Dexter: Season 6, Episode 9 “Get Gellar” (B+)
Talk about a major bombshell. Looking back on this season, it’s very much true that Gellar has interacted only with Travis and never with anyone else, save for Erin the doomed waitress. The important distinction here, as far as I can tell, is that Travis doesn’t realize that he’s killed Gellar. He’s delusional and still sees Gellar talking to him on a regular basis, and assigns the deaths of the waitress and his sister to this already-deceased figment of his imagination. No matter how it’s interpreted, it’s a fascinating development, and an enormous game-changer, since Dexter hasn’t been subtle or secretive with Travis, which means that the hallucinated Gellar knows everything that Dexter told him. Just as she’s making some recovery, I fear that Deb is the one who is going to pay for Dexter’s crucial mistake, though I’m sure she’ll survive whatever trauma she endures. The way that the writing on the wall for Travis was revealed was quite frightening, and definitely indicates that Travis is suffering from a multiple-personality disorder. That fact means that the part of him that’s still Travis may not be beyond saving, but I think that Dexter is going to kill him anyway for the murderous deeds he’s committed, consciously or not. The blood getting dumped on the cops was heavily disturbing, and even the perceptive Dexter wasn’t able to stop it from happening as he noticed too late. Aside from all this DDK-related news, we have two decently unsettling developments with the other cops, and I’m not talking about Quinn’s drunken night and near-loss of his gun. Louis’ possession of the Ice Truck Killer hand doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but I have a feeling that it’s going to come up later and probably drive Jamie away. Matthews’ direct complicity in the death of Jessica Morris is not a good thing, and I wonder how that will be handled.
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You know, I've been reading the reviews of someone who has been predicting that Gellar was imaginary all along, kind of like Harry is to Dexter, so this did not come as a shock to me. Maybe I should have stayed away from those reviews. Anyway, even with that, I have to say I'm not enjoying this season as much as the last few seasons. I'm starting to feel the repetitiveness of this show way more this season than I did before. I agree with a lot of people who are saying this show needs an endgame, a place to head to, like Lost did in its last three seasons. Or else, nothing about this show will feel so important, because we know in the end Dexter will always kill all the bad guys. Where's the suspense in that?
I actually saw that the TV Addict had predicted it a while ago, but I hadn't been reading that, so it was surprise for me. I've found this season to be quite good, and I think that the Brother Sam arc and the dynamic between Travis and Gellar have been quite fascinating. Yes, he'll ultimately kill the bad guys, but the path there is paved with plenty of suspense.
I'm not convinced. Honestly, we know that Dexter won't kill Travis until the final episode, so all the suspense I'm seeing is how much danger is he going to be in before Travis finally ends up on his table, and what misteps will he take. I wish they hadn't killed off Brother Sam because I found that part of the story fascinating. I saw so many possibilities with Brother Sam either becoming Dexter's sidekick or someone who might eventually have to end up on the table, so I was kind of dissapointed when he was killed so early in the season.
I find Travis and Gellar kind of lifeless as villains, especially compared to Miguel Prado or Arthur Mitchell, and especially compared to Brian Moser (having him back was a mistake in that regard because it allowed me to compare them). Travis may be a sick character, but he doesn't draw me in the way the other villains on the show have, so I really don't look forward to any of their scenes together.
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