Dexter may have taken the easy way to get there, but I very much like where the show ended up at the conclusion of "Run."

First, the quasi cheat: Ray Speltzer was a cartoon killer. He chased women through elaborate mazes? He wore bull masks? He stalked their funerals and mocked both the police and his victims' deaths?

Of course Deb would be on board with his demise. He wasn't written as any kind of believable human being.

If the show wanted to create a true moral dilemma for Deb and viewers, it would have painted the murderer that came between Dexter and his sister with more of a grey stroke. Imagine if this were Trinity instead of Speltzer.

A despicable human being, of course, but Trinity had a family. He organized Habitat for Humanity-type trips. He actually contributed to society in ways that would have likely given Deb far more pause in response to Dexter's actions than someone who callously and mindlessly kills at every opportunity.

Still. Here we are. Deb is on on Dexter's secret and now she sort of understands it. The exchanges between these two have been nothing short of mesmerizing throughout Season 7.

In this case, Deb called Dex on EVERYthing. Why does he keep blood slides? Isn't he responsible for Rita's murder? How can he place Harrison in such constant danger? Yes, yes and yes! These are the exact questions that need to be asked of the show's protagonist. Dexter is written as a very dark comedy and we're meant to sympathize with the blood spatter (yes, it's spatter) expert - but Deb hit every nail on the hypocritical head this week.

You cannot call yourself a good father while you go around getting deeply involved in the lives of serial killers. Kudos to the series for not holding anything back in this storyline.

As has been the case at the end of every episode so far, I have no idea where things go next. And that's almost all you can ask for when it comes to a drama such as this.

In other developments...

• Ray Stevenson's Isaak is one sick dude. That forced suicide scene was disturbing and fascinating.
• He's also one sad dude, having lost his lover, Victor. I appreciate how this arc is being slow-played, with the writers properly placing Deb and Dexter at the forefront and methodically working the mob angle into their lives.
• What else is there to Hannah McKay? Is she simply crushing on Dexter? Is she hiding something? Planning to use him for some reason?
• Is Jaime the world's greatest baby sitter or what?!?

As detailed above, I had a few nits to pick over the portrayal of Speltzer and how relatively easy it made for Deb to come around. But this was another terrific episode of Dexter. The series has successfully pushed Season 6 out of my mind and is fulfilling every expectation I had for what would happen once Deb learned of the Dark Passenger.

Great stuff. What did everyone else think?

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