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Nov 28 2008, 2:19 AM EST by Hanksfuture1stwife

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Please, please, enough on the nose dialogue. If I hear another plot point reiterated in plain language, well, I'll still keep watching.

Also, in Episode 4(or 5?)...I know Dex was in a bad mood because he hadn't killed in a while, but did he really have to be mean to Rita in the 'No' scene? It was inconsistent, he knows better. The preceding scene, where he asked her and the kids to marry him, was transcendent and quite convincing. He doesn't feel, but he knows how not to be rude. If he was going to have problems being rude in his normal life, it should have been written into the first two seasons.

It hurt to watch, it inflicted pain on the viewer, but without enough justification. Rita is the everyman, she is the audience, we are rooting for her more than for Dexter or anyone else. When and how she gets hurt is going to be the true tragedy, the real art, of the rest of the show, no matter what happens with Miguel or Deb.

So when Dexter hurts her feelings, it shouldn't be cheap or his character will thin out.
That's how, in the end, I'm going to decide if this show is pulp or lit.
Otherwise, I'd like to tell the crew 'Bravo' for seasons 1 and 2, I was immensely entertained.

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RE: Season 3 Writing Issues
By: Hanksfuture1stwife, Nov 28 2008, 2:19 AM EST

"A Damien child would be interesting. would make for a lot of speculation. Does Dex kill him and prevent others to be hurt or killed by him?

About Rita, if Dex sees her not so sweet, it might ignite some passion within him.
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Hi! Yes, I'm kind of torn about the Damien child (I know, I brought it up - just thinking about plot twists, new story lines, etc). First of all (and this is only a technical issue) is the question I have about letting children play these kinds of parts.... But putting that aside, on the one hand, in our society there is a big push toward punishing children as adults when they commit murder. Dexter wouldn't kill a child, but what if the situation was so outrageous that even he would see children in a different light. In Dexter's logic the administration of justice by death makes perfect sense - a win win for him, because he gets to kill, and for "the people" on whose behalf he kills. On the other hand, it's hard to administer the ultimate punishment on a child who has been damaged and may be acting in the only way that in their limited experience and intelligence dictates. It brings to mind the saying "hurt people hurt people". Anyway, I was thinking about a child who has no reason to be bad - they just are. Like a genetic mistake. A child about whom Dexter could work out these kinds of ethical questions.

As far as Rita goes, I still believe it would be a mistake to "poison the well" so to speak. Lila was a bad girl and really turned Dexter on. But Dexter always ends up having trouble with people who see the real him. First with his father, then his brother, then Lila, and now Miguel. It would be terrible if Deb suddenly began to doubt Dexter's goodness. This complete blind loyalty Deb has in Dexter protects her from him. I just think as long as Rita is perfect, and she herself never sees Dexter outside the illusion he has created, she will be a foundation from which he can maintain a mostly functional, pro-society lifestyle.

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Sep 28 2008, 7:35 AM EDT by BTDT