Comments on: Dexter Season Finale Review: “Surprise, Mother****er!”

By: The Mighty Chesticles

The Mighty Chesticles — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:51:54 +0000

It’s difficult for me to sum up exactly how I felt about this episode…. I’m a HUGE fan of the show and have been watching it religiously since it began.

It’s funny because each season has moments of awesomeness that cannot be found on any other show on television. The whole reason it even became so popular is because it painted this portrait of a serial killer that we were all rooting for.

I think that it’s becoming more and more obvious that Dexter is a wholly unlikeable psychopath. And the writers are STRUGGLING to throw in something, ANYTHING, to recreate that character of the psycho battling against his humanity. It’s getting to a point where it’s becoming a charicature of the original Dexter.

Season 1 intrigued me, Season 2 blew me away, Season 3 put me to sleep, Season 4 absolutely shattered me (I cried for like a week!), Season 5 made me feel like the show was becoming a “Monster of the Week” series, Season 6 was a massive garbage heap, and this Season was only mildly better.

That being said – I’ve been more impressed with Deb this season. I’m actually more intrigued by her journey at this point than Dexter’s.

By: Steve p

Steve p — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:27:53 +0000

Yeah, I forgot about that. My wife reminded me of that after I posted this. So ill give them that one. Season still sucked though.

By: lol

lol — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:06:07 +0000

@Steve p
LaGuerta found a blood slide and that’s what started all this.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:28:36 +0000

Could you NOT post DIRECT OBVIOUS SPOILERS in the header photos? Not everyone is able to watch the episodes as soon as they’re shown.

By: Steve p

Steve p — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:57:26 +0000

As I’ve been saying all season this was the worst of them all. S much in fact that the wife and I just watched the final 3 eps tonight as we had no real desire to watch them when they were on originally.

This may be going in the direction I theorized a few weeks back. Wife asks how I think the whole show would end. My only guess would be deb would end up joining up with dex and they would run off on some murderous vigilante boondocks saints type killing spree. Seems like that may work out. Doubt it though.

Overall this season was trash. So much random shit, so many extra subplots that went no where. Louis? Nadia? The Russian dudes? The arson? What was the point of it all. What also bothered me, was laguerta (who I’ve been waiting to be killed since season 1) was supposedly so up in arms about doakes, but she waits 5 SEASONS to do anything about it? This season was just all over the place and kinda pissed me off.

By: johnc

johnc — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:55:42 +0000

Also, I only read 2 paragraphs of the review once I figured that it was in Paul Tassi’s tone.
I looked back up at the publisher note, and whaddya know?

By: johnc

johnc — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:54:08 +0000

At what point can Dexter be considered good (plot, production, character development, thematic elements, etc)?

Dexter’s whole “ugh, I’m so tortured inside, help me out Dark passenger” schtick was already getting old in the 1st season.
Ultimately, it was the code that screwed him up more than anything. He’s obviously dependent on it at this point. He’s no better than a junkie with a messiah complex.
But I guess the tortured “anti-hero” routine is a favorite for modern audiences.

How about you accept how terrible the show has been and enjoy it for what it is?
I will admit, the conclusions of seasons 1 & 4 played well for shock and emotional value, but the wrap up to get there was arduous. Dexter would be a considerably better show if it were cut down to 10 episodes per season as opposed to the standard 12.
Imagine the removal of foolish sub-plots! Getting to the point for once! Dear lord, how glorious it would be.

Final point, why is no one celebrating that LaGuerta is finished? You people complained about her so much, but now you complain that it should’ve been done in a specific manner instead? Wow, your appetite for tedium will never be filled. Damn fools.

By: Ripley

Ripley — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:28:22 +0000

Eh no. The show specifically stated that Hannah didn’t believe this would help her. Hannah has been established as someone who is very practical. She knew that she would NEVER ever get a deal just for her completely unreliable(in court) info. So she had nothing to gain but vengeance. And she doesn’t need revenge because as established she loves Dex. So no. She didn’t sacrifice anything .

By: jaromir

jaromir — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:19:55 +0000

Ever since season 4 (Trinity Season), which was it’s peak, this show has been on a steady down hill.

The Finale was bad, actually this whole season was bad. Like I mentioned earlier, after season 4 ended, anything that was intelligent about the show ended. Now all I think is…”wow that was dumb”….there was a time I thought Dexter was a Batman/Punisher hybrid.

Bummer

By: lol

lol — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:02:10 +0000

I was relieved when it was shown Hannah drugged Deb. My boss was telling me how obvious it was, I thought it was beyond ridiculous that she could drug herself and crash without killing herself, killing someone else, handicapping herself etc. Alternatively I couldn’t see someone faking it by rolling a car from outside and breaking her own wrist??? Nope.

As for the rest, well yeah.