This episode is straight up bad. 

What a lame way for Doakes to go out. They had Lila be the one to take him out because she loves Dexter so much. Lila as a character was purely in the show to make Dexter realize what he had in season 1 was actually something he should have been grateful for, and also so that Lila can conveniently get the GPS from Dexter's car and kill Doakes. Someone as intelligent as Dexter would not have done something that stupid. The conflict since the very beginning was between Dexter and Doakes and it should have ended that way, but instead Lila has to intervene and ruin it. This isn't my only issue with this episode either. 

Even though the cabin was blown to pieces, the GPS is conveniently intact so that Dexter can connect the dots and find out that it was actually Lila who went there and killed Doakes. He later tries to build a connection with Lila again so that he can eventually kill her. Up until this point, Dexter has only killed killers and has stuck to Harry’s code. He did mention that he would have killed Lila earlier in the season if she was a killer, but he didn’t because from what he knew she wasn’t. Yes, Lila would have been out of Miami anyway, but Dexter himself wouldn’t have been able to finish the job if it wasn’t for her killing Doakes. Wow everything worked out neatly for Dexter, didn’t it?

The issues continue, Dexter gains Lila’s trust once again and goes to her apartment to give her the injection so that he can dispose of her, but Debra just happens to show up at the same time. Dexter goes to strangle and inject Debra by mistake, and she questions him until being interrupted by Lila who walks in at the right time. I'm going to assume that Debra never asks why he immediately went to violently strangle her again. Yes, the show gives a response, but it is cut off with Lila walking in. The bag with Dexter’s equipment is left on the floor so that Lila can get it and find out that Dexter was actually there to kill her. Pretty sure the bag was out of her peripheral vision but whatever I’ll let it off. 

Debra plans to leave with officer Lundy because he is needed elsewhere, and she makes the decision to pack up and leave with him. However, because of all of the other conveniences and contrivances, she doesn’t because Dexter needs her help. Pretty sure a few episodes ago she claimed that Dexter was the only one she could trust, and she was going to leave without even telling him. Great stuff Debra. 

All of this happens so that there can be a big climax with Dexter having to save Rita’s kids from Lila’s burning apartment. Nice. So that was a horrible ending to this season, and this will probably change my rating of the season, which I was going to give a solid 8/10, but now it is probably a low 8/10. A very disappointing end to this season I have got to say.  

Overall: High 3/10

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