http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/DEXTER----An-Inconvenient-Life.aspx After being tailed for a month and a half by Sergeant Doakes, Dexter- our most enjoyable serial killer- lamented that he was “All Jeckyl and no Hyde.” Now he has confessed to girlfriend Rita that he has “An addiction,” and she is pushing him into a twelve step program. This is not going to help his killing spree flourish. And superstar federal agent Frank Lundy has assembled his task force to capture the Bay Harbor Butcher (Dexter) and he has recruited Dex’s sister Debra, who is still shaky from her near marriage and murder to and by the Ice Truck Killer. Like the body parts on the ocean floor, so are the days of our murdering Miami lives. Dexter’s first foray into Narcotics Anonymous goes poorly. He is bored after ten minutes of the “same whiney story,” he tells us, “no self control…lost everything.” Dexter is too careful to be in these people’s circumstances. Even the doughnuts are stale. So he leaves. He returns to Rita without his first day sober chip. Having been married to an addict she knows the program and this is a big deal. She tells him there is no relationship if he doesn’t work the twelve steps and that starts with staying for the whole meeting. Dexter can’t tell if being with Rita and the kids is important enough to carry out this cumbersome charade. “Someone with a heart could answer that question,” he concludes, and in his mind, that excludes him. Oh, the self-delusion of the truly insane! Superstar Frank Lundy has his team and directs them to start ID-ing the bodies. The count is up to eighteen now. “IDs lead to a pattern and a pattern leads to our man.” He also says he will use food references a lot because, “I like food.” Given the opening title sequence of this show, superstar Frank Lundy is fitting in nicely. Debra however, asks off the team. Lundy is tepid but says okay. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/DEXTER----An-Inconvenient-Life.aspx 77 60