I've been one of the show's biggest defenders when people complained about the past two seasons, but honestly....I'm not feeling it this year.
I feel like they've rushed through Deb's acceptance. Travis was far worse than the Jigsaw rip-off from the past two weeks and Deb couldn't accept it but now she can? I like where they came to (Deb and Dex in the car) but I don't like how they got there. It was too quick and the killer wasn't brutal enough to necessitate it, especially since Dexter's role in Rita's death was in play.
Furthermore, I am not intrigued by Yvonne's character at all. I love Yvonne, but the plot just seems like a distraction and trying to tie it into either of the main plots (LaGuerta or the mobsters) will feel contrived, IMO. So the question is, what can they really do with her? Make her Brother Sam with benefits? Someone else who had a dark passenger, overcame it and is trying to help Dex? Been there, done that, adding sex to the equation won't do much. If they wanted a love interest, they should've just brought back Lumen (as they are essentially the same character).
I am not feeling the mobsters, because frankly I am still a bit peeved at how easily Louis was resolved. Plus I think blaming all of Miami Metro is kind of a paranoid and unrealistic reaction from the crime kingpin of Miami.
I think that the LaGuerta plot is the best one and it seems to just kind of be hanging in the background. Louis could've tied into it, but they wasted him and writing him off as having some stupid motivation of Dexter insulting his video game (and him sending the Ice Truck Killer hand to Dexter as a coincidence apparently) is really lame.
I just feel like the writers are all over the place. If anything, they should've dropped Yvonne, dropped the mobsters....brought in a Danko-like villain as the season long plot, which could;'ve focused on Deb accepting Dexter and seeing his necessity when faced with a true monstrosity like Dr. Danko and used LaGuerta and Louis as the B-plot and set that up for the final season.
