http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/13/DEXTER----That-Night-A-Forest-Grew.aspx DEXTER is simply the best thing I am watching on TV this season. Tonight, again, production design and writing achieved a perfect balance of complement and completion. The episode begins with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and Lila (Jaime Murray) in the middle of some aggressive lovemaking. Lila is barking instructions like Dexter is learning how to parallel park in Midtown Manhattan and the shadowed projection cast on his back is a mix of webs and spiders from Lila’s imposing art. The symbolism isn’t hard to grasp; Lila is in control of our hero…for now. Recovery is a funny thing. Sometimes different addicts take different things away from the program. Dexter is learning to control his addiction to murder and is refocusing that energy into proactively dealing with the obstacles his life of crime has presented him. The first is dealing with the FBI’s Superstar Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine) and the task force assembled for the sole purpose of discovering the identity of the Bay Harbor Butcher (that’s Dexter). Dexter sends a manifesto to the local paper. “I’m about to be published,” he says in voice over as the news flies through the department. A risky move but he feels he needs to redirect the task force rather than just avoid them. His second problem is Sergeant Doakes (Erik King), who has decided to recommit himself to finding out what Dexter is hiding. Dexter uses the murder of a teenager to set Doakes on the wrong path of an investigation. He later slips the blood report onto Doakes’ desk that exonerates his chief suspect for Lieutenant Laguerta (Lauren Velez) to find. She has been concerned about Doakes’ obsessive tendencies and when it looks like he is railroading an innocent man, she takes his legs out from under him. In the ensuing confrontation between Dexter and Doakes, Dexter looks attacked and Doakes is suspended pending an IA investigation. Professional problem two dealt with. 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/2007/11/13/DEXTER----That-Night-A-Forest-Grew.aspx 77 60