OFFICIAL DEXTER FINAL SEASON THREAD

[Francis White]

Meanwhile, they should just rename the Emmy Awards to honor the kid who plays Harrison. The way that kid just kept repeating “Owww, Owww” for two minutes was AMAZING. TOUR DE FORCE.

In a show full of dumb people with dumb motivations who do the dumbest thing imaginable, who could’ve predicted that Hannah — who is a fugitive wanted for murder — could be SO dumb as to take Harrison to the hospital. Why? Were his injuries life threatening? Did he need emergency surgery? Would he have died if he weren’t taken to the hospital immediately? Did he even break his arm?

No. He cut his chin. Hannah put her and Dexter’s ass at risk because Harrison hurt his chin.

PUT A F*CKING BAND-AID ON IT, LADY. (Via)



Read more: http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/09/lets-watch-worst-scene-dexter-history/#ixzz2fpYpnJ48

 

[Daniel.]

No, no, no, no, no.

You're the only person in here taking up for this show acting like you're the only person that speaks their language.

What most people can't get past is just how elementary the writing on what was once a cunning, sly show had become. Fans were willing to give the Nickelodeon writing a pass for the past couple of seasons because it was assumed that they had a miraculous ending in store that everyone could applaud and get over the overwhelming amount of plot holes.

Like someone else said, you could literally fill a novel with the amount of plot holes and "fukk you" writing that Dexter put out the past few seasons. It was all about convenience and laziness for this show. There's throwing caution to the wind, and then there's gauging caution's eyes out and skull fukking it for hours and hours. Dexter did this regularly. The characters that were introduced were either unnecessary or so bland and one-dimensional that the show became childish.

The writers would introduce and dismiss story-lines, characters, subplots, confrontations, even dialogue at the drop of a hat. The earlier seasons of Dexter never wasted any time with anything. Everything that happened, every conversation, every moment, every interaction was for a purpose. These last couple of seasons, they would just stumble around from Point A to Point B, completely scattering stories and plots, usually destroying them.

The majority of fans could still watch and dismiss the blatantly over-the-top writing because it was assumed that some incredible ending awaited that would top every season before it.

And why is it ridiculous for fans to assume that there would be some reveal, monster twist, or left hook when most other seasons have ended that way for this show? It's not like we were expecting aliens or a giant sea creature to eat Dexter (although I wouldn't have ruled those out).

The story that was put in front of our face? How about the stories that were force fed to us. Nothing seemed right about these past couple of seasons. It was like the producers passed the wheel to their 12 year old children to finish.

Kid 1: "And then Dexter stabs him with a pen!"
Kid 2: "Yeah and he goes to the hospital to take Deb"
Kid 1: "And he throws her in the ocean!"
Kid 2: "Then he rides into the hurricane"
Kid 1: "But he doesn't die because he's a great swimmer"
Kid 2: "Yeah! And he becomes a lumberjack!"

COME ON MAN!

There is nothing skillful about the writing that they force fed us this season. They lazily filled plot holes with cement, or didn't address them at all, and kept it moving. The treadmill scene is a prime example. The writers knew that they had to get to this point or that point in the season (Hannah being seen), so they would just speed-write in some little BS moment and say "here we go!"

The writing that they intended to be developmental was transparent, and the twists were introduced like a baseball flying through a kitchen window.

They didn't purposefully leave loose ends either. They just dismissed things so quick/often that those issues piled up and were left largely unresolved. This is the mark of the last few seasons of Dexter. Introduce/dismiss over and over and over and over. Reintroduce characters/plots with too much ease.

There was rarely anything at stake in the grand scheme of things. There were never any consequences for recklessly plugging in or taking away characters and developments.

It's like the writers banded together with baseball bats, kicked in the editor's door, and beat him to death.

You also keep saying that everyone else is upset because they didn't see what they wanted to see. You're filling in a LOT of plot-holes to get to where you wanted this show to end (your last sentence). I think most people would be cool with an ending like that, but it's the way that they get there that makes it so unbearable.

Like I've said before, I respect your opinion and the fact that you're in here arguing that the show was fulfilling for some. I'm not trying to be a dikk, I just don't agree with you, and I don't think it was true to Dexter as a whole.

I whole heartedly agree that there were several instances (the Louis Green story, specifically) where things were cut off at the legs and it was made very obvious that the writers wrote themselves into a corner and opted to dismiss things instead of going through with it because they tried to put too many things together at once.

I also agree that the execution of a lot of what they did keep left a lot to be desired. In the end, I didn't care about Hannah, Vogel and many other "critical" characters that were in fact pushed on to us as important.

That being said, I do see what their worth ultimately was and understand why they were there to what I felt was their ultimate story which is why I can dismiss them, because they weren't meant to be anything more than vessel's for Dexter's ultimate end. They have always stood firm on this being Dexter's story, and whether you call it laziness, myopic, convenient writing or otherwise, that's exactly what they did. It's the flaw of focusing solely on one character, much like a wrestling/boxing show with a great main event and poor under/mid-card in that it can ultimately impact the overall quality of the show. But for me, the finale made up for an overall lackluster season in that it gave me closure to Dexter and Deb's story which is all I ultimately cared about. I don't think I "speak their language", but I do understand them and can be satisfied with that.

Oh and I don't think it's ridiculous for people to have wanted more - just that it wasn't realistic after all the potential antagonists that mattered were gone at that point so it wouldn't have mattered and would've been a poor man's re-hash of season 2. There's no Doakes, no Lundy, not even a LaGuerta that would've at least had some pull to make shyt crazy- no one to really build up the tension that a season like that would need and do it within 12 episodes. Even if they had Matthews or Batista try to figure it out, or made Deb turn on Dexter, there is no way they could ever match season 2 in that regard to have some crazy ass end. No way. So they went the slow burn, thought provoking route instead to make you question your sense of right and wrong (this is essentially what the producers have said, not just me). May not have been ideal to most, but it worked for me. Sorry to those that didn't enjoy it.

 

[BigSteve]

so you saying that the police are on point at that department? You saying that someone in IT would never catch on to what he does there?

No I'm saying that the writers have no idea how computers work.

Dexter would have been caught long ago with any half decent IT dept

 

[BigSteve]

I whole heartedly agree that there were several instances (the Louis Green story, specifically) where things were cut off at the legs and it was made very obvious that the writers wrote themselves into a corner and opted to dismiss things instead of going through with it because they tried to put too many things together at once.

I also agree that the execution of a lot of what they did keep left a lot to be desired. In the end, I didn't care about Hannah, Vogel and many other "critical" characters that were in fact pushed on to us as important.

That being said, I do see what their worth ultimately was and understand why they were there to what I felt was their ultimate story which is why I can dismiss them, because they weren't meant to be anything more than vessel's for Dexter's ultimate end. They have always stood firm on this being Dexter's story, and whether you call it laziness, myopic, convenient writing or otherwise, that's exactly what they did. It's the flaw of focusing solely on one character, much like a wrestling/boxing show with a great main event and poor under/mid-card in that it can ultimately impact the overall quality of the show. But for me, the finale made up for an overall lackluster season in that it gave me closure to Dexter and Deb's story which is all I ultimately cared about. I don't think I "speak their language", but I do understand them and can be satisfied with that.

Oh and I don't think it's ridiculous for people to have wanted more - just that it wasn't realistic after all the potential antagonists that mattered were gone at that point so it wouldn't have mattered and would've been a poor man's re-hash of season 2. There's no Doakes, no Lundy, not even a LaGuerta that would've at least had some pull to make shyt crazy- no one to really build up the tension that a season like that would need and do it within 12 episodes. Even if they had Matthews or Batista try to figure it out, or made Deb turn on Dexter, there is no way they could ever match season 2 in that regard to have some crazy ass end. No way. So they went the slow burn, thought provoking route instead to make you question your sense of right and wrong (this is essentially what the producers have said, not just me). May not have been ideal to most, but it worked for me. Sorry to those that didn't enjoy it.

Fair

 

[Spidey Man]

The Dexter writing staff. This explains a lot.

A brilliant scene from that group.

 

[MicIsGod]

Damn they ended this horribly. I used to love this show
Its bad on its own but it looks 10x worse when the breaking bad final season is goin on at the same time.

 

[ghostwriterx]

Dexter commiting murder on tape not even arrested just its OK go home dexter.


Date rape charges filed against Batista by Lila dropped when she is killed

What was supposed to happen? And as far as Miami PD knows she's still alive.

 

[ghostwriterx]

The Dexter writing staff. This explains a lot.

A brilliant scene from that group.

that ish had me rolling especially since Dex knew that Saxon knew who he was.

 

[ghostwriterx]

Meanwhile, they should just rename the Emmy Awards to honor the kid who plays Harrison. The way that kid just kept repeating “Owww, Owww” for two minutes was AMAZING. TOUR DE FORCE.

In a show full of dumb people with dumb motivations who do the dumbest thing imaginable, who could’ve predicted that Hannah — who is a fugitive wanted for murder — could be SO dumb as to take Harrison to the hospital. Why? Were his injuries life threatening? Did he need emergency surgery? Would he have died if he weren’t taken to the hospital immediately? Did he even break his arm?

No. He cut his chin. Hannah put her and Dexter’s ass at risk because Harrison hurt his chin.

PUT A F*CKING BAND-AID ON IT, LADY. (Via)



Read more: http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/09/lets-watch-worst-scene-dexter-history/#ixzz2fpYpnJ48

to be fair they did say he had to get stitches, not that there was any evidence of that later.

 

[ineedsleep212]

Pic of the writing staff makes perfect sense. Lack of logic throughout the entire season.

 

[MicIsGod]

OH SO YOU A LUMBERJACK AND LEAVE YOUR KID WITH A bytch KNOWN TO GET INTO shyt JUST AS MUCH AS YOU

 

[ridge]

my god this show is terrible

good fukking riddance

 

[I-Hate-You]

A brilliant scene from that group.

So cringeworthy.

 

[STAN JONES]

Good lord

Im gonna need a link to read the rest of that fukkery

This nikka said nobody should be looking for Hanna cause she wasnt convicted of a crime

Lets just overlook the fact shes wanted for murder and attempted to murder Deb

 

[Spidey Man]

Good lord

Im gonna need a link to read the rest of that fukkery

This nikka said nobody should be looking for Hanna cause she wasnt convicted of a crime

Lets just overlook the fact shes wanted for murder and attempted to murder Deb

And they made a point of showing her face on the news and having people recognize her.