meh, it was ok. not that bad. You couldn't really expect much considering how the season went. My take on the final scene is that Dexter has finally come to terms with who he truly is. That's been the theme of the season with Vogel and how she was in awe at how Dexter actually "cares" for others. I believe now he's just a straight serial killer with no code. Although he loves Harrison and Hannah, Deb was the one who kept him grounded so to speak. Without her in his life, there's nothing to check the monster and he can't forgive himself for what happened to Deb. There's always goofy shit going on in Dexter but some of it last night i can half way see..like Dex taking Deb out of the hospital. I can see how it went unnoticed since they were in the process of moving all of the patients due to the storm. No one would miss Harrison because they believe he's with Dexter..and upon finding the wreckage, they would assume Harrison was with him. Batista and Quinn's reactions to Dex killing Saxon was how I'd expect it to be. They weren't going to take Dex down for that..Batista and Quinn knew he went in to kill him, but like Quinn was thinking, fuck it..It's also easy to explain Dex's actions..His wife was murdered by a serial killer, his sister was basically murdered by a serial killer..He'd already planted the seed in Batista's ear that he's tired of the death..one can see anyone easily snapping under those circumstances. It wasn't a great finale but I can roll with it
rabbitfood
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Naw, he's not still killing. The producers confirmed it in this interview. Because of Deb's death, he's punishing himself by living in solitude so he won't ruin Hannah and Harrison's lives.
young_belvi
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But if he was really going to give up killing, wouldn't things be ok with Harrison and Hannah? So he went into isolation to give up everything, including killing? Fail. I did enjoy the article where the original show runners for the first few season said they would have ended it with Dexter lying on a table about to receive the lethal injection surrounded by pictures of all the people he killed and viewers would have realized the entire series was like a flashback and memories of what led to him ultimately getting caught and him being content with his life and how it all ended...except for the ones he loved getting hurt of course. I'll see if I can find that lank for ya'll.
http://www.eonline.com/news/461558/...utm_campaign=twitterfeed_kristin&dlvrit=51396
http://www.eonline.com/news/461558/...utm_campaign=twitterfeed_kristin&dlvrit=51396
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The ending was so rushed and unbelievable I really thought it was a dream sequence or him daydreaming. No joke from the point where he stabbed saxon to him riding off into the storm and disappearing I was waiting for him to wake up or snap out of it. That whole segment seemed like a fairytale it made it hard to feel for debs death cause of all the other unrealistic elements that came along with it. I felt more for breaking bads
than I did for deb and she(deb) was a main character. That and dexter letting saxon go just so the writers could drag the show out even further made deb getting shot predictable taking away any shock value for viewers.
All in all It was entertaining while it lasted even if that means 4 seasons depending on who you ask, still the show had its moments during its decline.
Now that this is over back to Breaking Bad...
death of adriana
All in all It was entertaining while it lasted even if that means 4 seasons depending on who you ask, still the show had its moments during its decline.
Now that this is over back to Breaking Bad...
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twentyfivelighters
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I don't have to point out all the things wrong with the finale because you all did a fine job of that.
But, I'm trying to understand it in a way that doesn't make it so underwhelming. Good points: Deb dies (he kills her, his last victim), Dexter can't be with his son, and Dexter basically has to pay for what he's done (albeit in a shitty way - should've died or gotten caught)
We could've done without the finale scene and it would've been ok. Show could've been so much more. What a shame.
But, I'm trying to understand it in a way that doesn't make it so underwhelming. Good points: Deb dies (he kills her, his last victim), Dexter can't be with his son, and Dexter basically has to pay for what he's done (albeit in a shitty way - should've died or gotten caught)
We could've done without the finale scene and it would've been ok. Show could've been so much more. What a shame.
Chase N Bundlez
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^Dexter aint kill a damn thing, Saxson killed Deb, dont get it twisted.
As for the final scene, it leaves the story open just in case they wanna make a movie, another season (highly unlikely), spinoff etc etc.
And lets be real, when Hannah was walkin off and u thought that was the end u were tight as fuck and wouldve bitched if it ended on such a wimper...the last scene leaves u with sumn, what exactly, I dont know, but sumn...
As for the final scene, it leaves the story open just in case they wanna make a movie, another season (highly unlikely), spinoff etc etc.
And lets be real, when Hannah was walkin off and u thought that was the end u were tight as fuck and wouldve bitched if it ended on such a wimper...the last scene leaves u with sumn, what exactly, I dont know, but sumn...
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Will Munny
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I wactched the last half the series finale taking a shit on the toilet. It was aboslutely fitting because shit is exactly what that eipsode was.
twentyfivelighters
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Chase N Bundlez;6307668 said:
You right.
The possibilities are endless now.
Will Munny
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Him just abandoning Harrison made zero sense.
Swiffness!
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KNiGHTS;6271151 said:
Like boul @ AV Club said, I am DEEPLY worried about Homeland now. All the awards it won? Showtime gonna milk that shit for like 10 more seasons lol.
What gets me is how the writers seem to have like, forgotten that serial killing is bad or something lol.
So much Ether to go around.....
"At all times, it’s been clear that the show viewers thought they were watching — a dark drama about a serial killer with questionable morality — was very different from the one the writers thought they were creating: a show about whether Dexter can transcend his nasty little habit, like it's an addiction to cigarettes."
"it’s difficult to watch this season and not conclude that the character became something else entirely along the course of its run in an attempt to soften him or make him more palatable. Walter White exposes the darkness inside all of us. Dexter Morgan had a chance to do that, but it was pushed aside in favor of more voice-over quips to the audience and reassurances that the guy you’re watching isn’t all that bad, so maybe you aren’t, either."
"The most telling bit of evidence explaining just why Breaking Bad used so many of the same basic story elements as Dexter and beat it at its own game is that both shows sat down with Sundance’s The Writers' Room, a behind-the-scenes series about many of TV’s biggest shows, hosted by Jim Rash. The Breaking Bad episode indicates just how smart Gilligan & Co. are about knowing how much they can needle at Walter White’s morality, then pushing him exactly that far so the audience realizes the full weight of everything the man has done. The show works because of its great acting and fantastic plotting, sure, but it’s also successful precisely because it has a very clear view of its main character.
By contrast, the Writers' Room installment on Dexter indicates just how far gone the show’s writers are. They talk of the arc of the show less in terms of Dexter having to come to terms with what he’s done — or others having to pursue him because of those acts — and more in terms of the character becoming a “real boy.” They describe him in terms reserved for comic book superheroes. Sure, he’s killing people, but he’s only killing bad people, right? That’s not so awful. Maybe Dexter’s just misunderstood."
http://www.grantland.com/blog/holly...season-and-how-breaking-bad-ruined-the-series
All season, I’ve argued Dexter declined because the writers refused to tell any story that might turn the audience against Dexter, or even feel slightly conflicted about his actions. I still think the Evelyn Vogel character was, at its core, a solid idea. With Debra convinced that Dexter had destroyed her life, it was shrewd to set up a dichotomy between Deb’s rejection and Vogel’s embrace. But as usual, the writers went the route of acquitting Dexter at all costs. Vogel became Dexter’s tireless publicist, spinning his shit into gold, even guilting Debra for running their car off the road and saying it represented the “rock bottom” phase of her post-LaGuerta decline. Every character, every plot development, every bit of dialogue was in the interest of burnishing Dexter’s image.
That unfortunate trend continued in “Remember The Monsters,” with a gutshot Deb recovering in the hospital, and pleading with Dexter to flee to Argentina as soon as possible, and not to carry an ounce of guilt over any of the horror she’s had to deal with as a result of keeping him in her life. “I don’t want you to feel guilty about this,” she tells him. “I don’t want you to feel guilty about anything. You were meant to be happy, so you need to go fuckin’ be happy.” When Dexter mentions to Deb that they missed the flight to Argentina (because meddling Matthews insisted on calling Dex in spite of her wishes), *she* apologizes to *him*.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/remember-the-monsters,102659/
Get it now? The writers fell in love with Dex and decided to cape for him at all costs. It's nuts. Fuck is wrong with you. It'd be like if The Wire suddenly tried to convince us that Marlo was really a nice guy and honest businessman or something. Come on, son. Who does that lol. Its like they forgot killing people is wrong lol. They make excuses for Dex better than Walter White makes excuses for himself. That's saying something.
loch121;6307063 said:
Your fanfiction is better than what they did.
Honestly, damn near any fanfiction will be better than what they did.
The synopsis for the final episode reads like a shitty fanfic written by a teenage girl in love w/ Michael C. Hall.
....fuck this, Imma look up some Dexter fanfics. I don't care if he travels through a dimensional portal and winds up in Hogwarts or the starship Enterprise, it'll still be more believable & less stupid than what they actually went with. Dexter really an alien and fights Megatron? Still more believable & less stupid than what they actually went with. Dexter gay-marrying Darth Vader? Still more believable & less stupid than what they actually went with.
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Him killing Deb, leaving the hospital and dropping her overboard was powerful stuff...
The ending was stupid as fuck tho, if he is trying to free Harrison, why leave him with a serial killer when the babysitter was basically Harrisons mother since birth and would be a much better parent?
His last kill had to be Debbie, but the way he looked at the camera at the end, didn't get the impression that he had given up killing...got the impression he was a no holds barred serial killer who has abandoned his code completely.
I didn't hate the last episode or even this season. But i honestly thought the ending would be Deb taking out Dexter, out of pure love.
Lol @ a serial killer being able to stop cause his sister died...bullshit.
The ending was stupid as fuck tho, if he is trying to free Harrison, why leave him with a serial killer when the babysitter was basically Harrisons mother since birth and would be a much better parent?
His last kill had to be Debbie, but the way he looked at the camera at the end, didn't get the impression that he had given up killing...got the impression he was a no holds barred serial killer who has abandoned his code completely.
I didn't hate the last episode or even this season. But i honestly thought the ending would be Deb taking out Dexter, out of pure love.
Lol @ a serial killer being able to stop cause his sister died...bullshit.
DNB1;6309367 said:
see i agree with this. I read the article from the writers but i don't recall them saying he flat out stop killing. The reason he lost the drive for killing is because Hannah somewhat subdued his dark passenger..With her no longer in his life, the passenger will return imo..I think he's just finally accepted that he is a monster
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young_belvi;6306785 said:
That's how it should end that would've been epic
Dexter in the final few seasons had potential but they ducked it up season 6 had a GREAT idea for the villain but fucked up.... The final season had a great villain but they fucked up. I didn't feel any emotion towards debs death.... There was nothing emotional about this crap and it moved so fast...
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