Dexter 6.07 "Nebraska" Review

Dexter season 6 returns to carve up its seventh entry with this week’s turning point “Nebraska,” as our favorite serial killer and his ghostly brother Brian take a road trip to Nebraska to investigate the apparent return of season 4's Trinity Killer. After last week's big twist, "Nebraska" proves an incredibly diversionary episode that stops season 6's momentum cold.

Understandably, a great deal of commotion surrounded last week’s “Just Let Go” and the dramatic return of Brian Moser (Christian Camargo), the Ice Truck Killer after Brother Sam’s death, and from a critical standpoint reactions ran the gamut.  I myself approached with a cautious optimism, intrigued by what the return of such a revered villain could bring, even as a hallucinatory presence in Dexter’s mind, but sadly my optism proved unfounded.  “Nebraska” isn’t the worst episode of Dexter, but it may be the show’s least necessary detour. Read More...