Dexter Make Your Own Kind of Music Review. Dexter: Season 8, Episode 9: Make Your Own Kind of Music was exactly what fans of series expect from the series and nothing more. Almost everyone in the episode was outsmarted by Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall). The two people that outsmarted him by the episode’s end were surprising, especially the last individual.
The writers of Dexter are strange individuals: they show their cleverness in small ways and their complacency in large ways. On any other top-tier horror TV show like The Walking Dead or Hannibal, the writers would do the complete opposite (i.e. attempting to keep the viewer guessing: what’s going to happen next?). In 99% of Make Your Own Kind of Music, the same old Dexter modus operandi were employed over and over again.
It was not until the end of the episode that complacency was extinguished and a little reality was shone into the Mojoverse. Dexter Morgan made a decision that he should have made last season but he couldn’t because Dexter‘s producers had one more season of show to fill and wanted to keep the show’s location in Miami, Florida. The fact that Dexter is dragging Harrison Morgan (Jadon Wells) into his decision shows what a bad parent Dexter truly is (no matter how much he loves his son). It would be smarter to leave him with his grandparents but Dexter does not have the courage, brains, or foresight for such a decision (a child raised by two serial killers versus a child reared his normal grandparents along side his brother and sister. Which of these two choices would a rational person choose? Which would produce the best result?). These were questions Dexter never asked himself or considered.
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The writers of Dexter are strange individuals: they show their cleverness in small ways and their complacency in large ways. On any other top-tier horror TV show like The Walking Dead or Hannibal, the writers would do the complete opposite (i.e. attempting to keep the viewer guessing: what’s going to happen next?). In 99% of Make Your Own Kind of Music, the same old Dexter modus operandi were employed over and over again.
It was not until the end of the episode that complacency was extinguished and a little reality was shone into the Mojoverse. Dexter Morgan made a decision that he should have made last season but he couldn’t because Dexter‘s producers had one more season of show to fill and wanted to keep the show’s location in Miami, Florida. The fact that Dexter is dragging Harrison Morgan (Jadon Wells) into his decision shows what a bad parent Dexter truly is (no matter how much he loves his son). It would be smarter to leave him with his grandparents but Dexter does not have the courage, brains, or foresight for such a decision (a child raised by two serial killers versus a child reared his normal grandparents along side his brother and sister. Which of these two choices would a rational person choose? Which would produce the best result?). These were questions Dexter never asked himself or considered.
Source: Full Review @ film-book
Thanks for the review. However, I know a little about what Dexter plans to do here, even though I have not viewed the episode.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I think to an outsider it would be easy to consider it best for someone like Dexter to let Harrison go, I can't say that holding onto your child, no matter whom you are, is irrational. For Dexter raising Harrison is where Dexter I think has always thought his salvation lies. For him being there for him is I think what makes Dexter tick as person and it's one way for him to honor and try to prove himself to Rita [spiritually]. I don't deny that there are most likely unforeseen consequences to Dexter's actions, as usual, although I'm not sure if Dexter ever makes it where he says he is going...
I think other characters also come with unforeseen consequences this season as well and as much as it might be easy to blame Dexter, I think this time it's not all on him.
I look forward to the episode through to see Dexter finally do some good for a fleeting moment.