What am in for

Doakes isn't used much in the books, less than the show even.
He's in the background, then gets all his limbs cut off and his tongue removed.
They probably didn't know what to do with him, and him being suspicious of Dexter for 6 seasons would have gotten tired and made him seem inept.
It's probably good he went out on a high.

it was season 2, but yeah they should have held on to him till season 5 or so.

Rita was an annoying unfaithful cunt.

one season (season one) of kino then disappointment
i dropped the show after s2e1 and pretended it ended with s1 and felt all the more happy with my time

Ignore this.
Season 4 is peak.

Isn't that season 2?

dude john lithgow

This; Lithgow is amazing but he came way too late. He should have been the S3 villain. S3 was abysmal and when the wheels fell off.
At least he got one of those thicc Showtime checks out of it. You eat good on Showtime money.

I like it, prefer it to Trinity season. It was Dexter's return to his own life.
It's 1 > 2 > 4 > 3 > 5

Nah.
Trinity is probably the best portrayal of an actual serial killer the show ever did.