Christ, I don't know, just watch it.
Television Dexter
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Christ, I don't know, just watch it.
I love how the same old people are still in here telling us how shit this program is yet still continue to watch it 
The last episode was ok, not great but not bad either. Hopefully the last 4 episodes will build on this.
I love how the same old people are still in here telling us how shit this program is yet still continue to watch it
Some shows reach a stage where you've invested that much time into watching them that you want to see how they are brought to a conclusion even though they've turned rather lame.
It is crazy to think that Dexter will be over really soon and not a lot of people seem to care.
The main thing for me is there's no suspense any more. I remember in previous seasons worrying about him being caught or whatever but now he's so brazen with his killings and it hasn't come back to bite him in the arse once. I watch it like a light-hearted throwaway show now, rather than a dark suspenseful show like it should be.
The ending was so bad & weird.I wouldn't be surprised if the next episode started with Dexter waking up & it was all just a horrible dream.
I've reached that with Sons of Anarchy, a show that has gone seriously pear-shaped. I need to see it through!
I was actually thinking that watching it the other day. at no point have I really thought Dexter was in any danger, it seems the risk/feeling that he could be caught at any moment is just no longer there. Now I just assume something will happen to make all the issues go away straight away.
I remember even in season 5 there was that bit when he was dragging a body down an alleyway with the whole of the police department bearing down on him. I nearly walked out the room at that bit, with the effects of season 4 still firmly engrained enough for that to have been a massive moment.
A pale shadow of it's former self but still watchable.
They should have had 1-2 more episodes after Deb catches him killing that religious guy and ended it there, the show used to be a 8/10 I'd say its dropped to a 6 at best.
The biggest problem for me is how bland and socially retarded they've made Dexter now. In earlier seasons he was really witty in public and put on a very good cover, especially with Rita and the kids. In the newest episode when talking to the hot neighbour, he couldn't even fecking make something up to hide him being a serial killer, instead he just sat there like a moron who looked like he does absolutely nothing in his life. It was so bad.
After watching Breaking Bad, this was depressing viewing. It's like they are just making it up as they are going along, trying to muddle through until they get to the last episode where they'll do a set piece ending. There is no tension at any point anymore.
I'm with Drainy. Masuka's daughters tits were the highlight.
I haven't seen the latest episode as of yet but I have to agree with what many are posting up. Breaking Bad just leaves Dexter in it's wake. I realize they're dissimilar shows, but there was a point during season 4 when they were on a par
I cannot compare them anymore. The difference is like comparing United with a team from Sunday league. But yeah agree with you, I think that Dexter in both season 1 and 4 was almost as good as Breaking Bad. Almost!
I should have watched this before Breaking Bad but I just couldn't wait. The episode was in line with the entire season, kinda happy to see Zach Hamilton killing that nightmare, this show needs more death than ever. Dr Vogel has weirdly become a peripheral element of the season now
They keep conjuring characters out of nowhere that you'd think would be integral, only to run out of ideas immediately afterwards and kill them off. They've had 3 or 4 'half villains' in this season now.
I still enjoy watching this but it's a bit Coronation Street-ish a lot of the time. Says a lot that Hannah coming back is such a big thing - she would be a completely average character in a lot of other shows.
I still enjoy watching this but it's a bit Coronation Street-ish a lot of the time. Says a lot that Hannah coming back is such a big thing - she would be a completely average character in a lot of other shows.
I don't know who is responsible for casting actors in Dexter, but some of them are really bad. The boyfriend of the girl who got murdered at the end was appalling. I almost started laughing at his attempt of misery. And what was the point in even bringing her into the show and giving her a boyfriend? Or why even put the whole her and Dexter date into it. It all just seems so pointless.
The directors seem to be satisfied with really average acting performances. I mean the scene you mentioned, the guy was really in it.
Average episode again.
Vogel should get more screen-time, instead of minimal, pointless dialogue that achieves little. She seems to enjoy working with killers so she could mentor the Hamilton kid herself and try to get him to kill Dexter and take over the reigns from him.
Was Yates actually the Brain Surgeon?
Vogel should get more screen-time, instead of minimal, pointless dialogue that achieves little. She seems to enjoy working with killers so she could mentor the Hamilton kid herself and try to get him to kill Dexter and take over the reigns from him.
Was Yates actually the Brain Surgeon?
I actually did laugh, everything about that character was pathetic
The intern went to Dexter house, Dexter said that someone could see us, got him in the balcony and they continued talking. Incompetent writing as feck.
The boyfriend's reaction was so badly performed I thought for a second that maybe he had killed her and was badly covering his tracks. That would mean that Cassie had spoken to 3 murderers in one day though and that is just silly, even for Miami.
Masuka's daughter is lovely.
Deb needs to just bang her boss already, this isn't moonlighting.
Quinn seems to be intending on moving in with his incredibly hot girlfriend just to spite his boss. Some douchebags get all the luck.
I still don't get why Hannah moved and dumped Dexter's body? Was she just going to put his unconscious body in front of her husband and hope for the best.
Masuka's daughter is lovely.
Deb needs to just bang her boss already, this isn't moonlighting.
Quinn seems to be intending on moving in with his incredibly hot girlfriend just to spite his boss. Some douchebags get all the luck.
I still don't get why Hannah moved and dumped Dexter's body? Was she just going to put his unconscious body in front of her husband and hope for the best.
That was the oddest and unnecessarily elaborate way of proving a point ever.I watch the shit shows before the good ones so watched this before I start Breaking Bad. If Hannah wasn't on my screen or they didn't have that bar scene then that would have been utter shit. As it stands, it was just shit. A lot of stuff made no sense (as usual), but I thought Dexter would have been a bit more pissed when he saw whatsherface dead. The boyfriend is a shit actor too. I'm actually bored of Deb now, wouldn't be annoyed if Hannah killed her
Tits.
The kid is the most terrible actor ever, feck sake.
At least we know what the point of the random neighbour was now. To be killed so Dexter can get mad at the kid again for not listening to him and show hannah as a distraction. Though you could basically tell the moment the kid looked at her that he was going to kill her.
Agreed, if only they weren't trying to 'develop' masuka's character as a result of it. Basically stripping him of all the funny bits as a result.
Why do I get the feeling that the kid is going to end up killing dexter and then go on and take the mantle. Would be a rather crappy way to end things though.
Dexter being taken out by that pissant would be stupid considering the villians/foes he's faced in the past and gotten the better of. Trinity, Ice Truck Killer, Doakes, Isaak.
I'm hoping the writers aren't that far gone that would actually consider it.
I'm hoping the writers aren't that far gone that would actually consider it.
you never no with the writers, in what is meant to be the last season, dexter hasn't even looked at risk so far.
Thankfully I watched this BEFORE Breaking Bad. After the previous episode hinting at a decent last few episodes, this took it back to its shitty form. The Ryan Gosling look-a-like boyfriend of the neighbour and Hannah's husband were awful actors. They introduced Hannah's husband as a genuine threat to Dexter only to kill him off in the same fecking episode. Vogel, who looked interesting as Dexters main foe this season is now a side character, which is a shame. The only good bit was when Deb got put in her place by her boss.
Or what about when Dexter gets the call that there's been a murder at his apartment building and shows no urgency at all, despite the fact that his son and/or the nanny could've been there. I've been fairly easy-going about Dexter in the last few years, but that was by far the worst episode ever. In the space of one episode, we have Hannah back and picking up the same pointless relationship with Dexter (via the all-too-easy killing of a 700 million dollar man,) Deb and Vogel doing sweet feck all, the pointless apprentice subplot (already been done with Miguel and Lumen,) and more fluff with Masuka.
For me, the Hannah regression is the worst. That story-line (which sucked in the first place,) was wrapped up last season, but in the space of what six months, she's back, married, already in an abusive relationship and ready to off her hubby. To bring that back in the new (no to mention, final) season smacks of idea deficit. It would be like The Wire getting halfway through its last season and saying, 'you know what? feck this media angle, let's go back to Bunny Colvin and focus on him and Wee-Bey's son!'
I think we can all agree that this show is just flat out awful now and then only reason to still watch it is because I've already sat through 90 fecking episodes of the thing and need to know how it ends.
Just wondering at this stage how much death Dexter needs to be openly connected to or in the vicinity of for it to click with someone.
Doakes accuses Dexter. Doakes dies.
Miguel Prado befriends Dexter. Miguel Prado dies.
Rita marries Dexter. Rita dies.
La Guerta accuses Dexter of being a killer. La Guerta dies.
Dexter goes on a date with fit next-door neighbour. Fit next-door neighbour dies.
...
Doakes accuses Dexter. Doakes dies.
Miguel Prado befriends Dexter. Miguel Prado dies.
Rita marries Dexter. Rita dies.
La Guerta accuses Dexter of being a killer. La Guerta dies.
Dexter goes on a date with fit next-door neighbour. Fit next-door neighbour dies.
...
That Price guy died in his apartment too.
Oh yeah...
There's probably about as much chance of the police department suspecting he was cursed by a witch at birth as there is of them suspecting he's a killer. This doesn't feel like the last season at all.
There's probably about as much chance of the police department suspecting he was cursed by a witch at birth as there is of them suspecting he's a killer. This doesn't feel like the last season at all.
I actually forgot about this. Not sure I can face watching it after Breaking Bad, it's going to look even worse than it already did.