DEXTER “The Angel of Death” Season 6 Episode 5 – Dexter returned this week with “The Angel of Death”, and it opened with Dex investigating the wings that were attached to the girl at the end of the last episode. Dexter tells us in his narration that the killer left absolutely no traces of fingerprints, saliva, blood, semen, nothing. I hope we get some kind of explanation as to how this Travis kid is able to be such an effective killer. I know he’s got Professor Gellar (Or at least his imagination’s version of him) breathing in his ear the whole time, but that couldn’t possibly keep him from being one of the cleanest killers that we’ve seen on the show.
Before we get to all of the great stuff in the show, I have a couple more complaints I need to mention before I move along. First of all, it just bothers me that Dexter is keeping the evidence of the calf skin wing to himself (And subsequent discovery of Travis Marshall through the museum website). It might seem inconsequential to some, but hasn’t Dexter learned his lesson about withholding evidence from the Trinity Killer case? If this secret-keeping behavior leads to something bad happening to Harrison, Deb, or somebody else close to Dexter, it would be tough to feel bad for him this time. This could all be easily avoided, Dex! Just share your discoveries with everybody else!
Secondly, I guess this is the episode where it’s all but confirmed to us that Professor Gellar isn’t real. First of all we see a mysterious splatter of blood on the side of his face while he’s praying, and then we see him in the middle of a crowded club when a picture of his face as the “Doomsday Killer” is plastered right there. This, combined with the rest of the evidence from the previous episodes, shows us that we have somewhat of a “Tyler Durden” situation here. I’m holding on to the faint hope that the Dexter writers are just leading us to believe this, and then at the last moment we find out that Gellar was real all along. However, my hopes aren’t too high for this to happen.
With these complaints out of the way, this was an overall solid episode that made a couple large moves to progress the story forward for several characters. In the Miami Metro offices, we see that the pilfering hottie Ryan Chambers has been replaced by the nerdy Louis, who Masuka asks to help remove the listing of the stolen ITK hand. This is the first major storyline to involve fan-favorite Vince Masuka, and it’s really shaping up nicely. Masuka has always had a weakness for hot women, and it looks like this might really be getting him into trouble.
Speaking of hot women, Quinn tried to make another notch in his bedpost by sleeping with a college professor who used to work with Gellar. Quinn is so much more enjoyable of a character as a dumb playboy who’s just trying to get with as many women as possible, as opposed to a crybaby who’s all bent out of shape over Deb or Trinity’s daughter. The less drama the better, I say.
Speaking of drama (I’m on fire with these transitions!), is anybody else sick and tired of Debra’s bullcrap? For somebody who’s been dodging therapy for weeks, she sure opened up about how stressful and difficult her life is. Hopefully her new beachside apartment makes her more happy, because I’ve just about had it up to her with her bellyaching.
We also got some predictable progression on the Mike and Deb relationship. We saw some harmless flirting and getting to know each other, but then we find out that Mike is married! If Deb had some coffee in her mouth, she might have done a spit take when she heard this news. We haven’t met Mike’s wife, or had any confirmation that he wasn’t just lying to the landlord, but this is definitely an interesting speed bump on the way to Deb inevitably sleeping with Mike. I mean, come on, we all know it’s going to happen.
All of these character beats were great, but they were really just leading us up to the final three minutes. Dexter ambushes Travis in his car and is told that Gellar is the one behind all the killings, so he lets Travis go as he believes he can lead him to Gellar. Then, on the following morning, we see a shadowy figure shoot Brother Sam when he walks into his auto shop. It would be a real shame to see Sam get killed off so early in the season, especially since he and Dexter’s relationship was just developing to such an interesting place. Dexter actually shared his origin story with Sam, which is something that very few characters have heard. On one hand I hope he’s not dead, but on the other it would be difficult to explain how he survived three gun shots at close range. I guess we’ll see what happens next week on Dexter!
Random Thoughts:
- That was one righteous picture of Edward James Olmos in the briefing room. That is an impressive mustache, sir. Well done!
- Who shoots themselves in the chest to commit suicide? Hasn’t decades of people shooting themselves in the head proven that to be the most effective way to off yourself?
- I liked how Travis checked his back seat before entering his car after he meets Dexter. That was a nice little nuance to his performance.
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