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Originally Posted by Sarah_Jayne
Yes, the mobster stuff was to get Dexter to break the code which makes him a real serial killer even to the viewer's eyes. It is going to be interesting to see how we as watchers come to think of him by the end of the series. When he was killing bad guys we could all sort of still like his non-killer persona and even root for him with his killings. Now though, without a code and having brought his sister into it, I don't know.
Though, I am sure the Deb love thing isn't over...that is one of the story lines I think they didn't actually play out well. If they were going to go there then GO there.
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Yes, I get that, that is in essence what I was saying too... but I still say that this part of Dexter was pretty much already covered... even as far back as in the first season where Dexter kills not just for justice as a way to curb his pleasure for killing but for survival, which is why they employed all of those Dokes flashbacks to send that message home in a pinewood box with neon flashing lights that say "Kiss me before I kill again". Thus, at this point, he has killed for love, survival, pleasure, anger, revenge, etc., which is why I say that the point really didn't need to be made again that he is falling from "the code".
At this point, the tougher story to tell would be the love story between him and Deb - and how he comes back to honoring the code, with Deb fulfilling the moral compass role of the Dad to come full circle, imo.