Finale season of dexter

The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. Just finished rewatching season 1 about 2 months after finishing the series. Even just structurally, season 8 has problems the sixmonth time skip. The death discovered in the last few minutes of the season finale rocked and shocked all dexter viewers. After what has been a slow, boring final season, dexters season finale delivered drama and excitement not found in other episodes this season.

Elsewhere, deb takes a job as a private investigator, and masuka learns that he has a daughter. Next season, they pretty much have to go down, and that will be fascinating to watch. Fans of dexter have been waiting since 20 to hear the news that there will be a dexter season 9. Dec 03, 2014 lumberjack dexter, were still not over you. Dexters john lithgow talks about the shocking finale tv. I have to disagree with you the 4th season was the best dexter season. With largely pisspoor new characters, killers and plot development, dexter spiraled downward into a. The seasonfive finale was watched by a slightly smaller number of people 2. Fans usually have to turn to hulu or amazon prime for the newest showtime tv series. Damn, such a perfect season, the best one in my opinion. After eight seasons of blood and fun, showtimes dexter ended sunday night on a note of ponderous sorrow and penitence. Remember the monsters would still be a complete disaster.

Even if the dexter season 9 poster was new, the timing is all wrong. While the dexter series is really on netflix up until the eighth season finale, the tv show is a showtime original series. It was dexter s mostwatched episode until the airing of the third season finale, do you take dexter morgan. Its hard to imagine dexter and deb getting out of next season as a happygolucky sibling vigilante team. The british invasion is the twelfth episode and finale of the second season, and twentyfourth overall episode, of the american television drama series dexter, which first aired on 16 december 2007 on showtime in the united states. The fifth season of dexter premiered on september 26, 2010, and consisted of 12 episodes. September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. Because after ambling in no particular direction all season long, dexter finally had an opportunity to wring some decent television out of debs death, but because of the execution, what was intended to be a gut punch felt more like a slap in the face.

After eight seasons of blood and fun, showtimes dexter ended sunday night on a. It felt like we had done that with laguerta last season and with lundy in season 2. The shows writers convened during february and march 2009 to brainstorm ideas for the fourth season, and filming was scheduled to begin in june 2009. Dexter star jennifer carpenter closed the book on debra morgan on sunday when showtimes serial killer drama ended its eightseason run with a series finale that was as shocking as it is sure to. Dexter may have killed arthur mitchell, aka the trinity killer john lithgow, in the season 4 finale of dexter, but not before trinity murdered dexters wife rita. Ripley to sculpt balloons into animals for nursinghome patients. Neither outcome was predictable in sunday nights poignant and surprising finale remember the monsters. Dexters pilot episode aired on october 1, 2006 to over half a million us viewers.

Mar 06, 2018 while the dexter series is really on netflix up until the eighth season finale, the tv show is a showtime original series. We appreciate the sentiment, but when you take into account the sad state of the entire final season of dexter, and the finales series of events. Dec 17, 2012 its hard to imagine dexter and deb getting out of next season as a happygolucky sibling vigilante team. Hall works for the miami metro police department as a blood spatter analyst. 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. So was the series finale remember the monsters a satisfying conclusion to a season that has skidded off the rails, or does it end in the same haphazard fashion. Dexters final episode wasnt that bad, but it came close. In the season 6 finale, dexter and homicide race against a lunar eclipse to catch the doomsday killers before their final gruesome act. Theres only one that might be close and that would have to be breaking bad. Could dexter return in 2019 for a reboot of the hit series.

Sep 23, 20 after what has been a slow, boring final season, dexter s season finale delivered drama and excitement not found in other episodes this season. According to the shows own mythology, theyve crossed a line. Despite later seasons disappointing many, the character himself still has a big fanbase. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of all. All others, proceed remember when deb falling in love with dexter seemed like the worst choice she could possibly make. For a long time dating back to the third season, ive wondered whether dexter was actually a good show. And that scene where dexter gets brian on the bed in brians apartment. Several months after the season two finale, dexter hunts down drug dealer fred freebo bowman but mistakenly kills a man who happens to be the younger brother of assistant district attorney miguel prado. Seasons, episodes, cast, characters official series. 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. On may 27, 2009, showtime announced that john lithgow would guest star in all 12 episodes as miamis latest and deadliest serial. On april 18, 20, showtime officially announced that the eighth season would be the shows.

In the aftermath of last seasons chilling season finale, ritas death has left dexter feeling responsible, possibly evenguilty. In his time off, he also happens to be a serial killer. While there are no solid plans for dexter season 9, it feels somewhat inevitable. Unable to deal with the trauma, dexter makes a drastic decision that will impact everyone around him. Sep 23, 20 the dexter series finale is the dumbest thing youll ever see. Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the writers kill off dexter in the finale. Dec 19, 2011 dexter finally put something significant on the table in its season 6 finale, and not just the doomsday killer travis marshall. Has anyone seen a better season finale since 2009 than dexter season 4. Deb suffers the consequences of loving her brother. When it was announced that dexters eighth season would be its last, the news was not entirely unwelcome. Dec 04, 2014 the eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. It will probably be at least a few years before a revival is seriously discussed but the shows finale left a lot of room for improvement, and catching up with dexter a decade. Sundays hour was grounded, sober, heartfelt, intense and focused. The eighth and final season of dexter premiered on june 30, 20.

The seventh season as a whole was the highest rated season of dexter, watched by 6. But though his acting was superb and the cat and mouse portrayed between him and dexter was mezmerizing, the season is more important as the one that had one of the most shocking and series changing season endings in history. Several months after the second season finale, dexter hunts down drug dealer fred freebo bowman but mistakenly kills an innocent man who happens to be the younger brother of assistant district attorney miguel prado. 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. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c. It was also one of the strangest episodes in the shows history. A flabby, flaccid, manipulative, horrible cop out of an ending uproxx music. The dexter series finale is the dumbest thing youll ever see. The season follows dexter morgan, who is forced to deal with his past when he comes across dr.

Nicknamed the psychopath whisperer, she claims to have structured the code for him alongside harry. 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. 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. As harry warned dexter, laguerta didnt even come close to fitting the code. The final episode of season nine, entitled remember the. The killing spree of dexter morgan is finally coming to an end. If you have yet to watch dexters season finale, avert your eyes. While the trinity killer may have ultimately forced dexters hand by killing his thenwife rita, this is the first time that dexter has concluded with so familiar characters involved in a single, shocking event, beautifully setting things up for dexter season 8, the. Oct 01, 2016 completely designed to waste twelve episodes of tv in order to give us the shocking ending that it should have given us at the end of season 5 deb catching dexter in the midst of a kill, season. So was the series finale remember the monsters a satisfying conclusion to a season that has skidded off.

Dexter finally put something significant on the table in its season 6 finale, and not just the doomsday killer travis marshall. The show was declared the ninthhighest rated show for the first 10 years of pro 20022012. A clip from the season finale of showtimes drama dexter. You might as soon have expected hannibal lecter to open a funeral home for the indigent, or the talented mr.

The dexter season 7 finale may not be the most shocking episode the series has seen, however it certainly is the most propound. 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. Dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. The last season shouldve consisted of miami metro hunting down dexter which wouldve utilized the eight year build up of suspense. Dexter is done, all thats necessary now is to dispose of all the plastic sheeting, and send the shows lifeless body to the deep six. I have loved dexter from start to finish apart from the penultimate episode that really annoyed me him not killing saxon was. This season started off strong, then took a turn for the worse. Sep 23, 20 dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. Colin hanks religious murderer did meet his fate, like so many other dexter villains before him, but the really pivotal development of the finale was deb finally learning the truth about her adopted brother who shes apparently in love with. But a fan gripe was the season had dexter dispatching new threats like in a typical season rather than a sense of that the show was arcing toward a finale with dexs world unraveling. Here is a synopsis of what happened in the episode. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of alltime. Evelyn vogel, an expert on psychiatry who returns to miami.

The season follows dexter morgan, who is forced to deal with his past when he comes. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. The eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. Evelyn vogel, an old family friend, and is reunited with hannah. Ive left it 10 hours since i saw the dexter finale, and im still in a degree of shock.

The third season of dexter premiered on september 28, 2008, and ended on december 14, 2008. Watch the finale before reading, spoilers abound rating3 well folks, dexter is officially over. This season also deals with a new serial killer in miami who removes pieces of the victims brains, and with debra, who is trying to deal with what she has done in the past. On october 21, 2008, showtime commissioned a fourth and fifth season of dexter, each consisting of 12 episodes. On april 18, 20, showtime officially announced that the eighth season would be the shows last. Sep 23, 20 dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. Theres just not enough time for the busy dexter cast to create a. When it was announced that dexter s eighth season would be its last, the news was not entirely unwelcome. Showtimes dexter tv series will end with the conclusion of the shows upcoming eighth. Season 2 was probably my overall favorite, dokes and his interactions with dexter really made it great. Sep 23, 20 the rumored leaks were wrong about the ending. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. Dexter frames freebo, but begins to question the necessity of his fathers code.