Is anyone else losing faith in this season more and more?
There have definitely been some good things happening, but the writing just seems really sloppy to me as of now. There are too many subplots that they are trying to open, and none of them really seem to be going anywhere interesting, as well as plenty of supporting characters for us to not give fucks about. Also, I can't imagine a whole lot coming out of Dexter chasing Travis's imaginary friend; the gimmick has been going on for too long already. Unless Geller is real, in which case they baited us towards a dead end just to be dicks. The DDK villain(s?) aren't really anything interesting by themselves, either. So far, they've just been shallow "god-told-me-to" kind of people, and the way that they're trying to portray Travis as the good guy who's just mixed up really isn't believable at all. I'm hoping they'll work on that more, but considering the nature in which they've delved into his character so far the chances seem slim. The religious themes could really be done right, but the show's only touched on them in the most pedestrian kind of ways. ALSO, I think an element that has really done well for Dexter in the past is the drawn out cat-and-mouse plot style that worked so well on season 4 and season 2, respectively, among others. Here, he's been nearly completely disconnected from the DDK plot until just this last episode, and it's lost a lot of its potential thrill for that reason. There's still time for things to pick up, but as of now I'm just not as into it as I'd wish to be.