Dexter’ Season 6, Ep. 5

• Showtime
• “Well I don’t know. Where do you want to eat?”

Sure, it wasn’t the most eventful episode, and sure, it hinged on a stupid number of convenient coincidences, and sure, Dexter didn’t get to kill anybody. But for the great character moments and classic Dexter antics, I’ll take it. As the episode opens, we find Dexter back to old tricks, hiding vital, case-breaking evidence from the rest of the homicide department. “I hate to lie to Deb,” says Dexter, but who is he kidding? He loves lying to Deb. He’s been lying to her every day for his entire post-adolescent life! And basically to anyone else who isn’t also a serial killer. What Dexter hates is getting caught, which is lucky because everyone in the department is still too damn dumb to figure out anything without, say, stumbling on a big box full of evidence. Lucky for them, they live in Convenience City, where Batista is able to find just that—a box of evidence—after two minutes in the home of the only individual they’ve questioned.

But if anyone knows how to mine the secrets of Convenience City, it’s Dexter. After figuring out that the angel wings from last week’s murder mobile were made of canvas and repaired by a professional, Dex checks in at the local art museum to ask about repairing a painting. Instead of answering his question, like anyone else would, the docent shows him a movie featuring his target. And then, after she basically hands him Babyhanks’ whereabouts on a platter, Dexter calls her “worst docent ever,” I guess because he expected her also to give him Babyhanks’s name, address, date of birth, and social security number. (Dexter’s a dick again! Yay!)