What I’m Watching: Dexter: New Blood

Dexter: New Blood: Season 9, Episode 7 “Skin of Her Teeth” (B+)

The idea that Angela doesn’t need Jim but she needs Dexter has a meaning she doesn’t even realize, since she thinks that Dexter is merely a forensics expert and not a serial killer who takes out the trash that she would be more than happy for him to dispose of unless she has to directly confront it. All signs seem to point to Kurt as the culprit, though he was very calm and had a detailed story to spin about the terrible things this father used to do when he got brought in for questioning. He’s too embedded within this town’s culture to be a legitimate suspect now that he’s been identified, and he evidently has a huge support network ready to rise to his defense, and potentially to abduct Dexter given the alarming final moment of the episode. Dexter didn’t seem interested in letting Harrison have any boundaries, showing up to his work and pressing him not to spend time with Kurt, and Audrey’s effort to express concern at Harrison crossing the line when he broke the other kid’s arm, something he didn’t take well since he didn’t want another person telling him what he could and couldn’t do. Harrison claims he remembers everything, which helped to explained John Lithgow’s guest appearance, though it’s possible he’ll be back for more. As if Dexter didn’t have enough going on, Molly seems to have realized that Dexter couldn’t possibly have overheard her conversation and tipped Angela off to the fact that he hasn’t exactly given up his old ways.