Arts: Dexter, Season 7

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Tv Club Dexter, Season 7 The beginning of the end.  By Katy Waldman Posted Monday, Dec 17, 2012, at 07:17 PM ET Hey Dexter, I have fallen out of love with you. Your leonine scruff hasn't changed, or the twinkle in your eyes (even now, I can't say for certain whether they're brown or green). You still shed charm like water and you protect your sister—to the point of sending your girlfriend to jail—and, yes, you narrate your life in a suave, hypnotic voiceover that sounds like being wrapped in the softest, most expensive plastic on earth. I remember writing about how devastated I would be by your arrest.  But then you went after LaGuerta, your own police captain, a non-murderer, rather than run away. You humiliated her and then tried to kill her. You executed Estrada even after acknowledging that he ordered his hits for the exact same reasons that you performed yours. ("You think I'm a killer and not a liar?" you taunted him first.) Worst of all, because of you, Deb had to compromise herself beyond redemption. She'll never get a happy ending now—and with her loyalty and basic good heartedness, she deserved better. Anyway, I realize you didn't intend for any of this to happen, but it's under pressure that people reveal their true colors. The votes are in, Dex, and viewers seem convinced of two things: One, that you're more villain than hero, and two, that Season 8 will see you fall. As Alex Moaba at the Huffington Post put it, "According to the show's ... 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 National Review Writer Doubts the Power of the Bushmaster AR-15 Pro-Gun Senator Says It's Time To Discuss Assault Weapon Ban After a 1996 Mass Shooting, Australia Enacted Strict Gun Laws. It Hasn't Had a Similar Massacre Since.	Advertisement
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