Dexter - Part 3

[Christopher Nolan]

good final. this season was all about consequences and dexter destroying deb's life completely..

 

[vanson]

has someone a direct link to the dexter wrap-up podcast mp3 ?
freaking itunes doesnt work somehow....

 

[Ken-Kaniff]

lol that's gr8!

5 Doakes = Great
1 Doakes = Terrible


Here's my rating for Dexter season so far:

Season1: 5 Doakes!
Season2: 4 Doakes!
Season3: 4 Doakes!
Season4: 5 Doakes!
Season5: 3 Doakes!
Season6: 4 Doakes!
Season7: 5 Doakes!

One moment I loved from tonight was when Deb and Dexter were in the van talking and Deb hears Estrada in the back had me laughing my ass off. Deb just looked at Dex and got out and walked off without saying a word hahaha I couldn't stop laughing

Hahahaha usually I do not laugh at shows, if I watch them alone, but that moment got me laughing, I was about to say the same thing!

 

[The Navigator]

That's a pretty generous Doakes rating for season 3...

 

[Matt]

pretty much a given IMO...Series finale....Deb kills Dex.

I disagree. I think we're going to see a Hannibal-esque twist with Dex and Deb on the run together as lovers. I think Deb is now on the path to becoming Dexter. Hannah's line, "I never stood a chance," strongly implies that Dex on some level reciprocates Deb's feelings. I really hope that I'm wrong, but that is my guess.

Some thoughts on the finale:

1) I loved how LaGuerta's death paralleled her death in the first book, killed in the storage crate by one of Dexter's siblings.

2) Does anyone remember the first scene of the premiere? Dexter shifted so easily into sociopath mode when caught, manipulating Deb, lying to her, playing to her sympathies regarding Rita, etc. That scene stuck out to me, because it showed no matter how human Dexter has become, he is still at his core a pure sociopath. I couldn't help but wonder if him dropping the knife and telling Deb to put him down was more manipulation. I wonder if this will be explored?

3) Does anyone else wish that Estrada and the Isaak character were essentially the same? I mean, they were both crime bosses. Isaak's arc ended so abruptly. I'd imagine it could've been far more fulfilling if he were the man who killed Dexter's mother, released from prison and it was a season long arc, rather than just some random mobster who crossed Dex's path. The table scene for Estrada would've been so much more fulfilling with some proper buildup.

4) WTF is Quinn's deal? He knows that Dexter is a killer! He may not know the extent to which Dexter has killed, but he knows what Dex is. Yet he just sat back as LaGuerta was made to look like a psychopath by Dexter? It would be one thing if they developed the relationship between Quinn and Dexter, gave Quinn motivation to cover for him, even had a scene as simple as Dexter threatening to out him as a dirty cop....but nothing. The very sloppy writing in regard to that character continues.

Over all, solid finale to an uneven season (I give it 3 Doakeses as it was far too uneven and inconsistent), but the Quinn plot hole is almost as bad as the Travis Marshall plot holes from last season.

 

[Project862006]

quinn is far to dirty to be questioning anyone quinn could be in jail right now with how dirty he is

 

[MadVillainy]

IF I was ranking the seasons, I'd say
1
2/4
3
7
5
6

 

[Matt]

quinn is far to dirty to be questioning anyone quinn could be in jail right now with how dirty he is

But if he simply supported LaGuerta it wouldn't have mattered. If he said, "I've had suspicions too," and Dexter tried to say, "Well I've seen Quinn take bribes!" it would've made Dexter come off as a desperate man trying to deflect blame. LaGuerta is framing him, Quinn is dirty....it would've come off as desperate. If nothing else why didn't Quinn just go to LaGuerta privately?

 

[DyeLorean]

I thought it was a very good finale for a very good season overall, including any missteps it had. I think many many interesting happened during the season, the plot moved forward, Dexter changed as a character, and so did Deb. Some of the secondary characters were underused, but it also had some great ones -Isaak probably one of my favorite characters in the entire series; Hannah became a potential realistic love interest for Dexter; etc-

Also having Doakes again for a couple of scenes was great, I haven't laughed during an episode of Dexter in a long time, it reminded me how good that character was.

I also liked how the season adressed many plot points from previous seasons, most obvious the BHB storyline.

The only thing that bothers me a little is the way everything happens to be too easy for Dexter to solve. There are way too many evidences by now. I hope the writers ackowledge this for the final year.

Too bad we won't be seeing more Quinn/Angel as buddy cops. They should've explored that relationship more and not that boring storyline with Quinn's girlfriend. Wow, that was a waste of time uh?

But anyway, overall, a very good season, miles away from the horrible season 6. I couldn't rank them now.

 

[Floppity]

One moment I loved from tonight was when Deb and Dexter were in the van talking and Deb hears Estrada in the back had me laughing my ass off. Deb just looked at Dex and got out and walked off without saying a word hahaha I couldn't stop laughing

I also laughed at the part when Deb saw Hannah's plant and pushed it away.

 

[squeekness]

Was it me or was that plant dying? Symbolic of the relationship crumbling? It looked wilty.

 

[Paradox1]

But if he simply supported LaGuerta it wouldn't have mattered. If he said, "I've had suspicions too," and Dexter tried to say, "Well I've seen Quinn take bribes!" it would've made Dexter come off as a desperate man trying to deflect blame. LaGuerta is framing him, Quinn is dirty....it would've come off as desperate. If nothing else why didn't Quinn just go to LaGuerta privately?

Quinn owes Dexter for looking the other way in the case involving his ex partner.

 

[Revenant]

A lot of people were wrong about Deb poisoning herself. Also Deb just like Dexter was born again in a shipping container. Cathartic!!!

 

[squeekness]

I still think it would have been a better plot point if Deb had poisoned herself. It seemed weaker for it to have been Hannah.

 

[Christopher Nolan]

I still think it would have been a better plot point if Deb had poisoned herself. It seemed weaker for it to have been Hannah.

deb poisoning herself in order to get dexter on her side...

producers watched breaking bad...

 

[The Shape]

Remind me how Quinn knows "what Dexter is".

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

Episode/Season was ****ing amazing. [BLACKOUT]So happy Laguerta is finally dead. So happy it was Deborah who killed her. Did she do it so she didn't have to see Dexter kill an innocent woman? I love what someone above said about her death paralleling her death in the book.[/BLACKOUT] GREAT season.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

lol that's gr8!

5 Doakes = Great
1 Doakes = Terrible


Here's my rating for Dexter season so far:

Season1: 5 Doakes!
Season2: 4 Doakes!
Season3: 4 Doakes!
Season4: 5 Doakes!
Season5: 3 Doakes!
Season6: 4 Doakes!
Season7: 5 Doakes!




Hahahaha usually I do not laugh at shows, if I watch them alone, but that moment got me laughing, I was about to say the same thing!

IF I was ranking the seasons, I'd say
1
2/4
3
7
5
6

These are very high ratings for season 3 bleh. I say:

1
4
7
2
6
5
3

 

[Travesty]

Yeah, I thought Deb poisoned herself, so my theory on that was wrong. Ha....

 

[Reek]

the only reason i think Deb will now kill dexter in the end (never agreed with it before), but LaGuerta screaming 'PUT HIM DOWN!' like he was a rabid dog was amazing... it will make Deb think he needs to be killed...and Dexter knows it/

 

[antsman41]

S1 5/5
S2 4/5
*Lilla about ruined the show but Doakes saved it
S3 3/5
*DUMB
S4 5/5
S5 2/5
*Deb not catching Dexter in Cabin, just to do it a year later was total blue ballz
S6 3/5
*Would have been better if the whole ghost thing was so easy to read, and had lasted longer... plus, Hanks was bad
S7 4/5

And, how does Harry not know about the random guy Dex killed in that redneck bathroom?

 

[Travesty]

I like season 2 the best, while season 1 is a very close second.

Overall, I liked this season a lot, but I was one surprised mother****er, that we didn't hear Doakes say "surprise, mother****er!", more than we should have in the finale.

 

[Ken-Kaniff]

These are very high ratings for season 3 bleh. I say:

1
4
7
2
6
5
3

Well sorry that I enjoyed Season 3 loool! I still think 5 was the weakest, yet I still liked it on some level (it wasn't Spider-Man3BAD ).\

As for Lila, yeah, didn't like the actress, nor the character, nor understood her role very well in Dex' life to be honest. WTF??!

 

[Reek]

I'm curious if there will be a time jump or not... I would be pretty pissed if they jumped forward a couple months without addressing the LaGuerta situation and its affects on everyone...

She blames Dexter for killing Estrada... then she, all of a sudden, is the one who 'killed' Estrada...

 

[DyeLorean]

I'm curious if there will be a time jump or not... I would be pretty pissed if they jumped forward a couple months without addressing the LaGuerta situation and its affects on everyone...

She blames Dexter for killing Estrada... then she, all of a sudden, is the one who 'killed' Estrada...

They will deal with that in 30 seconds, much like in this last episode when she arrested Dexter. It was a pretty big fu**ing moment, but it ended in about a minute or so when everything was carefully planned before hand.
That's what I don't like about the show, there's no momentum, the exciting stuff just ends abruptly, is like they don't enjoy those tense moments they build up to.