Dexter season finale stupid

I actually liked julia stiles lumen i know some didnt and dexter s need to help her kill. The show was declared the ninthhighest rated show for the first 10 years of pro 20022012. After what has been a slow, boring final season, dexter s season finale delivered drama and excitement not found in. It originally aired on showtime on december 12, 2010. With season 8, they had some insanely dumb moments that i would call jump the shark moments. That episode was a big step up from the last couple of go nowhere bore fests, but that final twist was completely ludicrous. Dexter series finale branded lamest ending in recent tv. The seasonfive finale was watched by a slightly smaller number of people 2.

Season 4 of dexter is one of the best out of the whole 8 season run. When it was announced that dexters eighth season would be its last, the news was not entirely unwelcome. The dexter season finale aired last night and if you havent seen it there will be spoilers ahead, so fair warning. This season started off strong, then took a turn for the worse. Dexter, showtimes popular tv series, has an infamous finale. After finishing the last episode of season 4 i was left with many emotions mostly being shock and sorrow. In the very last scene of the series, dexter wakes up. The majority of people on twitter last night, hated the ending of dexter. Dexters fourth season was declared as the highest rated telecast over a decade of showtimes original series which was watched by 2. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. Needless to say, something very, very significant happened in the closing moments of the dexter season finale last night, and join me after the break so we can discuss it away from the ears of those who dont wish to know yet. Showtimes dexter tv series will end with the conclusion of the shows upcoming eighth season.

In a broader sense, the dexter finale copped out in the worst way possible. Dexter has been spending a lot of time away from the house this season, and even if hes never going to turn into someone like arthur with rita and the kids, even just keeping up the facade of being a normal family man is going to be something that gets in the way of what he really wants to be doing. Season 8 is the weakest season of dexter it never gets gripping. With the walls closing in on dexter more than during any of the previous six seasons, showtimes famed serial killer with a code entered unchartered territory during sundays seventh season finale.

Oct 01, 2016 okay, i think we truly got the two actual terrible seasons out of the way, because season 5 wasnt bad. There were some thrilling moments but unfortunately there were more boring moments. The combination of olmos and colin hanks as two religious fanatics intent on recreating the end of days created an eerie but. Season 5 was pretty good outside of the terrible finale, season 6 had boring villains but the supporting characters were stepping it up, season 7 unfortunately had hannah but also isaak, and debra dealing with dexterboth good and bad parts. Dexters season 7 finale couldnt have been more aptly titled. Season 6 was going alright, up until they brought brian back, and that when i really started to get interested. So while dexters series finale was much more a forgettable conclusion than the ending of an earnest opus, its impossible to deny the fact that showtime has brought 8 great years of entertainment to our televisions. On may 9, 20, the official dexter facebook fanpage posted a behind the scenes photo of a clapper showing that episode 6 of season 8 would be directed by john dahl. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes. Throughout the season dexter makes a bunch of sloppy mistakes. After season seven ended with one of the best cliffhangers in the shows history, season eight failed to capitalize.

Sep 23, 20 that said, television shows are never really about the start or ending its about the journey. That would make them stupid, but then most characters werent firing on all cylinders i noticed. Because this is dexter,neither of them have a problem with this when they read about it on the front page of the miami herald. The dexter series finale was, to put it completely honestly, terrible. Many believed the series was past its prime, but fans stuck with it. When we told them the arc for the last season, they just said, just to be. In the season one finale, dexter follows the clues left for him by the ice truck killer in an effort to rescue his kidnapped loved one, while ritas ex tries to convince her that dexter is too dangerous to be around their children. Before the season started, you said the core idea behind this finale has been in the works for years. This season started out promising with edward james olmos giving us a villain almost as creepy as season 4strinity killer played by jon lithgow. The terrible end of our once beloved dexter the atlantic. Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the writers kill off dexter in the finale. September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. Here is a synopsis of what happened in the episode. However they took him out after 1 episode and the ddk killer was just so uninteresting.

When it was announced that dexter s eighth season would be its last, the news was not entirely unwelcome. Ill ignore stupid moments like dexter bashing in his own face on the wall, as im sure a cop saw that mural. Dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. His relationship with them does improve after time, but they go to live with their grandparents and are hardly around. Dec 04, 2014 the eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. I actually liked julia stiles lumen i know some didnt and dexters need to help her kill. The seventh season as a whole was the highest rated season of dexter, watched by 6. Hall is finally opening up about dexters universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. Thank goodness i succumbed, this comparatively low key finale refreshing after certain earlier excesses. So much of the stuff you read is that people want the show to be like it was the first few years where dexter would go out and kill people. The big one is the fifth season finale of the american television drama series dexter, and the 60th overall episode of the show.

So while dexter didnt consistently decline over time, it did end with its worst season. From what ive read about it since, it sounds like its gotten exponentially worse. This season, and specifically the finale, was so bad that it retroactively made me hate the time ive spent on the show in the first place. Once the writers lost the thread with her this season, dexter never. Last nights dexter series finale made us so angry we almost threw. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad. But critics and fans alike have branded the highly anticipated ending as disappointing. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful buzzfeed. When some of you were saying in comments how obvious it was that the reporter was behind the shootings of deb and lundy, i didnt want to believe you because a. Its an american import about a white male antihero with a.

I have a vested interest in journalists being portrayed as. This story contains major spoilers from sundays season finale of dexter. Seriously tho, what else would dexter become after faking his own death. Still, i was optimistic that this final hour would be a redemption of sorts, a fitting end to the story of dexter morgan and his sister. Why dexters finale is the worst of all time screen rant. The central tension of this show has, of course, always been the nature of dexters secret life.

It was the next great television drama, the show that would put showtime on the map as real competition for. Sep 23, 20 after eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexter s series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions. Season 2 was probably my overall favorite, dokes and his interactions with dexter really made it great. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. On april 18, 20, showtime officially announced that the eighth season would be the shows last. My initial reaction to the finale went from tears, to confusion, and then to. So did dexter fans, who, witnessing this showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since seinfeld.

Dexter might have left behind a trail of blood and body parts, as the character observes in the finale, but tvwise, the series cast a long shadow. The season focuses on how dexter comes to terms with the aftermath of the season 4 finale, stopping a group of serial rapists and avoiding a corrupt cop who learns his deadly secret. Dexter could have been a great show coming out of that second season. For 8 seasons, dexter has been in denial of the fact that everyone he gets involved with ends up hurt or dead. Dexter season finale ominous for all the wrong reasons this is the way the season ends. Dexter actually almost gets caught this season because masuka notices and investigates a needlemark on one of his victims necks. While breaking bad finished with an incredible finale that tied up all loose ends providing viewers with a sense of closure showtimes dexter ended the series.

As the movie hits theaters for the second weekend and dexters third season finale arrives sunday 9 pmet, showtime, the buffy alumna chatted with about the dynamic between rita and. After eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexters series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions. Meanwhile, quinn falls under suspicion for dexters murder of stan. Sep 23, 20 the terrible end of our once beloved dexter. We all know its going to be the crazy cult thats doing this. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. Hall were quickly wrapped up in just a handful of episodes. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry. The first season of dexter is an adaptation of jeff lindsays first novel in a series of the same name, darkly dreaming dexter. When asked about the eighth season, he went on to explain that, its so important to keep the rules in place when doing a show like that. He then magically survives the hurricane and goes into hiding as a woodchipper. Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines.

In the episode, dexter attempts to save lumen from jordan chase, as his sister, debra, comes closer to uncovering the truth in her investigation. While breaking bad finished with an incredible finale that tied up all loose ends. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry fans. Aug 27, 20 o ne of the most talkedabout television programmes of the past decade is currently building up to its longawaited series finale. I stopped watching dexter after season 5 because it had gotten so bad. With largely pisspoor new characters, killers and plot development, dexter spiraled downward into a.

The first 6 seasons are great and with the 7th season dexter starts getting a bit boring. Season 5 starts slowly, but personally i think the villains of that season are fantastic. I would have preferred if brianrudybiney stayed a little longer. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. Dexter producers think the series finale was stupid too. Homelands leadin, the season 6 finale of dexter, posted 2. Introduced in the first episode, dexter, this serial killer targets prostitutes and leaves. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad ruined. This season aired from october 1, 2006 to december 17, 2006, and follows dexters investigation of the ice truck killer. I am still mad at how bad they messed up this final season and finale. Homeland posts high in season finale, dexter down a. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c.

Four more episodes of dexter morgan narrating things that we can already see. Sure, the season ended poorly, with a finale that let dexter off the hook for all the difficult moral choices it presented to him, but that was the sort of thing that could easily be fixed in the shows third season. Okay, i think we truly got the two actual terrible seasons out of the way, because season 5 wasnt bad. Theres obvious clinks and clanks that 99% of new shows have. After eight years, 96 episodes, 1,200 of its lead character sitting at a computer, and 1. The endng was kind of stupid where deb just lets dexter and lumen go at the end.

Loved the twist where it turned out that all along, dexter was a ridiculous waste of time. The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. Im in the camp which thinks the last season of dexter was unbelievably bad and a slap in the. Sep 23, 20 i actually really enjoyed the season finale and how it ended but im a dexter fan so was always thinking at the back of my mind that i dont want dexter to get killed or go to prison.

I suppose theres a way this plot could be carried off with some sort of grace, but it more or less suggests a season finale where dexter has to infiltrate a cult, wearing secret robes, and that seems stupid. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes merely underscored that this was a series well. The fifth season of dexter premiered on september 26, 2010, and consisted of 12 episodes. The third season finale of dexter was watched by 1. The 3 most common complaints about how dexter ended. Sep 23, 20 dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. This season focuses more on winding everything down with the story lines, filling some holes in the history of dexter and how things came to be with him, and of course building up to the ending. Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the.

The dexter finale leaves billy feeling depressed, but not because the shows now finished for good. In the process, though, the series reacquired a case of the stupids it seemed to have set aside last week. However, my reaction was different than the majority of people on twitter. As for the final season as a whole, he said, ive also heard that some viewers are not happy with this season, and they all have different reason for it. Deb jennifer carpenter started this final season in an interesting and dark place, but her issues with dexter michael c. Sep 20, 20 in its final season, that was shunted off to the side in favor of tearful goodbyes and im gonna miss you, pal speeches that seem airlifted in from the series finale of mash. Mar 05, 20 the killing spree of dexter morgan is finally coming to an end. After last weeks sensational season premiere, dexter probably had to take a couple of steps back to keep the show from getting too dark and despairing.