S1E8

Shrink Wrap

Dexter · 2006-11-19 · 53 min

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what happens

The strange suicide of a powerful woman leads Dexter to suspect her shrink of murder, but he gets a shock when a visit to the suspect opens up dark secrets from Dexter's past.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 53 comments — 24 said when.

🎆 strong finish — Saves the best for last. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

🎆 strong finish — saves the best for last

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

“on pins and needles waiting for the next episode of Dexter”
One_Vibraldo▲ 1,144about 90–100% inread it ↗
“I loved the "You scared him, didn't you?" exchange with Harrison at the end. I was worried that would create some sort of drawn out tension between the two of them, so for Harrison to seem kind of... proud? of Dexter was a nice surprise. Love seeing how their relationship is developing now that they're actually being honest with one another”
Llama_Puncher▲ 681about 90–100% inread it ↗
“a slower ep”
NeverForgetEver▲ 662about 0–100% inread it ↗
“10/10 banger in a line of 10/10 bangers ever since like ep 3”

who made it

directed: Tony Goldwyn
written: Kevin Maynard, Lauren Gussis

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Geoff Pierson as Tom Matthews
C.S. Lee as Vince Masuka
Christian Camargo as Rudy Cooper
Christina Robinson as Astor
Daniel Goldman as Cody
Sam Witwer as Neil Perry
Tony Goldwyn as Dr. Emmett Meridian

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