OT: Dexter Season Finale (Spoiler)

This season was ok but seemed mostly filler to make a few more $ before the final season. The writting wasnt as good as it's has been and some episodes were just awful. What happend to the dark humor? My favorite thing about this show was Dexters inner-monolog that had the most amazing one-liners.

I agree it was a good season, far better than the previous. It'll be interesting to see whether next season starts immediately after La Guerta's death or after some time (i.e. months) has passed. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is more of Deb's self-loathing.

I'm glad LaGuerta is dead, she's been getting annoying anyways.  

Although I should know better than to look at a thread about the season finale when I'm only on episode 3 of this season...

Homeland totally blew Dexter away last night.  It's almost like they purposely slowed down the progress of the show at the end of the second season only to blow the whole thing up and take it in a totally different direction (no pun intended).

I've always preferred the Dexter books to the tv show.  Not that the show is bad, I just personally think the books that inspired the series are better.  The books are radically different though, characters in the show that died are alive in the books and vice versa.

I haven't had a chance to watch any of this season (I don't get Showtime so I'm stuck waiting until they hit DVD) but I've heard it is a lot better than season 6 so I can't wait to see them.

I'm just waiting for Game of Thrones to return.  That show is seriously amazing (but again the books are better).

There were parts where i didn't breathe which its why i like it. But Deb killing Laguerta was disturbing for me. Good twist. It will be interesting how they tie it up. Of course, Hannah is out, so she will still be around, which is gonna be fun. But I'm prepared to be disappointed, because i love that show and whenever the good shows end I don't like how they do it.

If you like the show, you'll love the books.  Even more so than the tv show.  There are some similarities between the two but of course they changed a lot.  Like LaGuerta.  She dies in book 1 and Doakes is still alive in book 4, although he doesn't have a tongue and is missing limbs from, if I remember correctly, from the ice truck killer.  So he mumbles and swears a lot at Dexter.  Awesome stuff.  And Deb does find out he is a killer in the books too, and doesn't turn him in.  I haven't got to books 5 and 6 yet.  Tackled all 5 books of George RR Martin over the last year.  One other really cool thing about the books is Rita's kids are like Dexter.  So he starts teaching them the code.  Dark and creepy, Jeff Lindsay writes some good stuff.

The only thing I didn't like about the finale was how sloppy Deb shooting LaGuerta was.  All police guns have ballistics taken before given to an officer.  So unless they dug the bullet out, or dropped her in the ocean, police would find out it was Deb's gun. Not to mention the phone call to dispatch and them knowing she's at the marina.  I could see Dexter going back into LaGuerta house and buring the search warrant and other stuff.  So that's ok.  But no blood on the dress as she walks away?  Pretty messy ending.  I wonder how they'll clean it up in next season's opening show.

Yeah, the no blood on her dress as they walk though the party was a bit sloppy to me, but here's what I think happened.   We found out after the episode that Jennifer Carpenter running over to hug "Maria" after she shot her was not scripted it was improvised.   I am betting that they shot the walking through the party scene first and the shooting scene later and just didn't catch it (which is a really big miss).   

What is interesting though is we all have it wrong.  It is Maria we should be rooting for, not Dexter. Dexter is the bad guy, remember?    He is responsible for innocent people dying like Rita and like that photographer from the Trinity season.....(it was the photographer's assistant that was the killer, and Dexter, in a hurry, killed the wrong guy).   He need to answer for that.    I do believe the show ends with Deb killing Dexter. 

One of the reasons the books are better is that the books are told from the first-person, from the thoughts of the main character, and even with narration it's really hard to go into detailed thoughts when a first-person narrative is conveyed on the screen.    

I thought it was a really good, redemptive season (last seasn was brutal), but like Walter White and Tony Soprano, I have turned on Dex and I want him to pay for his crimes.   

Dexter has gone on far too long and it shows.

They've already said next season is the last season so I think the whole Dexter getting out of control thing is because of that. I didnt really like the season but I did enjoy the last few episodes.

When Deb had the gun I was thinking theres no way she could shoot Dexter but then LaGuerta and Hannah were calling Deb out so I had a little doubt but Deb made the right decision. No way we root for LaGuerta either, the show is called Dexter! Dexter is our favorite serial killer. 

How does anyone at Miami Metro Homicide have a job? Almost every suspect disappears without a trace. What is their murder clearance rate? 5%? 

I thought this season was shit as well last season. I feel this show doing what I felt Lost and Nip/Tuck do. They were awesome for about 4-5 seasons but they just got to the point where they ran out of storylines and started going way over the top on the crazy. The Wire and Prison Break were awesome series all the way through and I think most of that had to do with not getting so strung out. 

Not a fan of this season or the last couple.

Characters just aren't likeable anymore, which perhaps is what they're going for to lead up to their (possible) demise next year.

But yeah, the series has dipped big time since Trinity.

This was my first season of Dexteramd thought it was pretty good but have heard earlier seasons were better. Will probably read the books as usually the books are always better and may go back and watch earlier seasons despite knowing what happens.

Can't say enough good things about A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones series) it is really amazing.

Dexter is a great character but I have to think this will happen. With deb's turn at the end I think he will die at her hand when he gets back together with Hanna thinking that they are both too dangerous. Either that or he kills himself on his own table.

As Magnus and others mentioned above, the lack of "dark humor" has eroded too much, and without fail there will be a couple of episodes that flat out stink in all of the Dexter seasons.  I don't get why there is such a disconnect at times.  

Overall, this has been a pretty interesting show.  And no offense, but I would take a show themed like this than any more Vampires, Sex in the City rip offs or shows emasucalting men.  Dexter has had a ton of great moments and great one liners.  One can interprete a lot of what's going via the human condition, and isn't hanging on one thing per se.  It is weird though when he doesn't kill anyone for a show or two.  You grow to expect it, and get frustrated in light of Dexter's frustration.  

Deb has been frankly the most annoying charater, as well as Angel.  La Querta has been the bitchy minx schemeing of a woman that everyone loves to hate.  Hannah coming back in the final season doesn't really excite me, because now there are too many possibilities.  I just remember her telling Dexter that he should have killed me[when he had the chance,context].  That is going to play out either really badly for him, Harrison or for Deb; maybe everybody.  

I am not really happy that they set-up a hook-up with Quinn and Jamie at the end.  I was hoping Dexter would finally be a cliche, but I guess that is just what I probably would do.  

I could see a very Seinfield ending to the series, very anti-climatic. I guess as suggested above one could predict Deb killing Dexter.  I guess that would bring things full-circle to a degree.  If I was them, I would f-up the whole show and go for outrageousness.  I would love to see Dex finally admit to Deb or someone that he talks to Harry all the time.  Never is brought up.  They portray that symptom in an interesting light, suggesting Dexter doesn't even know consciously that he is doing it.