“These starcrossed lovers were never meant to be together. And everytime they do get together something really bad happens. Even the power of this love that they have between them and the connection that these two damaged souls have found within each other is ultimately a curse.”
- Alex Gansa (Executive Producer)
(Regarding Brody and Carrie)
Throughout the years there have been many films that have created quite an impact but none can really compare to Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life. The film isn’t really just a film. It’s more of a study in hardship, frustration, and lost hope that serve as a valuable life lesson through the eyes of George Bailey, a simple man at the end of his rope and his journey through an alternate vision of reality.
It’s a masterpiece and one of the most important films in our cinematic history. Not only does a film like this bear great similitude to our social climate today with people losing their jobs, mortgages in default, banks on the teeter-totter, and the poor and middle-class getting poorer while the rich get richer; but it never fails to touch us personally in themes of great relation through life as we know it. It’s A Wonderful Life shows us the value of an individual and the contribution to the greater good that he can make.
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I suppose the heart knows something that we just don’t know.
Or maybe the heart is just wrong.
Oh, I doubt that.
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Dexter: You should cut your losses, Isaak. Go back to Kiev.
Isaak Sirko: There’s nothing waiting for me back in Kiev, except for a large, well-staffed house and attractive secretary who occasionally pretends we’re an item to keep the rumors from circulating. The one thing that made my life worth living in Kiev, you tossed in the ocean a few weeks back.
Dexter: You and Viktor were-
Isaak Sirko: Lovers. More than that. You-you took from me the one thing that money and power can’t bring back. And now, thanks to you, most of the luxuries are gone too.
Dexter: Not because of me. Because of this vendetta you’re holding on to.
Isaak Sirko: And what did you do to the man who murdered your spouse?
Dexter: Nothing you wouldn’t have done. Nothing I wouldn’t do a thousand times over again.
Isaak Sirko: Did it help?
Dexter: She’s still dead. I can see that Viktor meant a great deal to you, but he was a killer, and he got what he deserved. My wife was innocent.
Isaak Sirko: And if she weren’t, you’d feel the same. That’s how love is. It’s a powerful weapon. It can work for us or against us, can’t it?
Dexter: I don’t understand much about love.
Isaak Sirko: Well, that’s because you’re a scientist. Love defies reason.
Dexter: Nothing defies reason.
Isaak Sirko: Logically, Viktor and I shouldn’t have been together. I mean, aside from the obvious social stigma, Viktor was impulsive, foolhardy even. Always out to prove something. I suppose the heart knows something that we just don’t know.
Dexter: Or maybe the heart is just wrong.
Isaak Sirko: Oh, I doubt that. Love can be inconvenient, perhaps inappropriate. It can be dangerous. Makes us do things we wouldn’t dream of doing. But wrong? That just depends on where we end up, doesn’t it?
Dexter: We don’t have to do this.
Isaak Sirko: I do have to do this.
Dexter: And then what?
Isaak Sirko: Then? Well, I hadn’t really thought about it. I suppose I’ll take my funds and find some little attractive corner of the world, and while away my days in comfort and anonymity.
Dexter: Argentina.
Isaak Sirko: Actually, I was thinking more like Micronesia, but each to their own… We’re outsiders, you and I. On the periphery. Watching everybody else, pretending we’re just like them, but knowing we’re not. Best we can hope for is to find a place where we don’t have to pretend. It’s a shame, really. Under different circumstances, I think we could have been great friends. Till next time.
In my opinion, I really love this season of Dexter. There is some amazingly written and profound dialogue throughout these last few episodes—I’m so very impressed with all of it. Especially from last season to now. This year has brought interesting characters and further depth to recurring ones, providing us with well-rounded personalities like Isaak Sirko who is now definitely one of my favourite villains on Dexter.
I love this show. Beautiful scene between the two of them. #loveit
