Minicap: Dexter

Since last we saw him, Dexter has moved on from the tumult of Season 5, during which he dispatched of Jonny Lee Miller and his evil band of campfire rapists/murderers. Since he makes no mention of her, I’m assuming Dexter has moved on from the heartbreak of Lumen’s departure and is embracing life as a single man once more, unencumbered by nagging woman voices and ready to get his slice on. And get it on he does, right out of the gate, with a double tap reckoning that lets us know he’s put away his weeds and returned to what he does best.

This season hints at strong religious undertones, what with everyone suddenly giving Dexter a hard time about being secular as he tries to enroll Harrison in a Catholic preschool. There’s a lot of talk about how people’s beliefs shape their actions, and a hilarious scene in which Angel Batista tries to explain the purpose of faith to the hopelessly logical Dexter. We also get a look at some interesting new characters, namely Colin Hanks looking all sinister and disemboweling fruit vendors in what seems to be an attempt to kick off a prophecy, or the apocalypse, or something. I don’t know, they were sort of vague, but it involved snakes and the Greek alphabet, and I’m sure all will be explained in time.

The highlight of the episode is Dexter’s 20th high school reunion, where he finds he’s skyrocketed to popularity in the wake of the headlines about Rita’s death. Having spent high school in relative anonymity, he has to cope with flag football games, being dragged onto dance floors for Hammer Time, and an unexpected prom queen beej (yep, he’s moved on)–and all this while trying to gather enough evidence to prove a former classmate guilty of murder and sentence him to some well-deserved table time. Man, I missed this show. It looks like things are just getting started for another great season. Stay with me for the recap later this week, where we’ll get into these happenings in detail and catch up with Deb, Masuka, and the rest of the gang.