JohnSlider

We saw him die?

DarkestPhoenix

Indeed. I agree that Kyle Butler can be deflected easily.

I also think Dexter should go bone Miguel's ex. They're both bound to be lonely.

Or he could find the appropriate Lila parts.

DarkestPhoenix

In the Lost season finale, yeah.

VitiminJ

If Dexter ran in seconds before the raid wouldn't someone in the raid have seen him?

dino88

He didn't arrive before the raid, but after (his story of course). He just arrived before the rest of his department.

VitiminJ

Right but he ran through the front door. You would think one of the guys that were in position waiting to bust down the door would have seen him. Too many details to iron out I'm sure, its only a hour long show.

dino88

He didn't go through the front door. During the raid he was hiding inside the coffin. After the raid, he came out and met up with the rest of his department who were just arriving. His story to them is that he just arrived. The swat team had no idea he was there and didn't question it since the entire homicide department appeared at the same time. The homicide dept. was not present during the actual raid.

majorjoe23

I think what he's saying is when Dexter first approached the house, the police might have already been watching it.

Josh-da-man

Yeah, Dexter shows up at the house, he's there for about one or two minutes, then sees the SWAT teams sneaking up on the house. Presumably they would have been watching the house in that time.

majorjoe23

On the other hand, SWAT isn't what you use when you want to be subtle. It's entirely possible big trucks pulled up and cops just came swarming out.

Coral

I have a hard time believing that the SWAT team (or whatever they were) would immediately raid the house the second they got there. They would sit back for at least a few minutes and assess the area/house and ensure all angles are covered. They do this with any fugitive, nevermind one who's a smart serial killer that's evaded capture for 30 years.

There's no way they wouldn't have seen Dexter arrive at the house and enter. It's definitely a gaff in the story/timeline.

Gizmo

Kyle:
The family won't say squat. They don't know their father/husband is dead and won't want to possibly give away his location if they think Kyle is with him. They will likely just forget Kyle ever existed since Aurthur is long gone and out of their life.

Rita:
I liked her. And all of this because she called Dexter while he was chasing after Trinity. Had he not answered the damn phone, he wouldn't have clipped the car and been able to take care of Trinity.

Coral

Or Dexter could've just stayed in the van when the guy was complaining to the cops, or just driven away in the van to take care of Trinity. Approaching the cops to discuss the situation is pretty stupid, especially since he's guilty of driving away from the scene in the first place and had a dumb excuse for doing so (even worse since it didn't jive with why he's at a bank instead of a crime scene).

Gizmo

I can only assume he thought he might get noticed pulling out of the parking lot (with a body).

Tommy Ceez

I think he's referring to the fact that Rita wouldn't have to have known in real life what Dexter was to appear to him dead, she exists in his mind and therefore can talk to Dexter about killing

DarkestPhoenix

I know Dex said he would make sure the family got money, but after this, I wonder if Dexter just keeps most of it.

Kmical

You think Dexter might feel guilty because he actually saved Trinity's life earlier (at the construction site)?

Gizmo

Trinity was a school teacher...probably only 20-40k in that bag. That's probably a drop to what Dexter makes a year doing what he does + whatever insurance policy Rita had. Dexter has enough money to pay rent on his old apartment for 8 plus months without Rita knowing, owning a boat, and buying that van last season (or before?) on a whim. He had no kids so it's reasonable to think he has enough money to where he would give that money to Trinity's family without thinking too hard about it.

majorjoe23

Would someone working for the city really make that much more than a teacher, especially a teacher who likely had 30+ years of raises?

Coral

I would think Dexter would feel guilty about that and for failing to take out Trinity on a number of other occasions. Dexter was keeping Trinity around for his own curiosity all this time until he realized it was gonna bite him in the ass (far too late).

Every season we see Dexter fuck up to some degree even to the point of costing someone their life (ie. Prado killing the lawyer), but this season Dexter's been absolutely reckless. He was lucky to recover a few times, but he's also done some major damage that's put blood on his hands (ie. killing an innocent, Rita's death).

Gizmo

For the type of cases Dexter works for I'd say yes. Plus Dexter was not supporting a Wife and 2 (well 3 if you count whatsherface that killed herself) kids (until the past year). I can't imagine Trinity was poor, but I wouldn't expect him to be rich either. That envelope could probably only holld 20-40k in there.

Baron Of Hell

Just watched this and thought it was a great ending to the series. Sad to see very few people like Darla. I guess she is dead now. She is always leaving kids behind with killers.

I kind of hope they keep the kids around for some conflict. How will he continue his killings with three kids to raise and no mom around. I suspect the two oldest will go off with the grandparents and the youngest will stay with Dexter. His sister will probably move back in until she fills he is ok.

tbird2340

Just finished the finale and watched seasons 1-4 in a month.. AWESOME friggin show... The ending had me sick to my stomach.. I couldn't sleep all last night..

Rita was annoying as hell to me but surely I didn't want to see her go out like that.. Just when Dexter may have been turning the corner to becoming "normal".. Damn...

FantasticVSDoom

No... My wife was a Forensic Toxicologist in Florida at UF working with the person considered to be tops in the field in Forensic Toxicology, and also did her internship at Miami-Dade PD and no way Dexter is making a shit ton of money. TV does a great job of portraying these jobs as glamorous high money positions, but they are still city positions and the pay scale isnt that high.

Nefarious

Wife and I just did the same thing, all 4 seasons in the last month. Unfortunately for me, I was glancing through an Entertainment Weekly when were at the beginning of Season 3. It just had to end up being the issue where there's a small blurb beside a picture of Rita that essentially said, "Now dead on Dexter she'll be moving to..." F__! I didn't tell the wife but it obviously took a lot of the impact away for me. I knew it was coming at some point & in some way.

For those who have difficulty with the SWAT scene and Dexter/Kyle not being noticed. This is hardly the first time the show has bent the rules of logic. It is just as implausible that Debra goes alone into the apartment of Christine, for example. This is a chick she strongly suspects of shooting her and knows is related to the Trinity Killer. Zero chance she goes in solo in the real world and that the nearest help is floors below. There are countless other examples like this where they breach what would be standard procedure and protocol. You just have to look past those moments.


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