Quinn sits down in the interrogation room. Batista is pissed. Quinn doesn't really know what to expect but is floored with the news that Batista has put in a transfer request. This compels Quinn to take action as he later informs Batista that he is seeking help for his problem and will not be transferring.

I'm glad to see this situation between Quinn and Batista, because I think a serious Quinn is leaps and bounds more interesting then this comedy-relief joke of a Quinn that we've been seeing.

They are really hammering this "Deb is in love with Dexter," thing way harder than I expected, and you know what? It is super awkward, and strange. I'm almost uncomfortable watching it. Not because of the faux incest references, but because it just feels awkward. And congrats to Carpenter, because she is extremely believable in these situations, which is a feat. There are three situations in this episode where Deb is basically googling over Dexter: (1) While he is shirtless and recovering in his Condo. This is also where she openly confesses that she is in love with him. (2) At the crime scene where she cannot even look at him, and then (3) when she is talking with him in his blood-splatter/serial-killer research center at Miami Metro.

Deb finally comes to terms with her herself and reveals her intentions to the therapist. Deb is warned that his reaction may not be what she expected, which is obvious, but there was an interesting moment in the Deb therapy scenes. She straight up says something like, I've been looking for someone like Dexter in all of my past relationships. Then she corrects herself and says something like, or rather I've been looking for someone who is the opposite of Dexter to hide the fact that I'm in love with him. Her logic does not make sense, the therapist does not pick up on it, which is unusual, and this to me was a huge tell that she was going to discover Dexter's secret. This coupled with the fact that she told him to go to the church, at night, and Dexter openly admitted to us that he plans on executing Travis there.

LaGuerta has totally changed gears now that the DC is out of the way and she is playing the good gal with Deb. This was disappointing to me, because I was expecting there to be some future tension there with LaGuerta continuing to be an antagonist. Oh well.

The team deciphers Gellar's old journal and realizes Travis means to strike again and will likely do it on a skyscraper while the sun is being eclipsed by the moon. She comes up with the idea to stage men on the rooftops, which is actually pretty brilliant, but then she makes an epic fail. Instead of two man teams, which is standard, she only sends one officer and tell him to basically stand guard in plain site, and apparently look off the edge of the building instead of standing sentry over the entry points to the roof. This was a little unbelievable. It was a good plan, and it should have worked, but they needed it to fail. You search the roof as soon as he gets there, if he is not there, you stake out the entry points in hiding, and wait until he reveals himself and is vulnerable, then you and your partner take him down. Easy mode.

But, I understand they needed to have a dramatic Travis vs Dexter scene, so whatever.