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Dexter Season 3 Episode 12 - "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

Season 5, Ep. 12

Marrying unicorns, memorial cupcakes, and jokes that aged like milk. There was a lot to love in this season, but it's great weaknesses are on display here, where the show tries to do too much without any real integration or narrative purpose, and treating the audience like absolute children. Still a satisfying ending.


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