Talk:Maria LaGuerta/@comment-83.166.196.147-20121203022815/@comment-77.101.211.23-20130107013945

I've just watched the last few episodes of season seven, and agree that LaGuerta's turnaround, linking Dexter with the BHB, seemed more than a little rushed. Given that Dexter has only 12 episode seasons, IMHO it would have been better to spread that over two seasons. But I guess they wanted that plot line out of the way before starting the final season.

As far as her not being a good detective, bear in mind what was said way back in the pilot episode: one of the reasons Dexter was so comfortable doing what he does in Miami is that Miami Metro Homicide's solve rate for murders was very low. Plus nobody (other than Doakes) is even remotely spooked by Dexter. He is basically saying Miami Metro Homicide is terrible at their jobs, and it's not a surprise when you hear LaGuerta is more interested in advancing her career than actually catching bad guys. (Note: in the series, they changed Miami Metro to being considerably more competent as things went on.)