Oof, his kid showing up out of nowhere got a groan out of me since it basically means anyone from the past life could show up, too.
Doakes needs to come back even if he's not alive anymore.
Doakes has a twin brother:
SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER
They got rid of the intro scene
Rip Harrison =/
Well, season still had some of the typical Dexter problems and some sloppy writing, but I'd say as a revival/redemption thing it did a decent job, certainly better than S8.