I wouldn't say this statement applies to all seasons of Dexter - the first three were, I thought quite brilliant. And last season was pretty good as well. But the writing in these season has been pretty marginal. Too many predictable moments.

Anyone think the nanny is going to turn out to be something more than just a nanny? It seems a little too convenient.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/10468511-post24.html

I think the nanny is gonna kidnap Harrison.

To Ireland...wait, this sounds familiar.

I believe that the nanny will be the big bad by the end of the season. She'll scatter Saint statues all through Miami and will only return Harrison if Dexter can find them all. In the climax, she calls Dexter as he drives frantically around, just to taunt him with "You'll never get my lucky charms!"

I know you're being facetious, but the way they kept going back to that statue made me think it's going to be important later. Is it bugged? Is there a hidden camera (nanny-cam) in it? Maybe the nanny is suspicious of Dexter, or Robocop had her plant it.

This wouldn't surprise me. She loves the kid and she doesn't think too highly of Dexter as a father. Maybe she'll kidnap him and think that she's "saving" him.

But I think they have Dexter too caught up in the Lumen mess to have him take a detour like that.

Finally got to watch this episode last night. I thought it was really good, the last few have really been good if you ask me. I actually have kind of grown to like Lumen as a character and wouldn't mind if they keep her around past this season. The big downfall to this season still is the Angel/LaGuerta storyline which I just can't bring myself to get interested in.

Really?? I mean it isn't the smartest show on television but come on it deserves more credit than that. I would put it way above anything on network television as I can't think of one drama series on network that even remotely interests me. The big thing that drags it down most of the time is the side characters, but Dexter himself is so interesting that it more than makes up for them (especially considering the side characters really don't have that much screen time to begin with).

That's what I'm thinking.

She's given too much attention for her to just be a nanny and not figure in any of the major current or future plots.

As for Lumen, I don't want her dead. We don't need another person close to Dexter to die... just like we really don't need Deb dating another scumbag. It just gets too repetative. Just have Lumen get satisfaction in her revenge and have her go back home to heal and live out a happy life.

Just sprayed coffee on my screen. Thanks.

Predictions (I avoid spoilers, so these aren't based on anything but my own brain):

* Nanny is as she appears, somebody for Dexter to interact with in his "family life". She will not "go bad" (although it is possible that Dexter's actions put her and/or Harrison in danger).
* Lumen will live, but we will get a hint that she is not satiated and may become a serial killer herself.
* Quinn will eventually order Buckaroo Banzai to back down (out of love for Debbie or some shit), but Banzai will continue to do a little work on his own and get killed by Dexter (accidentally or otherwise). This will reignite Quinn's suspicions of Dexter.

Prediction: Next season will feature Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, or Clancy Brown as they work their way through the cast of Buckaroo Banazai.

If it does go another season, they've kind of worked themselves into a corner with Harrison. I really don't want to see another whole season of Dexter making excuses to the nanny.

Also, everyone in the department has forgotten about Trinity who they all believe killed the wife of one of their own. I know that the FBI has taken over the case, but that's never stopped them from working on such cases before.

There's not much they can do about Trinity. They know who he was, and they know that he's dead.

I don't remember that. I thought he was assumed at large/fled town following Rita's murder.

You're right, of course. If he was known to be dead, there would be no need to put his family into witness protection.

I doubt there's any connection between the nanny and Robocop, especially since her involvement with Dexter predates his.

I also think she doesn't have an weird motives.

Maybe the nanny is plotting her revenge on Dexter because he killed her sister Lila!

Lila - English, Nanny - Irish. Doubt it...

Not at all times, but certainly this season, and a fair bit during Season 3 at least, mainly with Dexter's "luck." When he was dragging cellophane man down the alley and Deb and the cops were approaching...it was exciting for a second, until you realize, "The hell am I thinking, there's no way he'll get caught. And nobody will be suspicious that his car windows got smashed and he's somehow in the back entrance of this place."

But I do feel that after this current episode, the season seems to be picking up a lot...though I hope they use Trinity's family soon. Hopefully Quinn gets Robocop on that trail, but it'll be hard with the protection.

They really shouldn't be doing this. This show already has way too many serial killers in which Dexter stumbles upon. It's one thing if she were just a vigilante exacting revenge, but another for her to turn from a victim to a serial killer. It wouldn't really make sense. Although with some of the writing we've witnessed this season, it probably wouldn't surprise me if they went this route.

Sweet, we could have a whole season of dexter wandering around ireland looking for harrison, and in his free time killing random members of a motorcycle gang. It'd be a great wrap up for both shows.

I agree, but I could see them doing it in a kind of twisted Aileen Wuornos move. Wuornos initially played up her history of sexual abuse as part of a self-defense strategy. It was good for the media and made a compelling story, but in reality she had severe mental problems, much worse than Lumen's PTSD.