For those of you who haven't seen Showtime's "Dexter" let me give you a brief synopsis: Dexter is a serial killer but he only kills bad people; a justified, perhaps vigilante, serial killer. Yet he follows a code and tries to be normal, going so far as to get married and have a baby with his wife, Rita. Now, if you haven't seen last season I'm going to spoil it for you- Rita dies. She is killed by another serial killer who, in turn, is killed by Dexter and that is how the season ended.
Fast forward to yesterday when we received "Dexter" season 5, disc 1 from Netflix and Art saying he didn't want to watch it. Art had a really difficult time with Rita's death and for weeks after watching last season's final episode he would randomly comment, "Rita's really dead." He is still upset that Rita died because even though she was annoying, she meant well and was really good for Dexter (to paraphrase Art).
I've explained to Art that "Dexter" is only a TV show, it's not real life. I think he understands that, but for whatever reason is having trouble accepting it. I've even suggested that perhaps Dexter will find someone just as cute but far less annoying than Rita and maybe even find a little happiness. Art's response: "I'm just not ready." Seriously, that's what he said.
Whatever. I just want to watch "Dexter".
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