Dexter Season 6 Finale

I'll try to keep the spoilers about last night's episode down a few paragraphs, so that if you haven't seen it yet, you won't accidentally get a glimpse of what happened.  You're welcome.

As I mentioned previously, I've quite enjoyed this season of Dexter.  Colin Hanks as Travis, especially.  There have been enough twists and turns to keep it highly interesting and I have approved of the majority of the storylines.  However, let's talk for a second about this Deb/Dexter bullshit.

I am adopted.  My brother is adopted.  We are not related by blood.  I would never, and could never, be attracted to my brother in a sexual way.  I think that the writers are way off base to try to even put that into play in this series.  It's laughable.  Anyone who has adopted children, or siblings knows this.  When you are raised together, it's the same thing.  It's not like Dexter came into the house at 15 or something.  Then, I wouldn't have so much of a problem with this line of thinking.  But, I call bullshit on this storyline and they had better fix it, but quick, next season because it's completely unbelievable.

I absolutely will stop watching if they move it any further.

However, based on what happened in the finale last night, I don't think that it will go any further.  The last thing that we saw was Deb accidentally walking in on Dexter finishing off Travis.  She gasps softly, but Dexter hears her, turns and looks right at her.  End of season.

Fantastic!!!!!!  I love that she caught him AS he was killing Travis.  It wasn't him holding the knife over Travis, talking, and then he can make some excuse that he was just going to scare him or something.  It wasn't after so Dexter could pretend that he just came across the scene.  Deb saw Dexter plunge the knife into Travis' chest.  There is no explaining that away.  Can't wait to see what they do with this!!!!

Now, the one thing that I'm not understanding, and I assume they will explain later, is Matsuka's assistant's involvement with the Ice Truck Killer's victim's hand.  Did you follow that?  Why does he have the severed hand?  Why did he send it to Dexter?  I assume that whatever lines he was tracing on the palm were some kind of message.  I'm dying to know the connection between all of this.

When I watched Travis place the box with the severed hand on top of the refrigerator, I was upset - how is Dexter going to find it up there?  Well, he will, but WHEN??  Argh - so many questions....

And we wait another year for answers.