Spoiler Alert: Dexter Season 5

How does Dexter handle being a single
parent? By getting a serious of breaks
to go his way!

Coming off easily the best season of Dexter ever, it's understandable that this season has been somewhat of a letdown. The first three episodes, the writers were clearly scrambling to get Dexter back to what he does best. They settled on sending the kids to Orlando to live with their grandparents (which, personally, I thought was a huge cop-out) and we haven't really heard from them since. Then Dexter finds a babysitter that apparently has nothing else to do all day than watch little Harrison (how exactly does he afford stuff like this as a blood analyst? The plastic sheets and killing outfits alone should bankrupt him). Which leads us to the main plot lines this year. Stop me if you've heard them before:

(1) There's a killer loose in Miami that's beheading people and then leaving the bodies in very interesting and specific positions.

(2) Dexter's true self was revealed to someone and now she's off trying to do what he does.

(3) One of the detectives in homicide has serious suspicions about Dexter and is obsessed with catching him.

Not ringing any bells? Let me help you out: (1) every season; (2) Season 3; (3) Season 2.

So in a sense what we have here is a greatest hits of Dexter plot lines, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but makes me skeptical for the rest of the episodes.

Season Predictions

Dexter may have a serious problem on
his hands by letting Miguel Prado, I
mean Lumen Ann Pierce, see his true
self.

(1) The hispanic uniform cop working with Debra is actually behind or intimately involved with the beheadings. This is the type of twist that we always see from Dexter and with her character appearing so abruptly, it makes me all the more suspicious. Either that, or they'll use her as a red herring.

(2) Lumen (Julia Stiles) will kill herself. They won't have her go off the deep end like Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits) because, come on, how lazy would that be? This leaves us with three options: heading back home, getting caught, and offing herself. Having her simply heading home would be a huge letdown (especially since they just tried to fake us out with that last episode) and getting caught is out of the question because she would more than likely rat out Dexter. This leaves me with the suicide option and given how fragile he current mental state is, it seems like the most likely option.

(3) Quinn will finally get to Jonah and he'll protect Dexter. This won't put an end to Quinn's suspicions but that's as far as we'll get this season. As far as I know, this isn't the last season of Dexter so I don't think we're in any danger of Dexter getting caught.