I was so excited about Sleeper Cell this past week that I managed to forget about the season finale of Dexter. (Both are Showtime series and pretty good ones at that. Terrorists and serial killers. What more could you ask for? Zombies, maybe.)
I finally caught the finale of Dexter and, although it was nice, it didn't pack the punch that Sleeper Cell did. You know why? Cause they didn't blow anyone up on Dexter. Yeah. Rip off. (My husband tried to explain to me that they weren't supposed to, but that doesn't make it any less disappointing.)
What got me about Sleeper Cell this season is how they developed the characters so well that I was feeling sorry for them. Then I would think "Wait a min...they're terrorists. I'm not supposed to feel BAD for them." And I'd feel all dirty inside because of it.
Sleeper Cell also took every opportunity to show boobs in damn near every episode this season. The FBI meeting place was set in a strip club, so often times the scene would begin with "Woo! Casual boobage..oh yeah, FBI guys". Or end with "there goes the FBI guy...oh look, boobs. No, look longer. Yes, that's it. This is all part of the story line. The story line about boobs."
By the fifth episode in, it was just getting damn ridiculous.