So while dexter didnt consistently decline over time, it did end with its worst season. When we told them the arc for the last season, they just said, just to be. Hall were quickly wrapped up in just a handful of episodes. 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. Hall is finally opening up about dexters universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. The terrible end of our once beloved dexter the atlantic. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c.
Sep 23, 20 that said, television shows are never really about the start or ending its about the journey. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad. After eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexters series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions. Deb jennifer carpenter started this final season in an interesting and dark place, but her issues with dexter michael c. Before the season started, you said the core idea behind this finale has been in the works for years. Its an american import about a white male antihero with a. Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines. The fifth season of dexter premiered on september 26, 2010, and consisted of 12 episodes. Sep 23, 20 the terrible end of our once beloved dexter. Im in the camp which thinks the last season of dexter was unbelievably bad and a slap in the. 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. I stopped watching dexter after season 5 because it had gotten so bad. 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. This season aired from october 1, 2006 to december 17, 2006, and follows dexters investigation of the ice truck killer.
The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. Season 6 was going alright, up until they brought brian back, and that when i really started to get interested. 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. Showtimes dexter tv series will end with the conclusion of the shows upcoming eighth season. 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. The kids well, astor and cody fade out of the series for the most part after this. The first season of dexter is an adaptation of jeff lindsays first novel in a series of the same name, darkly dreaming dexter. After eight years, 96 episodes, 1,200 of its lead character sitting at a computer, and 1. 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 has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad.
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. My initial reaction to the finale went from tears, to confusion, and then to. 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. Being a huge dexter fan i was tuned into the finale much like everyone else did last night. 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. 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. 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.
When it was announced that dexter s eighth season would be its last, the news was not entirely unwelcome. Dexter actually almost gets caught this season because masuka notices and investigates a needlemark on one of his victims necks. Throughout the season dexter makes a bunch of sloppy mistakes. September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. I have a vested interest in journalists being portrayed as. 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.
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. After finishing the last episode of season 4 i was left with many emotions mostly being shock and sorrow. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. The third season finale of dexter was watched by 1. The majority of people on twitter last night, hated the ending of dexter. In the process, though, the series reacquired a case of the stupids it seemed to have set aside last week. 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. I would have preferred if brianrudybiney stayed a little longer. The big one is the fifth season finale of the american television drama series dexter, and the 60th overall episode of the show. Ill ignore stupid moments like dexter bashing in his own face on the wall, as im sure a cop saw that mural.
In a broader sense, the dexter finale copped out in the worst way possible. 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. So did dexter fans, who, witnessing this showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since seinfeld. With season 8, they had some insanely dumb moments that i would call jump the shark moments. 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. I am still mad at how bad they messed up this final season and finale. The combination of olmos and colin hanks as two religious fanatics intent on recreating the end of days created an eerie but. From what ive read about it since, it sounds like its gotten exponentially worse. Here is a synopsis of what happened in the episode. This season started out promising with edward james olmos giving us a villain almost as creepy as season 4strinity killer played by jon lithgow.
Oct 01, 2016 okay, i think we truly got the two actual terrible seasons out of the way, because season 5 wasnt bad. With largely pisspoor new characters, killers and plot development, dexter spiraled downward into a. While breaking bad finished with an incredible finale that tied up all loose ends. 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. It originally aired on showtime on december 12, 2010. Dexter season finale ominous for all the wrong reasons this is the way the season ends. The dexter season finale aired last night and if you havent seen it there will be spoilers ahead, so fair warning. That would make them stupid, but then most characters werent firing on all cylinders i noticed. Aug 27, 20 o ne of the most talkedabout television programmes of the past decade is currently building up to its longawaited series finale. When it was announced that dexters eighth season would be its last, the news was not entirely unwelcome. Okay, i think we truly got the two actual terrible seasons out of the way, because season 5 wasnt bad. 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. His relationship with them does improve after time, but they go to live with their grandparents and are hardly around.
Introduced in the first episode, dexter, this serial killer targets prostitutes and leaves. That episode was a big step up from the last couple of go nowhere bore fests, but that final twist was completely ludicrous. This story contains major spoilers from sundays season finale of dexter. Dexters season 7 finale couldnt have been more aptly titled. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry. On april 18, 20, showtime officially announced that the eighth season would be the shows last. Season 8 is the weakest season of dexter it never gets gripping.
But critics and fans alike have branded the highly anticipated ending as disappointing. Why dexters finale is the worst of all time screen rant. The seasonfive finale was watched by a slightly smaller number of people 2. For 8 seasons, dexter has been in denial of the fact that everyone he gets involved with ends up hurt or dead. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry fans.
The seventh season as a whole was the highest rated season of dexter, watched by 6. 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. This season started off strong, then took a turn for the worse. Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the writers kill off dexter in the finale. Loved the twist where it turned out that all along, dexter was a ridiculous waste of time.
After season seven ended with one of the best cliffhangers in the shows history, season eight failed to capitalize. We all know its going to be the crazy cult thats doing this. 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. In the very last scene of the series, dexter wakes up.
Dexter series finale branded lamest ending in recent tv. Season 5 starts slowly, but personally i think the villains of that season are fantastic. The dexter series finale was, to put it completely honestly, terrible. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. Thank goodness i succumbed, this comparatively low key finale refreshing after certain earlier excesses. The dexter finale leaves billy feeling depressed, but not because the shows now finished for good. The 3 most common complaints about how dexter ended. Homeland posts high in season finale, dexter down a. The endng was kind of stupid where deb just lets dexter and lumen go at the end. Many believed the series was past its prime, but fans stuck with it. Dexters fourth season was declared as the highest rated telecast over a decade of showtimes original series which was watched by 2. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad ruined.
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. Season 4 of dexter is one of the best out of the whole 8 season run. Once the writers lost the thread with her this season, dexter never. 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. Dexter could have been a great show coming out of that second season. After what has been a slow, boring final season, dexter s season finale delivered drama and excitement not found in. Theres obvious clinks and clanks that 99% of new shows have. Sep 23, 20 dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. Homelands leadin, the season 6 finale of dexter, posted 2. Dec 04, 2014 the eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. Meanwhile, quinn falls under suspicion for dexters murder of stan. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful buzzfeed.
However they took him out after 1 episode and the ddk killer was just so uninteresting. I actually liked julia stiles lumen i know some didnt and dexter s need to help her kill. 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. Dexter producers think the series finale was stupid too. Season 2 was probably my overall favorite, dokes and his interactions with dexter really made it great. There were some thrilling moments but unfortunately there were more boring moments. Dexter, showtimes popular tv series, has an infamous finale. He then magically survives the hurricane and goes into hiding as a woodchipper. I actually liked julia stiles lumen i know some didnt and dexters need to help her kill. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season.
However, my reaction was different than the majority of people on twitter. 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. Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the. Mar 05, 20 the killing spree of dexter morgan is finally coming to an end.
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. The show was declared the ninthhighest rated show for the first 10 years of pro 20022012. In the episode, dexter attempts to save lumen from jordan chase, as his sister, debra, comes closer to uncovering the truth in her investigation. 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. Seriously tho, what else would dexter become after faking his own death. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes.
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. Last nights dexter series finale made us so angry we almost threw. The first 6 seasons are great and with the 7th season dexter starts getting a bit boring. The central tension of this show has, of course, always been the nature of dexters secret life. Four more episodes of dexter morgan narrating things that we can already see.
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