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Tv Club Dexter, Season 7 On Deb and donuts.  By Katy Waldman Posted Monday, Nov 19, 2012, at 07:54 PM ET The consensus around the web seems to be that we should all forgive Dexter for reviving the incest side plot because, well, the show is getting so damn good. "This was the best episode of the season," proclaimed Vulture. "A really strong episode... [with] the best scene of the season…Well done," gushed Examiner.  In fact, the creators have done such a stellar job with the themes they've addressed so far that they may just be up to turning Deb's guilty love for her stepbrother into compelling TV. Alex Moaba at Huffington Post has some advice for pulling that off: "I'll be impressed with the writers' gumption…if they steer the show into the genuinely bizarre territory that would result from Deb and Dexter actually sleeping together," he says. "I don't think I can handle a will-they-or-won't-they storyline hanging over the show for its final season and a half. If they're going to go there, better to rip that dirty band-aid off quickly."   This assumes, of course, that Deb will survive all the psychopaths amassing like attractive, well-spoken storm clouds around her. Between Hannah McKay (who, as commenter David Harvey observes, "makes it a practice to kill people who are an inconvenience in her life") and Isaac Sirko (who multiple viewers suspect will target Dexter's loved ones to inflict maximum damage), Lt. Morgan may want to invest in her own security detail. Her codename could be fuck balls or the sweet fucking baby ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Marco Rubio Drops Some Science About the Age of the Earth I Didn't Come Back to Jerusalem To Be in a War Flirting With Disaster	Advertisement
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