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Have you tried to uncover why this episode is called A Little Reflection? Well, it's not about a mirror. You need to see it, because episode 6 is definitely about reflections from the past or present, from people around Dexter or others. I think A Little Reflection is not only the best of season but one of the mysterious ones during whole 8 years. It evolves in many different dimensions and comes down to very surprising and amazing end, which I am not gonna spoil.

Dexter still chases the killer of Hamilton's girlfriend. In previous series This Little Piggy he has a guess that Zach Hamilton murdered father's girl. But having no prove, he continues to study him. Zach turns out to be easy to find, since he visits every crime scene, taking tons of pictures of blood and victims. Morgan knows what this means and one day invites him to closer look at murder scene. Fresh blood makes Zach to open his emotions to the most wrong person he could imagine. But Dexter finds out more about him, than he hoped - a thing that they both share - love and passion for blood and crime scenes. For the first time, Dex sees himself in someone.

This helps him to get closer a lot and get a prove enough to kill him. Before putting him on his table, Morgan tries to understand why Hamilton is visiting Vogel, is this because of him being a serial killer? Or are there any other reasons?!

Dexter is also worrying about Harrison who accused him in lies, which obviously does not have anything with his dark passenger, but Morgan can't escape the thoughts - what if son is smarter than he thinks?

Dr. Vogel tries to convince Dexter not to kill Zach and suggests the same experiment she & Harry did with him - to teach a code. Morgan is against, because he believes Hamilton shall be killed since he murders an innocent and he is going to kill another. Accordingly this young boy perfectly fits his table.

The writing for this episode is really good. I enjoyed the smart parts of it - dialogs, story line, development of characters, especially Zach and Dexter who both show something we did not think of before. Jennifer Carpenter is getting my more and more favorite part of the show, she steals every single episode with extremely dramatic and extraordinary enjoyable acting. Frankly, this episode was not hers, but she keeps being amazing. And Vogel stays in the center of everything. I have a feeling that the whole show evolves around her and Dexter is not going to rid of her that easily.

This episode has some tricky points, that bumped my heart couple of times. It delivers a great emotion of satisfaction and brilliant twists. The ending part of it just made my scream loudly and I am sure, this is gonna happen to everyone, unless you are already spoiled.

A little reflection, well dig into the episode and you will find the relevance of the title. Well the last episode for me was very slow, seemed like nothing is happening and for much of the episode they created a string and boom a firecracker burst. Yeah wait for the last scene and you going to jump. Not giving any spoilers here, the episode opens a little more trouble for Dexter and Deb. Dexter chases Hamilton, does he succeed i am not sure u got to watch for yourself. Have to say Vogel took a leaf out of Inception and planted an idea in Dexter mind. Deb troubles continues, less scary ones. Sergeant race is almost over as you may have seen in the episode preview but is it really over. And we have a daddy son moment too, a reflection.

Finally, US film and TV viewers have learned Charlotte Rampling is a major acting force with whom to be reckoned. Known by European viewers of major classic films (such as "Night Porter" and "'Tis a Pity She's a Whore") as "The Legend," Rampling has now achieved the a new line: "The Look." Charlotte Rampling's significant contributions as Dr. Vogel in the final season of Dexter are the most memorable performances in a TV series I've ever watched. She is a presence whether actually performing in a scene or not! Whomever thought to bring Rampling into Dexter's cast as such a major character is certainly due ample credit. However, Rampling herself with that "Look" she can flash, with awesome eyes that seem to penetrate people's minds while expressing so much by doing so little, is turning in one heck of an award-winning season of brilliant performances.

Having long viewed and collected Charlotte Rampling's corpus of films, many of which have yet to be dubbed in English, I've been aware of how her popularity began to shift from Europe to the US. If you haven't ever seen her earliest films, know this: your missing performances by one of the most talented, highly skilled and exceedingly beautiful actors of all time.

Charlotte Rampling is the real thing: a classic, already. Her many choice films are destined to either remain or become classics, as well. It so happens that her acting career seems to be hotter now than ever, interestingly.

This is a phenomenon I've noticed since Bette Davis took internatio0nal film viewers by storm, not during her earliest years but much more-so in her later ones. Now this has become a pattern with the likes of Dames Judi Dench & Maggie Smith, Lauren Bacall, Shirley MacLaine, Helen Mirren, Jane Fonda, Sigourney Weaver, Meryl Streep, and oh so clearly, Vanessa Redgrave! (And I've probably missed several more).

Charlotte Rampling has recently, within that past 10 years, surged to the top ten of that list of actors whose careers, hence, performances, are knock-outs beyond age 55 and while approaching 70yo. After Dexter, I think it's apropos to consider anointing Rampling with yet another line: "The Rage," as in all the rage, because she's very clearly taking both the silver screen and TV screen with tour de force performances.