I do get why people think it's a natural end to the season's arc: Dexter does need to have a ball drop - there does need to be something that slips to show he can't have everything. As I said, I don't actually want to be this jaded about it. But I kind of...well, I think the fact I was expecting it (or at least if not actively expecting it, the thought had crossed my mind in a cynical context) affected my response to it?
I think...twisted thought it is, I would rather it have been Cody too, for the reasons you state and because it would have been braver and more shocking than Rita, even. And one of the things we know is that Dexter really does seem to have more of an emotional connection to kids than anyone else, and has always been closer to Cody than to Astor.
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Date: 2009-12-15 08:10 pm (UTC)I think...twisted thought it is, I would rather it have been Cody too, for the reasons you state and because it would have been braver and more shocking than Rita, even. And one of the things we know is that Dexter really does seem to have more of an emotional connection to kids than anyone else, and has always been closer to Cody than to Astor.