The dexter series finale and the symbolism of the final scene spoilers about the final episode of dexter. A something crazy is going to happen and b we have no idea what that crazy thing is. This episode was really unlike any weve seen on the show before. The muchanticipated game of thrones series finale was received by fans and critics alike with mixed feelings, to say the least. After a season plus stretch of dexdeb drama in which deb discovered her brothers secret, became his accomplice and fell in and out of love with him, she finally sank to his level in the season 7 finale. Hall is finally opening up about dexters universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. Joey paur cofounder editor of, and if you havent noticed i write a lot.
Sep 22, 2019 lost, which premiered 15 years ago today 22 september, has the most misunderstood of all time. What happened to miamis most loveable serial killer. It even got to the point where in season 8 dexter was actually tasked to bring down a villain like he was batman or something. John lithgow and jimmy smits fueled excellent season long arcs. The show was declared the ninthhighest rated show for the first 10 years of pro 20022012. At least on shows like lost and dexter that took a crap on their viewers in the end, bellisario wasnt working toward a finale. Dexter s new life is symbolic and has a great meaning. Dexter star jennifer carpenter closed the book on debra morgan on sunday when showtimes serial killer drama ended its eightseason run. Sep 24, 20 still reeling from the dexter series finale. Subscribe to the times video newsletter for free and. Aug 26, 2017 dexter fan theory why becoming a lumberjack made complete sense. Oct 02, 2018 in the next season, they gave ample time for dexter to accept his pain and deal with it as normal people do.
Dexter finished its eightseason run tonight with a series finale that is certain to rankle. In the very last scene of the series, dexter wakes up. John lithgow joins the cast as arthur mitchell in series 4, which centers around the search for the trinity killer. Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines. Dec 03, 2014 lumberjack dexter, were still not over you. And everybody is going to think, oh, it was a dream. Dexter series finale branded lamest ending in recent tv. A look back at the disappointing quantum leap finale. Meanwhile, debra is shot by serial killer oliver saxon. This story contains spoilers from dexter s seventh season finale, titled surprise, motherfer.
Heres what actually happened in the misunderstood lost finale. But by the end of dexter, his story is far more complicated. What i took from dexter as a series was when youve delivered such amazing tv as the end of season four represented, you shouldnt go on. Dexter finished its eight season run tonight with a series finale that is certain to rankle. The eighth and final novel in the dexter series, dexter is dead, now in bookstores, picks up from the end of the previous book, with the titular vigilante serial killer under arrest and facing a.
The season follows dexter morgan, who is forced to deal with his past when he comes across dr. After eight seasons, now we know the fate of dexter and debra morgan. Stop reading if you dont want to know who died on the dexter series finale. Mike hale, a television critic for the new york times, discuss the final episode of dexter. During a reddit ama, the actor took a moment to address why the creative decision was made to keep the famed serial killer alive at the end of the drama.
After the finale many people were wondering why the writers choose dexter to end up alive and live far away from hannah and his son harrison, as a lumberjack. The show was so far gone by the time the series finale rolled around that no path wouldve worked particularly well, so. In the next season, they gave ample time for dexter to accept his pain and deal with it as normal people do. That being said the finale worked if you liked the 58 dexter. After eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexter s series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions.
Season five is the fifth aired season in the tv series called dexter. The fundamental design of where they ended dexter was really. It does not work at all if you wanted the 14 dexter ending. No matter what people think about rita, she was an integral part of dexter s humanity and thats why when she was killed by trinity in the season four finale, dexter was devastated. We break down the finale and ending of the hbo series the outsider, as well as what that credits scene means for a potential season 2. This story contains spoilers from dexter s seventhseason finale, titled surprise, motherfer. Learn more about how dexter ended and how fans and cast members reacted to the finale.
The terrible end of our once beloved dexter the atlantic. The last episode of quantum leap that aired mirror image. The explanation of having his cake and eating it too also proves the creative team is failing to grasp an understanding that saying dexter learned nothing means the entire arc of the series was, in fact, for nothing. Dexters michael c hall defends the shows divisive ending. Ive already seen some very negative reports about the end of dexter this year, but what actually happens in the big one is realistically all.
Showtime series not being revived tv series finale. Elsewhere, deb takes a job as a private investigator, and masuka learns that he has a daughter. Sep 27, 20 this video is a detailed explanation of the ending of season 8 for the showtime series dexter. The seventh season as a whole was the highest rated season of dexter, watched by 6. Dexter, which premiered on the network on october 1, 2006, grew its loyal audience year. After the finale many people were wondering why the writers choose dexter to end up. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes merely underscored that this was a series well. Fans of dexter have been waiting since 20 to hear the news that there will be a dexter season 9. After an 8 season run, the showtime series dexter comes to an end. This site is part of my lifes work, its a part of me.
What actually went down in the most misunderstood finale of all time. The following story contains major spoilers from the series finale of showtimes dexter its over. And this is why the series finale sucked more because as devastated as dexter should have been for deb, he wasnt. Jan 07, 20 the countdown to dexters endgame has begun. Hall and hannah yvonne strahovski played an epic game of cat.
The eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. The season focuses on how dexter comes to terms with the aftermath of his wifes murder, along with stopping a group of serial rapists, and. With the walls closing in on dexter more than during any of the previous six seasons. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes. This story contains spoilers from dexter s series finale. Showtimes serial killer drama dexter, the series that helped put the cable network. Its kind of up to you to decide which explanation is. Dec 04, 2014 the eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. With largely pisspoor new characters, killers and plot development, dexter. Before the season started, you said the core idea behind this finale has been in the works for years.
Sep 22, 20 the storm we were promised arrived in time for dexter s series finale remember the monsters in an episode that proved to be about on par with this season, which is to say, unfortunately. Upon its airing in 2010, the divisive twoparter sent a large sector of disappointed fans away with. Written by showrunner scott buck, the series finale featured an intensity greater than anything this season as dexter michael c. The showtime thriller will introduce two major recurring characters in its upcoming eighth and likely final season and both could spell trouble for. Executive producer scott buck discusses the dexter series finale. Series finale episode the series finale met a mixed and polarized response, although the majority opinion was negative. Movies are my passion and i live and breathe all things geek. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. Eight seasons, one dead wife, one dead brother, one baby, too many murders to count, it now looks like dexter morgan might be leaving miami for good. Dexter, showtimes popular tv series, has an infamous finale. This final season seemed to be headed in a great direction, and then everything they did didnt even really seem to matter in the end. Some were happy to see bran starkaka the threeeyed raventake the iron throne, while others didnt understand why there had been so much buildup around jon snows lineage if he wasnt going to claim his rightful seat.
Evelyn vogel, an expert on psychiatry who returns to miami. But critics and fans alike have branded the highly anticipated ending as disappointing. The first season of dexter is an adaptation of jeff lindsays first novel in a series of the same name, darkly dreaming dexter. Hall shares thoughts on dexter series finale tv michael c. Hall reveals how he felt after learning his beloved characters fate in the series finale of showtimes dexter. Nicknamed the psychopath whisperer, she claims to have structured the code for him alongside harry. The eighth and final season of dexter premiered on june 30, 20. Could dexter return in 2019 for a reboot of the hit series. Last nights dexter series finale made us so angry we almost threw. Dexter fan theory why becoming a lumberjack made complete. She calls for help and is soon taken in an ambulance with quinn. The dexter finale leaves billy feeling depressed, but not because the shows now finished for good. There are few shows that suffer from as much controversy as showtimes dexter when it comes to the series finale.
The 15 most controversial tv series finales of all time. Hall is finally opening up about dexter s universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. Sep 23, 20 the dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. So did dexter fans, who, witnessing this showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since seinfeld. In the previous episode, saxon killed clayton, shot debra, and escaped. It was also one of the strangest episodes in the shows history. With largely pisspoor new characters, killers and plot development, dexter spiraled downward into a. Jul 14, 2015 the eighth and final novel in the dexter series, dexter is dead, now in bookstores, picks up from the end of the previous book, with the titular vigilante serial killer under arrest and facing a. Read on with caution now that youve had some time to process the events of the dexter series finale in which dex.
Jeremy gives you his thoughts on the series finale. Hannah mckay also appears, but dexter ultimately lets her go free. In the last episode of the series, dexter attempts to leave for argentina with his son harrison and love interest hannah played by yvonne strahovski, but his plan is foiled by the arrival of private detective jacob elway. The show was so far gone by the time the series finale rolled around that no path wouldve worked particularly well, so i guess we can appreciate that the. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. In the final episode of the series dexter, we see that dexter actually survives, and is living somewhere and works as a. The fifth season of dexter premiered on september 26, 2010, and consisted of 12 episodes.
Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. Surprised, or a bit annoyed by the final scene of the show. The series finale met a mixed and polarized response. Laguerta privately reopens the bay harbor butcher case. It was also an influential series that prompted a slew. In season seven, dexter admits to debra that he is a serial killer. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c. Dexter is done, all thats necessary now is to dispose of all the plastic sheeting, and send the shows lifeless body to the deep six. It first aired 1 october 2006 dexter takes part in the investigation of a serial killer who drains his victims of blood, and then leaves their dismembered bodies in public places. Sep 23, 20 the series finale was the best dexter episode in years. Do not read on if you havent seen the season 7 dexter finale, titled surprise, motherfucker.
Why dexters finale is the worst of all time screen rant. Showtime series not being revived by regina avalos, december 2, 2015 dexter left showtime after eight seasons two years ago, but fans started buzzing about a potential revival for the. In the season finale, debra walks in just as dexter stabs the killer. Premiering on 26 september 2010, it ties in directly with the finale for season four. The season five finale was watched by a slightly smaller number of people 2.
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