Dexter

[mr.hockey4242]

I think I would probably rate the seasons like this (loosely)…

1 - S1 (Ice Truck Killer)
2 - S2 (Bay Harbor Butcher)
3 - S4 (Trinity)
4 - S9 (Jim Lindsey)
5 - S3 (Prado)
6 - S7 (Hannah/Russian mob)
7 - S8 (Vogel/Brain Surgeon)
8 - S5 (Lumen/Oilcan Killer)
9 - S6 (DDK)

Dang you got Trinity at 3???

I can see putting season 1 ahead but tough for me to see any season above it otherwise.

 

[calsnowskier]

Dang you got Trinity at 3???

I can see putting season 1 ahead but tough for me to see any season above it otherwise.

The show was already losing its grip by that time. Trinity was a good foil, and of course Lithgow nailed it, and the end was devastating, but the shine had already begun to leave the show by that time. And it was coming off a very rough S3 that it had some damage control to deal with.

 

[calsnowskier]

How about this…

1 - S1 (Ice Truck Killer)
2 - S2 (Bay Harbor Butcher)
3 - S4 (Trinity)
…
…
…
4 - S9 (Jim Lindsey)
5 - S3 (Prado)
…
6 - S7 (Hannah/Russian mob)
7 - S8 (Vogel/Brain Surgeon)
…
8 - S5 (Lumen/Oilcan Killer)
9 - S6 (DDK)

 

[mr.hockey4242]

The show was already losing its grip by that time. Trinity was a good foil, and of course Lithgow nailed it, and the end was devastating, but the shine had already begun to leave the show by that time. And it was coming off a very rough S3 that it had some damage control to deal with.

Yeah that’s a good point. I just thought that Trinity was a pretty well fleshed out plot line and origin compared to the rest as well.

I’m actually doing my first ever rewatch now. Only half way through 6.

Seasons 1,2 and 4 all held up to memory. 2 is still my least fav of the 3 simply cause psycho Lyla or whatever sucks.

S3 while not terrible is definitely worse than I remember and clearly a regression from 1 and 2. Prado gets really ridiculous and the skinner much more irrelevant than I remembered

S5 I thought is undereated. Not Trinity but not a collapse. Ended very convenient though with a brutal finale.

So far, S6 is just as stupid and awful as I remembered. Just a really dumb season long killer plot

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah that’s a good point. I just thought that Trinity was a pretty well fleshed out plot line and origin compared to the rest as well.

I’m actually doing my first ever rewatch now. Only half way through 6.

Seasons 1,2 and 4 all held up to memory. 2 is still my least fav of the 3 simply cause psycho Lyla or whatever sucks.

S3 while not terrible is definitely worse than I remember and clearly a regression from 1 and 2. Prado gets really ridiculous and the skinner much more irrelevant than I remembered

S5 I thought is undereated. Not Trinity but not a collapse. Ended very convenient though with a brutal finale.

So far, S6 is just as stupid and awful as I remembered. Just a really dumb season long killer plot

Lumen was just gawd awful. The group of bad guys were pretty bad, but the execution just wasn’t there, I thought.

S6 was unfortunate because Hanks was soooo badly miscast. He was never believable. And the “twist” was obvious from about the 3rd act of ep 1. And yes, it was absolutely intended to be a twist. Apparently the cast had no idea. It was fun that Deb was finally brought into the fold, and her character never really recovered after finding out, which was actually pretty well done by the show runners. That isn’t something that someone should be able to really ever recover from.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

And Dexter is officially 0 for 2 on finales

Fucking unbelievable

 

[calsnowskier]

And Dexter is officially 0 for 2 on finales

Fucking unbelievable

What did you expect?

if they do decide to move forward with Harrison as the lead, Dexter could be his Dark Passenger. But Harrison never learned the code, so he would end up being much more brutal than Dex ever was.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

What did you expect?

if they do decide to move forward with Harrison as the lead, Dexter could be his Dark Passenger. But Harrison never learned the code, so he would end up being much more brutal than Dex ever was.

I think we all expected they were headed towards that resolution. But it’s the one no one really wanted AND it was horribly done.

For all the talk about how lazy the writing was having Angela piece things together before the finale. The writing to get to the climax in this one was horrendous. Like makes dropping veggie Deb into the ocean and sailing into a hurricane look good, type of horrendous.

And a Harrison show will absolutely bomb. Kinda mind boggling the head show runner of this said the finale was the best thing he’s ever written.

 

[Sparhawk]

I think we all expected they were headed towards that resolution. But it’s the one no one really wanted AND it was horribly done.

For all the talk about how lazy the writing was having Angela piece things together before the finale. The writing to get to the climax in this one was horrendous. Like makes dropping veggie Deb into the ocean and sailing into a hurricane look good, type of horrendous.

And a Harrison show will absolutely bomb. Kinda mind boggling the head show runner of this said the finale was the best thing he’s ever written.

I agree with the lazy writing.
They just wanted to wrap things up.

My ending :
Kurt is still alive.
He takes Chief Bishop's daughter hostage.
Chief Bishop needs Dexter to think like the serial killer he is and save her daughter from winding up like the rest.
Dexter and Harrison team up to thwart Kurt and save the daughter.

Chief Bishop thanks Harrison, then arrests Dexter.

Chief Bishop calls in Batista and we get a mini reunion.
Looks like Chief Bishop has everything she needs to put Dexter away.
Phone call from her daughter.
It's Harrison.
You can pretty much guess how the rest goes and it's up to you on whether you want Dexter and Harrison moving on to the next part of their life or if Dexter dies to save his son somehow. I was thinking that Dexter tells Harrison that the daughter has to die, but Harrison refuses and maybe kills him?

 

[MilkSpiller22]

And Dexter is officially 0 for 2 on finales

Fucking unbelievable

Agreed they totally fudged the ending... at least the last 15 minutes...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I agree with the lazy writing.
They just wanted to wrap things up.

My ending :
Kurt is still alive.
He takes Chief Bishop's daughter hostage.
Chief Bishop needs Dexter to think like the serial killer he is and save her daughter from winding up like the rest.
Dexter and Harrison team up to thwart Kurt and save the daughter.

Chief Bishop thanks Harrison, then arrests Dexter.

Chief Bishop calls in Batista and we get a mini reunion.
Looks like Chief Bishop has everything she needs to put Dexter away.
Phone call from her daughter.
It's Harrison.
You can pretty much guess how the rest goes and it's up to you on whether you want Dexter and Harrison moving on to the next part of their life or if Dexter dies to save his son somehow. I was thinking that Dexter tells Harrison that the daughter has to die, but Harrison refuses and maybe kills him?

they made Harrison look like he couldnt handle the murder... he could still be saved... Which is why i disliked the finale even more... As dexter only saw one conclusion, and that was for his son to kill him...

It was weird how Dexter turned at the end... sure, he always had the hero complex added to his dark passenger... but i never thought he was delusional... They made him seem delusional at the end... until he realized he had to die...


would have been nice to see a bautista dexter reunion... not sure why they did not go that path...

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I agree with the lazy writing.
They just wanted to wrap things up.

My ending :
Kurt is still alive.
He takes Chief Bishop's daughter hostage.
Chief Bishop needs Dexter to think like the serial killer he is and save her daughter from winding up like the rest.
Dexter and Harrison team up to thwart Kurt and save the daughter.

Chief Bishop thanks Harrison, then arrests Dexter.

Chief Bishop calls in Batista and we get a mini reunion.
Looks like Chief Bishop has everything she needs to put Dexter away.
Phone call from her daughter.
It's Harrison.
You can pretty much guess how the rest goes and it's up to you on whether you want Dexter and Harrison moving on to the next part of their life or if Dexter dies to save his son somehow. I was thinking that Dexter tells Harrison that the daughter has to die, but Harrison refuses and maybe kills him?

Yeah incorporating the Kurt plot more woulda been way better. Angela basically didn’t care.

Shit, a S2 “manhunt” type tease woulda been a great ending should they decide to bring it back.

Have Dexter on the run with or without Harrison. And Angela/Batista trying to track him.

The way it played out was way too contrived and so many plot holes.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Yeah incorporating the Kurt plot more woulda been way better. Angela basically didn’t care.

Shit, a S2 “manhunt” type tease woulda been a great ending should they decide to bring it back.

Have Dexter on the run with or without Harrison. And Angela/Batista trying to track him.

The way it played out was way too contrived and so many plot holes.

I dont know if wanted anymore from the Kurt story... i was fine with how it ended...

maybe it would have been nice to do more of a nod to the trinity killer... found it interesting that they didnt do more with how harrison was the baby who survived...

actually they could have done a lot with that... that could have been more of the reason harrison killed dexter...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

also, did they explain who Kurt's stooge was?? i mean, its not very normal for a serial killer to have a minion...

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Didn't like it. The entire season should have been 2 seasons and not so rushed toward the last episodes.

Oh well. On to the next...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Didn't like it. The entire season should have been 2 seasons and not so rushed toward the last episodes.

Oh well. On to the next...

What’s weird. I didn’t think the season felt rushed at all. Until the last 15 minutes of the finale.

 

[Wazmankg]

This series should have been so much better with the various plot points and relationships they developed with Kurt, Angela her daughter and Harrison. As soon as I saw the ending coming I thought, "that's it?".

The series started weak, then it got intriguing as they introduced the main chacraters and developed their purposes and relationships. But then they just wrapped it up with a very basic, very final.. though rather predictable conclusion. Disappointing.

 

[calsnowskier]

The serial killer just won’t die…

‘Dexter’ Prequel Series Casts Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown in Lead Roles

The "Dexter" prequel series at Paramount+ with Showtime has found its three leads.

variety.com

I am unfamiliar with the actors set for Dex and Deb, but Christian Slater as Harry? Seriously? I just can’t see that.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

The serial killer just won’t die…

‘Dexter’ Prequel Series Casts Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown in Lead Roles

The "Dexter" prequel series at Paramount+ with Showtime has found its three leads.

variety.com

I am unfamiliar with the actors set for Dex and Deb, but Christian Slater as Harry? Seriously? I just can’t see that.

Slater is 54 right now

Remar was 53 the year Dexter released.

So they will have to at least try to make the dexter age continuity line up.

 

[calsnowskier]

Anyone watching the prequel? It isn’t nearly as bad as the continuation. The casting for the younger cops (Batista, Masuka, Laguerta) is almost TOO spot on. Dex and Deb don’t work that well, imho, but my complaints are more physically based, so I won’t defend my opinion on those two. Slater vs Remar is WAY off. And I am typically a pretty big Slater fan, so this is kinda disappointing. I am having a hard time figuring out the SMG character. She just seems like a weird stunt cast.

All that aside, the story isn’t that bad. Prequels are limiting because there isn’t the same tension since you know everyone’s ultimate fate, but given that restriction, I kinda like it.

There will also be a new continuation season of Dexter. Apparently he wasn’t killed at the end of the last season. I will give it a try, of course, but they are REALLY squeezing this rock to get every drop of juice out of it.