Dexter Re-Up: Dirty Harry
You know, I probably should have seen the ending to this week’s Dexter coming. However, it didn’t hit me until the final moments of the episode as Dexter creeped up Trinity Killer’s lawn. Holy fuck, this guy is going to have a family. And when it hit me, as I was as surprised as Dexter was. We both stood there like fucking dopes, with our mouths agape.
It makes sense though. Every season the viewing audience seems to be given a serial killer that is a comfortable foil of Dexter’s. Every time, they seem to differ just a little bit. Enough to keep them from being the “good” serial killer. You know, the guy we give the free pass for killing people and chopping them up.
Trinity serves as the shape of things to come for Dexter. Possibly. As Dexter is floundering in his attempt to balance being a father, husband, and blood-soaked serial killer, the Trinity Killer is apparently suffering the same balancing act. And even more odd, it seems like he’s doing a better job of it. Dexter’s sleeping on the proverbial couch and has his wife all up in his ass, while Trinity is welcomed home by a wife and kids.
Weird.
It raises a lot of questions, like, doesn’t this dude travel the country? The map of his murders crisscrossed the entire country. Does he create new families in every suburban nightmare he inhabits? Or is Miami his base of brutal operations? Questions abound! I was wondering how they were going to carry the Trinity Killer’s storyline across the entire season. I mean, he just completed his murderous Triforce, with a kapow to some barista’s dome piece.
So now what?
Trinity serving as the complete foil for Dexter should be enough for what, seven episodes or so?
I dig it though. I like how Trinity seems like a haunting possible-future for Dexter. He’s like Earth-2 Dexter. Where Dexter had everything but Harry to give him the Code or some shit. Because as usual, that seems to be the difference. Dexter kills just baddies, while Trinity is getting down and dirty slitting an innocent chick’s femoral arteries in bathtubs and crap.
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I too was shocked as shit! There were so many unanswer pieces to the story line though. It seems that Trinity’s most recent victim did indeed have a past that was uncouth and that was indicated in Trinity’s outbursts as he was splitting that cats cranium wide open. But what intrigues me more is Trinity if infact the one who shot Dexter’s sister. He seemed more rattled that in previous episodes as if he was frustrated that he had to deviate from his cycle by killing Lundy. There are a lot of things that dont add up. I do agree with you though; Trinity is more efficient then Dexter may ever be. I think the difference is that Trinity probably perfected his craft and then had a family whereas Dexter had a family in the midst of becoming perfect at his craft.
October 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
agreed with all the questions.
1 more…what was up with last episode when trinity pissed off that guy in the alley and took a few shots from him…what’s the point of that?