Dexter

[Dugath]

Calling ******** on anyone who says they had Gellar figured out by episode 2, and also I would like to see detailed season synapses from everyone complaining about this season. Otherwise please TFU, last time I checked NONE of you were employed by Showtime.

Plenty of people were talking about Gellar not being real right after Episode 1.

 

[Liam_H]

Course, the books also introduced Demon influences and Demi-gods...so...yeah...

On a side note though, I also anticipated the twist. However, I like it. It offers a nice moral dilemma for Dexter. How innocent is Travis when he honestly didn't know he was committing these crimes?

But he "aided" Gellar in most of the kills even if he didn't know he was himself doing it. He essentially helped in the deaths of a couple of people already.

 

[Pittman4Two]

Travis is not acting alone.

Some of those kills seem almost impossible to set up by one person.

 

[beyond_death]

Calling ******** on anyone who says they had Gellar figured out by episode 2, and also I would like to see detailed season synapses from everyone complaining about this season. Otherwise please TFU, last time I checked NONE of you were employed by Showtime.

I agree with this. If not for the 2 or so people who speculated it and putting it on the internet for thousands to read, I doubt there would be so many ppl who "saw it coming". I watched it with my brother who is generally very good at spotting twists and he was shocked.

 

[Liam_H]

Everyone thought it was obvious when Gellar didn't interact with anyone when he was out with Travis. He was ignored the entire time.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I'm sorry, but it was completely obvious from the get go... I just hoped it wasn't true.

Because we are allowed to see other perspectives, you have to remember the characters do not get to watch like we do

All proof anyone has had pointed to 2 people performing these kills. Why would Dexter have suspected anything else, he has no knowledge pointing to the Fact Travis is crazy.
As for Deb, she has her boss telling her to drop the matter due to numbers and such. Nothing really suspicious about that. TO Deb it seems like Laguerta is just sticking her nose into her business trying to make herself look good.

look at it from their point of view not yours.

It's my opinion that there is plenty of reason, from THEIR perspective not mine, to be suspicious.

 

[Clu]

around episode 3 is when i started noticing the little things of....could he be not real?

only because he never interacted with anyone, never had a cup or food infront of him while out and about. he seemed to always be around people but never was confronted by anyone.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

finally watched last Sunday's episode today

i gotta say, i wasn't too surprised that Gellar turned out to be a figment of Travis' imagination. there were parts in past episodes however that kind of made you think otherwise, and while i kept an open mind on that i always thought that Gellar was Travis' Harry.

hopefully the remaining episodes are good and make up for how the reveal came about.

best part of the episode was finding out the chick Quinn banged in the back of the car was a fat ugly old waitress, LOL

 

[Kar]

Calling ******** on anyone who says they had Gellar figured out by episode 2, and also I would like to see detailed season synapses from everyone complaining about this season. Otherwise please TFU, last time I checked NONE of you were employed by Showtime.

Sounds like someone didn't see it coming.

The fact that Gellar was walking around in broad daylight after the fact his face has been posted all in the paper. I'm not expecting everyone to be on a manhunt for the guy, but you mean to tell me not one person went "hey it's Gellar!" while he was "walking" around with Travis? And the whole "Travis pay the woman" and the waitress not paying him any attention when she offered Travis some water. It wasn't OBVIOUS but it definitely raised the question that led to the theory, so it just makes you start noticing every little thing even if there's nothing to notice. But I'll admit they did a good job at making you think he might actually be real with little stuff like Deb saying there's been Gellar sightings and the first ****e saying she heard two voices (I think that's what she said).

 

[Prison Mike]

Series endgame begins this season

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/02/dexter-series-end-game/

 

[Keyser Soze]

Calling ******** on anyone who says they had Gellar figured out by episode 2, and also I would like to see detailed season synapses from everyone complaining about this season. Otherwise please TFU, last time I checked NONE of you were employed by Showtime.

Setting aside the pissy tantrum about not everyone loving the season as much as you do (I actually like the season fine, it's just the twist that was painfully obvious), it WAS totally obvious. In episode 2, it was in the realm of theory, yes. But by episode 3, you had Gellar sitting at tables in restaurants with no place set for him, with no one but Travis acknowledging his existence, and had him magically appearing out of nowhere in places he shouldn't be. It was totally telegraphed, so much so that him NOT being imaginary would have been more of a twist. Just because you didn't catch the very un-subtle clues doesn't mean anyone who says they did is lying.

 

[Maximus One]

I don't care what anybody thinks they know. I've been calling it since before the season began, it was obvious from the very first episode

 

[TheBat812]

It was obvious like it was obvious that "Rudy" was the bad guy in season 1. It was still pretty much impossible to know for sure until the last episode, but many of us speculated from those small hints, as well as the interesting idea that somebody else would be motivated like Dexter. I'm not sure when I would've started realizing that Travis was Gellar unless I'd read the theory online, but once I knew it became obvious. But the other people I've been watching it with had not read up, and they were quite surprised and pretty stoked about it.

And just because it wasn't a twist for you doesn't make the character less interesting either, imo. You were just watching closely. Why WOULD there be plates there. They're not purposefully trying to deceive you, they're actively giving you clues to figure it out.

We take this writing for granted, and there have been some clumsy/clunky areas this season, but it's been up there for one of Dexter's best imo, and really is evolving the character pretty well. (Besides some terrible production value sometimes (I'm looking at you, really fake water tower/sign in Nebraska!))

 

[Scarecrow_King]

the worst production value thing i've noticed this year has been the snakes from the first DDK kill. I honestly didn't know what they were until they said the word "snakes".

 

[Golgo-13]

I hate Debs arc this season. At this point, i think if she found out Dex's secret she'd turn him in, in the name of 'doing the right thing'.

It seems the writers can't write any worthy storylines for the Lt. character in the show, as all of Laguertta's storylines have sucked since day one, too.

As far as the intern, i wouldn't be surprised if that revealation goes absolutely no where. This show is famous for that. They suddenly dropped Laguertta's sexual attractivenes to Dexter, like a hat, in season one....

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

Series endgame begins this season

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/02/dexter-series-end-game/

I have a feeling Deb will find out this season and the information she gathers will either end up being really dreadful or very optimistic for Dexter seeing as in the books when Deb finds out she accepts it if i'm correct?

 

[Lasirius]

I hate Debs arc this season. At this point, i think if she found out Dex's secret she'd turn him in, in the name of 'doing the right thing'.

I actually like what they're doing with Deb. She has been through too much, it's crazy she just started seeing a therapist this season. I hope she does find out about Dexter by the end; it's long overdue, in my opinion.

 

[Clu]

when they showed deb saying dexter is her chair and how he chills her out...and how the therapits was.....your not related....for a moment i was thinking....shes going to say dexter and deb should get together romantically.

but i think if she does find out, she would give him a headstart....or he will end up on his table and she will be the one to end him.

 

[Liam_H]

I hate Debs arc this season. At this point, i think if she found out Dex's secret she'd turn him in, in the name of 'doing the right thing'.

It seems the writers can't write any worthy storylines for the Lt. character in the show, as all of Laguertta's storylines have sucked since day one, too.

As far as the intern, i wouldn't be surprised if that revealation goes absolutely no where. This show is famous for that. They suddenly dropped Laguertta's sexual attractivenes to Dexter, like a hat, in season one....

Her arc this season is a lot more interesting because its not just about her love life, they're actually focusing on something else about her. I was so glad the new cop on the force was not gonna be the new interest.

Biggest thing they've dropped is the fact Deb finds out Brian is actually Dexter's brother. This is a huge deal but they never deal with it. They both essentially say "Dude, whoa" and move on.

 

[Ken-Kaniff]

I love Deb's arc this season and got absolutely no problemo with it! Plus, she kicks @$$ as Lieutenant.

 

[Nemi]

It was obvious like it was obvious that "Rudy" was the bad guy in season 1. It was still pretty much impossible to know for sure until the last episode, but many of us speculated from those small hints, as well as the interesting idea that somebody else would be motivated like Dexter. I'm not sure when I would've started realizing that Travis was Gellar unless I'd read the theory online, but once I knew it became obvious. But the other people I've been watching it with had not read up, and they were quite surprised and pretty stoked about it.

And just because it wasn't a twist for you doesn't make the character less interesting either, imo. You were just watching closely. Why WOULD there be plates there. They're not purposefully trying to deceive you, they're actively giving you clues to figure it out.

We take this writing for granted, and there have been some clumsy/clunky areas this season, but it's been up there for one of Dexter's best imo, and really is evolving the character pretty well. (Besides some terrible production value sometimes (I'm looking at you, really fake water tower/sign in Nebraska!))

I think it was pretty obvious but only because it's been used so often in other tv shows and movies that you almost learn to expect it. If I remember correctly Criminal Minds has done it about 3-4 times alone.

 

[squeekness]

the worst production value thing i've noticed this year has been the snakes from the first DDK kill. I honestly didn't know what they were until they said the word "snakes".

LOL, there is only so much you can do with CGI while avoiding animal cruelty. It was cheesy but I also get why they went the route of fake snakes.

 

[Liam_H]

The snakes were so laughable but extremely understandable why it was CGI. Most important thing is if they always use practical for the blood.

 

[kguillou]

Finally caught up with this season, watched like 7 episodes in a row between yesterday and today. So far, i feel like while this is no season 4 or 5, this is still a solid season of television. I really liked Dexter and Brother Sam's arc, he planted the seed in Dexter's head that light can overcome darkness, that he can turn over a new leaf. I was sad to see Mos Def go.

As for Gellar, i mean look, the writers were obviously planting clues that insinuated that something wasn't quite right with the guy since episode 3. He kept appearing out of thin air multiple times, nobody else acknowledged his existence, there were definite clues that he was a figment of travis' imagination. I was half expecting the big twist to be that he was in fact real. But now that we know he's fake...that just makes Travis plain insane. So does this mean Travis knocked himself out and chained himself to the floor a few episodes ago? There's some things that don't quite add up unless they're going with the complete "Split-personality" angle.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

I'm surprised no one has commented on tonight's episode.