re: Dexter Finale 5.12 12/12

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I think the writing staff has gotten very cheap and started to "cheat" to throw the audience off

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I do think they fudged a little bit this season. Everything was just too neat.

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For instance, Deb made the remark about "you must be glad this whole thing is over", but they showed ZERO reaction from Dexter beyond the ordinary.

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Actually, this one didn't bother me too much because Dexter is so skilled at acting and hiding emotions when it comes to Deb.

K

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If Deb "knows" about Dexter being a killer at this point then it is purely subconscious IMHO. It's too important of a reveal for her to acknowledge it with just a "wink and a nod"...Dexter books be damned (the TV show is not even really following the books anymore from what I've been told).

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For the record, I only suggested that Deb knows or strongly suspects it was Dex and Lumen behind the visqueen.

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But Dexter killed Liddy in a moment of passion, and signs pointed to Quinn. There was blood on Quinn's shoe, his name on surveillance registry, the record of calls between him and Liddy. In the finale, Quinn is dramatically called out and briefly put behind bars—a genuine and thrilling leap in the plot, it seemed. Because would he have to go public with the Dexter investigation? With the suspicion that Dexter may have killed Liddy? Yet he's loose by end of the episode, thanks to ... Dexter's blood work? Uh, wait. What? Yes, the drop of blood was suspicious but hardly the cops' only black mark against Quinn and likely not the last lead in Liddy's murder. If Quinn were truly investigated, the police would have found Liddy's photos of Dexter and Lumen in Quinn's apartment. They likely would have also found additional surveillance records in Liddy's place. Clearing Quinn on account of that one blood drop was a pat fix, a flirtation with consequence but too bashful to explore real trouble.

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Why didnt Dexter change up the body dumping after the scuba diver found the pile of bodies last time that they pinned on Doaks or Moser? HUH

I've been worrying about thistoo!

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Why didnt Dexter change up the body dumping after the scuba diver found the pile of bodies last time that they pinned on Doaks or Moser? HUH

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he did, he went from dumping them in the bay to dumping them in the gulf stream

now granted, it looked like he might have gone back to his old ways this year but he had changed his dumping habits after the bay harbor butcher deal

that line that deb said was very innocent and she could have no way of knowing that Dexter was in any way involved

descent finale but I was hoping for more... really I wish they would have expanded on a few things, maybe add like 5-10 minutes, maybe Dexter and Quinn have a conversation more than "thanks, just doing my job"

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Anything can happen, and a fresh start may be exactly what the upcoming season needs ... especially if the show will stop pulling punches and tighten loose ends. The arc of Lumen was largely a success—tender, generally well acted, resonant, and appropriate to our serial killer's larger evolution. It's the rest of Dexter that needs to follow through.

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Regarding the fresh start, I agree. However, someone mentioned that in a preview for the next season, the murders of Liddy/Chase are still being investigated. Hopefully, those investigations are resolved in the early episodes so that there's some sort of freshness.

frick. i was hoping bob saget would get that role.

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I think she was alluding to herself as much as Quinn.

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i read your comment on the last page and i think you are accurate.

Deb;s comment to dex about being relieved, raised an eyebrow for me too, but it really didnt occur to be that deb could know until JerseyTiger pointed it out in the thread.

I know people thought the finale was underwhelming compared to the roller coaster for the season, but I think there are plenty of loose ends to bring us into next season.

Anyone know if next season is the last?