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The Sinner -2

Any criticism on spelling/grammar mistakes, character description (trying my best to describe them in characters), facts (especially region, I’ve never been to America before), etc. are all welcome! Though, be lenient on me :)

I had to change ‘mate’ to ‘pal’ lol...

Criminal Minds BAU x Reader

Warning: Explicit description of blood, death, mutilation, swearing etc.

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“A glutton lives to eat instead of eating to live.” – African Proverb

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The large man cried as the silent room filled with the clock ticking. He wanted to stop the clock, wanted to smash it. But it will never happen, that's what the abductor said to him. He’ll never see the daylight while alive, and it scared him. Regretting ever joining the club.

The figure appeared without light, its face covered in a black mask, and a hood. He begged for the mercy, but the figure held out a red bloodied pliers without hesitation. Soon, painful screams filled the dark room along a sound of something being forcefully torn. Both predator and prey knew the pitiful scream can’t be heard from the outside.

2nd Day

Detective Lee was already at the scene, covering his mouth while yawning. It was a freezing morning of November. The detective greeted the BAU kindly, explaining they were waiting for the CSI to be arrived. The team decided to wait for the CSI too, trying to wake fully from drowsiness. They were at the National Park, where everything looked peaceful except for the bloody body found on the large rock near the small waterfall. The Sun was rising slowly over the dawn sky while Lee explained the situation after scribbling something on his note.

“The forest ranger found the body while patrolling the area,” the detective nodded towards a young ranger who looked very ill. “He stated there was no one except him when he found the body. The driver’s license says the victim’s name is Benedict Lewis, 46-year-old. Whoever did this, drove a long way to dump a body,” he cringed, “’gula’ is written on the body.”

“Which is gluttony, just like lust, it’s the Seven Deadly Sins.” Rossi informed the detective.

“So, the killer is really on an extreme religious mission or something?” Lee asked incredulously. During his 5 years of detective life, he’s never seen such murders before.

“Maybe,” Reid replied. “Does the victim have any unusual thing other than the word?” His pocketed hand playing with the sobriety coin. The young genius was actually glad he was called in the early morning as he was having a nightmare. The nightmare where Tobias Hankel drugged him.

“If you mean by a large rat, frog, snake shoved in his mouth, yeah. Is this also the Seven Deadly Sins thing?” the detective asked when Reid’s eyes sparked in realisation, pushing his nightmare to the back of his mind.

“Yes, actually gluttony is punished by eating rats, snakes, toads eternally.”

“Gross,” Prentiss frowned along with JJ and Morgan.

“Prentiss and Morgan, check out the area, if there’s anything call me. Reid and JJ, talk to the ranger. Rossi and I’ll wait for the CSI here with Detective Lee.” After Hotch ordered his team, he called Garcia -who was asleep- to look up the victim.

---BAU---

Just after the agents were dispatched, an SUV parked near the scene. A person with several protections including a face covering mask walked towards them with large rectangular containers in hands.

“Don’t they at least have courtesy to kill in the daylight?” The person said in an irritated tone with a yawning.

“F/N?” The detective’s jaw hung up in surprise. “What the hell are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be on leave?”

“I’ve been resting for two months, Leon. Fucking two months!” F/N held two fingers to the detective with frustration. “And it drove me crazy!”

“What happened to Harrison?”

“Apparently, our newbie is sick since he saw the ‘luxuria’ bodies.” The forensic scientist sighed deeply, shaking head. “Anyways, I’ll need your time of arrival and names. Did you touch anything?”

“Yeah, I already wrote that, you drilled me too much it became a habit.” Detective shrugged as he showed his friend his note. “Had to touch to find his identity, but other than that I was really careful not to touch anything.”

The scientist just walked into the scene, placing the containers far from the body and the scene. With gloves on, F/N looked through the scene, quickly theorising what to gather first. The scientist quickly but efficiently started to prepare by photographing the scene and the body, scribbling on the note.

“That’s F/N L/N, one of the best forensic scientists we have. Sorry about the manner, F/N is usually polite.” Lee gave the two agents a sheepish smile.

“Something happened?” Hotch asked, watching the scientist working, barking orders not to step closer to a young officer. Rossi raised his brows at the younger man, but Hotch ignored Rossi. The BAU leader could sense something from the scientist, but he wasn’t sure what was making him stare at the person. But his gut told him he had to know about what happened to this scientist.

“Well,” the detective shoved his hands in his suit jacket, sighing deeply. “My partner, he was F/N’s husband. Has been on leave since Nick’s been shot, I’ve never thought F/N would suddenly appear here.” He checked on his watch. “Do you want coffee? I think we have time till F/N finishes the job.” Lee glanced at the scientist who was taking tweezers out from the equipment box.

“Perhaps later,” Rossi replied pleasantly as he saw JJ and Reid returning from interviewing the forest ranger.

“The ranger found the body around 5:40, he remembers clearly because he was texting his friend.” JJ informed them.

“He didn’t see any vehicles while patrolling before he found the body. The UnSub probably visited the park before,” Reid said. “But he said he hasn’t seen anyone at night.”

“Did you get when and where he patrols the park?” Rossi asked, looking at the pale ranger who was talking to an officer.

“I asked him to draw on the map, and estimated time.” Reid showed the checked park map. Rossi noticed the trembled writings of the ranger and wondered if anyone can read that.

Hotch’s phone suddenly rang, and he could hear the scientist curse along with the detective’s. Rossi coughed drily to hide his laugh, but Hotch could see the veteran profiler was amused that the phone call startled them.

“Garcia, you’re on the speaker,” Hotch replied quickly before the technical analyst say something to embarrass herself from the detective.

“Hotch, sir,” Garcia said, her voice still covered in sleep, “Lewis was a newspaper reporter before he changed his career to a food blog writer. He was a single, and there are no known connections between the first victim.”

“Did he write criticisms on food?” JJ asked.

“Yes, apparently,” Garcia paused for a moment, “a few restaurants closed due to his harsh reviews.”

“Are the owners still live here?”

“No, they all moved to other states and never returned to Philly.”

“Thank you, Garcia.” Hotch ended the call, knowing Garcia will fall asleep as soon as he ends the call. “The UnSub associated the victims’ careers and the Sins, but we don’t know why the UnSub chose these people.” He frowned deeply. “What does UnSub want to tell us?” He saw Prentiss and Morgan returning, briefly informed what Garcia told them.

“The area is just perfect for family picnics,” Prentiss shrugged, “there’s a wedding mansion, nothing much.”

“This area is open space; the UnSub knew the body would be found easily.” Morgan said. “The mansion was locked tight, so I don’t think the UnSub used the facility, no hint of forced entry too.”

“The UnSub could’ve been using some kind of transport. The victim has a large physique, moving the body here would’ve been difficult even for a muscular man,” Rossi hummed.

“About that, Prentiss and I found tyre marks over there.” The muscular agent pointed over the crime scene.

The detective went to the forensic scientist and told about the tyre mark and the scientist lazily walked to the scene to take several photos.

---BAU---

“Hey, can we enter now?” Lee yelled impatiently, checking an hour has passed. He shouldn’t urge his friend, but the scientist looked finished from his view, if not he’d just apologise to his friend and will be gladly yelled by the scientist for urging the work. But, without a word, the scientist only gestured to okay to come.

“Not many insects and the body didn’t even reach bloating stage yet. So, you can say it’s rather fresh. But, you never know in this bitchy winter. I’ll send the traces and the animals to the lab as soon as I arrive.”

“You finished real quick today, not much?”

“I’m wondering this guy maybe learned from Dexter or something and thinks himself Dante or what.” L/N rolled eyes, shivering from the cold winter. “I hate winter,” the scientist muttered, “I’ll be in the lab if you need me.”

“That’s it,” Reid exclaimed as he stared at the scientist’s back. “It’s Dante’s Inferno. In Inferno, after the first circle of Limbo, Dante visits the second circle where Lust is punished by devils. Then, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, Treachery. It’s rather fitting because this victim’s name is Benedict and in Inferno, Pope Boniface VIII is punished due to gluttony and his name was Benedetto which is equivalent to the English name, Benedict.” The young doctor talked fast which the detective watched the agent with his mouth ajar.

“If the UnSub is killing according to Inferno, then it’s not about the seven sins?” Lee asked with a confused frown, he heard about the classic but never read. “I, I’m not sure about that.” Reid stuttered. “The Seven Deadly Sins are consisting of Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride. So we can’t be sure what the UnSub is imitating until the killings reach to either Wrath or Sloth.”

“Let’s hope we catch the UnSub before that stage,” Hotch mused rubbing his chin. “Rossi and Morgan, could you go and check Lewis’ home?”

“You drive,” Rossi threw the car key to the muscular man who caught it easily.

“I’m going to read Dante again,” Reid shrugged. “There might be hints.”

“I’ll be visiting the M.E., JJ and Prentiss are you going to the station?” Hotch asked.

“I thought about calling the victims’ family and friends,” JJ informed the unit chief. “Emily and I can split the job if that’s okay?” Prentiss nodded next to the blond agent.

“Alright, let’s get going.” Hotch nodded towards his team and everyone was ready for another long day.

---BAU---

“Our victim knew how to clean,” Rossi looked around the small apartment. Lewis’ apartment was very clean, everything in order.

“Hey, Rossi, look at this,” Morgan called the older man from the bedroom. Rossi saw the expensive watches in the drawer. “I wonder where he’d got money.”

“They’re authentic,” Rossi examined one of the watches. “With salary of reporter or food writer he could’ve afford one or two, but not all of these.”

“Maybe he was part of something?”

“It’s possibility. We need to know if the first victims had anything like this, maybe that might be a connection between the victims.”

“That might be, but the first two earned more than Lewis,” Morgan reminded the veteran agent. “They could’ve afforded as much as this if they wanted to.”

“Perhaps that’s why they could get clients who’d pay them handsomely. If Lewis was payed for being a part of organisation, Smith and Olson may have introduced to their clients.”

“Urg, if that’s right, maybe that’s why both of them didn’t have any information on their clients.” Morgan huffed, thinking there was no information to gather the first two victims’ clients at all. No memo, no digital logs, none.

“But, let’s focus on Lewis’ life style shall we?” Rossi clasped his hands.

---BAU---

Hotch saw the forensic scientist talking with Doctor Bear when he entered the pathologist lab. Surprisingly, the scientist was sitting on the metal table for corpses, and the M.E. was leaning back to another table where a white sheet covered a body on it. The place seemed to be grotesquely peaceful.

“Agent Hotchner,” the doctor greeted the stoic agent. The forensic scientist just nodded to Hotch, but said nothing. “I sent the toxicology and autopsy report to Detective Lee.” The doctor shrugged before Hotch could reply, “but, I’m sure you’re here to see the body for yourself.”

“Yes, I wanted examine the body before reading the report.” The doctor hummed.

“Where’s that young man? He was rather interesting to talk to,” the doctor good-heartedly laughed uncovering the white sheet from the body.

“I’m going, have fun,” the scientist said sarcastically before exiting the lab.

“Ah well, F/N is still angry.” Bear said like he was talking to himself.

Hotch stopped observing the Lewis’ body, and asked why the scientist was angry.

“We still didn’t catch Nick’s shooter.” Bear frowned deeply. “Nick’s F/N’s husband, and he was a good man and friend.”

Hotch nodded, but he took a mental note of that. He didn’t know why, but it felt important to know both Hotch and L/N lost their spouse to criminals. But for now, it was time to focus on the doctor’s explanation.

---BAU---

JJ was staring at the board with crossed arms over her chest and Reid was reading Dante’s Inferno with his usual reading pace. Prentiss was pressing her chin on the brown desk, wrapping her head with her arms as she stared at a black phone blankly. It’s only been second day, and everyone could feel this case will take a long time to solve. The BAU knew they will catch the UnSub eventually as they usually did, but nonetheless it was a hard process to find any lead on this UnSub.

“The family couldn’t find anything strange, or found anything from their homes,” the brunette groaned as she muttered about the first victims’ possessions.

‘Expensive possession’ was circled and a red question mark was drawn next to it where the white board was filled with words and photos by the agents.

“Only connection we currently have is, MO.” JJ tilted her head as if she was about to burn the word ‘torture’ on the board with her eyes. “So much anger, but on what?”

“Smith and Olson’s families say they didn’t have any enemies, and Lewis was a loner, no family, no close friends.” Prentiss tapped her finger on her the desk. The young man closed his book and looked up. “Finished?”

“Yes,” the genius replied dully. “I don’t think there’s any hint in the literature yet.”

“We need a break, coffee?” JJ whirled around and asked.

---BAU---

Detective Lee sighed as he threw his jacket off. The BAU was here, but the case wasn’t really cracking as he thought. But it’s only been second day no need to rush. The killer left literally nothing other than the body. Whoever it was, the guy knew how to hide evidence. But still, not even one single hair or fibre? It was so frustrating, killer among people, looking for next victim. It made his skin crawl and wanted to catch this bastard as soon as possible.

“Tired day?” Morgan asked from behind where he and Rossi returned from Lewis’ place.

Rossi entered the BAU room, throwing his empty coffee cup into the bin where the younger three agents whined about not having coffee yet to the older man. Morgan quickly smirked at the scene but turned his attention to the detective.

“Yeah,” the detective replied casually. “I still have other cases to solve. You guys are just like rain during drought for me to help catch this guy.”

“Hey, we’ll catch this guy,” Morgan encouraged the younger man. “That’s why we’re here, to help you catch this guy.”

“Thanks, pal.” Lee quickly grabbed several files from this desk and handed to the FBI agent. “Here’s the copies of reports for the autopsy and toxicology of Lewis.”

“Thanks.” Morgan thanked. “By the way,” he then stopped and asked, “Any recommendation for coffees?”

“Two blocks right when you exit the station, you see one small café.” Lee used his thumb to point the direction. “If you need a hand, I’ll probably be here till late.”

Morgan thanked the polite detective and joined his team. “Hey, Lee told me there’s a good café here. Let’s grab some coffee.”

“I’m in,” Prentiss replied quickly as she grabbed her coat. “You two wanna stay here?” She asked JJ and Reid.

“I need some air,” JJ followed the brunette and turned to Reid expectantly.

“Could you grab me a coffee, I still want to see if there’s anything I missed.” Reid asked.

“If Hotch comes, tell him we’ll get his coffee too,” JJ told Rossi and Reid who nodded.

---BAU---

The BAU unit chief’s eyes swiftly turned to the captain’s office where Detective Lee was having a conversation with the Captain. His eyes met with the Captain’s eyes, the Captain stiffly nodded towards Hotch, but soon he blinded his office. It was none of his business whether the boss and his subordinate to have a talk, but Hotch felt the talk was about this case. This case was something big. He didn’t know why but he was having this strange feeling about this case. It was as if in deep down, he knew why the UnSub was killing these people. But he didn’t know. It was irking him, frustrating him to no end. His sense was telling him most of important pieces of the puzzle were already gathered.

The team greeted him as he entered the room, Prentiss handed his coffee that was still warm enough to drink.

“Have you found something?” Reid asked the leader.

“No,” Hotch leaned back on the wall. “But, Lewis was less tortured than Smith and Olson. Unlike the other two, Lewis’ death was due to blunt force trauma on the back of his head.”

“Maybe the UnSub is looking for information about potential victims. Torture is the method the UnSub is using to extract information, and Lewis maybe gave the UnSub that information easily without retaliating further.” JJ suggested, thinking back when she was deployed in a secret mission in Afghanistan.

“That’d be plausible after Rossi and Morgan found expensive watches Lewis couldn’t afford,” Reid nodded.

“So the UnSub may be annihilating members of this secret group.” Prentiss quickly scribbled ‘group’ on the white board, arrows pointing from the victims’ photos.

“For now that’s the best theory,” Rossi leaned front, “but we have to be careful not to focus on this theory. We have to be flexible.” Rossi reminded the team.

Hotch checked his watch that was already pointing 6pm.

“Let’s grab dinner, and you can work or rest at your room for today.”

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Dexter: New Blood Episode 10 Review – Sins of the Father

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This Dexter: New Blood review contains spoilers.

Dexter: New Blood Episode 10

“Open your eyes and look at what you’ve done!”

When it was announced that Showtime would be reviving Dexter after almost a decade, I was more than dubious. One of the first prestige dramas that I truly loved, I jumped at the chance to review the series when I started writing for Den of Geek in 2012. Unfortunately, the seasons that I covered could be described as disappointing at best. The show was responsible for many sins. Between clearly telegraphed twists, interesting threads stopped dead in their tracks for no apparent reason, and inconsistent characterization, the series’ chief issue was the esteem that the writers had for their lead character long after he deserved any.

On more than one occasion, writers of Dexter would compare their darling to a superhero, and many fans of the series, including in this site’s comment section, learned to see the character that way. “By only killing bad guys, he’s saving countless innocent lives!” they would reason, ignoring the fact that Dexter’s “code” was all bullshit. Dexter killed because he had to; the code may have made his addiction palatable to his surrogate father and the audience, but if someone stood in the way of Dexter feeding his addiction, it didn’t matter if they were a good guy or not. The lives shattered and lost as collateral damage didn’t matter either. Dexter’s addiction, narcissism, and lizard-brain survival instincts became at odds with the way that the audience saw the character and how he saw himself. That should have been the dramatic throughline that drove the show after Rita’s death, but Showtime and the fans needed a hero that you could root for.

As New Blood was announced, I wrote how the only way a revival would make sense was if Dexter was held accountable for his crimes. However, I didn’t expect the series to go there simply because how could Showtime expect an audience to follow the character once his irredeemable qualities were interrogated? How could you keep the IP alive if Dexter is put in prison, or worse, executed? So extreme kudos must be given to showrunner Clyde Phillips and Showtime for “Sins of the Father,” an episode that at once shows Dexter for who he is and holds him accountable, asks fans to reconsider their devotion to the central character, and overall is just a gripping, well-executed hour of television.

The episode begins with Dexter suggesting to Harrison that they take their father-son murder duo act on the road. He suggests Los Angeles, and as Harrison begins to question the logistics of such a move, Dexter reassures him with little more than “we’ll kill bad guys and save people.” Never mind the fact that Harrison was experiencing stability and community for the first time in his life — Dexter needs to leave before things get too hot, and he leans on the juvenile vigilante vision that Harrison has to sell the move.

However, the unthinkable happens; for the first time in nine seasons, Dexter Morgan is put in handcuffs for murder. At once, Dexter’s eyes focus on a nearby knife, proving yet again that the code doesn’t matter; Dexter absolutely would have killed Angela to save himself had Logan not entered the room a moment later. With a tasty Radiohead needle drop, Dex is booked and Angela begins interrogating him on camera. She reveals the screws from Matt Caldwell’s leg that Kurt sent her and tells Dexter that she found a matching screw in the debris of his cabin.

At once we see the gears start to turn in Dexter’s cold-blooded head. He smarmily tries to deflect, using Angela’s mental state and Kurt Caldwell as outs, but they don’t work. When Angela gives him a second to talk to Harrison, he excitedly decries that he’s been in tougher spots and tries to manipulate his son once again by playing on his sense of duty. “The world needs us,” he tells Harrison. It’s startling in its arrogance. Usually, we only see Dexter behave this way in private when he has someone on his kill table. It looks a lot more gross when Dexter’s the one in the vulnerable situation.

After a call to Angel Batista (In true Dexter fashion, New Blood had its fair share of plotholes and flaws. I can’t even believe I’m saying this, but it feels like a misstep to have Angel in the episode but not allow him a final face to face with Dexter), who is ready to come to Iron Lake with corroborating evidence, Angela returns to Dexter and really nails him on the Bay Harbor Butcher case. As Angela shows him the evidence of the injection sites (fans have been up in arms over a seeming continuity error of Dexter using M99, not Ketamine, during the show’s original run. While it’s certainly inconsistent, it seems negligible in the long run), Michael C. Hall plays the moment flawlessly, clearly squirming, but refusing to crack. Dexter finally throws a Hail Mary; asking Angela to turn off the camera, he reveals where Kurt has hidden the missing girls that Angela has risked her reputation and spent her career trying to locate. It’s the only thing that would allow her to take her focus off of Dexter for a moment. While she goes to investigate and eventually discover Kurt’s victims, Dexter makes his plans to escape.

Dexter murders Deputy Logan and slips out of prison, arranging to meet with Harrison where they can finally escape. When Dexter arrives to meet his son, Harrison finally begins to put all the pieces together. Realizing that his father has killed his coach, an undeniably good man, Dexter’s whole vigilante façade cracks. “It’s not a passenger, it’s driving you!” Harrison declares, before stating that the anger that they feel is different, because Harrison’s is driven by his abandonment, not his birth by blood. Harrison refuses to be a “caretaker” for his father, a catalyst to keep him on the straight and narrow, after everything the man has done. He asks his father to finally take stock of the wreckage that he’s left in his wake, and the many innocent victims of Dexter during the show’s run flash across the screen. It’s an extremely effective moment driven home by the best acting that Hall has ever done as the character. It’s the best scene of the series by a wide margin.

Harrison cannot let Dexter flee, and without speaking it clearly, the father and son realize what must be done. Harrison must follow the code. Harrison points his rifle at his father, and for the first time in Dexter’s life, he feels genuine love for another person. Harrison fires, and as Dexter dies in the snow, his hand reaches out for Deb’s as she slips away. It is a beautiful, fitting end for the monster and one I never expected to see play out. Angela arrives and allows Harrison to slip away, because we have to keep the idea of a spin-off alive somehow, but the montage of Harrison driving away hits harder than expected.

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When I started at Den of Geek, my first two review assignments were Dexter and Breaking Bad. While the latter series never lost sight that the show was ostensibly following a villain, Dexter writers fell in love with their character and turned him into a hero. It was a misstep that led to some truly awful seasons of television. If nothing else, Dexter: New Blood rights that wrong and gives the character the ending he deserves.

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What I’m Watching (Part 1)

Vikings- I finally finished season four and learned I have a second half to get through before I’m fully caught up. Here’s my thoughts: I hate Rollo. Why would he betray his brother like that? I guess what he wanted was to be admired, or be the top dog, or be legendary. That didn’t happen while he was on Ragnar’s side. What a battle between them though! I’m looking forward to Bjorn’s adventures with Floki to the Mediterranean Sea. I’m also curious to see if any of Ragnar’s sons decide to take him out.

The Walking Dead- So, I’m in the minority when I say that I really like Eugene. I’m not pleased that he sided with Negan, but he is really embracing the “I am Negan” mentality and helping out quite a bit. However, it is hard to read him, which side he truly is on, but if I were Eugene, I’d probably side with Negan, because Negan actually appreciates all his hard work, his ideas, everything about Eugene. You never saw that level of respect from anyone in Rick’s crew for Eugene, with the exception of perhaps Abraham and a couple times with Rick. With that aside, I’m not sure I mentioned this before, but the two most emotional moments in the show for me so far this season have been the deaths of Shiva and Eric. Shiva’s death surely took everything out of our beloved King Ezekiel, and certainly upset me quite a bit, but I knew that death was approaching. Eric dying was really sad on several levels because Aaron actually didn’t get to fully say goodbye, but Eric knew it was the end for him. It’s also the only time in the show a gay couple actually got some form of closure as death approached. Tara never got that chance with Denise. Anyway, I’m drifting away from the subject here, so I’ll get back to it. Even though Eugene has pretty much embraced the villain role (or so we think), I’m a fan of him. His MacGuyver abilities, his unique way of talking, he really is one of the most interesting characters on the show. Also, I’d like to say I’m still not sold on the junkyard people. I don’t understand them, nor do I understand why Rick feels so determined to get them on his side. Maybe it’s to make good with the amount of guns he gave away to them? We’ll never know. I also wonder if the Oceanside will end up playing a role at some point in the season. One thing that bothers me about the midseason finale has been all the talk about someone major being killed off, and that someone major is Carl. Honestly, I don’t see them ever killing off Carl. There are a lot of clues out there pointing to him possibly dying, everything from a haircut for a movie role to Chandler Riggs going to College. I don’t think he’s going to die, and I’m thinking that if they do indeed commit to the time jump like I’m expecting, maybe this would be a perfect opportunity for TWD to switch out actors for someone who is a bit older, because I believe at this point in the comics, Carl has to be in his early twenties. The other possibilities of a major death could be that baby Judith somehow dies, or Daryl, or maybe this is the time in the show where Morgan leaves the group for Fear TWD. It’s really hard to figure it out. All I know is we are going to see some walker-tainted weapons, grenades thrown, and at least one major character will die, one will lose a leg, and I think Rick gets shot by Dwight. OH. WAIT. That might be the part they’re talking about. Fuck.

Dexter- S and I finally finished Dexter over the weekend. ::SPOILERS AHEAD:: Dexter has been planning with Hannah to go with Harrison and live the rest of their lives in Argentina. Deb hates the fact he’s leaving, and so far away. The US Marshall and Deb’s ex-boss have been chasing down Hannah, Dexter avenged his therapist’s death by her son by capturing him. Instead of killing him, he calls Deb in to arrest him. They both step out of the building with the killer strapped to a chair, and we see the US Marshall step in and instead the killer. He kills the Marshall, takes his gun, shoots Deb in the abdomen, and escapes, but shot in the arm by Deb. She calls for backup and an ambulance, they rush her to the hospital. Due to a hurricane and a suspicious package at the airport, Dexter, Harrison, and Hannah can’t leave Miami airport, so Hannah gets on a bus with Harrison and Dexter tells them he’ll meet up eventually with them as he just learned his sister was rushed to the hospital. He finds out who did it, they get the killer arrested, and within time, Dexter kills the guy in a weird manner with a pen. Not sure why I worded it that way, but whatever. He goes back to the hospital, finds that Deb’s condition worsened, so while everyone in the icu is all over the place, he takes all the equipment off her and takes her on his boat. By this time, she’s already dead, and he drops her in the water, then drives his boat into the storm. Cut to Hannah and Harrison in Argentina. Hannah just read the news about Dexter and holds back the tears. Next scene, we see a logging company, and it’s Dexter. All I can say after that is “Seriously?? You put me through eight seasons for it to end like that? Get bent.” And that’s putting it nicely. That finale was worse than the Seinfeld finale, and that’s my measurement of how bad a finale can be. I guess Dexter has just replaced it.

Broadchurch- This season was only eight episodes long, so I’ll run through it quickly. ::SPOILERS AHEAD:: Miller and Hardy have gone to a new town to investigate not a murder, but a rape. Like the previous seasons, they link the assault on several different people, all of whom look pretty guilty, just like before. I was amazed with who the rapist turned out to be, as I was expecting it to be the ex-husband. Nope. It was some kid who was forced into it. Really? That’s some dark shit, when you think of it. Makes me wonder if there will be a fourth season, because it’s a great show and I love Tennant more and more each time I watch a show or anything he’s in.

The Gifted/Punisher- I watched the first episode of The Gifted with S. I heard great things about the series and wondered if it held up in comparison to what I’ve seen of Legion. So far, I’m digging Polaris, and some of the other characters intrigue me. I watched about 15 minutes of the first episode of Punisher. I don’t think I’m ready for that show, I feel like you need to be in a specific mood to watch it.

Extra: So, with all the recent boom in comic book movies and tv shows occurring, this has awoken my interest in reading comics again. For the most part, I’ve been reading The Walking Dead since at least 2014. Most recently though, I decided that I wanted to take a stab at reading Preacher. This was right after I finished watching Season One. I finished book one, just started book two a day or two ago, and I have to say I’m drawn into it. There are a lot of WTF moments, and I’m amazed at how different it is in some aspects on the tv as opposed to the comic. Examples being Tulip being blonde and white in the comic, and she’s mixed race in the show. Jesse’s grandmother I think is coming up in season three, and they teased some of it in flashbacks. I don’t even think I’ve seen or recall anything about Eugene going to Hell. And I’m approaching the Humperdoo scene in the comics.

The other comic I just started is Doomsday Clock- the Watchmen/DC Crossover. It’s relatively new, so there isn’t much to say about it. I’m intrigued to see who all gets involved from DC. They’ve already introduced Superman/Clark Kent. I’d have to guarantee Batman and Wonder Woman make their way into it somehow. My manager was saying “I can’t wait to see Superman kick Dr. Manhattan’s ass.” I tried not to laugh though because I’m pretty certain Dr. Manhattan could lay waste to Superman without any trouble.

Anyway, it’s been real. I’ll have more to write about later.

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