Yeah, I knew that Boyd wasn't going to be around long. He actually didn't even make my prediction of at least 2 more episodes. So far, this season is a bit under whelming. Coming off the epic seasons of Jimmy Smits and John Lithgow,  the show was bound to have a drop off of some sort. Right now it's missing that star wattage both brought to their roles. Hopefully they have something big lined up for the rest of the season, but my guess is that maybe the series peaked. Not writing Dexter off just yet as they may surprise me...just a little concerned they may have blown their wad is all.

The ending was interesting though. Dexter is now in a sticky situation in that unbeknownst to him while killing Boyd, one of his Hostage victims played by Julia Stiles was watching the kill from another room. So, how is he gonna handle this? If he stays true to his code, he can't kill an innocent victim, but if he lets her live, she knows his secret which puts him in harms way.