Author Topic: Dexter Series 6 now 7 too (PLEASE use spoiler tags). Season 7 now on in US (Read 34457 times)

Armand9 · « **Reply #560 on:** December 17, 2012, 07:23:03 pm »

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I love that they were at a new years party and the nanny is like, "Oh dexter isnt here yet? Yeah I put the kid in the back to lie down."
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Yeah, there's tons of ridiculous scenario's concerning Dexter's kid. They fucked up giving him a kid of his own, obviously they saw it as a vehicle to character developement but it was one that would forever be a noose around the writer's necks thereafter. Having him with a surrogate family (from the very first episode) worked well but the more they cluttered his life with permanent roots the more it fucked things up and many times the writers seemed to really struggle and good air time was often wasted just trying to get around it and his criminal ways. The best thing they did was kill off the wife at the end of Trinity and fuck the surrogate kids off to Florida - problem was they hung his own kid around his neck and didn't see fit to get him out of the show.

They'll rattle off words about character developement blah, blah, blah, I'm sure but I think it's obvious they knew they were overly bogging him down and thus Trinity's little excursion to Rita's bathroom to reset things somewhat.

For me, and I am a bit of a cynic, I wonder if the only reason the kid is there is that when Dexter's done with, they can do another show about his kid grown up and following in daddy's footsteps. Afterall, they've already mirrored the kid's childhood with Dexter's, ie the 'influential' moment that set Dexter on his path being duplicated in his son's life.

Beav · « **Reply #561 on:** December 17, 2012, 09:55:57 pm »

OH MY TITYFUCKING CHRIST THAT WAS GOOD.

Wow. What a finale.

7777 · « **Reply #562 on:** December 17, 2012, 11:22:16 pm »

Brilliant season but not enough Masuka!

AdamR · « **Reply #563 on:** December 17, 2012, 11:29:39 pm »

Great end to the season.

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I fucking love that poisioning slag too. Hope she's in it next season now that she's on the run.

Thought the scene in the trailer was great. I knew she was going to shoot Maria but I had that little doubt in me that she wouldn't and Dexter would have to do it.

Interview after was good too. Says that he has an idea for next season with Dexters past

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Frank. · « **Reply #564 on:** December 18, 2012, 12:26:29 am »

Brilliant season, I just hope next season isn't just

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Deb: Ermergerd Dex er killed laguerterrrrr

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Something Awful · « **Reply #565 on:** December 18, 2012, 12:42:01 am »

Not enough of the guy in the flashbacks. Let down.

ghost1359 · « **Reply #566 on:** December 18, 2012, 12:51:17 am »

Quote from: Frank. Incense. on December 18, 2012, 12:26:29 am

Brilliant season, I just hope next season isn't just

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Deb: Ermergerd Dex er killed laguerterrrrr
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Course it will be

Matt8Pie · « **Reply #567 on:** December 18, 2012, 03:34:32 am »

That episode was so fucking tense but so fucking good.

RedMichelFerri · « **Reply #568 on:** December 18, 2012, 05:56:15 am »

Quote from: ghost1359 on December 17, 2012, 07:19:58 pm

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Finally, fuck you Maria! 7 seasons too late!
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Amen brother. Glad the bitch is gone. Would have preferred Dexter giving her table treatment.

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Yiannis · « **Reply #569 on:** December 18, 2012, 11:32:06 am »

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Thank God the Gremlin is dead and nobody liked her.The backstabbing twat!As for the episode it had a good finale although it had its usual ridiculous scenes/moments like Dexter tranquilizing Estrada in broad daylight or Laguerta taking the bait after what had gone down previously.I found the flashback useless.

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I've said in the past on this thread regarding my dislikes with Dexter since the Trinity season(which was the last boss season) and almost completely agree with Armand's posts.1 season left and of course i'll watch it but personally I have lost that feeling of "cannot wait for the next season/episode" i had with the majority of the first seasons.

Armand9 · « **Reply #570 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:14:25 pm »

I've just finished watching all seasons of Dexter - 1 to 7 - back to back, yeah was a marathon and then some.

While my favourite seasons (Ice truck killer, trinity and bay harbour butcher [in that order]) remain the same, the season i expected to be the weakest actually didn't turn out that way (season 3 - the Prada season) and is far from the weakest imo. And a season I thought would feature just after my favourites fell down my personal rating - season 6, Doomsday Killer. Which on the surface seems odd as the subject matter is right up my street, the scenario and twist are great and the tableaus are probably the best visual highlights in the Dexter series.

I've already aired my problems with season 7 so won't bang on about it but one thing I failed to mention has to be noted. While I accept there are narratives we aren't going to see enacted in every season - there's only so much air time etc - in season 7 with Deb's revelation as to who Dexter really is, how on this fucking earth can the subject of Doakes not be covered. Can anyone make a case for it not coming up (it just has to, it can't be washed over as an unseen narrative that happened).

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To me it's obvious, there's no way Deb would be able to reconcile Dexter being involved in Doakes' murder - even tho he didn't kill him, she's unlikely to believe that seeing as he is the BHB. We don't even see her saying anything about 'so Doakes wasn't the BHB' - the very first thing surely that would come up when she found the slides in his apartment. Come on, how on earth can that not be the first thing she brings up when Dexter admits he is the BHB? Nope, ridiculous.

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Anyway, back to the main point I was going to make having watched every Dexter back to back, is that the weakest two seasons are 6 and 7, in that order. What was very noticeable (having watched seasons 1 to 5) soon as I started watching season 6 onwards was the change in writing. It's much more clipped, corners being cut, lots of unconvincing dialogue in general, which really is a consequence of the clipping etc. Now I don't know if the editing's at fault or the original writing but when you watch them back to back it's actually quite startling at just how foreshortened the dialogue/scenarios are to the point at times of almost being glib, not something I noticed when watching a season unfold slowly at one hour a weak.

I should note that (like most i suspect) once a season has finished I watch it again straight thru after and yet didn't really notice the corners being cut to the degree they are in the last two seasons. It was only watching the whole of Dexter front to back that the change is so readily apparent and to be frank it's pretty piss poor. Sure, I still love Dexter and will be waiting for the final season as much as anyone else but the writing/editing of the scenarios/dialogue have to put right and properly fleshed out as they sure as shit have failed in that respect in recent seasons.

rob1408 · « **Reply #571 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:38:14 pm »

I thought season seven was very good, nearly back to it's best. By the way, I wouldn't necessarily count on Season eight being the last one, Buck gave an interview recently where he alluded to a possible ninth season if Showtime were open to it. He said that he didn't know if eight was the last season as it's a showtime decision.

Seebab · « **Reply #572 on:** January 7, 2013, 04:29:41 pm »

I would say season 7 was very very good. Much better than the average season 5 and 6 and possible better than season 3 in my opinion.

Favourite character this season was Isaac for sure. I felt there was a drop in quality once he left up until the last episode. Shame he became pretty much irrelevant in the end.

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I'll have to agree with Armand that we have seen a lot of corner cutting in the last two seasons. The last episode of this season was ridiculous in that no one spotted Dexter sticking a needle in the neck of the guy or how LaGuerta just went in with no back up in the end, as has been said above. The whole nanny thing was annoying too. Hopefully, we see less of her pointless appearances.

Next season, I honestly have no idea where they will go. Who's left in the police department? LaGuerta's dead, Angel's retired, Quinn's a mess. There's no way Debra can continue working there after the guilt she will be feeling. Are they really going to continue having little side cases next season? I'm glad they kept McKay though. I was afraid they would kill her off so it should be interesting hopefully...

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rob1408 · « **Reply #573 on:** January 7, 2013, 04:52:18 pm »

Working my way through the Dexter books, barring the first book they're very different to the show, although the show has the characters spot on.

I've read the first four and they're well worth a read, although the third takes an unwelcome turn. More violent than the show in my opinion.

Oddball · « **Reply #574 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:03:45 pm »

Had a shesh and watched this series over 3 days. Crackerlacking. Im all up to date

klobutruck33 · « **Reply #575 on:** January 12, 2013, 11:30:09 am »

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I thought there were some amazing scenes in season 7 but overall it was a disappointing season. Some people think that since Scott Buck took over as the show's front runner the show has gone downhill, who knows.

I thought they tried to cram too many storylines into the season that it felt like certain storylines were underdeveloped and rushed that I was left wondering why they even bothered having it in the first place like the bloke setting fire to people in public places. Isaak will go down as one of my favourite Dexter villians of all time but they got rid of him way too quick, his character was worthy of lasting the full season and being the 'big bad' for the season.

I thought they misused Hannah. Her best scenes were right at the very end when we finally get to see her true colours like the scene with Debra in the court room or when it was revealed that she poisoned Debra. The bullshit romance they concocted between Dexter and her was a waste of time and could have been better used with having more of Isaak for example.

Seriously what is the point of Quinn? All his scenes either involve him screwing women who end up screwing him over in the long run or we see how much of a dirty cop he is. I much preferred Mike but they quickly killed him off this season.

I'm glad LaGuerta finally got killed off. I could never stand her character. She was quick to throw people under the bus when she stuffed up. Her negatives far outweighed any positivities she may have had.

The more the season went on the more I disliked Dexter that I really don't care if he gets killed off now. His arrogance when he said to Debra 'what are you going to do?' when she discovered his blood slides and she ended up punching him in the face. He said he wouldn't risk his family's life again by getting close to a serial killer and not killing them when he had the chance like when Trinity killed Rita but he does the same thing again with Hannah. In season one when he realised Debra would never be safe as long as Brian was alive he killed his own brother. This season his current fling admits to trying to kill Debra but this time he knows what she did and that he could never really trust her but he 'can't get over her' Give me a break. Before he was the serial killer who killed those that 'deserved it' but now he no longer puts up the victim's pictures before he kills their killers, he kills people who don't meet the code he's basically a killer just like those he hunts down. It was his arrogance 'that Lundy didn't catch me so LaGuerta won't' and being so occupied with Hannah that lead to that container scene in the season finale. It didn't have to get to that but now he's destroyed Debra.

The only saving grace this season was Debra. Discovering Dexter's secret and still being there for him and trying to help him while going against everything she believes in. Her confession that she loved him, killing LaGuerta to save him. Everything she did was for love but Dexter's too selfish to see that, he really doesn't deserve her. Debra deserves some happiness after everything she's been through. I really hope they don't turn her into a basketcase next season due to her killing LaGuerta.

The writers and producers have put themselves into a corner. I don't know if they can get out of it with any credibility. Deb killed LaGuerta with her own police issue gun, not to mention the DNA Deb and Dex left behind, plus the dispatch call Deb made on LaGuerta's whereabouts. If this was the ending of the series I would have been ok with it. Although something like this would never be able to go on real life for so long some of the scenes and the way Dexter was able to get away with things considering the evidence it felt way too unbelievable unlike previous seasons. Why oh why did they even bother to hint at a Dexter/Debra relationship at the end of season six only to completely screw it up this season? So frustrating. The writers and producers are going to have to perform a miracle in season 8 because despite the Dexter/Debra discovery/drama/tension the last two seasons have dropped the ball overall.

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-Nay- · « **Reply #576 on:** January 12, 2013, 09:55:28 pm »

@SHO_Dexter
Get ready to spend summer with #Dexter! SEASON 8 PREMIERE: Sunday, June 30

Earlier this year!

skibaboo · « **Reply #577 on:** January 12, 2013, 10:39:06 pm »

Beat me to it!!

libby_lfc · « **Reply #578 on:** January 12, 2013, 11:54:11 pm »

Yayyyyyyyy!!!!

Beav · « **Reply #579 on:** January 13, 2013, 10:41:14 am »

ON MY BIRTHDAY!

Cant wait!

rob1408 · « **Reply #580 on:** January 13, 2013, 10:45:26 am »

Any more news on whether Season 8 will be the last ? The last thing I heard is that Showtime were open to, and negotiating, a ninth.

trenchtownrasta · « **Reply #581 on:** January 13, 2013, 11:59:07 am »

I got up to season five and can't quite be f*cked to watched it anymore, is it worth it?

klobutruck33 · « **Reply #582 on:** January 16, 2013, 06:56:50 pm »

Quote from: rob1408 on January 13, 2013, 10:45:26 am

Any more news on whether Season 8 will be the last ? The last thing I heard is that Showtime were open to, and negotiating, a ninth.

The executive producer Scott Buck said they were still working towards season 8 being the final season unless they hear otherwise from Showtime. Jennifer Carpenter who plays Debra said she thinks season 8 will be the last.

There were rumours season 8 would be extended to 16 episodes since the cast and crew were reporting back earlier than previous years but it's been confirmed that there will be 12 episodes but the season premiere will be starting a lot earlier this year. First episode is 30th June.

http://www.dexterdaily.com/2013/01/dexter-season-8-official-premiere-date.html

tubby · « **Reply #583 on:** February 4, 2013, 11:29:34 am »

Just finished series 7 and is it just me or was there a lot more heavy breathing from Dexter this time round?

Anyway, glad to see

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the end of LaGuerta, FINALLY.

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And the fact that there was no obvious big bad and instead just loads of shades of grey made it an interesting watch. Not sure where I'd rank it but it kept me watching.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #584 on:** April 1, 2013, 12:40:22 pm »

Just noticed series 7 has hit the SKY channels and is up to episode 7 already. Gutted about this as I have religiously watched all previous 6 seasons episode by episode each week on FX Channel

Is FX channel now called FOX?

Suppose I will have to download season 7 now

XabiArt · « **Reply #585 on:** April 19, 2013, 12:14:59 am »

Announced the next series will be the last, starts on June 30, 2013 and I can't wait.

Preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dy6u5rXqN5o#!

Armand9 · « **Reply #586 on:** April 19, 2013, 01:48:42 am »

Quote from: trenchtownrasta on January 13, 2013, 11:59:07 am

I got up to season five and can't quite be f*cked to watched it anymore, is it worth it?

I would say yes, but then I love it. What I would say is that you've defo seen the best of Dexter, it doesn't get any better from your where you are - it gets weaker.

fuck, just realised that post is 3 months fucking old - ah well, he might pop back in

XabiArt · « **Reply #587 on:** May 8, 2013, 04:39:44 pm »

another preview. I'm so excited now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cGRBmZ4gG0Q

Oddball · « **Reply #588 on:** May 8, 2013, 06:02:07 pm »

Quote from: Armand9 on April 19, 2013, 01:48:42 am

I would say yes, but then I love it. What I would say is that you've defo seen the best of Dexter, it doesn't get any better from your where you are - it gets weaker.

fuck, just realised that post is 3 months fucking old - ah well, he might pop back in

Hahahaha

I know what you mean. It does get weaker and the plot a little silly, but its still great TV, and a damn site better than some of the shite out there.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #589 on:** May 9, 2013, 10:13:25 am »

Season finale this weekend for s7. Been a very good season.

vNauuuM · « **Reply #590 on:** June 2, 2013, 09:13:32 pm »

This Show! Wow, I'm Addicted

Damo58 · « **Reply #591 on:** June 2, 2013, 09:16:18 pm »

Quote from: vNauuuM on June 2, 2013, 09:13:32 pm

This Show! Wow, I'm Addicted

Nob

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #592 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:24:34 pm »

Never seen a single ep of this, but thats all about to change. Got netflix going. Looking forward to it

Vintage Nerd · « **Reply #593 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:38:57 pm »

Quote from: Lawnmowerman on June 10, 2013, 08:24:34 pm

Never seen a single ep of this, but thats all about to change. Got netflix going. Looking forward to it

Just in time for the final season, starts in a couple of weeks!

Hoenheim · « **Reply #594 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:40:18 pm »

Quote from: Lawnmowerman on June 10, 2013, 08:24:34 pm

Never seen a single ep of this, but thats all about to change. Got netflix going. Looking forward to it

I wish I could erase my memory of watching it, then watch it over and over again

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #595 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:41:10 pm »

Quote from: Vintage Nerd on June 10, 2013, 08:38:57 pm

Just in time for the final season, starts in a couple of weeks!

ooh Good. Perfect timing. GoT ending doesn't seem so bad now

johnsmithlfc · « **Reply #596 on:** June 20, 2015, 12:27:28 am »

Finally watched the last 2 seasons of Dexter.
Hadn't watched an episode since 2012 and while the show obviously got worse as the series went on, I still thoroughly enjoyed the last 2 seasons.
I was hooked on Dexter back in the day and while this wasn't quite as good as that, it was always a ridiculously fun show and some great moments too.

Glad I got back to it and finished the series - wasn't an amazing end but not as bad as I remember people saying.

rob1408 · « **Reply #597 on:** June 20, 2015, 12:43:10 am »

I enjoyed Dexter, even the much maligned final season (or seasons), but I did think the final fifteen minutes were terrible.

It was basically The Dark Knight Rises.

There were rumours of a spinoff show, but I haven't read anything recently. I might dig the boxset out again.

johnsmithlfc · « **Reply #598 on:** June 20, 2015, 08:22:24 am »

Quote from: rob1408 on June 20, 2015, 12:43:10 am

I enjoyed Dexter, even the much maligned final season (or seasons), but I did think the final fifteen minutes were terrible.

It was basically The Dark Knight Rises.

There were rumours of a spinoff show, but I haven't read anything recently. I might dig the boxset out again.

Yeah the final quarter of the ep felt rushed to be honest and I'd prefer the ending I've read online where Dexter is caught and he's facing lethal injection and there are pictures of his victims all around the room.
Was reading late last night so can't remember but it was either the original planned ending or the ending of the books.

I thought all seasons were good and although there was a definite dip in quality it still remained a fantastic show.

They'll prob do another season in a few years, just to tie things up.
Many of these shows seem to.

But yeah - loved Dexter...a really good series.

rob1408 · « **Reply #599 on:** June 20, 2015, 11:36:28 am »

I've read the first five books and he isn't dead yet. The books are fucking terrible, I wouldn't be surprised if they kill him off and then bring him back as Zombie Dex.

The show follows the first book closely and then thankfully goes in its own direction.

The thing I loved about the show, especially early on, was that it was really funny. The ending left a sour taste for some, not for me. I didn't particularly like it, but I enjoyed everything prior.

Great show.