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DannyDuberstein
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In reply to Potcake • 3:25p, 12/29/21
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Potcake said:
Ol Ironside said:

Could they do a spinoff with Harrison as the new "Dexter"?

I don't think I could watch a series built around him. He really isn't a very good actor.


Agree. He's been fine for what was needed for this season, but no way is this kid carrying a series
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7:55p, 12/29/21
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All NA Debra has is needle punctures. Not even Miami found those.
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The Dog Lord
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7:59p, 1/2/22
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Still can't decide how I think this show ends next week, but I'm definitely sad that it's coming to an end. Had to start a rewatch of Dexter to help, but I'll probably stop after Trinity.
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8:16p, 1/2/22
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I agree. Wide open. Just hope last 15 mins are better than series finale
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12:13a, 1/3/22
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Another great episode. Can't wait to see what happens in the finale.
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8:09a, 1/3/22
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Show has really picked up. They did a great job and I have no clue how this show is going to end. They can go about a hundred different ways.
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8:55a, 1/3/22
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LOL at Dexter taking an opening with Harrison to go full-on "here's how i do it" crazytown. As the sheriff vs Dexter conflict comes to a head, seems like Harrison has to be key to how it turns out. Feeling more confident that Harrison is going to end up killing the sheriff. That would also bring Dexter right back to what he drove Deb to do, kill a cop. Maybe Harrison will make a different choice than Deb, but that decision (whichever way he decides) is what this seems to be driving toward
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9:02a, 1/3/22
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Btw, much better use of Deb these past 1-2 episodes. More muted/visual and I think it actually gives it more weight and sense of dread vs her yelling at him. Maybe after 5-6 episodes they were like "are we reallly gonna keep doing the yelling bit? Getting old"
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1:07a, 1/9/22
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Most reboots are pretty poor compared to the originals. I thought this one was very well done!

I think this was the closure that many people wanted. The Dexter character used his dark passenger to try and do good by killing bad people. But, in the end, he realized he was bad, too, and had been just as guilty of hurting innocent people as the ones he sought to bring justice upon. Dexter's father had tried to fix it, but led him down the wrong path. How fitting that the one to finally release him from the dark passenger was his own son.
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1:09a, 1/9/22
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Good ending. I wish they had another season though. Maybe a Harrison spin off?
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In reply to OKCAG02 • 1:18a, 1/9/22
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OKCAG02 said:
Good ending. I wish they had another season though. Maybe a Harrison spin off?
I get the feeling Michael C. Hall just wanted the opportunity to provide a better conclusion to the series. I'm not sure the actor that portrayed Harrison could carry the lead in a spin-off. Never say never in Hollywood, though.
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2:12p, 1/9/22
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they finally made dexter seem crazy and he wasn't a good guy. Better closure than last season. Still wanted him getting away with it and wish we had a Bautista / dexter interaction
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11:27p, 1/9/22
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Meh, I'm pretty disappointed in the ending. Just seems a little too easy a way out. I don't know exactly right now what I would have preferred, but I know I'm not crazy about this.
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In reply to Duckhook • 11:52p, 1/9/22
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It's just dumb. Harrison is supposed to escape in "Jim's" truck that has obvious toll tags. NA Deb is going to say she shot dexter in SD with his son's rifle, that dexter pointed at her but she had to wipe it down? It's lazy writing.
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AgShaun00
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7:47a, 1/10/22
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I thought about it more, but why would she have a minor run away and never come back. She knows he has been abandon and going to send him in the world alone again. No sense.
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8:10a, 1/10/22
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Enjoyed the season. Glad they came back and did it. Definitely seemed a bit rushed and untidy at the end though. If she was going to take "credit" for killing Dexter, there is no reason for Harrison to have to run. And now he's alone again and just killed his father; good luck with him not going full fruit loop now. Also, they really had pretty much jack **** on Dexter, evidence-wise. But I guess I get that he went into panic mode.

In the end, much better than a lumberjack finish at least
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8:25a, 1/10/22
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Not happy. Still a actual ending however.

Would have preferred Dexter and Harrison to have run. Also Harrison didn't have to run in the first place. The remaining cast could have given us another season with competent writers.
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8:35a, 1/10/22
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If they continue this in some way, I think you go the route of Harrison being an FBI profiler. And you recast it with an older actor, make him the Will Graham-ish tortured soul because he can get inside these killer's heads. Basically make it a version of Criminal Minds meets Red Dragon/Mindhunter. But that's been done so many times. It was a very solid redo to close things up, best move is probably to let it lie.
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9:38a, 1/10/22
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What a disappointing ending to an otherwise great miniseries. Finale spoilers below.

It all felt so rushed. I was enjoying it up until Dexter killed Logan, at which point I knew he was past the point of no return. If Dexter had patience and kept quiet he could easily get off in court because Angela's evidence of him was weak and he just revealed to her what Kurt had done. I'm also bitter they teased us with a Dexter-Batista reunion but I guess that's what made Dexter have to escape.

But it all fell apart after that. Harrison suddenly having a change of heart and feeling like he needs to kill his own dad to move on from him? Because he's somehow better than him? It's like the writers wanted us to forget that he broke that wrestling dude's arm and then tried to murder the bullied kid at school then framed him for starting it. Also how bad is Dexter really? Lest we forget he went 10 years without killing anyone and slipped up because Matt provoked him. He's clearly not the same Dexter as before, with the exception of the end of this season where he went on a bit of a spree.

Then there was the whole letter to Hannah that fully explained why Dexter left in the first place and would have saved Harrison lots of confusion and stress had he read it earlier. Ugh, that's such an annoying film cliche, when they wait until the end to reveal a clue that was there all along that would have explained everything and saved a bunch of trouble.

And then Angela staging a self defense kill of Dexter and telling a teenager to take his dad's truck, drive through the small town where someone would almost certainly spot him, with like 30 bucks and skip town. The writers really insulted our intelligence with that one.

I'm not upset they killed Dexter. Maybe that had to happen and they hinted at it being the only way for his dark passenger to go away. But this show reeealllly could have used 2 more episodes to wrap things up. The way this ended feels very unsatisfying.
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11:31a, 1/10/22
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Hated the ending. It all flew off the rails at the end in short order, which is a shame as the first 9 episodes were more or less really good.

Killing off dexter sucks but I imagine that's what the actor wanted to just put it to bed. But that was really unsatisfying. They bring the show back just to kill him off?

Not happy with this at all. But whatever. It's done. Dexter seasons 1-4 is still some of the best tv I've seen.
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11:36a, 1/10/22
This ending is just so unsatisfying on so many levels. Angel never got to have his vengeance for the murder of his wife by seeing it through to see Dexter get the death penalty as the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Harrison gets no peace in a town that loved him and is now a fugitive for murder driving the truck of the man he slayed. Angela is now going to have to cover for the murder of Dexter, uhh somehow, to the FBI. There is simply no way she is the chief of police after all this.

She also can never tell her daughter what really happened with Harrison which will tear that relationship apart. Dexter gets the easy way out instead of having to go face to face with his demons while waiting on death row.

And then finally, many years later when it's finally his time to get the lethal injection, we could have seen Harrison grown up, a good man, now the coach of the wrestling team in Iron Lake.
Right before Dexter gets the lethal injection, Angel could have placed pictures of Dokes and Maria on the viewing window as a poetic touch as Dexter would do the same before finally offing his victims.

Instead, Harrison ruins his life and future. He's driving the truck of a dead man. Does he even have a license? Angela will have to lie to save Harrison which takes her altruistic character and torches it. Her daughter will never forgive her and the town of Iron Lake will never trust her.

All they had to do was have Harrison hold up Dexter until Angel got there. Hell, they could have had Dexter make a run for it but Harrison could have shot Dexter in the leg, further showing how Dexter's dark passenger was not in Harrison as Harrison spared his life. Angela arrests Dexter and we got a montage of Dexter and Bautista, Dexter's trial, and Dexter growing old on Death row while Dexter delivers a powerful monologue summarizing his life.

Also, the town of Iron Lake will be left with no resolution to Kurt's terror. His body will never be found. His ending is now catapulted to legendary status like the Jersey Devil. The town will forever be marred with his specter.

**** man. The more I think about this ending, the more pissed I am that it wasn't handled better as the season was pretty good for the most part.
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In reply to Tibbers • 1:19p, 1/10/22
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Tibbers said:
This ending is just so unsatisfying on so many levels. Angel never got to have his vengeance for the murder of his wife by seeing it through to see Dexter get the death penalty as the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Harrison gets no peace in a town that loved him and is now a fugitive for murder driving the truck of the man he slayed. Angela is now going to have to cover for the murder of Dexter, uhh somehow, to the FBI. There is simply no way she is the chief of police after all this.

She also can never tell her daughter what really happened with Harrison which will tear that relationship apart. Dexter gets the easy way out instead of having to go face to face with his demons while waiting on death row.

And then finally, many years later when it's finally his time to get the lethal injection, we could have seen Harrison grown up, a good man, now the coach of the wrestling team in Iron Lake.
Right before Dexter gets the lethal injection, Angel could have placed pictures of Dokes and Maria on the viewing window as a poetic touch as Dexter would do the same before finally offing his victims.

Instead, Harrison ruins his life and future. He's driving the truck of a dead man. Does he even have a license? Angela will have to lie to save Harrison which takes her altruistic character and torches it. Her daughter will never forgive her and the town of Iron Lake will never trust her.

All they had to do was have Harrison hold up Dexter until Angel got there. Hell, they could have had Dexter make a run for it but Harrison could have shot Dexter in the leg, further showing how Dexter's dark passenger was not in Harrison as Harrison spared his life. Angela arrests Dexter and we got a montage of Dexter and Bautista, Dexter's trial, and Dexter growing old on Death row while Dexter delivers a powerful monologue summarizing his life.

**** man. The more I think about this ending, the more pissed I am that it wasn't handled better as the season was pretty good for the most part.
your last line nails it. More i read comments and think about it. They took the easy way out. I thought the season overall was good. Not as pissed as the first finale, but more i read and think, damn it. They could be so much better.
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In reply to CoolaidWade • 1:23p, 1/10/22
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CoolaidWade said:
So it's Harrison who ends up killing him.


Someone got it on page Juan
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In reply to BenFiasco14 • 3:27p, 1/10/22
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BenFiasco14 said:
Hated the ending. It all flew off the rails at the end in short order, which is a shame as the first 9 episodes were more or less really good.

Killing off dexter sucks but I imagine that's what the actor wanted to just put it to bed. But that was really unsatisfying. They bring the show back just to kill him off?

Not happy with this at all. But whatever. It's done. Dexter seasons 1-4 is still some of the best tv I've seen.
I would have been more okay with Dexter getting caught and confessing to being the BHB and then going to prison in Florida. And him accepting his fate of that being his punishment and the only way he can end his killing ways and being at peace with it. That would have been much more satisfying than Harrison lecturing him and then killing him and then hightailing it out of town
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In reply to Tibbers • 4:30p, 1/10/22
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This ending is just so unsatisfying on so many levels. Angel never got to have his vengeance for the murder of his wife by seeing it through to see Dexter get the death penalty as the Bay Harbor Butcher.
I was pretty salty about this too. The writers blue balled us hard into thinking we'd get a Dexter-Batista reunion!
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8:42p, 1/12/22
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Very pleased overall with the season. The ending overall was okay, but all of the details everyone has mentioned are really annoying.

The Harrison leaving part was the worst bit. I'm okay with him having a change of heart and killing him. He has anger and some dark tendencies for sure, but he wasn't necessarily 100% like Dexter. Dexter just assumed they were the exact same and that Harrison would waive off killing any innocents just like he does when needed.

As much as I would've liked seeing Angel interact with Dexter, I can even forgive that. Angel will still probably assume Dexter was the culprit after all. The scenario of Angela somehow being the one to shoot Dexter with his rifle in the middle of the woods and then Harrison disappearing makes no sense.

Still a good series, but disappointing that didn't stick that landing.
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9:25p, 1/12/22
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I just knew Harrison would grab the daughter on the way out of town. Agree with many of the previous posters opinions.
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11:15a, 1/14/22
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Who doesn't like a good redemptive story?

Keep operating within Harry's code -- and struggling to become a better person -- and it made me root for Dexter to succeed.

So, to that end, watching him be executed -- or put down -- by the person he's come to love and care for was both sad and unsatisfying. And watching as Harrison barely struggled with the concept and reality of doing so was also disappointing.

If Dexter had simply "waited it out" rather than attacking the wrestling coach ... his officer/gal pal could have been forced to deal with the same dilemma that faced LaGuerta, Deb, Harry and Dexter himself. Are there, in fact, times when the end justifies the means?

If Harrison's departure was meant to keep the door open for a reboot somewhere down the road, the writers needed to craft a character that folks were invested in ... understood on some level ... and wanted to root for.

They simply never built that for me with Harrison. And I suspect, they didn't for most faithful Dexter viewers as well.

There could have been some delicious moments mined from a Batista-Dexter face-to-face ... but all we got was the sizzle without the steak.

Another opportunity missed -- if Dexter had to die -- was a "moment of reflection" between him and Harry following his shooting. The writers whiffed on that as well.

On a scale of 1-10, I "might" be able to give it a 7. But I so wanted a "10."

And that was the frustrating part of the reboot.


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12:34p, 1/14/22
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A good season with a rushed ending. Most of you have hit the nail on the head with the last 20 minutes of the show. Didn't make much sense. Still enjoyed most of the episodes though.
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3:23p, 1/14/22
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They left another reboot open, but it will need to be with Harrison cast with a different actor, say 25-30 years old that is a few years into his murders....
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In reply to Goodson • 8:04p, 1/14/22
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Season an 8, finale a 5.

MUCH better finale than the original (a 0).
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10:22p, 1/17/22
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Finally watched the finale. I actually liked it. Sure it was rushed some but overall a much better ending than the original and I was left satisfied.
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7:53a, 1/19/22
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Finished this last night and while I agree the ending was rushed, it seems like it was a fitting end to Dexter. This entire season he was sloppy and haphazard with his kills and operated more out of vengeance and emotion than code. In the end, he was an animal trapped in a corner. The murder of Logan didn't need to happen, but when it did I feel like the events that followed were justified. While I would've liked to see things play out a little differently, I do think it makes sense for the sloppiness of his mistakes from the season to finally catch up to him. He taught Harrison the code, but didn't live by it himself. Putting the dark passenger down was the only thing that made sense to bring his story to a close, and Harrison being the one to do it gave Dexter (the man and the show) a fulfilling conclusion.
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In reply to aTmLoKi • 10:14a, 1/19/22
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aTmLoKi said:
He taught Harrison the code, but didn't live by it himself. Putting the dark passenger down was the only thing that made sense to bring his story to a close, and Harrison being the one to do it gave Dexter (the man and the show) a fulfilling conclusion.
Very well said. This sums up how I felt about the ending.

He had kept the killing at bay for 10 years, but, once it unleashed again, it definitely seemed to go way awry of the code and he just seemed to enjoy the killing.

I thought his reason for killing Matt was weak. He wasn't a serial killer so much as a jerk who was careless in safety leading to other people dying. He didn't plan out killing them nor did he continue. And Dexter was set off by him killing the white deer, which, while a waste, is not in the murder realm.

I rewatched the finale and noticed when the police chief had him get on his knees to arrest him, he was just about to grab a kitchen knife to use to get away and he stopped just as Logan entered. Then, of course, he killed Logan. So, it was up to two, and potentially three, innocent people he killed that were outside of "the code" already in this series.

The fact that Kurt turned out to be an awful serial killer that Dexter eliminated ended up being simply a convenient "good" he was able to do after that dark passenger showed up again and went rogue.
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