Comments on: It’s Early But Let’s Start Getting Psyched for Dexter

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:13:39 +0000

Rita will live, what, im only starting the second season, dont want to read this but the temptation is there

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:35:01 +0000

I am so incredibly excited for season 5.
I am surprised that everyone in here thinks he will keep the kids, once I got over the shock of Rita’s death I thought that it was a perfect (and very clever) way to get rid of kids that can’t really serve as a good plot device any more. My prediction is that Cody and Astor go live with Rita’s Mom and Dexter keeps Harry. I highly doubt they would try to stay true to the books and make Cody have a dark side, there has been absolutely no hint of it in the series, it would just be too much of a hash job. If anything they could do a fast-forward a few years (probably not the next season) and show Harry turning dark and Dexter training him, I think that would be cool, or Sam’s idea above (which btw is fantastic).
Season 4 was truly brilliant, the family stuff in the middle was starting to drag a bit, but in the end it was worth it I don’t think Rita’s death would have had as much impact if they hadn’t had the focus on the family like they did. If she had been killed after a season of ho-hum daily life that was largely ignored it wouldn’t have been as (I hesitate to say good when I’m talking about death but for lack of a better word) good.
That’s my 2cents anyway.

By: judas

judas — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:05:00 +0000

@ chelsea sorry i meant a Lila type character.

By: Nattyb

Nattyb — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:51:36 +0000

I dig it Sam.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:07:25 +0000

I have a theory for how the series will end and I quite like it but if you don’t just let me know. I think throughout season 5 Deb will find out more and more about Dexter and his little “hobby” and she will find out for sure in the last episode of this season. Then the sixth and, I predict, final season it will be about he dealing with the knowledge of it but at the end of it all she can’t deal with it and arrests him. This leads to Dexter getting the death penalty and Deb having custody of his children. And after taking care of them for a few years she’ll notice little Harry is killing animals just like dear daddy Dexter because he had a similarly traumatic experience. And the final scene will be her taking him to Dexter’s execution just like Harry Sr. did with Dexter. And she’ll say something along the lines of I’m going to teach you the code of Dexter.
Well that’s it. What do you think?

By: chelsea

chelsea — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:24:45 +0000

all i know is that julia stiles will be in 10 episodes or so… i hope he kills her. she couldn’t be any less annoying than rita was and she’s much uglier.

there’s no way rita is still alive…

@ judas – why would lila return? dexter killed her.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:09:14 +0000

Everything I have heard says that Julia Stiles is the nanny and there will be no big villain at all this time around.

I can see them not doing the villain thing, though. How can you possibly match up against John Lithgow’s character and his performance in last season? He was spectacular to the Nth degree.

By: KavehM

KavehM — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:44:32 +0000

my theory, Julie Benz perhaps will return at times as a regular…but only as a character speaking to Dexter inside his own head (a la, Dexters Father)

Keep in mind, dexters dad has been dead since before the show began, but has been in nearly every episode …
(if not EVERY episode)

So maybe Rita appears now and then, as sort of a guide, to center Dexter’s emotional status, but the “now” Rita, in Dexters mind, knows all about his acts…past, present and future…

just a theory…

By: judas

judas — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:51:44 +0000

from what I’ve read i think this season is going to be alot more like Season 2(for Good or Bad) i think it is going to be a story arc about Dexter having the light shown on him as the Husband and Finder of the body(two of the more common suspect in a murder) and this will be compounded by the fact he really cant give an Alibi as at the time he was tracking and murdering Trinity.I think Rita will only be in the first one or two episodes as a body and maybe flashback type scenes. from what ive heard there wont be a Big Bad as Buffy fans would say but more a dodge the spot light, Predator trying to escape the yard type of story.which could be good as long a Lila doesnt return

By: Hayes

Hayes — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:32:08 +0000

So I highly doubt Rita is coming back, but I could be wrong. Why? Well, depending on how serious you take Wikipedia here’s the entry for Season 5 of Dexter:

“Showtime has renewed Dexter for a fifth season, which is set to premiere September 26, 2010. Julia Stiles will guest star in 10 episodes as a new woman in Dexter’s life.[8] Shawn Hatosy will appear in a multiple episode arc as a “bad guy”.[9] Maria Doyle Kennedy will also join the cast of Dexter in Season 5 as an Irish nanny.”