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| Sonya, Harrison's new nanny. Image courtesy of Showtime. |
Well, well, well. Look who decided to show up. That's right, Julia Stiles' name finally aired in the main credits today, with the nifty "Guest Starring" title. About time.
Anywho, i digress. On with the review.
*SPOILERS BELOW*
Well, what can i say - the momentum of the season is definitely picking up. The last two weeks have been a bit slow, with the first episode devoted entirely to Rita's funeral, whilst the second episode was mainly about Astor and Cody leaving, with a bit of prey stalking mixed in for good measure.
And now, we enter the third episode - with Dexter on the hunt for his latest kill - the dreaded roadkill guy Boyd Fowler. One interesting thing to note here, was that Dexter's contact with his prey was different than previous seasons - most notably that the guy actually saw him and had a conversation with Dexter.
To me, it appears that Dexter almost seems to want to be caught, as his careful planning and usually well thought-out tactics seem to have gone by the wayside. Not only did he mess up by engaging in contact with his target more than once, but he took a drive with him, and drugged him during the middle of the day! The middle of the day for goodness sake!
However, the scene where Fowler shot Dexter with the dart made me laugh as both men went down. It was also interesting to see Dexter and Fowler in the hospital together, as they both knew that they were out to get the other. Thankfully, Dexter managed to get the upper hand when Fowler arrived home - and dealt with him in good measure.
But then, lo and behold, Julia Stiles shows up! Dexter opens the door, grabs a hold of her when she tries to flee and then.... end of episode.
Guess we'll just have to wait until next week to find out what Dexter plans to do with his unwelcome guest.
Of course, the episode wasn't just purely about Dexter. Deb and her new partner managed to find out more info about the rumoured cult that lived in the nearby Venezualen neighbourhood, and also in the process met with a new crime scene and another beheading.
This seems like the first step in another season long arc, and i really do hope that the writers stick with this cult story as it is rather quite intriguing at the moment - plus the beheaded heads are quite detailed. Then of course, we come to Quinn. Quinn's story didn't really go anywhere this episode, other than him looking at pictures of Dexter and calling his FBI friend to organise an interview with the Mitchell family.
Nothing much happened in the Batista/LaGuerta storyline either, aside from Batista telling LaGuerta what happened and a guy from Internal Affairs informing LaGuerta that Batista's barfight with Sgt. Lopez could potentially make him lose his job, as Lopez is filing charges.
Other than that, nothing else of significance happened. Oh wait, i forgot about the best part - the nanny! The episode started off with Deb interrogating people for the position of Harrison's nanny and babysitter, and in the end they decided on an Irish lady to be her nanny. To be honest, i almost immediately fell in love with Sonya as she has such a loving and relaxed atmosphere around her - the perfect atmosphere to look after a child.
I really hope that the writers plan to keep Sonya, at least until the end of the season, as her calm and easy-going nature is really quite refreshing, and in some ways, is a substitute for Rita's, albeit not as potent.
Now, for the final marks of the episode.
- Potency of the season's theme in the episode: ****
- Editing/Scenes of Relevance: *****
- Main character's effectiveness in role/connection with audience: *****
- Secondary character's effectiveness in role/connection with audience: ****
- Music/Visual Effects: *****
- Potency of all storylines & relationships between characters in the episode: ***
Overall marks: 26 / 30
Grade Percentage: 87%
As you can see, this episode was quite good, but was lacking in some areas. Most notably, Batista and LaGuerta's storyline. I know that i am bias, but i hate it. Not so much the whole relationship, but just the sappiness of the actual story associated with it. Granted, this season they've stepped it up by bringing Internal Affairs into it, but so far this season, it's only gotten better slightly more than it has been.
I really do hope that they work on this part of the story, as all the other storylines are excellent and this is the one thing keeping me from awarding higher marks to the episode, and in turn, the show. After all, i will be doing a grand total count at the end of the season to give it a full mark out of 360.
I really do hope to give it a mark above 320, but things really need to improve in the coming weeks.
Until next time, farewell!
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