Crocodile (Dexter)
"Crocodile" | |
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Clyde Phillips | |
Original air date | October 8, 2006 |
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"Crocodile" is the 2nd episode of
Plot
Dexter travels to a crime scene under the
Dexter tells Rita about the lunch date. Debra calls to tell Dexter she has found a
Dexter and Detective Angel Batista find more of Cervantes' blood at Kara's home. Dexter obtains Chambers's fingerprint and discovers that he has killed people while driving drunk in other states. He prepares his kill room before going on the double date. When Rita notices the apparent ease of Debra and Sean's relationship, she starts to feel insecure and Dexter has difficulty comforting her. Cervantes is killed in jail by a man impersonating a police officer. Later, Rita and Dexter agree not to have sex until Rita is ready.
Debra learns she is being promoted to Homicide. LaGuerta informs Doakes that Kara has died of heart failure and forces him to admit that they were sleeping together, agreeing to keep the relationship secret so Doakes can remain on the case. Dexter sees Guerrero and contemplates killing him, but decides against it. He kidnaps Chambers, forces him to confess, then kills him and disposes of the body. At home, he finds evidence that the Ice Truck Killer has broken into his apartment for a second time.
Reception
"Crocodile" received mixed to positive reviews with much appraisal going to the opening sequence, which was first aired in this episode. IGN gave it a "Good" rating of 7.8,[1] and stated that it was "...not as tightly constructed as the pilot, "Crocodile" still was solid and Michael C. Hall's performance as Dexter continues to be a wonderful one, deftly portraying all of the aspects of this complicated (to say the least) man, who has some unbelievable darkness hiding underneath his friendly exterior. And kudos to the excellent opening credits sequence, which consists of shots of Dexter going about several mundane activities that are made unsettling due to our knowledge that he's a serial killer".[1]
The review from DenofGeek was considerably worse however, with Sarah Dobbs summing up the episode by saying "Dexter goes on a double date, eats some doughnuts, and, oh yeah, kills some more people. Meanwhile, the writers go batshit insane and rattle through a million and one ideas at once."[3]
The writer,
References
- ^ a b Goldman, Eric (2006-10-09). "IGN Crocodile review". IGN. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- TVSquad. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Dobbs, Sarah (2007-07-16). "DenofGeek- Episode 2: Crocodile review". DenOfGeek. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "The Edgar Award Winners And Nominees Database". Mystery Writers of America. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
External links
- "Crocodile" at IMDb