All the Little Pieces
A “little hottie” has been asking around the lab for Vince. She turns up, he hits on her in his usual over-the-top, “I feel a little scummy just watching this” way, and she breaks the news that he’s probably her father. Turns out Masuka donated sperm in college, and now he’s got a late teens/early 20s daughter coming around.
Surprise, surprise – Quinn passed the sergeants exam. Matthews tells Angel he was wrong about Quinn, but recommends Miller for the job; she out-scored Quinn, and would be a better reflection on Angel in his eyes.
While having celebratory drinks at Angel’s restaurant, the cop who found Deb drunk behind the wheel last week is yapping about it to a buddy. Quinn asks him to keep it quite – you know, professional courtesy – and he keeps on, so Quinn cracks him, and a scuffle ensues. Angel later scolds Quinn for his actions, and says a guy in line for a promotion shouldn’t be doing those things.
After the scrap, Quinn and Jamie go back to his place, and while they’re having naked fun time, Jamie punishes him for standing up for Deb by pressing on his bruised ribs. Seriously. Just take this storyline behind the barn and shoot it already. Ugh.
Oh yeah – Deb’s boss Elway was around again telling stories about his old man, and something else but it was so thoroughly boring that I don’t remember. I’m a big Sean Patrick Flannery guy (Boondock Saints!), and I’m sure they’re going to have him doing something more than a brief, tepid speech in the future, but they need to pick it up soon or else this character is going to have no value to anyone once he becomes a player in the dramatic events taking place in Miami.
My Two Cents
You knew Deb killing herself – or trying to – was coming from the minute she watched the tape of Harry saying he can’t deal with Dexter and the things he’s doing. I didn’t, however, expect her to try to take her brother out too.
Here’s the thing: there’s no going back from that.
They can’t reconcile next week. She can’t suddenly go back to being OK with Dexter. This is a turning point moment where she either has to go on a full-blown offensive against her adopted brother or she has to die, because once you try to kill someone because of who and what they are, you can’t really go back to being brother and sister like the good old days.
It should be interesting to see how this plays out.
One last thing: another week, another episode without any Hannah McKay. Come back soon… please?
Until next week… it’s been a slice.
