I thought this was the worst part of the finale by far."I have you in custody now, Hannah. Here's what's gonna happen. We're not going to leave the bus here at the station, we're going to wait two hours. I'm not going to tell the driver you're my prisoner. I'm not going to call ahead and tell my coworkers, the police, or the feds that we're going to arrive in Jacksonville soon. We're just going to sit here quietly and stare straight ahead on this little bus ride."I just liked how Elway was cool with taking a 4 hour bus trip with Hannah instead of just getting her off the bus.
Not feeling Steve Carell as Dexter?Don't encourage bad Gekko.Michael C Hall is not gay, btw.
She was a victim of his, just like anyone else, in his mind.My wife and I were trying to figure out why the writers thought that it was appropriate for Dexter to dump Deb at sea. Wouldn't he have wanted something nicer for her? Was it to cover up the fact that he disconnected her from life support? Was it because everyone's life he had destroyed during the series had been dumped at sea? Who knows. :whoosh:
That would be the closest, I guess, but of course, that's a pretty dumb reason.My wife and I were trying to figure out why the writers thought that it was appropriate for Dexter to dump Deb at sea. Wouldn't he have wanted something nicer for her? Was it to cover up the fact that he disconnected her from life support? Was it because everyone's life he had destroyed during the series had been dumped at sea? Who knows. :whoosh:
Why didn't she just take a car and drive out of state to another major airport? They made it seem like she was trying to flee East Germany.TobiasFunke said:I thought this was the worst part of the finale by far.Sarnoff said:"I have you in custody now, Hannah. Here's what's gonna happen. We're not going to leave the bus here at the station, we're going to wait two hours. I'm not going to tell the driver you're my prisoner. I'm not going to call ahead and tell my coworkers, the police, or the feds that we're going to arrive in Jacksonville soon. We're just going to sit here quietly and stare straight ahead on this little bus ride."I just liked how Elway was cool with taking a 4 hour bus trip with Hannah instead of just getting her off the bus.
I'll give a little on the idea of putting a hospital on the water in an area that gets heavy storms, and the idea that Dexter could sneak his wife out on a gurney (the hurricane gave them at least a little believability on that). But the bus ride thing was ridiculous. Whatever, you want to set that up for a dramatic scene on the boat, I'll suspend my disbelief a bit. But the bus thing was just too much. At least make it a train or something else that's kind of hard to stop, and give me an explanation as to why he didn't contact anyone else.
By the time they figured out a plan, the highways were clogged. "Buses have special lanes to get right through."Why didn't she just take a car and drive out of state to another major airport? They made it seem like she was trying to flee East Germany.
He probably knew that nobody pays attention to what's going on in a hospital when the hurricane's coming.By the time they figured out a plan, the highways were clogged. "Buses have special lanes to get right through."Why didn't she just take a car and drive out of state to another major airport? They made it seem like she was trying to flee East Germany.
Although that reminded me about another thing, when Dexter left her at the bus station, it was to go finish Saxon. Then, immediately after, it was "to go check in on Deb one more time" (what, was it like 45 minutes later, right?), and "then, go kill Saxon." It seemed that happened often this season, he'd state one thing and then re-state it with another. Always "just one more thing." Of course, what happens? He goes to check on Deb and of course Saxon is there for no good reason. Summoned by a plot device to a trap. Of course.
I think if this show had ended after season 4 this would have gone down as a top 25 drama of all time and up there with the best series finale's of all time. Instead we got 4 more seasons of a turd product and one of the most critically derided shows of the last decade.worst part of the finale was not wrapping up masukas relationship with his daughter. i was just so emotionally invested in that completely relevant story line they started this season.
glad we had the deb montage from earlier episodes. i really needed that. so glad they saved her from the gunshot wound, take up 20 minutes of the finale with her subsequent to that, just to turn into a vegetable.
so glad i can stop watching this abortion of a show, and so sad how bad it became compared to john lithgows season.
if i were to recommend anyone to watch it i would tell them it is 4 season long (think thats the lithgow season) and have them pretend rita in the bathtub is the finale, only to wonder if harrison would become like dexter as he is crying in blood.
Interestingly enough, this is exactly when I quit watching the show. From the sounds of it, I didn't miss anything.I think if this show had ended after season 4 this would have gone down as a top 25 drama of all time and up there with the best series finale's of all time. Instead we got 4 more seasons of a turd product and one of the most critically derided shows of the last decade.worst part of the finale was not wrapping up masukas relationship with his daughter. i was just so emotionally invested in that completely relevant story line they started this season.
glad we had the deb montage from earlier episodes. i really needed that. so glad they saved her from the gunshot wound, take up 20 minutes of the finale with her subsequent to that, just to turn into a vegetable.
so glad i can stop watching this abortion of a show, and so sad how bad it became compared to john lithgows season.
if i were to recommend anyone to watch it i would tell them it is 4 season long (think thats the lithgow season) and have them pretend rita in the bathtub is the finale, only to wonder if harrison would become like dexter as he is crying in blood.
In fairness, I think that was a planned visit by Saxon. He saw the news that she was still alive, made the vet (the guy from The Killing and Boardwalk) "take him to the hospital". When he got there, he very specifically looked in the book for Deb.Of course, what happens? He goes to check on Deb and of course Saxon is there for no good reason. Summoned by a plot device to a trap. Of course.
agreed.Probably no need to pile on. It was not a very good finale. It was a terrible, terrible final season.
That said, I'm not super annoyed with how it ended in a more general sense. Dexter banishing himself after Deb died makes sense to me. He was the only only one he ever really cared about IMO, so when he was responsible for his death, he decided to stop trying to be something that he wasn't. I can buy it.
Big picture though, this season was bad. They tried to make Vogul a significant character by making her his "spiritual mother," but when she died, I didn't care at all. The "discovery" about who the brain-killer guy was was extremely underwhelming (gasp, the guy leaving the brains around is this character you've seen for 30 seconds!!!"). They truly ran out of ideas and interesting characters.
Dexter was never really in any jeopardy. It made no sense how Deb just got over the whole "my brother is a serial killer and I shot Laguerda to protect him" after trying to down Dexter (except not) and a couple of cups of tea with Vogul.
The only chance they had at a good season was to have a Deb vs. Dexter story, and for whatever reason, they didn't want to do it.
First two seasons were great, the Trinity season was great, the rest was more or less crap. Oh what could've been.
Not to mention the fact that he surely would have overpowered her in her attempt to cuff him and/or she would wait until the backup arrived and then, now how did he get put into those straps? Oh he sat down and did it to himself.I still don't understand Dexter's willingness to let Deb arrest Saxon. Isn't Saxon yet another person who knows Dexter is a serial killer? Sure, Dex will have fled the country, but certainly he poses problems for Deb.
I was impressed that they at least didn't have him do a dissolve.Also, I liked how after Dex said he didn't need Harry anymore, we then get a shot of the blank space where Harry was standing (because he's gone, because Dex doesn't need him anymore), and then we get magical ghost-disappearing music (because Harry disappeared from that spot that's now blank, because you the viewer are a ### #### moron).
I thought that his reasoning was a callback to exactly what Dexter said in one of the first monologues of the series.I did appreciate, ever so slightly, Saxon's reason for coming to Miami: the police department's woeful 20% solve rate on homicides.![]()
comfortably numb said:agreed.PatsWillWin said:Probably no need to pile on. It was not a very good finale. It was a terrible, terrible final season.
That said, I'm not super annoyed with how it ended in a more general sense. Dexter banishing himself after Deb died makes sense to me. He was the only only one he ever really cared about IMO, so when he was responsible for his death, he decided to stop trying to be something that he wasn't. I can buy it.
Big picture though, this season was bad. They tried to make Vogul a significant character by making her his "spiritual mother," but when she died, I didn't care at all. The "discovery" about who the brain-killer guy was was extremely underwhelming (gasp, the guy leaving the brains around is this character you've seen for 30 seconds!!!"). They truly ran out of ideas and interesting characters.
Dexter was never really in any jeopardy. It made no sense how Deb just got over the whole "my brother is a serial killer and I shot Laguerda to protect him" after trying to down Dexter (except not) and a couple of cups of tea with Vogul.
The only chance they had at a good season was to have a Deb vs. Dexter story, and for whatever reason, they didn't want to do it.
First two seasons were great, the Trinity season was great, the rest was more or less crap. Oh what could've been.
people are cracking on the whole lumberjack thing but i can get behind an ending where he fakes his own death and begins a new life alone knowing he brings nothing but death to people in his life.
The last 4 seasons getting to this ending was the brutal part.
Wasn't the whole point of the season that Dexter is not a psychopath and can change?comfortably numb said:agreed.PatsWillWin said:Probably no need to pile on. It was not a very good finale. It was a terrible, terrible final season.
That said, I'm not super annoyed with how it ended in a more general sense. Dexter banishing himself after Deb died makes sense to me. He was the only only one he ever really cared about IMO, so when he was responsible for his death, he decided to stop trying to be something that he wasn't. I can buy it.
Big picture though, this season was bad. They tried to make Vogul a significant character by making her his "spiritual mother," but when she died, I didn't care at all. The "discovery" about who the brain-killer guy was was extremely underwhelming (gasp, the guy leaving the brains around is this character you've seen for 30 seconds!!!"). They truly ran out of ideas and interesting characters.
Dexter was never really in any jeopardy. It made no sense how Deb just got over the whole "my brother is a serial killer and I shot Laguerda to protect him" after trying to down Dexter (except not) and a couple of cups of tea with Vogul.
The only chance they had at a good season was to have a Deb vs. Dexter story, and for whatever reason, they didn't want to do it.
First two seasons were great, the Trinity season was great, the rest was more or less crap. Oh what could've been.
people are cracking on the whole lumberjack thing but i can get behind an ending where he fakes his own death and begins a new life alone knowing he brings nothing but death to people in his life.
The last 4 seasons getting to this ending was the brutal part.![]()
I didn't think there was a point to the season.Wasn't the whole point of the season that Dexter is not a psychopath and can change?comfortably numb said:agreed.PatsWillWin said:Probably no need to pile on. It was not a very good finale. It was a terrible, terrible final season.
That said, I'm not super annoyed with how it ended in a more general sense. Dexter banishing himself after Deb died makes sense to me. He was the only only one he ever really cared about IMO, so when he was responsible for his death, he decided to stop trying to be something that he wasn't. I can buy it.
Big picture though, this season was bad. They tried to make Vogul a significant character by making her his "spiritual mother," but when she died, I didn't care at all. The "discovery" about who the brain-killer guy was was extremely underwhelming (gasp, the guy leaving the brains around is this character you've seen for 30 seconds!!!"). They truly ran out of ideas and interesting characters.
Dexter was never really in any jeopardy. It made no sense how Deb just got over the whole "my brother is a serial killer and I shot Laguerda to protect him" after trying to down Dexter (except not) and a couple of cups of tea with Vogul.
The only chance they had at a good season was to have a Deb vs. Dexter story, and for whatever reason, they didn't want to do it.
First two seasons were great, the Trinity season was great, the rest was more or less crap. Oh what could've been.
people are cracking on the whole lumberjack thing but i can get behind an ending where he fakes his own death and begins a new life alone knowing he brings nothing but death to people in his life.
The last 4 seasons getting to this ending was the brutal part.![]()
I think that they wanted you to possibly believe that, but whether through the writing or Michael C. Hall's acting, I never really got the feeling that he was actually changed. What consequences did he have to bear? I guess I never bought much of a transformation from him and honestly, as others have pointed out, even if he had an epiphany that he will only hurt people and therefore the most loving thing he could do is to stay away from them (which is a legitimate idea), how does he leave his son, who he supposedly loves in the hands of another murderer in a foreign country? Because she took him to the ER one time? I don't think he changed and I think that the general tone of the ending was good, though the way that we get there and the actual ending were not great.Wasn't the whole point of the season that Dexter is not a psychopath and can change?comfortably numb said:agreed.PatsWillWin said:Probably no need to pile on. It was not a very good finale. It was a terrible, terrible final season.
That said, I'm not super annoyed with how it ended in a more general sense. Dexter banishing himself after Deb died makes sense to me. He was the only only one he ever really cared about IMO, so when he was responsible for his death, he decided to stop trying to be something that he wasn't. I can buy it.
Big picture though, this season was bad. They tried to make Vogul a significant character by making her his "spiritual mother," but when she died, I didn't care at all. The "discovery" about who the brain-killer guy was was extremely underwhelming (gasp, the guy leaving the brains around is this character you've seen for 30 seconds!!!"). They truly ran out of ideas and interesting characters.
Dexter was never really in any jeopardy. It made no sense how Deb just got over the whole "my brother is a serial killer and I shot Laguerda to protect him" after trying to down Dexter (except not) and a couple of cups of tea with Vogul.
The only chance they had at a good season was to have a Deb vs. Dexter story, and for whatever reason, they didn't want to do it.
First two seasons were great, the Trinity season was great, the rest was more or less crap. Oh what could've been.
people are cracking on the whole lumberjack thing but i can get behind an ending where he fakes his own death and begins a new life alone knowing he brings nothing but death to people in his life.
The last 4 seasons getting to this ending was the brutal part.![]()
I assumed he was still killing.How do we know he's just a lumberjack and not still killing?
He is. Trees.I assumed he was still killing.How do we know he's just a lumberjack and not still killing?
we dontHow do we know he's just a lumberjack and not still killing?
He's gone from blood splatter expert to wood splatter expert.He is. Trees.I assumed he was still killing.How do we know he's just a lumberjack and not still killing?
And he goes by the name Chip.He's gone from blood splatter expert to wood splatter expert.He is. Trees.I assumed he was still killing.How do we know he's just a lumberjack and not still killing?
I think the point of the season was that he thought he could change, and was trying to change. The whole "new start in Arengtina" thing. But it still ended with disasterous results.Wasn't the whole point of the season that Dexter is not a psychopath and can change?comfortably numb said:agreed.PatsWillWin said:Probably no need to pile on. It was not a very good finale. It was a terrible, terrible final season.
That said, I'm not super annoyed with how it ended in a more general sense. Dexter banishing himself after Deb died makes sense to me. He was the only only one he ever really cared about IMO, so when he was responsible for his death, he decided to stop trying to be something that he wasn't. I can buy it.
Big picture though, this season was bad. They tried to make Vogul a significant character by making her his "spiritual mother," but when she died, I didn't care at all. The "discovery" about who the brain-killer guy was was extremely underwhelming (gasp, the guy leaving the brains around is this character you've seen for 30 seconds!!!"). They truly ran out of ideas and interesting characters.
Dexter was never really in any jeopardy. It made no sense how Deb just got over the whole "my brother is a serial killer and I shot Laguerda to protect him" after trying to down Dexter (except not) and a couple of cups of tea with Vogul.
The only chance they had at a good season was to have a Deb vs. Dexter story, and for whatever reason, they didn't want to do it.
First two seasons were great, the Trinity season was great, the rest was more or less crap. Oh what could've been.
people are cracking on the whole lumberjack thing but i can get behind an ending where he fakes his own death and begins a new life alone knowing he brings nothing but death to people in his life.
The last 4 seasons getting to this ending was the brutal part.![]()
no he faded away the episode priorI was FF through a lot of it...did we see Harry in the final ep?
They could've devoted all of Lem's screen time to showing Madison Burge's cans.One thing that keeps annoying me is Lem's character, the US Marshall. He was a complete waste of time. He did nothing. He never really got close to finding Hannah, never caught on to Dexter being anything, and then they killed him. The very minor level of drama that was created by him snooping around Deb's place and Dexter could've easily been rolled into Elway's role as he pursued the bounty after Deb left.
Every second spent with Lem on the screen was just a complete waste of time. I probably shouldn't be too annoyed since the alternative was more of Dexter driving around Miami having boring conversations with people (which was essentially the whole season), but still.
I would've liked it a lot more if they'd done something significant with Bautista. Or at least not make him such an idiot. He makes Hank from Breaking Bad look like freaking Columbo.
must have FF through that one as well.no he faded away the episode priorI was FF through a lot of it...did we see Harry in the final ep?
i think so. I barely pay attention eithermust have FF through that one as well.no he faded away the episode priorI was FF through a lot of it...did we see Harry in the final ep?
was their "closure" with Harry of any sort?
i.e. Thanks for everything....I don't need you anymore..