Dexter

[wingsfan77]

I don't understand why Deb shot her, why not just let Dexter finish his plan? Must be some motivation to that.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

I don't think Hannah McKay is going to be hunting Dexter. I think she's getting going to be sending postcards from Argentina.

As for the finale...predictable, but I thought it was good. As for Deb after shooting her...in the little production discussion after the episode...they basically left the camera running after the scene and it as Jennifer Carpenter trying to win a Golden Globe or something...

My biggest issue is this...

It is the first time someone has openly stated that DEXTER IS THE BAY HARBOR BUTCHER...I don't see how Dexter can reasonable continue his moonlighting with the inkling out there that he's the guy...people will be watching him extra close, especially with LaGuerta ending up dead after accusing him of such.

By Season 8, Dexter being a moonlighting serial killer has to be the worst kept secret...

It would have been wise for Tom to come out and tell LaGuerta either he has known Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher for years or "even if he was"...but, he doesn't care because he kills scumbags or something.

I said the same thing to Mrs. Leaf last night. I just think it is too convenient that she dies just prior to serving a warrant and that should raise some eyebrows. However, I am happy that they killed that fucking bitch. Plus, I like at the end how one of the Producers said that Dexter's intention to kill LaGuerta was to show him as a true serial-killer and not just a "super hero."

The show is no longer about Dexter, and that should be ok...there is absolutely nothing else they can tell you about Dexter that you don't already know or wouldn't come off as forced and contrived...there is nothing else his character can arc to. His cover with Rita and eventually falling for HER and humanizing his character with Harrison was his arc...everything since...Lumen, Hannah, his deviation from "the code" is all contrived and forced to further a character analysis that doesn't need to be analyzed anymore because there is nothing to tell.

The show, really, is about Deb now, and has been since the middle of last season, and what has gone on since is essentially her character arc and expounding on her character.

Based on what happened in the final few minutes with Deb and their slow walk through the party, there is no turning back now. Especially for Deb. Her love for Dexter runs deep and she killed LaGuerta because she wants to be with Dexter and as weird as that sounds, I think that happens in season 8. She will be the one person that he can trust...he couldn't even truly trust Hannah. I see the producers getting them together next season.

 

[wingsfan77]

Also, won't they be able to trace the bullet to Deb's gun?

 

[Goober]

Deb was reborn in a shipping container, just like Dexter was.

 

[manchild24]

i was a little disappointed in the ending. Not like last season, it left a holy shit in my mind when Deb walked in on Dexter.

I glad LaGuerta is dead but I would have rather seen Dexter have her strapped to a table.

 

[Buzzman]

Anyone else think Deb was jsut god awful in that final scene. It would ahve been a whole lot better if she put her gun down and told Dexter do his thing and she walks away as LaGuearta starts screaming for her to help while Dexter goes all psycho on her ass.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

Deb was reborn in a shipping container, just like Dexter was.

That's actually a really cool way to look at it.

 

[Buzzman]

That's actually a really cool way to look at it.

Mos Def covered all the religion references I need from this series.

 

[manchild24]

a little curious to see how they will start next season. I mean Deb called in looking for LaGuerta and where she was heading.

Did her and Dex cut both of them up and dump their bodies?
Will Deb say LaGuerta was trying to frame dex and shot her because she was going shot Dexter? (kinda like the stripper scene)

 

[Rivers17ncsu]

Halfway through the episode i had a feeling it would end the season on a good note, but it didnt. Once deb showed up at the ports i was confident it wouldn't end as well as it could've. I mean when she had Dexter at gun point it was obvious she would never shoot him, I mean they already said there is one more season (the final one), so it would've been pointless to kill him now.


It does look like Deb ends up in a bad spot at the beginning of next year, I mean she calls in to find out her location and then the bullet is from her gun. I don't think they chopped up the bodies, Dexter being a crime scene analysts probably set up to look like his original plan.

 

[Loco]

The last scene would have been so much better if Deb never knew Dex was a serial killer.

They fucked up this whole season, the ending of this season should have been last seasons finale. Also once Isaac found out Dex loved Hannah he should have killed her, thats the perfect way for revenge.

 

[mcstl25]

The season finale was pretty good, even though predictable. I thought the season overall was the worst by far though. After the first few episodes it had trouble holding my attention. Dexter has had a good run, but I'm glad that last season is the end.

 

[dave]

The season finale was pretty good, even though predictable. I thought the season overall was the worst by far though. After the first few episodes it had trouble holding my attention. Dexter has had a good run, but I'm glad that last season is the end.

IMO, the season would have been better if Ray Stevenson had met a much better ending. His ending pissed me off so much. He was an astounding Dexter foil and so fucking wasted by how they killed him off.

 

[Palooza]

They should have kept Mike around for a little longer, introduced Issak late in the season and Hannah McKay in the season premiere, made the LaGuerta shit the focus early on and then killed LaGuerta toward the end. Dexter solves one problem and then Issak is a new problem. Issak kills Hannah McKay in the season finale.

Next season, Issak realizes that taking away the person he loved the most didn't mean Hannah McKay, it meant Deb and Issak goes after Deb etc etc etc etc.

Issak went out like a bitch.

I think it was Larry who said this ages ago - this show needs to be 8-10 episodes, not 12 or 13 whatever it is.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Isaak's character was good...it is something Dexter hasn't quite faced...a legitimate assassin.

One of Dexter's many problems is, the show doesn't use everything as the proper vehicle to get to an end. Isaak, after this season, really had no point. The pyromaniac, really had no point. Its just a string of constant big bads and episodic bads that are featured with no real meaning to the end game. I figured by Season 7 there wouldn't be a need for episodic kills or bads that lead to no where...that is the shit you do in Season 1 and in early seasons while you flesh out the main characters. And NONE of these guys really do anything to progress Deb's storyline.

 

[Saluki]

Isaak's character was good...it is something Dexter hasn't quite faced...a legitimate assassin.

One of Dexter's many problems is, the show doesn't use everything as the proper vehicle to get to an end. Isaak, after this season, really had no point. The pyromaniac, really had no point. Its just a string of constant big bads and episodic bads that are featured with no real meaning to the end game. I figured by Season 7 there wouldn't be a need for episodic kills or bads that lead to no where...that is the shit you do in Season 1 and in early seasons while you flesh out the main characters. And NONE of these guys really do anything to progress Deb's storyline.

I think the show was destined to reach this point. A show about a serial killer who kills serial killers and never leaves his city is kind of bound to reach a stale point sooner or later. I mean how many Trinity or Ice Truck killers can one city have? It's not like major serial killers are a common thing.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I think the show was destined to reach this point. A show about a serial killer who kills serial killers and never leaves his city is kind of bound to reach a stale point sooner or later. I mean how many Trinity or Ice Truck killers can one city have? It's not like major serial killers are a common thing.

The writing has gotten lazy post Season 4...and looking back, Season 4 remains epic, but it looks like more and more it was a vehicle driven by Lithgow's amazing performance moreover a group effort.

Dexter lost its way a few times in the series...

-Killing off Doakes was one as it took away his FOIL.
-Having him starting to "relate" to people was another one...started in Season 3 with Prado and has been a feature of every season since. This has essentially taken away a lot of the charm Dexter's character had in Seasons 1 and 2.
-Continuous, legitimate love interests. Rita was his mask...every since, its been very easy to put him together with a chick and have Dexter fall in love...silly.

 

[Seven]

Season finale was as intense as it gets, it's always great watching dexter backed down into a corner. MCH played it perfectly

PS. you guys need to use spoilers

 

[leaffan]

So I finally just watched season 7.

Got meh towards the end. Was hoping for more from Issac.

 

[manchild24]

just read sean patrick flannery has a reoccuring role in season 8