catch up!
― estela, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Watching the newest right now! Bodycount +1, but I'm still counting it as defending Dexter
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
"What's a booty call?"
aww Dexter
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
OK, caught up, that really threw all the monkeywrenches in the works
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
He's adopted!
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
I can't friggin believe Dexter fell for this shit
― mh, Monday, 10 December 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― not_goodwin, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
next season should be the last because everyone in miami should be dead already
― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 17 December 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone watching the last season? Was tempted to watch because of Charlotte Rampling, but really I can't be bothered.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 4 August 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
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.
― nickn, Monday, 5 August 2013 05:43 (ten years ago) link
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.
― kinder, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
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.
― brio, Friday, 20 September 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Øystein, Friday, 20 September 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
halfway through doomsday was where i checked out, it was bad even before that but holy shit
― brio, Friday, 20 September 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Friday, 20 September 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
Anybody watch the the last episode? They should have left it when hannah and harrison went for ice-cream...
― not_goodwin, Monday, 23 September 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
wow people were not kidding about how bad that finale was. Holy shit, was it bad.
― Roz, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:26 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link
otm
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:39 (ten years ago) link
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
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:41 (ten years ago) link
i saw it out but it was completely terrible by the end.
― estela, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
Also, poor Deb. Fucked up til the end.
― Roz, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
my curiosity remained (despite everything) until i heard she fell in love with her brother. that sent me on my way quicksticks.
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:46 (ten years ago) link
i took it with a pinch of nacl and foolishly persisted.
― estela, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:49 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
From reddit, but I'm been laughing about this since last night (SPOILERS I guess):
1. Denial2. Anger3. Bargaining4. Depression5. Acceptance6. Lumberjack
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
looool
― Roz, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
but he's ok
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
*removes bookmark from thread*
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 26 September 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
After which season should the television series DEXTER have been cancelled?
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Friday, 27 September 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 08:29 (ten years ago) link
Inevitable. The IP must be fed
‘Dexter’: Showtime Revives Serial Killer Drama As Limited Series, Michael C. Hall & Clyde Phillips Returnhttps://deadline.com/2020/10/dexter-showtime-reboot-limited-michael-c-hall-clyde-phillips-1234597514/
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 15 October 2020 07:53 (three years ago) link
I guess that's why Showtime wouldn't let them kill him. Can't imagine a revival not sucking
― Vinnie, Thursday, 15 October 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
Boooooooooo. Why
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 October 2020 10:52 (three years ago) link
Maybe they got tired of seeing the show reduced to a footnote for one of the worst series finales of all time.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 October 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
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!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link