To All My "Dexter" Fans...

Judith Furnari's picture
Submitted by Judith Furnari on December 14, 2009 - 6:39am

(Now, let’s not ruin it for the other kids in the class who haven’t seen it yet.)

Were the last two minutes of last night's season finale necessary?

After careful contemplation, yes, they were.  Given Dexter’s hubris, mistakes, and inaction all season, what other outcome could we fans of a serial killer who kills killers expect?  Although those last two minutes sadden me on many levels (No, I am NOT telling you; watch the darn episode.), they were inevitable.  I simply cannot imagine the dynamic of a Season 5.  The writers are going to have to do some very creative writing to get me to tune in again.  Whoa.

 

Julie Benz Taking It Well

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Submitted by John S. Drew on December 23, 2009 - 11:08pm.

John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
"What?  Too much?"

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Submitted by Judith Furnari on December 24, 2009 - 8:32am.

:^)

"The monkey is French?"
"All monkeys are French. You didn't know that?"

trivia relating to finale

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Submitted by Pinkhamster on December 17, 2009 - 7:08am.

I don't know if you've heard this, Judith, but the showrunner of Dexter announced his departure "to spend more time with his family" after the finale.  That casts this ending in an interesting light for me, given how convoluted of a situation he left the character in.  Showtime is bringing in a writer/producer who used to work on 24 and Millennium (as well as The Crow III and Beverly Hills 90210).

I guess they might just paper over the implausibility that Trinity's family was being interrogated by police for possible involvement in his crimes (as mentioned in the finale) but somehow won't mention that there was this weird red haired guy hanging around with their dad who pulled a knife on him and was in the house ten seconds before the SWAT team got there.

Oh, dear...

Judith Furnari's picture
Submitted by Judith Furnari on December 18, 2009 - 3:37pm.

With this new information, I am wondering if this isn't going to turn into Dallas, the whole season being a coma-induced dream after Dexter flipped his SUV.  Showtime IS owned by CBS.

"The monkey is French?"
"All monkeys are French. You didn't know that?"

Couldn't agree more, Judy. 

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Submitted by Paul K. Bisson on December 16, 2009 - 3:47am.

Couldn't agree more, Judy.  Wow!  What an ending!  Apalling.  Powerful.

Still...

Judith Furnari's picture
Submitted by Judith Furnari on December 16, 2009 - 10:19pm.

shaking my head over this.  Game changer?  Yes.  All the sympathy I had for Dexter flew out the window.  How can the writers get me to adore this mass murder?

"The monkey is French?"
"All monkeys are French. You didn't know that?"

on the matter of sympathy

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Submitted by Pinkhamster on December 17, 2009 - 7:19am.

It's interesting you say that this removes your sympathy for Dexter, because earlier in the day I was just listening to a movie reviewer saying that it's one of the biggest cliches in storytelling to try to *gain* sympathy for a male character by having what happened in the last two minutes happen.  The problem with this is that it's a sexist construct that reduces certain characters to disposable props.

Hmmm...

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Submitted by Judith Furnari on December 18, 2009 - 3:41pm.

Well, I have been sympathetic toward Dexter from Episode 1.  Throughout this whole season, I kept saying to myself that Dexter is being too smart for his own good, but he would figure out a way to make it all work, like he always does.

"The monkey is French?"
"All monkeys are French. You didn't know that?"

Huh

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Submitted by John S. Drew on December 14, 2009 - 8:00pm.

I don't watch the show, but from other corners of the interwebs, it seems like the attitude is that the ending was a game changer.  One person commented that while it was some of the best television he'd seen, it left him confused and angry.

John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
"What?  Too much?"