Pacino86845 wrote:Also, regarding the twist:
It wasn't even a twist, technically speaking: a twist starts off with an assumption made on the viewer's part, something they take for granted which is then "twisted" around to dispel the original assumption(s). The ending here was just a "shocker," nothing more.
stereosforgeeks wrote:TheBaxter wrote:awesome finale! i can't say this was the best season overall (season 2 was), there were a couple real clunker episodes, and the laguerta-angel story was a real distraction. but it was definitely the best finale they've ever had.
there's no way to talk about the episode without going into massive spoilers, so i'll wait a few days before saying too much. all i will say right now is, the ending was... perfect.
Unfortunately yet again the writers prove they have no clue and dont know how to actually plan a season.
If it was planned from the beginning with the circular nature of Harrison (despite the logical inconsistency of the timeline) I would have thought it was excellent. However, because they had a last minute "ooo this would be cool moment" and not a serious plan for the season it leaves me feeling a bit let down.
But hey we did get rid of Rita!!!
papalazeru wrote:So guys, how many times have you recieved a text message, only to push a button after reading and it comes up IGNORE.
papalazeru wrote:I was sorta hoping for a more evil ending, like Rita trapped in box with no air and Arthur dying without telling him. Also, how did he find out where Rita lived? There may have been something at Debs house, I'm not too sure.
I don't get why he killed Rita? He says, 'someone stole something from me and I'm going to find them'. He finds Debs house, then he at some point finds Rita's house with no vehicle to get round in (I'll live with that he gets a taxi), then he kills Rita and leaves that baby and runs. Dex finds him, kills him, gets home and finds the baby in the blood.
Hmmmm. It's just sitting a litte uneasy. I did enjoy it though.
TheBaxter wrote:obviously, after he woke up in the van, and didn't have the keys, he probably just stole another car. he had to have a mode of transportation to get to his house, deb's apt, and dexter's house all in one day, and since he knew he was skipping town at that point, he had nothing left to lose stealing a car. he told dexter to leave him alone, or else he'd come after him. after he woke up, he realized dexter was still trying to get him, so that was his motive for killing rita. dexter had ruined his life, made him go on the run, so he wanted revenge. he probably showed up at dexter to try to kill him, but when he found rita instead, figured out that would be even better revenge than killing dexter himself.
TheBaxter wrote:he was on the run, looking to get out of town. he didn't have time to wait when he had no idea when she'd be home. and if he was looking for dexter, he'd find his address and go there rather than waiting for deb. when he went to dexter, dexter wasn't there either, but rita was, so he said "ok that's good enough" and killed her instead.
and he didn't have to hotwire a car. he could've bonked some guy over the head and took his keys.
papalazeru wrote:TheBaxter wrote:he was on the run, looking to get out of town. he didn't have time to wait when he had no idea when she'd be home. and if he was looking for dexter, he'd find his address and go there rather than waiting for deb. when he went to dexter, dexter wasn't there either, but rita was, so he said "ok that's good enough" and killed her instead.
and he didn't have to hotwire a car. he could've bonked some guy over the head and took his keys.
After the steak of coincidence in this show, I find that hard to believe that they didn't show any of that.
TheBaxter wrote:they didn't show any of it to maintain the shock of the final scene.
and the STEAK of coincidence is DELICIOUS!
The web series revolves around Dexter hunting down the 3 victims that he mentions in season one, episode 6, "Return to Sender". Each victim has their own story and each one is split into 4 chapters with each one becoming available to watch on the Showtime website every subsequent Sunday (the same day as the show).
TheBaxter wrote:oh shit! dexter has cancer!
i hope what they say is true and that it's in remission and is a highly treatable form.
Maui wrote:Finally got around to watching all 12 episodes of Dexter. I think John Lithgow's performance saved season 4. Laguerta and Batista's romance....UGH! I fast forwarded through all of that crap - one big snoozefest. With Rita gone, this really opens up so much storyline for season 5. Quinn is a royal pain in the ass. He is now reminding me of the cop from the earlier seasons, who followed Dexter around. Let's hope Dexter kills him too.
It was OK.
Chris a.k.a StuntMike wrote:So I finally got around to watching this show(pretty late I know) due to everybody constantly saying I must see it.
Wow, not what I was expecting, just a plain old excellent show.
Watched the whole first season in a day and a half.
Season 2, 3, and 4 next up.
TheBaxter wrote:i'm watching, but it hasn't really captured my attention yet this season. so far it's reminding me a bit of season 3, which was a disappointment. kinda meandering, not really knowing where it's going or what the main plot of this season is gonna be. plus, we've got a repeat of the dexter-being-investigated-by-fellow-cop storyline we had back in season 2 with doakes. at least they got rid of rita's two brats though.
papalazeru wrote:TheBaxter wrote:i'm watching, but it hasn't really captured my attention yet this season. so far it's reminding me a bit of season 3, which was a disappointment. kinda meandering, not really knowing where it's going or what the main plot of this season is gonna be. plus, we've got a repeat of the dexter-being-investigated-by-fellow-cop storyline we had back in season 2 with doakes. at least they got rid of rita's two brats though.
I really enjoyed the ending of the last ep. I'm very interested to see how it's going to go.
I liked the zoom out to see the barrell as Dexter is holding the girl. I actually wonder if she speaks English.
Pacino86845 wrote:I could barely sit through the first episode, haven't managed to get to the others. It was painfully bad, rife with awkward, poorly-written character moments and pointless dwelling on the aftermath of Rita's death. <-- just in case
Pacino86845 wrote:I could barely sit through the first episode, haven't managed to get to the others. It was painfully bad, rife with awkward, poorly-written character moments and pointless dwelling on the aftermath of Rita's death. <-- just in case
TheBaxter wrote:let's face it, "dexter trying not to get caught" has been and probably will be a theme of nearly every season of this show since the 2nd. the problem with quinn is that it's too similar to doakes. if they're going to have someone investigating dexter and following him around, it needs to not be another fellow cop again. if rita was still alive, they could've had her become suspicious of dexter being out late all the time, and she hires a private investigator to follow him, for example. or raise the stakes, and make deb become the one who gets suspicious and she starts following him and discovers his secret. the show's gotta go there eventually. why drag it out?
Jakester wrote:The first few episodes felt "off" to me as well. This week's, however, was much better. I'm getting a little tired of Quinn pursuing Dexter, like Doakes did. I suppose it's inevitable that someone else would suspect Dex of hiding something, but ... meh. Seen it.
travis-dane wrote:Jakester wrote:The first few episodes felt "off" to me as well. This week's, however, was much better. I'm getting a little tired of Quinn pursuing Dexter, like Doakes did. I suppose it's inevitable that someone else would suspect Dex of hiding something, but ... meh. Seen it.
Quinn has a Dark secret too. This not going to be Doakes all over again. Have a little imagination guys...
Chris a.k.a StuntMike wrote:travis-dane wrote:Jakester wrote:The first few episodes felt "off" to me as well. This week's, however, was much better. I'm getting a little tired of Quinn pursuing Dexter, like Doakes did. I suppose it's inevitable that someone else would suspect Dex of hiding something, but ... meh. Seen it.
Quinn has a Dark secret too. This not going to be Doakes all over again. Have a little imagination guys...
I don't see it Trav, I do however see Julia going along for a slice and dice marathon.
travis-dane wrote:Chris a.k.a StuntMike wrote:travis-dane wrote:Jakester wrote:The first few episodes felt "off" to me as well. This week's, however, was much better. I'm getting a little tired of Quinn pursuing Dexter, like Doakes did. I suppose it's inevitable that someone else would suspect Dex of hiding something, but ... meh. Seen it.
Quinn has a Dark secret too. This not going to be Doakes all over again. Have a little imagination guys...
I don't see it Trav, I do however see Julia going along for a slice and dice marathon.
And we both did not see Quinn bringing RoboCop to the party...Peter Weller has a fantastic voice.
theangiechrist wrote:I was kind of hoping, begging even, for a major cliff hanger on the season finale. No-go, my dearies.
It was too much of an eerily-happy ending for me. And since we know there is going to be another season, I'm hoping next season is the last and goes out with a bastard of a BANG.
For one, I can't believe that Deb let Lumen and Dexter go when they had Jordan's still-warm body on a slab. I'm not buying her sympathy for vigilantes, especially after she's worked so hard to be a bona-fide copper. Yeah, she got raped early on. But still, not buying it. Being a detective is her whole life. I don't think she would have had the stones to keep watching those rape videos over and over if she hadn't buried her fears of her past nightmare.
I'm wondering if she would still have let them go if she actually knew who was behind the curtain? Hmmm...
Second, Dexter could easily have taken care of Quinn for good. I think somewhere, deep down, he's going to still look into Dexter's secrets and make trouble there. Bad move if you already know he's seen your "fishing excursions." Tsk, tsk.
Dexter looks to me like he's getting sloppier and sloppier. Maybe they are purposely doing it to bring him down next season? Now that the kids are coming back to live with him he's only going to get sloppier from stressing out.
I love the show to deah, but I am honestly thinking it has run it's course. There's not much more to do without either him runnning off and starting someplace else, or totally going off the rails, killing his sister, and getting put away (or even killed by his sister for a better twist).
But then, if Deb kills him in the series finale, wouldn't she just go all crazy and maybe kill a bit too? Spinoff, perhaps? LOL
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