User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 201 "Happy New Year!" discussion/@comment-800707-20120428221329/@comment-3094698-20120428232000

flashbacks are not a terrible way of telling a story, they can work very well when good writers use them. i cant tell you how many times a flashback has been the best scene of an episode. Dexter used flashbacks extensively in it early seasons and they added so much to the show that wouldnt have been there without them