fucking fine. But I honestly could not care less. They're gonna have to work hard to make me care because I am precisely zero percent invested in this fucking guy. He probably figured out Dex wasn't really who he claimed to be and got the hell out of Dodge because of it. Maybe he even tipped off Prater that he suspects Dexter has been knocking the others off.

Even still... I don't care about Rapunzel. I just simply don't.

23:27 WELL THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE FUCKING TOLD HIM. God, are they trying to make us hate every single fucking character in this show at this point?? Blessing sucks now?? What the fuck is happening???

Dude honestly, Dexter just needs to get the fuck out of NYC. He needs to pull a Rapunzel because this is just getting stupid.

24:10 "This is why I don't do friends." Yeah, no shit.

24:15 "Is this your version of hangry?" Roflmao. Good one.

24:40 Dexter's got the shakes. I dunno if we've ever seen him this way before. It's a fucking tempest. I see what they're doing now... they've been laying the groundwork for whatever insane outburst he's gonna have since the first second of this episode.

At least I fucking hope so.

25:33 oh my God. Oh God. Oh my God. Oh man. Oh dear. Oh shit.

This is making me feel lots of things that are... TOO MUCH, IT'S TOO MUCH. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DOOM, LET'S GO BACK TO THE DOOM. COMFORT ZONE. I NEED MY COMFORT ZONE.

Oh my God. I can't. I CAN'T WITH THIS EPISODE.

They just fucking edged us. THEY JUST EDGED US SO HARD. And they're not gonna make us bust nuts by the end of this either, I can tell. THIS WHOLE EPISODE IS JUST GONNA BE FUCKING EDGING.

Have you ever had sad sex?

THIS EPISODE IS SAD SEX.

IT'S FUCKING SAD SEX.

26:06 I'm so fucking torn right now and I'm not even happy to see this Gigi chick, I'm so suspicious of her, like what the fuck is their plan with this character? FUCK ALL THIS SHIT!!!

Harrison's totally gonna get laid though, so at least there's a silver lining here. How ever minute, because I don't even give a shit about Harrison as a character, no shade.

27:13 lol the "DEAD END" sign.

Gah. Give us SOMETHING. I can hardly stand this bullshit. I can't believe this episode. It's... I am not gonna make any judgements right now, I still want them to redeem themselves and we know they're certainly capable of it. It's been a ride. And I haven't enjoyed it, I'm carsick up in this bitch. Pull the motherfucker over and show me something or I'm legitimately gonna vomit.

27:28 whew, haaa. Thank God. Angel's totally gonna catch him though. This is gonna end so badly, it's gonna be a moment.

27:34 LOL HOLY SHIT. I'M SCREAMING.

27:48 "Turns out there was a silver lining to Al skipping town." What words did I just use a couple paragraphs up? Silver fucking lining. You know, I really wonder how much subliminal messaging is used in these episodes.

28:10 the fact that he never found the AirPods is going to piss people off royally. I can hear it now. They're not gonna forget this one.

28:30 he basically told Harrison he wasn't gonna kill that guy though. I wonder if Harrison will make a big deal of it like Dexter betrayed him or something and he can't tell him anything, blah blah. I hope not, I'm so tired of that angsty shit. Just accept your father's help, assmunch.

Harrison's a good kid though, I just wonder why they had to wait so fucking long to make him likable.

30:00 wait a minute, is he getting action for real or is this a dream sequence? CUZ I NEED SOME FUCKING ACTION.

30:45 this is about to go south harder than Harrison just went on Gigi. I am so for real like... I dunno what's gonna happen but it can't be good cuz this is the exact scene Angel walks into in the preview.

31:17 lol, Dexter is such a freak, I love this motherfucker.

31:27 get right back in that cab and go back to Florida, Angel, don't nobody need your ass here.

31:55 oh I get what's going on here. Lol. Well, that's disappointing. But I can definitely see how it all makes sense in retrospect though what with the mask and all.

32:50 you gotta admit what Dex just did is pretty fucking metal though. I'd watch the show if it was just him doing this kind of shit, 100%. It would still be great.

33:28 this is monumentally bad though because it really does prove that the BHB is alive. I mean how else do you explain this?? The whole place is covered in plastic and the owners are on vacation. It's not like it can be passed off as remodeling or something. This was a fuckup.

34:55 TBH, if Dex doesn't use the AirPods to bait Angel in and kill his ass immediately, I will be fucking pissed. BUT NOW HE CAN'T CUZ IT'D BE TOO OBVIOUS. Gah, this is so gay.

35:53 "I'm putting an end to this." ARE YOU REALLY??!?! ARE YOU FUCKING REALLY??!?!?! SHOW ME SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!

37:18 "Sounds like half the cops we work with." - Melvin. Why the fuck would he specify a cop?? That's gotta mean something.

38:26 maybe all the people saying Angel's gonna get framed as the BHB were right.

40:17 I love Harry and I cannot lie.

40:38 so he just shopped the idea that Dexter stops killing. Maybe that's exactly what happens. If he stopped now, they really might never catch him.

42:00 so now Claudette either thinks Angel is totally insane, or she thinks he's the BHB and he's trying to frame Dexter.

42:40 "You gotta realize your actions have consequences for the people around you." While he's waving the knife, lmao.

43:40 so it's probably gonna go the way I was assuming. Harrison and Dexter end up smack dab neck deep in the shit and it's gonna lead to Dexter having to admit to Prater that he's the BHB in hopes that the truth entices him enough to let them go.

That episode was not serving 10/10. That was a 7/10 situation, I hate to say it.
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