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Originally Posted by Zombie

Haha, thank you. I have too much time on my hands. But I think Dexter is one of the best things to ever grace mah teevee screen, and I wouldn't be me if I didn't over-analyze things into the ground.

I agree that Dexter is going to need guidance for the whole Family Man thing, but he'll need it because he doesn't instinctively know what the right thing is when it comes to kids and such. If Harry is just another part of Dexter, a Rita in his head would be just another part of Dexter, too - and I don't think Dexter has the "right" words to give her to say.

If he is going to get someone else in his head for family advice, I can actually see it being Trinity instead. He didn't off Trinity the many times he should've because he thought Trinity might have something to teach him about how to have a family and a Dark Passenger - he was looking for something like a new code to replace Harry's, so he could look back at Harry and say, "HA! See? Didn't need you after all, and everything turned out fine."

I think in Season 5, we'll see Dexter struggling to at least look after Harrison. Not sure if Rita's kids will stay with him - maybe they'll go with the grandparents we saw or something, since they're not his and I don't think he adopted them. He's gonna be terribly angry but not have anyone to take revenge on, since he already took care of Trinity before he knew what Trinity had done. AND he had just come to the conclusion that he COULD have it both ways, only to have that yanked out from under him in the worst way possible. He may be all Dexter Unleashed. Perhaps he'll end up making a Mini-Me out of Harrison? Since they were both "born in blood" and all.

He's also going to have to deal with cops & junk looking into Rita's murder. Why on Earth would Trinity kill Rita? She doesn't fit any of his patterns - cops are gonna be curious. Will Dex have to chop Rita into bits and hide her so cops don't know what happened, say she ran off (she already had a plane ticket)? Will Dex have to pass it off as a suicide?

PS - I talk a lot.

I know one thing, Dexter will protect his baby, and do everything possible to ensure his son doesn't become the father.

As for Rita, that's the entire point of the last episode. Rita's death DID fit the pattern of Trinity. It always started with a young boy, then progressed to a woman in the bathtub. Just because the final boy survived (thanks to Dexter), doesn't mean Trinity would stop. The questions will come when Trinity no longer completes the pattern.


I think next season it's going to be about Dexter the widowed father. With Rita out of the picture, his ability to plan his murders flies out the window. Which leads me to believe he'll quickly find another love interest, much to the step-children's disdain. It'll probably be a reckless choice (see season two), and that will make up the majority of the season. I also think Dexter will rely on Harry more than ever. Dexter will ask Harry many times for parenting skils that will prevent Harrison becoming another Dexter.

That's my prediction.