Dexter on Showtime

the russian gangsters are like characters from 24.

I'm an episode behind, but by the end of the season we're going to find out that Hannah really hasn't killed anyone since her time with Wayne and she's going to bail out Dexter by killing again, right?

catch up!

Watching the newest right now! Bodycount +1, but I'm still counting it as defending Dexter

"What's a booty call?"

aww Dexter

OK, caught up, that really threw all the monkeywrenches in the works

haha I just marathoned season 6 and am catching up on this season too. season 6 was absolutely terrible but this one has been surprisingly good so far. Love the killers this season - I always liked Yvonne Strahovski (who plays Hannah) when she was on Chuck, and the guy who plays Isaac is great.

Decided to catch up because someone told me Deb found out about Dexter, but looooool I hadn't realised they went for the whole incest angle (about two seasons too late imo but way to go, writers, for trolling all the Dex/Deb shippers). poor deb. still so very fucked up.

He's adopted!

I can't friggin believe Dexter fell for this shit

this season started out decently, got pretty good halfway, then immediately went back to being shitty. :/

though it did accomplish something I never thought possible - I now love deb and hate dexter.

Next season is going to be the last, is it not?
Kinda enjoyed this season, blonde girl may pop up again in the next one as i doubt she's finished with deb...

next season should be the last because everyone in miami should be dead already

Anyone watching the last season? Was tempted to watch because of Charlotte Rampling, but really I can't be bothered.

I'm still on board, gotta see the conclusion, but this season hasn't grabbed me yet. The Rampling character is interesting, she knew Dexter's father and counseled him about "what to do with the boy," so that aspect is good. This season's long arc killer hasn't developed into much yet.

just finished S7. Couldn't get worse than S6 and I liked the angle they took (not the gangsters or fire guy because what was that) although the last few eps were back to usual 'is this finished yet'. I like how they've abandoned the idea of anyone doing any actual police work ever.

Is anybody still watching this? I just read a review that called it the worst final season of TV ever.

I gave up awhile ago - but now I want to see it in a car crash kind of way.

Not me. Gave up early last season when I realized literally the ONLY thing I enjoyed about it was ogling Dexter's crazy killer gardener girlfriend. The season before that with the "doomsday" plot was also basically some of the worst TV I've ever intentionally watched.

halfway through doomsday was where i checked out, it was bad even before that but holy shit

I think much of the love that Michael Hall gained from 6 Feet Under has evaporated after 8 seasons of this garbage. How it has lasted this long I do not know.

Anybody watch the the last episode? They should have left it when hannah and harrison went for ice-cream...

wow people were not kidding about how bad that finale was. Holy shit, was it bad.

It didn’t help that I just watched a couple of episodes from season 1 on TV the other day, and it was already depressing to see how much the tone of the entire show had changed. Earlier seasons were a lot funnier, a lot darker and more cynical. Dexter felt like a proper anti-hero, as terrifying as the psychopaths he killed. What the actual fuck.

Anyway, anyone seriously considering taking on this show, stop at season 4. Really.

otm

the av club's reviewer went so far as to vow to not even recommend the first two years to anyone, in case they keep watching

i saw it out but it was completely terrible by the end.

Also, poor Deb. Fucked up til the end.

my curiosity remained (despite everything) until i heard she fell in love with her brother. that sent me on my way quicksticks.

i took it with a pinch of nacl and foolishly persisted.

Sadly, there wasn't even much car crash quality to this season until the finale, it was very by-the-numbers before that. The first episode was promising but it got bad quickly. I liked Charlotte Rampling's character until the writers couldn't decide if she was supposed to show Dexter that he's good or that he's not good. The finale is where it gets ridiculous but only near the end. Watch just that if you want a laugh.

my curiosity remained (despite everything) until i heard she fell in love with her brother

I skipped the doomsday season but I read about this in a review and it was what got me intrigued in the show again! But they didn't do anything with it. This show needed to be more over-the-top if anything.

From reddit, but I'm been laughing about this since last night (SPOILERS I guess):

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
6. Lumberjack

looool

but he's ok

*removes bookmark from thread*

After which season should the television series DEXTER have been cancelled?

Dexter Producer: Showtime Wouldn’t Let Us Kill Dexter

The Dexter series finale enraged many fans for many reasons; chief among them was the fact that Dexter lived — and became a logger? — despite having driven his boat into a hurricane. "How about that finale?" said Dexter producer John Goldwyn at the NYFF premiere of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty this weekend, when we asked how the writers decided on that ending. "They won't let us kill him," he told us. "Showtime was very clear about that. When we told them the arc for the last season, they just said, 'Just to be clear, he's going to live.' There were a lot of endings discussed because it was a very interesting problem to solve, to bring it to a close. People have a relationship with Dexter, even if it doesn't have the size and the ferocity of the fan base for Breaking Bad. But it has a very core loyal following." Yes, and a mostly disappointed one.

Inevitable. The IP must be fed

‘Dexter’: Showtime Revives Serial Killer Drama As Limited Series, Michael C. Hall & Clyde Phillips Return
https://deadline.com/2020/10/dexter-showtime-reboot-limited-michael-c-hall-clyde-phillips-1234597514/

I guess that's why Showtime wouldn't let them kill him. Can't imagine a revival not sucking

Boooooooooo. Why

Maybe they got tired of seeing the show reduced to a footnote for one of the worst series finales of all time.

Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2021 season is nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:

ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022

If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!