Dexter – Intern Puppydog has skills

At this point, I can’t help but simply assume the theory about Gellar not being “real” is no longer a theory; I’d say it’s pretty much a certainty. As each episode goes by, I look closely for some clue that will call that theory into question. Instead, each new episode only serves to support it. In a way, it’s a bit of a drag to know what’s apparently supposed to be a big reveal for the season. It’s like a spoiler, but it’s not. Very strange.

At the end of the last episode, I was very close to adding Travis’s sister as a possible “head person” like Gellar, but it was going to be a huge stretch. She had interacted with the kids in her class, which I could have waved off as something where the kids were actually talking to Travis. Obviously that turned out not to be the case, and I’m glad, because that really would have been a stretch to explain. With his sister gone, though, will Travis be confiding in Dexter all of what he knows of Gellar, or will Gellar simply take over and try to take Dexter out? I also wonder how Travis’s parents died, as that was mentioned a couple of times already. Is it significant?

There still has to be room here for some sort of world-ending (or, at least, Miami-ending) event that Travis/Gellar (Tellar? Gravis?) has planned. This is one area I really don’t have a good guess for. I doubt it’d be something akin to a bomb. More than likely it’s a water-supply poisoning or viral outbreak, though where he’d get hold of something like that is where I’m puzzled. Anyone have theories about this?

Why did Gellar attach Deb’s business card to Travis’s sister’s crime scene? My thought is it was merely meant as a way to have the police track down Travis (a cry for help?). It also served to prove that Travis is Gellar, in that we know Travis saw Deb approach the house, but we did not see Gellar do so.

LaGuerta is continuing her slide down deeper into slime. She’s always been an ornery bitch (God, remember when she was hitting on Dexter in season one?!), but this season she not only bribed her way into the role of Captain, but she’s clearly now covering up Captain Matthew’s mess with the dead hooker. It’s pretty clear it was him she was looking out for, but I wonder why she’d bother. What does Matthews have over LaGuerta that would make her want to help him out in any way?

I’m still keeping an eye on that new intern of Masuka’s. He’s getting too close to Dexter, and I would not put it past things this season for him to wind up a new foil for Dexter next season. Maybe he snoops out Dexter’s bloody slid collection while he’s in his apartment? Finds his knives? “Intern Puppydog” indeed.

(NOTE: For those looking for information on the Eliot Search Engine, it just points to the official Showtime Masuka Intern Program page on Facebook.)

“I need everyone’s asses on the fucking ball.” – Deb
“I’m going to keep rearranging that sentence to make it hotter.” – Vince
“That’s … still my sister.” – Dexter

“I’ll fuck Masuka if this isn’t our guy.” – Deb
“Sounds like you’re getting close!” – Dexter

Clacked by Keith McDuffee
on Nov 20, 2011 @ 22:00 EST5EDT