>>211500591This is exactly how I saw it as well, and I think it’s actually a pretty good writing choice
Dexter’s character is explored through different types of relationships in his life
That’s also one of the reasons it falls off at S5, there just aren’t any new meaningful dynamics for him to explore, Lumen and Hannah were ass, Harrison wasn’t sentient yet and Deb was there from the start so there was no novelty there