Love American Style (Dexter)

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"Love American Style"
Dexter episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 5
Directed byRobert Lieberman
Written byMelissa Rosenberg
Production code105[1]
Original air dateOctober 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)
Guest appearances
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"Love American Style" is the fifth episode of the

television drama series Dexter, which first aired on October 29, 2006 on Showtime in the United States.[1] The episode was written by Melissa Rosenberg and was directed by Robert Lieberman. In the episode, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) hunts down Jorge Castillo (José Zúñiga), a human trafficker and murderer. His sister, Ofr. Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter
), attempts to extract information from a security guard whose limbs were amputated by the "Ice Truck Killer".

The episode was the first to be written by Rosenberg; it was her first for a

cable show, and she finished writing the script five weeks early. Filming took place at numerous locations in and around Miami, Florida and Los Angeles, California. The scenes filmed in Florida were shot in July 2006 and those in California were shot later. "Love American Style" received generally positive reviews from critics and was watched by 6.7 million people when it was broadcast by CBS
eighteen months after its Showtime premiere.

Plot

Dexter is called to the abandoned hospital where he previously rescued Tony Tucci. Debra and Doakes question Tucci when he wakes up in hospital, but Doakes is unimpressed with Debra's ways of extracting information. He initially disapproves of her suggestion to blindfold Tucci to help him to remember his encounter with the Ice Truck Killer, but eventually relents. After being blindfolded, Tucci remembers that the killer used throat lozenges. They return to the crime scene and find a lozenge wrapper, on which Masuka finds a partial fingerprint.

Monique Curnen), and learns that her fiancé, an illegal immigrant from Cuba, is missing. Rita asks Dexter to look into the problem using his police connections, and he finds a list of subjects from a past police case. He turns his focus to Jorge Castillo, a salvage yard owner engaged in people smuggling
. After Yelina's fiancé washes up dead on a beach, Dexter discovers that Castillo is murdering immigrants who cannot pay for their freedom.

Dexter leads Castillo into an Airstream trailer in his salvage yard, but as he prepares to kill him, Castillo's wife Valerie (Valerie Dillman) arrives. Dexter realizes that the couple are working together, and decides to kill both inside the trailer. After doing so, he dumps their bodies in the ocean and frees their Cuban prisoners, not noticing the person watching him from the trunk of a car in the yard. In flashbacks, a teenage Dexter (Devon Graye) learns from Harry how to fake joy in a romantic date with a girl.

Production

"Love American Style" was written by Melissa Rosenberg and directed by Robert Lieberman. The episode was Rosenberg's first for the series and her first on a show written for a premium network. Having had over 10 years' experience in writing for free-to-air commercial networks—which typically have 22–26 episodes per season rather than 12, with a much tighter schedule—she finished writing the script five weeks before it was due for preparation. She said that "There was time to think about storytelling. I never had that on any show; it's just wonderful."[2]

Filming took place in both

Sun Valley, California.[8] The Airstream trailer in which Dexter commits the double murder was brought into the salvage yard for filming externally, but was assembled on a studio sound stage for shooting scenes inside the trailer.[9]

Reception

Jeff Lindsay
was initially upset with the episode.

"Love American Style" attracted 6.7 million viewers when broadcast on CBS in March 2008, 18 months after its original broadcast on Showtime.[10]

TV Squad critic Keith McDuffee praised the increasing complexity of Dexter's relationship with his father through flashbacks, and thought that Dexter's voiceovers were "the best thing about this show".[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Goldman, Eric (October 30, 2006). "Dexter: "Love American Style" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  2. ISBN 978-1-932907-34-6
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  3. ^ Frazer, Bryant (October 18, 2006). "HD Cinematography on Showtime's Dexter". Studio Daily. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  4. ^ Wayne, Gary. "Dexter Filming Locations, Season 1: Body Washes Ashore on Beach". Seeing-Stars.com. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  5. ^ Wayne, Gary. "Dexter Filming Locations, Season 1: The Smuggler's House". Seeing-Stars.com. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  6. ^ Wayne, Gary. "Dexter Filming Locations, Season 1: 'Angel of Mercy' Hospital". Seeing-Stars.com. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  7. ^ Wayne, Gary. "Dexter Filming Locations, Season 1: Dexter's Childhood Home". Seeing-Stars.com. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  8. ^ Wayne, Gary. "Dexter Filming Locations, Season 1: The Auto Salvage Yard". Seeing-Stars.com. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  9. ^ Carpenter, Jennifer; King, Erik; Vélez, Lauren; Zayas, David. Dexter: The First Season – Audio commentary for "Return to Sender" (DVD). Showtime Entertainment.
  10. ^ Stelter, Brian (March 10, 2008). "Make Me Over (Or Just My House)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  11. ^ a b Paige, Paula (October 30, 2006). "Love American Style or Is That Any Way to Treat a Lady". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  12. ^ a b Ellis, Ray (November 5, 2006). "TV Review: Dexter - "Love American Style"". Blogcritics. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  13. TV Squad
    . Retrieved 2009-04-16.

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