Okay, wellness check: How are we all doing? I thought the penultimate episode of this season might be about putting the pieces in place for an explosive finale, so I was admittedly caught off guard by the tragic ending. Also, as a person of Donnie Darko experience, playing Gary Jules’s cover of “Mad World” over the credits is the easiest way to wring tears out of me — it almost feels like cheating. I can’t really be mad, though. Dexter: Resurrection has earned this moment, delivering a consistently strong season with a gripping plot and high emotional stakes. It’s the most I’ve cared about this franchise in many, many years.
I mean, how could you not feel tension in the opening scene of “Touched by an Ángel”? We pick up right where the last episode left off, with Prater interrupting