Topic: Dexter

[DSig]

The new season is very very good.  Lot of energy back in it

[Dragonfire]

One of my friends watched season 7 as it aired last year.  There were some things that happened that he didn't care for.

[Achim]

season 7 got better again.

I was afraid you were going to say that...   

  Me too.

[addicted2dvd]

Well... that is it. I just finished the final episode. I wouldn't go as far as saying I hated how they ended it... but I am not really thrilled with it either. I will say I hated how they ended the storyline for Debra... I always like that character. As for how they ended the storyline for Dexter himself... it is one of the solutions I saw coming.

[Dragonfire]

I haven't seen the last episode, but I did end up reading something that went over what happened.  I...well.  I don't know what to think of it.  On one hand, some of it at least makes sense, but it sort of..well..sucks at the same time. 

I don't like what was done for Debra's storyline.  That really sucks, though I'm not exactly surprised either.  If that makes sense.

[Achim]

Hmmm, maybe I should ignore all intermediate seasons (I own 1-4) and only buy the last one once it comes out

[GSyren]

Well... that is it. I just finished the final episode.

So season 8 is the last season? I didn't realize the show was cancelled. I just started watching S6 on blu. Guess that means I'll be getting S7, and eventually S8, to see what the conclusion is. Or should I just skip S7? 

[addicted2dvd]

Yeah... the series ended. I personally enjoyed all the seasons. Of course there was some better then others... but that is true of every series.

[GSyren]

For some reason I put Season 6 on the back burner after just an episode or two, so when I went back to it now after more than a year I started it from scratch again. I liked it, except for one thing.

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They pulled a "Fight Club" with Travis Marshall and Professor Gellar turning out to be one and the same person. WTF? Unless I'm totally misremembering things, Dexter and Travis sat in Dexter's car, watching Gellar go into the school building.

Now how the feck did that work?

But since you said Season 7 is better, I guess I'll get that now.

[DJ Doena]

But since you said Season 7 is better, I guess I'll get that now.

I watched season 7 only because Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) was in it but didn't get to the end because other stuff got in the way. So when the last season came out I decided to wait until it's over and watch it all together.

But then I learned about the actual ending and decided not to bother with that show anymore.

[Achim]

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They pulled a "Fight Club" with Travis Marshall and Professor Gellar turning out to be one and the same person. WTF? Unless I'm totally misremembering things, Dexter and Travis sat in Dexter's car, watching Gellar go into the school building.

Now how the feck did that work?

Thanks to accidentally reading the beginning of the spoiler (not your fault whatsoever), I know the spoiled thing right away. Well, at least this way I could pay attention if things would hold up and make sense "on second viewing" and for the most part they did. Unfortunately I forgot about the one instance you describe in your spoiler , so I cannot comment right now.

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Maybe he was just seen from behind? So it was actually another random person at that very moment? I think it made sense to me at the tome of watching it... 

I watched season 7 only because Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) was in it but didn't get to the end because other stuff got in the way. So when the last season came out I decided to wait until it's over and watch it all together.

But then I learned about the actual ending and decided not to bother with that show anymore.

Many places mention that the ending of Dexter was rather terrible. I just finished season 7 and am no facing the final season; I'll watch it and already prepared myself for the worst.

As for season 7, I think there is no harm that you never finished it. It's not really very good. I always got excited when something potentially good happened

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like when it seemed that Dexter and that criminal might end up working together and maybe part on good terms at the end

but but almost every time they did not go in the direction I anticipated (which should be a good thing) and I almost never liked what they did.

The whole season was not very focused. I think they were trying to get away from the standard formula, that there is some sort of nemesis who is then dispatched in episode 12, but they did not quite pull that off. Instead they went all over the place, especially during the second part of the season. Again, I am prepared for the worst going into season 8 now...

[Achim]

I am now 4 episodes (of 12) into the final season

Seasons 6 and 7 were "o.k.", although already not that must-see TV that the earlier seasons had been. How they could link this low so quickly boggles the mind. The characters are extremely annoying now and the actors seem not to care anymore either (most of all the lead Michael C. Hall). All main story lines are, so far, more worthy of a soap drama than prime time TV. Charlotte Rampling is doing her best to keep me interested, but since she is not given better material it remains hard... Well, I have only 8 more episodes to go

[Achim]

I am now 4 episodes (of 12) into the final season

Well, that didn't get any better. In fact, it got worse!

I don't want to get into details. But as an ending for a series that went for 8 seasons this is really rather pathetic. Not only was it terrible just how they wrapped up some of those story lines, but the characters also behaved rather inconsistent and just generally stupid throughout.

Gonna mention a few things I absolutely hated:

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- Debra dies from a complication after an operation, after the doctor first says things should be fine. This works as an arc, but not within a few minutes...
- Hannah is a high-profile fugitive and the marshal office is closing in on her, s why isn't changing her hair color the first thing she does...? Was the actress still doing Chuck at the time and couldn't do that...? Ridiculous.
- Dexter's final decision not to get a different life with Hannah, but instead to leave his son with her (this is very out of character) and go start by himself in Alaska or somewhere...

I always wondered what the fuzz was about and, sadly, now I know and understand.


Dexter is a great series for four seasons, a good one of the fifth and then simply does a nose dive. I think where they went wrong was a) not to stop after season four or five and b) try to make Dexter more human (and then just reverse that in the last few minutes of the show ).