[If you haven´t seen episode 8 there might be some spoilers below]

First of all, this episode was great, really great. The last episode was in comparison pretty average. Good then to see that this episode had it all: The old school darkly dreaming Dexter, the ruthless Doakes, Lundy getting closer to the truth and Lila more crazy than ever. All the ingredients for making a good Dexter episode. Hopefully it will stay this way the upcoming four episodes of season 2 as well.

I start with a quote from this episode, from Dexter’s mind:
“It seems my manifesto unintentionally helped Lundy narrow his focus. That’s what I get trying for emulating Lila and take the offensive. I’ve always worked best in the shadows, that’s where I have to stay.”

It’s good to see that Dexter finally sees the dark side of Lila and gets back to his real darkly murderous Dexter that we know and love. Many watchers would like Dexter to kill Lila, they can’t stand her. I’m not so sure what I want - she is kinda hot so please let her live some more episodes ;). Despite the hot-factor of Lila the ending of the episode left us on a cliffhanger and only time will tell if she will survive the wrath of Dexter.

Let us continue with another great quote from Dexter’s mind:
“When I let my guard down I opened myself up for attack, or capture. I need to embrace who I am, who I’ve always been. I need to kill the man who murdered my mother.”

“I’d almost forgotten this feeling, driving toward a kill. All my senses sharpened. It’s like I’ve been under water holding my breath and now I can finally breathe.”

On one side it’s good to see him evolve and get control of his feelings, but on the other side it’s nice to see the darkly dreaming Dexter again. With the old school Dexter back we finally saw some nice killing from Dexter. Business as usual, this time with a chainsaw - neat!

There is not many episodes left for this season and Doakes is getting closer. With Doakes finding of Dexter’s stash it will probably be a real hunt for the Bay Harbor Butcher. On one side, Sgt. Doakes, on the other side Dexter and maybe even the Miami PD as a third wild card. Will Dexter survive this? My guess? Yes, but this time it will be close as hell…

For you who are on the free illegal side of the world you can download this weeks episode here:
Dexter.S02E08.HDTV.XviD-XOR.[eztv]