Finally, I get to watch Season 5. The wait for this at the Library was unbearably long. So....

I was really uncertain how they would open this season after the stunning cliffhanger at the end of Season 4. Would they pick up right where they left off? Would it jump directly to Rita's funeral? Would it be 3 months or a year later? Well, it literally picks up at the end of last season with cops swarming over the house. Leave it to Dexter to blurt out "it was me". Not something you should be saying when you are alreadly Prime Suspect #1.

The episode was different from your typical Dexter episodes. Not that it's a bad thing, just that the entire hour was devoted to the fallout of what went down and the reactions of co-workers and the FBI looking at Dexter differently as if he was already guilty. The fact that he wasn't showing any kind of emotion did not look good at all. When he did finally break down and let it out, it was a bone chilling scream that raised the hair on my arm.

I thought it was pretty cool to intersect flashbacks scenes into the episode of Rita and Dexter's first date together. This was pretty enlightening in that we see how they connected to each other, but also that even then on their date, Dexter was still Dexter when he excused himself to go do what he usually does. Looking forward to the rest of the season and seeing how it plays out, now that he has to care for 3 kids on his own.