obsessive24's husband had an interesting observation (http://obsessive24.livejournal.com/293767.html) about the arcs of the series:
Dexter slowly realises, over the course of the seasons, that he - his true self - is unable to have anything by nature. The dark passenger will taint every real relationship despite his best intentions. To wit:
s1 - no brother s2 - no lover s3 - no friend s4 - no family
Thinking about it that way, it makes even more sense to me. I was worried for Deb when Trinity went to her apartment, but I never thought that she would die because she's too important for the show and carries a lot of storyline. Plus, SHE'S DEB.
I think not guessing it was going to be Rita dying has a lot to do with how I took the episode. I'm going back and reading some reaction posts and that looks to be a major factor. Some were spoiled over twitter for it, which took away the shock.
I'm sure exactly what the timeline was for Trinity's pattern in the final episodes. I'm pretty sure that Rita broke his pattern, so taking Cody wouldn't have been that far off. Coming back to the all important Thanksgiving episode, Cody was the one that called out being thankful for Dexter. I think they made it be Rita for the mother's blood parallel.
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Date: 2009-12-15 08:22 pm (UTC)Thinking about it that way, it makes even more sense to me. I was worried for Deb when Trinity went to her apartment, but I never thought that she would die because she's too important for the show and carries a lot of storyline. Plus, SHE'S DEB.
I think not guessing it was going to be Rita dying has a lot to do with how I took the episode. I'm going back and reading some reaction posts and that looks to be a major factor. Some were spoiled over twitter for it, which took away the shock.
I'm sure exactly what the timeline was for Trinity's pattern in the final episodes. I'm pretty sure that Rita broke his pattern, so taking Cody wouldn't have been that far off. Coming back to the all important Thanksgiving episode, Cody was the one that called out being thankful for Dexter. I think they made it be Rita for the mother's blood parallel.