Theres alot of lazy convenient moments in this writing

Perfectly said. Had the same conversation with my bf today. Even just one of those would be too much to believe. This many is breathtakingly bad writing.

I thought exactly the same thing. Everything just feels forced. Especially Batista saying Harrison’s name.

Agreed -- but let's admit that all his kill room build-ups, tear downs and locations were always hokey, even at peak Dexter. And there was a logical reason for both Batista and Angela to be there. She went to this law enforcement convention, and he was a guest speaker on that particular subject. But on the whole, this entire reboot as been weak across the board. The old showrunner came back, but most of the writers are new.

Dexter (the show) has always done stuff like this. Always. It's never been a masterpiece of writing. It's extremely convenient and poorly acted show at times. It has a certain style to it. Everything goes his way so he doesn't get caught (or the show would be over).

Even when the show is at it's best, it still did stuff this. It's weird, sometimes you can let it go because the story is compelling, the show is funny, or the murder stuff is just entertaining. When all of that isn't clicking? It seems like a bad show. I don't know the proper word to describe it, but it can be very matter-of-fact about serious issues; even amateur at times. It's clearly intentional, because I've seen those actors in other things and their performances are different and better.

or how he hear's there's a guy named "whatever" in the next town over that's selling the fentanyl, and the first bar he waltzes into not 30 seconds pass before that drug dealer is hanging out there, has sold to a guy, & then walks over to the bar right next to dexter & basically introduces himself,
as Dexter, wearing expensive, tailored clothes, pretends to be a jittery addict jonesing for a high,
out the door to deal the drugs & the cops show up *rolls eyes*

Thank you for posting this. I noticed it too. It started in episode 1 where Dexter's supposed to go with his girlfriend to some event, I forget what, (talk about lazy writing) but all of a sudden people know about it because word gets around in a small town. Lame.

And, yeah, the whole thing with Batista was ridiculous.

Yes, there is convenience writing, but most of it is minor fluff as it was in the main series. For example, there were no personal items of Matt's in that underground room to suggest he was ever there in the first place. I can't recall if Dexter ever remarked about this aloud, or to himself.

The major oversight was the fact that Hannah never wrote/contacted Dexter about her cancer. He said in his letter to her to "reach out to him if..." I'd say the fact that she dies from pancreatic cancer and left Harrison alone to drift through the foster home care system stateside in Miami of all places was way over the top. I keep waiting for an explanation or some clever plot twist at the end of this reboot.

As for Kurt...what's with the draining of bodily fluids and attempt to cover up his recent victim's damaged eye all about? Is he preparing them the way one would a deer or other hunted game, a'la taxidermy?

And you still haven’t said anything about a tiny town where there’s a runaway girl that goes ‘missing’ ON A DAILY BASIS