‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Recap, Two Episodes: ‘Camera Shy’
Dexter
Camera Shy
Season 10
Episode 2
Editor’s rating
Like any good Father, dexter has made it its mission to lurk Around Harrison and fix all of his his amateur-killer mistakes.
Photo: Zach Dilgard/Paramount+ With ShowMetime
This May Be Sacrilege to Those of You Who Prefer the Binge of Television, but i’m Always a Little Annoyed Wen Shows with More than One Episode. First of all, it’s a big ask – there are an overwhelming number of shows to keep with! – and second of all, it offten Feels like to drag the table setting. That’s Certainly the case with “Camera Shy,” Which Struck Me AS Surpringly Slow AFTER The Propulsive Premiere. Yes, iTi’a early in the Dexter: Resurrection Season for any of the inevitable confrontations party, but if you keep showing tantalizing glimps of uma serial-killer recruiter, charley, i’m going be we’re getting to the fireworks factory.
The Most Obivious Delayed Confrontation is the One BetWeen Harrison and Dexter, with the latter continuing to lurk around the hotel and refusing to make Contact Despite Harry’s Prodding. (Harrison does Catch a Glimpse of His Dad, but he’s alsoing Ryan’s Bashed Face Everywhere, so’s eYa Easy Enough to Dismiss As another guilt-induced hallucination.) Might Have Made. As he investigates Ryan’s Hotel Room, Though, he seams genuinely giddy. “IF Harrison did a kill here, he cleaned up well,” Dexter Says in full proud-papa mode. That May Be True, But Wallace and Oliva Are Also on the Skene, and they’re MUCH LESS INPORT THAN THE Dexter Cops we’re used to. Wallace Quickly Deduces that Ryan’s Room Is too Clean – Oxygen Bleach Must Have Been Used, Which Suggests Someone With Forensics Knowledge. The new toilet-tank lid and porcelain dust in the Vic’s Hair Make the Murder Weapon Easy to Identify, and the Rohypnol in Ryan’s Suitcase to a Date Ripe Gone Wrong. Oliva notes that sexual-assault VICTIMS don’t generaly cut their attackers into pieces to be stashed in garbage bags, but wavelece knows she’s on to something. Late in the episodes, she finds Footage of Ryan Carrying A Drugged Shauna Out of the Hotel Bar, SO BRINGS The Out-Towner Back to New York for Questioning.
Police Competence is Obiviously Bad News for Harrison, with his dad doing his damnedest to thwart the investigation beebind the scens. For his part, dexter is all smiles as he reflects on his son, “He may be following in my footsteps.” Killing a Serial Rapist Could Mean That Harrison is Developing a Code of His Own. If that is the case, Harry Counters, Bashing a Guy’s Head in Rekeatedly after he’s Dead shoulder be part of anyone’s Code. (Now we’re moralizing?) Dexter Says he Also Made Mistakes at Harrison’s Age – This Is Dexter: Original sin Promo – Which Prompts Another Nude from Harry for Dex to Step in and Help His Son Learn From Those Mistakes, Just As Harry Did For Dexter. Murder Investigation Aside, Harrison DOES LOOK LIKE HE COULD USE A BIT OF GUIDANCE. While he’s respectible Enough to pass his ged and babysit Elsa’s Asthmatic Son, he’s also sno-night JYRIDES WITH WALET LANCE (Darius Jordan Lee) and Having Flashbacks to Shooting Dexter. Spread it would be mind a bit to learn that he had Hadn’t actually commuted patricides!
For the time being, howver, dex is community to merely stalking. He realishes that Harrison must have dismembered Ryan’s body on site, and astutely determines that the kitchen wold have been the perfect place to do it. He’ll have to woit unil it’s closed for the night before he snoops around, so he hangs out at the hotel bar and the orers two cheeseburgers. One of My Favorite Recurring Dexter Bits is Our Title Antihero’s Voracious Appetite – The Man Loves to Eat! And his patience pays off, Because Once the Kitchen Staff has gone home for the Night, he’s able to sneak in. As in Ryan’s Hotel Room, Harrison Has Done an Impeccable Job Cleaning. He did Miss One Spot, Though. I was convinced that a tiny Drop of Blood on the Ceiling was going to be a Big Part of the Police Investigation, but dexter Cleans it off. I feel like it is a bit of a challenge, and maybe that will come in the form of Batista. While all this is happy in the city, the Miami Metro Chief is Meeting with Teddy Reed Back in Iron Lake. Batista’s Sleuthing Around Dex’s Car – Which Harrison Took and Is Now Selling – Is Going to Lead Him Straight to New York.
Dexter has more prescerns at the moment, like the fact that his current vehicle is getting towed. (Not Because Its Stolen; he just didn’t pay close enough attentive to the street signs. No one seams to mind that he took a dead guy’s terrack.) Dex calls a Urcar (this universe’s uber) for a ride to the impound tears. The Driver is Blessing Kamara (Net Mwine), who is unusablely chatty as he shares his backstory and explains why he got overly cautious. There is a serial killer targeting rhideshare drivers, and the press is calling Him – get this – the dinner passenger. This ties back to the episode’s opening scnene, where we see the killer in Question (Marc MenChaca) Attack Hisian Driver Spouting Vaguely Racist Talking Points About Ling Everything “Because of You Fucks.” The Dark Passenger’s Weapon of Choice is a barbed chain that he uses to decapitate his vicims. A serial killer motivated by anti-immajmigrant hatred is a lot of the fun than the typical Dexter Antagonist, though it is depressingly timely. Of Course, All Dexter Can Think About is the unauthorized use of the Dark Passenger name. “It never occurred to with them trademark my alter ego,” his voiceover Sayys. Bitsing reveals that his narrowly escaped the Ridshare driver killer, dexter is determining to learn more. Harry (especally scold-y in this episode!) Points out that Harrison is the priority, but dex insists he can multitask.
Despite Being in a Very Reasonable State of Height Anxiety, Blessing Invites Dexter to HIS HOME FOR A PARTY The NEXT Day. Dex is too to the city to be off by a trip to queens, and he’s also fixated on pumping blessing’s friend, chike, for information on his Encounter with the Dark Passenger. At the party, Blessing Introduces His Family, and No One Appears Concerned the Potential Stranger Danger in their Midst – Fitter Chike Describes HIS ASSAILAN AS SIMAL HOUGHEGHT, BUILD, AND HAIR TO DEXTER. “SO I’M Looking for a White Man Who Looks like,” Dex’s Voicever Summarizes. Chike Also Has Video of His Run with The Serial Killer, but the Attacker’s Face is Completely Obscured. He’s Wearing a “Camera-Shy Hoodie” with infrared Lights that make your face impossible to CAPTURE ON VIDEO. (Kudos to Blessing’s Daughter, Joy, for Flagging that. I’d Never Heard of this, But it does exist.) The most useful detail in the video is the Killer’s Bag, Featuring the Logo of Cybersecity Company Bridge Data Network.
At this point, we have to circle back to policy incompetence – you mean to tell me the dinner had masonry Seven RIDESHARE DRIVERS AND NO ONE INVESTIGating the case Spotted the cat from the killer’s workplace in any videos? (Chike didn’t turn his video over or report the crime forces of his his Expired Visa. Also Timely and Depressing.) Thankfully, dexter is on the case, and he still again his strong intuits (and some slightly lazy wring) Ronald Schmidt, The Only Bridge Data Network Emplorye with A Photo on the Website or ANY Online Presence at All. Dex Decides to Wait Outside the Company’s Offices to confirm that ronald is the man’s looking for, even Harry Warns, “Your body isn’t ready for anything Physical.” But while dexter only inters to scope out the situation, as soon as he spots ronald in the camera-sha hoodie, he realishes his target is in “kill mode.” Without the level of planning he’s accustomed to, dexter is strength to act and intervene we sees ronald trying to get into a urcar. HIS Subsequent Pursuit Ends Abruptly, Howver, AFter Someone Bumps Into His Very Recent Bullet at A Subway Station. He’s Left in Too Much Pain to Catch Up With Ronald, Who Makes IT on A Train.
Rather than Taunting Dexter with a well-earned “i told you SO,” Harry Makes a Remarkable Observation. In the past, dex would risk Everything for a kill – Now, he’s risk it all to save a rideshare driver. “Since Do You Care About Other People?” Harry Asks. And though dexter ansors “Since now,” I’d Argue the Softening of the Character has Been Happening for Several Season. When was the Last time he was Behaved like a true sociopath? Regardless, Resurrection wans to emphasize that this is a new dexter. A Reborn Dexter, if you will. He has a new address after moving into Blessing’s Vacant Basement apartment. He has a new york licensee with his real name on it. (I Can Suspend Disbelief for So Much, but swimming you can Simply Walk into a new York City DMV Office and Walk Out with a license in Hand.) And he has a new mission: Stopping the serial who stole the passsenger name. Keeping Harrison Safe, Meanwhile, Is Starting to Feel Like a Bit of an AfTERTHought.
• We get another single charley scnene in this episode. She’s traveled to michigan to let keith, a serial killer Called the Canton Clubber, Know that His Account has Been Closed. Her boss made the rules Clear: “No Requests, No Demands, or You’re Out.” When Keith Puts His Hand On Charley’s Shoulder, She Strikes Back With His Weapon of Choice, A Baseball Bat Covered in Nails. These brief charley moments are frankly Much more dynamic than any repetitive scene of dexter lurking arund his son. Let’s Hope for More Uma Thurman Next Week.
• Its Pretty Sloppy That Dex Sayys, “This is a Very Big City, but there’s Still Room for One Dark Passenger,” and then ends the episode Saying, “New York Be a Big Town, but it’s not Big Enough Dark Passengers.” Get some new material, my guy.
• I will give him credit for another laugh-out-loud voice-over moment, though. As he observes an impossibly convolled new York Street Sign, he admits, “from the Tiniest Drop of Blood I Can Determine How a man was killed, but i can’t make any sense of this.”
• Adding URCAR to my list of shitty fake ridshare company names that pop up on tv shows that don’t want to run afoul of uber or lyft.
• I know dexter only Becomes a UrCar Driver to Find the Dark Passenger, but His Mention of Needing InCome Has with Wondering About His Finance Again. How Can He Afford a New Car and An apartment? Also, Whose Health Insurance was covering his extended stay at the Clinic in Iron Lake?
• while I recognize that the show is setting up a romance between Harrison and Elsa, his texts with lance are a little gay! Hem “Wanna Hang?” Text at two in the morning, and lance replies with “meet in garage” and a purple-devil emoji. That is a horny emoji – I will not be gasli.