Wow. I guess I'm easier on Dexter. Or maybe Dexter is usually so great people have incredibly high standards for it? I do hope they do something new with the Quinn situation. He really is just Doakes lite and he's not as terrifying as Doakes.

I've been screaming on other forums about Quinn being a bad edition of Doakes-lite and without a Big Bad they're kidding themselves that he can run the show. Well, that started to happen, though not as crassly as I would have thought--and then, the whole mess in the kitchen happened. There are always some moments in scripted television and on film that you wish you could unsee. The kitchen scene is one of them. They seem to be trying to use old threads from last season and Quinn's attraction to Deb to build Doakes lite, even though neither the actor nor the character have convinced us they can handle it--although the slower play on the investigation gives me some hope for the actor. Could it be that instead of a Big Bad serial, we'll have a cult, a PI and witnesses to fill the void this season?

I do want to add that Deb, Mrs. MCH, did an amazing job last night. That "who the fuck are you?" when she came home to find the neighbor was awesome--completely summed up all her frustration and anxiety from the day.