So, about that "Dexter" finale...

[skatalite]

Pretty bad, yeah?

Spoilers welcome in this thread. You've been warned.

 

[sookie]

Idiotic. Since his dad basically crapped on him, you would think he would do better for his son.

 

[skatalite]

Idiotic. Since his dad basically crapped on him, you would think he would do better for his son.

Indeed. It seemed Dexter turned his back on everything he ever was. He did so many things in the finale that were so opposite of his character.

 

[Kim&Chris]

It was NOT good

To be honest, I'd lost interest in the show last season, but figured I'd force myself into again for this final season. I had high hopes for the finale.

Such a shame, because the show USED to be really exceptional.

 

[denisem]

Sorry to say, I laughed at several parts.

Dockside parking at the hospital? No one notices a guy wheeling out a patient to the boat? Hannah McKay STILL doesn't think of...ummm...maybe wearing a disguise?

Dexter trusting his son with Hannah? Please. At the end, I'm like "Harrison, don't take any ice cream from her!!!"

PLUS...now I have the Monty Python "Lumberjack Song" running through my head... "He's a lumberjack and he's ok..."

 

[Arsenal1982]

2 things don't really make sense to me:

1) How did he survive the hurricane? I mean he sailed right into it and there was no other boat in sight. So either God floated him to shore or he became aquaman.

2) I find it curious how he just docked his boat right in front of the hospital. Pretty convenient huh? lol

 

[FiggieFan]

Hannah McKay STILL doesn't think of...ummm...maybe wearing a disguise?

This drove me insane! Couldn't she dye her hair? Pull it back? Put on sunglasses or a hat at the least? Gone ahead and left originally when she planned to leave for Argentina and have them meet her there later? Pulled the shades down in Deb's house when she was staying there? The whole last season started to fall apart, sadly, when Hannah stayed behind. Seems like she tried to do everything to get noticed and not hide. I was pretty much done when she took Harrison to the hospital and signed in.
They all knew people were onto her and she is driving around in daylight - Deb drops her off at a hotel, she is coming out of a friends house after picking up her money, etc.
Very disappointed in the last season - sad to say!

 

[BreeBree]

So disappointing. A terrible end to an otherwise great series.

 

[Colleen27]

I've been screaming at Hannah for most of the season. Even if she's too attached to her hair to cut/color it, how about a hat? Dark sunglasses? A ponytail/bun? Wearing something a little less attention-grabbing than tight dresses and f--- me heels?

They started really losing me last week - a US Marshal, even one working a different case, who is entirely unaware of the manhunt and media frenzy over Saxon?

But last night was just terrible. Everything he did in the end was entirely out of character for who Dexter had become, surviving the hurricane was completely unbelievable, and don't even get me started on unhooking Deb's life support and strolling out of the hospital with a dead body. Up until the last two episodes, everything seemed to be building to a fairly satisfying conclusion given the character growth over the course of the show but it feels like the writers decided on a tragic conclusion even if it meant throwing out years' worth of character development.

 

[Janepod]

Awful. What he did with Deb, dumping her in the water with his other victims, not letting her have a proper funeral... horrible.

And nothing has convinced me that he's reformed, either. Don't the majority of serial killers live in the Pac NW?

 

[Colleen27]

Awful. What he did with Deb, dumping her in the water with his other victims, not letting her have a proper funeral... horrible.

And nothing has convinced me that he's reformed, either. Don't the majority of serial killers live in the Pac NW?

I think that was exactly the point - after seasons of building up the idea that he could change and had changed, he gave up/realized that Vogel and the ghost of Harry were right all along when they told him he couldn't ever be anything other than a monster/killer. That dead look in the last scene was an echo of who Dexter was in episode 1, as though none of the events in between touched him at all.

As far as Deb goes, how he dumped her was a big part of my problem with it too - that he would put her, the person who arguably meant the most to him in the whole world, in the same dumping ground as the scum he killed, that he would deny her the honor of being laid to rest as an officer slain in the line of duty... That was out there even if you think back to Dexter in the first season. He didn't feel what others did, but he had a respect for what others felt and for the traditions and rituals of normal people/normal life. I kind of get what they were going for - he felt like he'd killed her, like she was another of his victims - but it still didn't ring true.

 

[sonofanarchy]

I thought it was somewhat anti-climactic, but had it's moments. The whole thing with carrying Deb out of the hospital, docking his boat, dumping her at sea. That was ridiculous.

I think they were trying to simply point out that in the end, he was a monster who couldn't change his ways, but did love those 3 people and simply didn't want to cause them any more pain. He has said several times throughout the series that the people closest to him gets hurt, and it's true. Rita, Deb, Dr. Vogel. He knew the same end would come to Harrison or Hannah.

It was certainly a very dark ending.

 

[FireDancer]

From the beginning I thought murder suicide with Deb killing Dexter then herself. There were a couple of things I pretty much knew would happen based on the story line leading up to the finale. First, at least one of them would be dead. Second, Hannah would have Harrison and Dexter would be out of his life whether he was dead or not. Third, if he wasnt dead everyone would be made to believe he was.

Dexter leaving and living happily ever after with Hannah and Harrison would have been a terrible ending so at least I'm glad that didn't happen.

I thought the better ending would have been Dexter killed by the storm. Im not sure showing he was still alive really furthers the story unless there is a spin-off or movie later which Showtime I dont think generally does.

I think the show was better before Deb knew about his secret and the whole lack of disguise thing with Hannah was kind of laughable.

 

[tammy]

Not happy!!

 

[Tralliam]

I'm very disappointed as well. To spend the entire last season building a him a conscience, all the comments about wanting the new emotions to go away, driving into the hurricane to die would have been a fitting ending. Have him monologue over the scene about how he can't reconcile his choices and doesn't want his son growing up with a monster or getting hurt.

But no ... he wimps out and abandons his son. Even having him meet up with them in Argentina would have been better than becoming a lumberjack (to have butter scones for tea )

 

[Disney Ella]

Hannah running around in all her blonde sexy glory was just unbelievable. If the police are looking for you and your photo has been in the news, you dye your hair or buy a wig, buy glasses, wear baggy clothes - maybe stick a pillow under your shirt to look pregnant. Hannah was an extremely stupid fugitive serial killer.

As soon as the doctor said she was optimistic about Deb's chances, I knew Deb was going to die. I thought it was very creepy the way Dexter threw Deb into the ocean. I get that he felt responsible for her death, but why treat her like the bad people he killed?

I certainly didn't expect a completely happy ending, but this was a little too depressing.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

I think that was exactly the point - after seasons of building up the idea that he could change and had changed, he gave up/realized that Vogel and the ghost of Harry were right all along when they told him he couldn't ever be anything other than a monster/killer. That dead look in the last scene was an echo of who Dexter was in episode 1, as though none of the events in between touched him at all.

As far as Deb goes, how he dumped her was a big part of my problem with it too - that he would put her, the person who arguably meant the most to him in the whole world, in the same dumping ground as the scum he killed, that he would deny her the honor of being laid to rest as an officer slain in the line of duty... That was out there even if you think back to Dexter in the first season. He didn't feel what others did, but he had a respect for what others felt and for the traditions and rituals of normal people/normal life. I kind of get what they were going for - he felt like he'd killed her, like she was another of his victims - but it still didn't ring true.

Agree with everything said here. That said, the ending had the potential to be spectacular, if the last 4 seasons or so hadn't been so awful. Part of the code was to try and fit in with normal people, so we saw seasons of Dexter trying to do just that until the realization that the code just simply does not work. With some subtle build up (ie not just the last minute of the show), that revelation and ending could have been fantastic. But the writers just didn't know what to do with it, and that was a problem for a few years, not just this season.

 

[FireDancer]

Interesting breakdown here.

 

[wiigirl]

 

[Kim&Chris]

Six re-writes for the finale that would've make it 10000% better!!

http://www.today.com/entertainment/6-rewrites-dexters-disappointing-final-season-4B11230338