Dexter Anthology Review: Season Four

This season is fairly new, so no major spoilers!

"Trinity is a husband... a father. He's... like me."

Season Four is like the reverse of the month of March. It goes in like lamb and out like a lion. Dex is the proud father of his new baby boy. Proud might not be the best word...tired is a better word. A much better word. And he has now fully located to suburbia in order to live with Rita and her children full-time, which is also really cramping his style.

At the start of season three, Dex was on top of the world but this season he starts in a major slump. Exhaustion prevents him from collecting his "trophies" and his usual type A personality starts to slack. He's messing up his blood splatter evidence in court, falling asleep at inconveinent times and losing bodies before he gets to his boat. Yeah that last one is a woozy! Rita finds out that Dex did not get rid of his apartment (because he needs to keep his trophies somewhere safe) which leads them to marriage counseling.

Things get even more crazy when Lundy shows back up in Miami to bring down the Trinity killer (John Lithgow). Trinity is a serial killer who kills people in stages of three and has been working his craft for several decades without capture or even being identified.Of course Dex sees this as his white whale he needs to harpoon, but he is spinning too many plates right now.

Unfortunately this season is still brand spanking new and I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has not seen it yet. There is a lot of activity and major events that happen this season, so this version of the Dexter Anthology is going to be cut short due to spoilers. The rest of this review will be an overview without giving any too much.

"Homemade coffins. It's what the kids are making nowadays."

Dex has to figure out what he wants to be: a serial killer or a family man. He wants to be both, but Harry tells him it is impossible to balance both. Dex strives for some normality in his bizarre world, but the only thing that matters is if he can do it or not.

I will go on to say that this season matches the greatness of the first and that rarely occurs. For those who loved the first but didn't feel two or three lived up to the original, they will be absolutely amazed by this season.

"Careful with that axe, Eugene. I mean Dexter."


What you read above was typed up on Friday evening. I say this because of the following: Not that I ever use awards shows to pass judgment on any film or program, but the performances of John Lithgow and Michael C. Hall just earned them Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Lead Actor last Sunday. This might help to visualize just how good the acting is in season four and why should not miss it. And Hall pulled off this kind of performance fighting cancer to no one's knowledge? WOW!!




"Dude we are SO going to win Golden Globes in a few months."


The final thing to say here is ...when does season five get here?!

Publish Post

Bonus Bits is canceled due to avoiding all major spoilers. Again, I wish I could have written so much more, but to do that would be to ruin the season. And had I watched season four a week sooner, this would have been the winner of the ETMC "IT" award for best series.


Not that I think Michael C. Hall or his family frequents the Man-Cave, especially after the "Face-in-Hole" abortions I have been throwing up there, but I do wish him a full and speedy recovery. And congrats on your well deserved GG! Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting on this four part set. Now it's back to some more zaniness on ETMC.