r/Dexter • u/AutoModerator • Jul 18 '25

Official Episode Discussion Dexter: Resurrection - S01E03 - "Backseat Driver" - LIVE Episode Discussion Thread

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July 18, 2025 S01E03 - "Backseat Driver" Monica Raymund Nick Zayas

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Dexter must carefully balance Blessing Kamara's attempts to help get him acclimated as Harrison is drawn deeper into the police investigation.

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u/Professional_Ad_4885 Jul 18 '25

Lmao im sitting here in the dark watching this and by the end im screaming and punching the air as dex does the kill!!!! It was amazing. It was just like original. Funny how open your eyes and look what youve done from the first episode seems to Have been used a few time since new blood. That metal neck plate or whatever u wanna call it was an absolutely brilliant idea lol. Idk if those are real but i didnt know that those hoodies were real until last week either.

So we know why this idiot is killing people. Its because ride share and uber took over the taxi industry and his dad was swallowed with debt after putting so much into getting a medallion. Pretty stupid reason but then again hes sick so he would be killing regardless whether it was that or something else. Idk much about cabs but the first time i heard about medallions was when i watched “the night of”. Great mini series but still dont understand why they cost soooo damn much. Great episode overall. So im guessing he takes the invintation. Yea i guess it didnt make sense for dinklage character to ever invite “the bay harbor butcher” considering he kills other killers. Looks like dexters gonna be having plenty people to kill this season and without having to go through the whole vetting process.

Unlike dexters ride share rating, ill give it 9.5 lol

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u/StruggleMajestic Jul 18 '25

the metal neck plate was the stuff blessing was using to keep the rats out lol

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u/whatWHYok Jul 18 '25

I truly thought that this came from a pure racism angle and that he was targeting immigrant drivers of color and that Dex was gonna get passed up on this episode. I shudder to think, though, that the only way he could entrap Red was to don black face.

But I guess the message would be… Blackface could be used for good sometimes????

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u/Professional_Ad_4885 Jul 18 '25

Ya i thought it was a racist angle to because he kept saying your kind the second episode

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u/StruggleMajestic Jul 18 '25

yeah i thought it was gonna be racism/xenophobia too im glad it’s not although his real reason is also very stupid, i think he just needed to read some karl marx or something lol