Dexter

[Goober]

 

My money is on Quinn being framed for robocop's murder. He has his blood on his shoe, and at the 38 second mark it looks like he's in a questioning room depressed.

I hope they don't write him off. He means well, and he'd be a good adversary for Dexter next season, as he knows Dexter killed robocop.

Called it!

Disappointing ending, how many times are they going to cock tease us with Deb possibly finding out about Dexter? At least Julia Stiles is gone. Episode was pretty weak except for the knife to the foot.

 

[padman59]

 

The only thing left for next season is for Dexter to finally be caught and most likely arrested by his sister. At least we won't have to go through the motions of wrapping up the previous season for the first few episodes again. I think wrapping up Rita's death really hurt the overall thrill of this season.

I agree with others in that next season probably has to be the last. It's been a great run, and extending the lifetime of the show further is more likely the diminish its quality.

 

[NAHSTE]

The Deus Ex Machina in this show is bordering on the completely absurd. Was not a fan of this episode.

Yeah, it's starting to get to me too. This reminds me of the finale from two seasons back, when it was more about Dexter's state of mind than any actual story development.

Very bummed that

 

Like Lundy, Jordan was dispatched of so quickly and easily. Really ripped the suspense right out of the episode about 1/3 in. Then the shit with Deb walking away was just facepalm. When will this show realize that Deb finding out about her brother is the only really 'holy shit' moment it has left? It's almost as if Showtime knows this is a cash cow so they want to stretch it out to 7 or 8 seasons. (I really hope next season is the last.)

Though it was pretty bad ass how Dexter tricked Jordan into thinking he had the upper hand only to stab him in the foot. Unfortunately that was the only cool part of the whole episode really and it happened in the first half. No real thrills here, this season just kind of meandered about, looking at it as a whole.

 

[Diivox]

I feel let down, and I feel like they should have ended the show with this season. it could have been the perfect conclusion to the story. Instead I am left wondering if there is anything left to explore with the character.

I will post more after I sleep on it and probably watch the episode again, but right now, I am extremely... sad. Dexter deserves better.

 

[NAHSTE]

This review says it better than me, but sums up exactly how I feel, and likely many of you. (Contains spoilers, don't click unless you've seen the episode.)

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-big-one,48928

 

[cf24]

Very bummed that

 

Like Lundy, Jordan was dispatched of so quickly and easily. Really ripped the suspense right out of the episode about 1/3 in. Then the shit with Deb walking away was just facepalm. When will this show realize that Deb finding out about her brother is the only really 'holy shit' moment it has left? It's almost as if Showtime knows this is a cash cow so they want to stretch it out to 7 or 8 seasons. (I really hope next season is the last.)

Though it was pretty bad ass how Dexter tricked Jordan into thinking he had the upper hand only to stab him in the foot. Unfortunately that was the only cool part of the whole episode really and it happened in the first half. No real thrills here, this season just kind of meandered about, looking at it as a whole.

 

Exactly what I was thinking about it. They built it up decently enough to have a good "showdown" between the two, but the end result was lackluster.
I'm also glad that they didn't get rid of Quinn yet. I really like the character and think that it will be a good storyline for next year, if they choose to go that way of course.

 

[Rush]

 

I have been waiting for Jordan to die for so damn long, and I am glad it finally happened. I am in the minority and say I didn't "hate" the ending, but I didn't really like it. The only good part of this, is that when blowing out the candles Dexter says something about how he was almost considering himself human, but wishes were for children.

I am hoping that is foreshadowing a huge fucking blow up next season (which we were hoping for this season, like how he blew up on the guy when he stopped to get his boat gas in episode 1 in the bathroom). I think the only things left in this show is Debra finding out and it all unraveling, and for Dexter to just go apeshit killing bad guys.

I really hate to say/do this but I hope it runs for a shit ton of seasons, because even a bad Dexter...is better then no Dexter at all.

Only thing that bothers me about all 5 seasons of Dexter, is how nobody addressed the adjoining room to Cole Harmon's hotel room. When he crashed through it to get Lumen in 2-3 previous episodes to the finale, then he goes missing, vigilantes are suspected...why not look into the person who rented the fucking room or find out why the door was crashed through.

I am a Dexter fan boy. Keep this shit running for as long as you can. It's the Brett Favre of television.

 

[Rush]

 

I have been waiting for Jordan to die for so damn long, and I am glad it finally happened. I am in the minority and say I didn't "hate" the ending, but I didn't really like it. The only good part of this, is that when blowing out the candles Dexter says something about how he was almost considering himself human, but wishes were for children.

I am hoping that is foreshadowing a huge fucking blow up next season (which we were hoping for this season, like how he blew up on the guy when he stopped to get his boat gas in episode 1 in the bathroom). I think the only things left in this show is Debra finding out and it all unraveling, and for Dexter to just go apeshit killing bad guys.

I really hate to say/do this but I hope it runs for a shit ton of seasons, because even a bad Dexter...is better then no Dexter at all.

Only thing that bothers me about all 5 seasons of Dexter, is how nobody addressed the adjoining room to Cole Harmon's hotel room. When he crashed through it to get Lumen in 2-3 previous episodes to the finale, then he goes missing, vigilantes are suspected...why not look into the person who rented the fucking room or find out why the door was crashed through.

I am a Dexter fan boy. Keep this shit running for as long as you can. It's the Brett Favre of television.

 

[cf24]

 

I have been waiting for Jordan to die for so damn long, and I am glad it finally happened. I am in the minority and say I didn't "hate" the ending, but I didn't really like it. The only good part of this, is that when blowing out the candles Dexter says something about how he was almost considering himself human, but wishes were for children.

I am hoping that is foreshadowing a huge fucking blow up next season (which we were hoping for this season, like how he blew up on the guy when he stopped to get his boat gas in episode 1 in the bathroom). I think the only things left in this show is Debra finding out and it all unraveling, and for Dexter to just go apeshit killing bad guys.

I really hate to say/do this but I hope it runs for a shit ton of seasons, because even a bad Dexter...is better then no Dexter at all.

Only thing that bothers me about all 5 seasons of Dexter, is how nobody addressed the adjoining room to Cole Harmon's hotel room. When he crashed through it to get Lumen in 2-3 previous episodes to the finale, then he goes missing, vigilantes are suspected...why not look into the person who rented the fucking room or find out why the door was crashed through.

I am a Dexter fan boy. Keep this shit running for as long as you can. It's the Brett Favre of television.

The post so nice, you made it twice.

 

But I agree. I didn't dislike the finale at all. Certainly not the greatest episode ever, but it was the right ending to this season. Julia Stiles leaves us(Good, but I like the character of Lumen,just not who they picked to play it).
And as for the hotel room, Dexter no doubt used a fake name. And maybe he went back and fixed the door? I know there's nothing that would lead us to believe he did, but whatevs..
And yes, Dexter needs to continue until he grows into an old man and has Cody, Astor, and Harrison do the killing for him.

 

[NAHSTE]

 

I have been waiting for Jordan to die for so damn long, and I am glad it finally happened. I am in the minority and say I didn't "hate" the ending, but I didn't really like it. The only good part of this, is that when blowing out the candles Dexter says something about how he was almost considering himself human, but wishes were for children.

I am hoping that is foreshadowing a huge fucking blow up next season (which we were hoping for this season, like how he blew up on the guy when he stopped to get his boat gas in episode 1 in the bathroom). I think the only things left in this show is Debra finding out and it all unraveling, and for Dexter to just go apeshit killing bad guys.

I really hate to say/do this but I hope it runs for a shit ton of seasons, because even a bad Dexter...is better then no Dexter at all.

Only thing that bothers me about all 5 seasons of Dexter, is how nobody addressed the adjoining room to Cole Harmon's hotel room. When he crashed through it to get Lumen in 2-3 previous episodes to the finale, then he goes missing, vigilantes are suspected...why not look into the person who rented the fucking room or find out why the door was crashed through.

I am a Dexter fan boy. Keep this shit running for as long as you can. It's the Brett Favre of television.

Here is something similar to the hotel thing that bothered me:

 

Liddy saw Dexter and Lumen dumping bags into the harbor, bags that he figured could have a body in it ... In this TV universe, was there not a huge news story just a year or two ago about bodies being found in the Harbor? Why wouldn't Liddy/Quinn ever put those two together that maybe this is the still at-large Bay Harbor Butcher? That's what is really starting to bother me about this show. Every time Dexter comes close to being caught, he gets out of it at the last second, which is cool, but there is no cumulative effect. All of the circumstantial evidence from seasons 1-4 would be enough for SOMEONE to put it together at this point, or at least you'd think, but the events and information of one season don't ever carry over to the next. Also mad that they dropped the storyline of Deb looking up dirt on her dad. All she had to do was find out that the Ice Truck Killer is Dex's brother and the dominoes would start to fall. I guess they are just waiting for the final season for all that good shit though.

 

[SethMode]

I like both of those points NAHSTE and Rush, here was something my girlfriend and I also discussed that was weird (provided we understood it correctly):

 

So, Deb leaves to call in the about the cabin in the woods. And because she doesn't want to catch the vigilante, she just calls it in as being discovered as the loaction of the barrel girl murders? REALLY? That's it? That in and of itself wouldn't have been too awful if it wasn't considered the finale and her "closing" the case. I know that this Miami Homicide department is the most incompetent in the history of TV cops, but even this is a stretch. Everyone is happy because they found the spot of the murders and no one cares that this big shot Jordan Chase, just like EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED in this, has COMPLETELY disappeared? How is this considered a "win" for them? Don't you think that they start to say "Hmmm, A LOT of the guys that commit murders in this city go missing...we don't solve a whole lot of cases. Wonder why that is?" But nope, they just move on. If Rawls was in LeGuerta's place, he'd have gone ape shit on the entire department, and confirmed Dexter as his replacement gaping asshole for McNulty. Shit would have been worked out in about a month.

 

[wingsfan77]

They do seem to come up with a lot of excuses as to why a TON of people they're investigating just go missing.

 

[Sean]

just ordered the first 4 seasons on ebay for $70, i heard it was a great show, so hopefully i'll be the next Dexter fan

 

[krulmichael]

just ordered the first 4 seasons on ebay for $70, i heard it was a great show, so hopefully i'll be the next Dexter fan

It's already a proven fact in life that you'll be hooked to Dexter, just like the finders keepers law of America. Heard the government was trying to regulate it already. Bastards.

 

[Aso]

Here is something similar to the hotel thing that bothered me:

 

Liddy saw Dexter and Lumen dumping bags into the harbor, bags that he figured could have a body in it ... In this TV universe, was there not a huge news story just a year or two ago about bodies being found in the Harbor? Why wouldn't Liddy/Quinn ever put those two together that maybe this is the still at-large Bay Harbor Butcher? That's what is really starting to bother me about this show. Every time Dexter comes close to being caught, he gets out of it at the last second, which is cool, but there is no cumulative effect. All of the circumstantial evidence from seasons 1-4 would be enough for SOMEONE to put it together at this point, or at least you'd think, but the events and information of one season don't ever carry over to the next. Also mad that they dropped the storyline of Deb looking up dirt on her dad. All she had to do was find out that the Ice Truck Killer is Dex's brother and the dominoes would start to fall. I guess they are just waiting for the final season for all that good shit though.

They figured that James Doaks was the Bay Harbor Butcher and that was after season 2, which in real Dexter time I believe was 3 years prior. I don't hold that against the show.

Also Deb already knows that the Ice Truck Killer is Dex's brother in a prior season. So Dexter sort went through the motions and was like "So... I guess he used you to try and get to me?"

 

[SethMode]

They figured that James Doaks was the Bay Harbor Butcher and that was after season 2, which in real Dexter time I believe was 3 years prior. I don't hold that against the show.

Also Deb already knows that the Ice Truck Killer is Dex's brother in a prior season. So Dexter sort went through the motions and was like "So... I guess he used you to try and get to me?"

I guess that logic works in Dexterland where every is borderline special ed except for Dex and his current nemesis. A normal former cop who saw a dude tossing what he thought were bags into the freaking bay harbor again, would PROBABLY make that not so great leap that maybe this guy was the actual butcher (particularly considering all of the video tape he'd seen of Dex).

But hey, it's Dexterland. It reminds me of that episode of Futurama where the brains attack the Earth everyone but Fry is a bumbling moron.

 

[Aso]

I guess that logic works in Dexterland where every is borderline special ed except for Dex and his current nemesis. A normal former cop who saw a dude tossing what he thought were bags into the freaking bay harbor again, would PROBABLY make that not so great leap that maybe this guy was the actual butcher (particularly considering all of the video tape he'd seen of Dex).

But hey, it's Dexterland. It reminds me of that episode of Futurama where the brains attack the Earth everyone but Fry is a bumbling moron.

At that point he didn't see a body. He just saw Lumen holding the knife and practice killing someone which I believe was actually after he saw them throw those bags into the river. He originally said when Quinn asked him "So what do you thinks in the bag?" He said, "probably narcotics, maybe a body." It's not as obvious as you make it out to be. Remember, this isn't the same place he put the bodies before either. He went further down the river/bay in another spot so that the body would go down the jet stream I believe it's called.

 

[SethMode]

At that point he didn't see a body. He just saw Lumen holding the knife and practice killing someone which I believe was actually after he saw them throw those bags into the river. He originally said when Quinn asked him "So what do you thinks in the bag?" He said, "probably narcotics, maybe a body." It's not as obvious as you make it out to be. Remember, this isn't the same place he put the bodies before either. He went further down the river/bay in another spot so that the body would go down the jet stream I believe it's called.

Methinks you'd make an excellent member of Miami Metro Homicide.

 

[NAHSTE]

I like both of those points NAHSTE and Rush, here was something my girlfriend and I also discussed that was weird (provided we understood it correctly):

 

So, Deb leaves to call in the about the cabin in the woods. And because she doesn't want to catch the vigilante, she just calls it in as being discovered as the loaction of the barrel girl murders? REALLY? That's it? That in and of itself wouldn't have been too awful if it wasn't considered the finale and her "closing" the case. I know that this Miami Homicide department is the most incompetent in the history of TV cops, but even this is a stretch. Everyone is happy because they found the spot of the murders and no one cares that this big shot Jordan Chase, just like EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED in this, has COMPLETELY disappeared? How is this considered a "win" for them? Don't you think that they start to say "Hmmm, A LOT of the guys that commit murders in this city go missing...we don't solve a whole lot of cases. Wonder why that is?" But nope, they just move on. If Rawls was in LeGuerta's place, he'd have gone ape shit on the entire department, and confirmed Dexter as his replacement gaping asshole for McNulty. Shit would have been worked out in about a month.

Yep. LaGuerta's welcome to Deb when she arrived at the party was pretty retarded writing.

 

"Hey look it's the detective who solved the barrel girls case!" Um ... what did she solve? All she 'found', as far as LaGuerta or anyone else knows, was the crime scene.

Also, how stupid is it that since Quinn is cleared of killing Liddy, nobody gives a shit anymore? Nevermind that the surveillance stuff found in his van was registered to Quinn and Quinn likely knows who was being watched. (Which you'd think Angel would jump on, and maybe I don't know, ask Quinn about, given his theory that the killer was whoever Liddy was surveying, but nope, he's just gonna focus on patching up his marriage instead.)

Knowing this show, I'll be shocked if we ever get a clearance for that murder either. Basically, in the Dexter version of Miami homicide, if they are wrong on the first suspect, the case is closed and everyone moves on.

Excellent point on Rawls, he'd be throwing a bitch fit every episode. I'm re-watching season 2 of The Wire and he's ready to fire his two very best detectives if they can't crack one of the biggest clusterfuck murder cases ever ... meanwhile LaGuerta will probably get another promotion from Matthews after failing to solve anything, but only after he dresses her down for being too flamboyantly Cubano first.

I still love Dexter, but I'm seriously reevaluating where it stands in my all-time top 10. Was top 3 after seasons 1 and 2 ... I thought 3 was a bit below par and 4 was right back to being mindblowingly good, but after this, I don't know what to think. Still a fan but this shit needs to get a lot more focused next season.

 

[Goober]

It pisses me off that they never finished up the santa muerta killers. Deb killed one in the club, what happened to the other guy? That was just a shit storyline, and along with the shit going on with Laguerta and bautista it was a boring first half of the season.

Also, they really didn't go into Jordan Chase's background as much as I would have liked.