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Paradox Personified posted:I rather like the previews thus far, there was only one that fell flat and that was way early on when they had no footage to work with.. False, Quair will be doing all the rogaine. Meanwhile, Quinn is just doing a buncha meth. e: here, have something saved on my computer as DECKSTER AND LOOMIN.gif, which is slightly nws if you work in like a daycare or something. I'm pretty sure it's not nws but I spoilered it anyway.  QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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Jun 30, 2013 07:42
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Jul 1, 2013 02:16
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Jul 1, 2013 02:25
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I love that all computers in this show are permanently in caps lock.
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Jul 1, 2013 02:27
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I love that Angel's sister can't decide if she wants to call him AIN-jell or ahn-HELL.
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Jul 1, 2013 02:32
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Guess who Dexter will try to kill this season. It's Dr. Brainlady.
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Jul 1, 2013 02:36
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Either that or he'll start a relationship with her She's not blonde or under 40, so...
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What is a "fence" in this context?Rageaholic Monkey posted:Matthews and Brainlady are a serial killer duo
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Regy Rusty posted:Someone who buys and sells stolen goods? Hmm. Never heard that before. Thanks though. Dexter is seriously the worst dad of all. e: and why does Quinn always wear
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Jul 1, 2013 02:46
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Dexter is in full on Casey Anthony mode.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:El Sapo I want a little Spanish guitar trill to play whenever they say his name.
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Jul 1, 2013 02:58
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Calling that she's going to confess to murdering Briggs so she can get into prison and Kill Hannah. For reasons.
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L_Harrison posted:It's Sylar If this happened I would be unable to watch the rest of the season because the promise of constant steamy grappling matches and breathy, growling conversations between Zachary Quinto and Michael C. Hall would cause me to  so much that I would be unable to find anything sexually arousing ever again.
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Pellisworth posted:I dunno, I thought Dexter's anger issues this episode were implied to be because Deb isn't around to be his "rock," so he's starting to lose it? This is how I took it, too. Empathy, the ability to understand how others are feeling, is much different from anger, and Dex is clearly still really lacking in this department. He has no idea how or why Deb wants him to gently caress off and leave her new life alone, nor does he see how or why suddenly turning up everywhere and killing her new boyfriend are making him even more abhorrent to her. He just doesn't get it. The "lack of emotion" that people say in reference to serial killers on this show (and in TV pseudopsychology in general) is more about not understanding others' emotions than not having any of your own. They can definitely get angry and freak the gently caress out like Dexter is doing, especially if their rituals and status quo have been interrupted as much as Dex's have. Although I'm not sure whether the writers knew that or if they just said "whoa what if he like almost kills a guy for cutting him off in traffic." The Code was part of his ritual, and it's pretty much out the window. His only stability, the only person left to make him feel like he's passing for normal (You could argue Harrison, but it's pretty clear how much Dex actually cares about him, and in Dex's mind, he's possibly already been tainted by the events of Rita's death) has been missing for months on a coke binge with some random dude. why am I psychoanalyzing this show my god after all the poo poo e: Taratang posted:This episode laboured the point about "real" psychopaths been cool and disconnected from their emotions, which is why Doakes was never a good fit for the BHB. Though to be honest, outside of maybe Season 1 Episode 1 Dexter has never been a very good example of a psychopath. QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Jul 3, 2013 |
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PostNouveau posted:Would either of those explain the murdering AND Ghost Dad? Or should Ghost Dad just be chalked up to lovely writing? This may surprise some viewers, who didn't get to see James Remar shrugging while staring into the camera apologetically, but yeah, Ghost dad is probably one of the most egregious cases of overnarration (there are somehow more than one) on this show. Junkfist posted:So I hope there's a scene where Vogel realizes this and has a moment of pure This would be such an amazing subversion of how the show has gone that I'm crazy skeptical that it would happen. Dr. Brainlady owns though, I hope she'll finallly be the one to best Dex.
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Scott Bakula posted:So is she just there to continue a pseudoincest theme because it certainly feels like it and its a bit weird Why stop at just one?
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Junkfist posted:(Which will suddenly collapse 45 minutes from the end of the series) When Harrison reports his bumbling, negligent serial killer father to Miami Metro so he can get him out of the way and get back to his true passion. Scooping brains.
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I might be going nuts or blind or something, but I legitimately couldn't tell if the woman Dex asked why she was back in Miami was Hannah or loving Lumen. Trying to avoid the spoiler thread for some reason, but they would have said something like "LUMEN PIERCE, The One Who Finally Understands Me 2.0, what are you doing back in Miami, Lumen Pierce?" if it was her, right? Goddamn Hannah peeping around the corner as they both succumbed to poison was hilarious. Hannah is an awful character.
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PostNouveau posted:I hope Lumen comes back for maximum cast awkwardness. Lumen will never come back because she has  LEFT MIAMI with all her baggage in tow as just this super secret thing she did that is never to be spoken of again. she will only start existing again if another character currently on the show actively seeks her out, a la Jonah Mitchell, who only reappeared because ???plot???She was barely mentioned after she returned to her home planet, if I remember correctly. Like, someone mentioned her once in season six or seven and I remember thinking, "wait, what weird tenant girl?"
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Das Boo posted:
This is amazing, you're amazing. The entire department knowing would 100% redeem this show for me. I just keep imagining the exchange from the Always Sunny episode where Mac and Charlie fake their own deaths at the end, only with Quinn as Dennis. "I knew you were a serial killer this whole time, dude. Did you think you were being, like, sneaky?!? I saw you stalking like twelve people right before they each disappeared. I just wanted to keep banging your sister." Now that I think about it that actually almost is the plot of an always sunny episode, although no one would want to keep sticking it to Dee. She's like a huge bird.
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Regy Rusty posted:WHOOOOOOOO CAAAARES. Don't even act like the sergeant reveal at SaladNanny's birthday bash didn't just completely tear you up inside.
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User-Friendly posted:Speaking of this, has Quinn even solved a case in the past five years he's been on the show? Why would he get a promotion? Well, I figure that since they all know about Dexter now that Laguench is dead, Miami Metro has started up a golf-like point system. The person who solves the least amount of crimes per cycle, thus keeping the murderous elephant in the room happy, is the person most eligible for promotion. Thus Batista arrives at his two choices: Quinn, notorious department fuckup, and this random lady that apparently wandered into Miami Metro sometime last season and immediately established rapport with everyone else. Since I'm sure Quinn has done at least one productive thing in the past six years, although I can't imagine what that might possibly be at the moment (maybe that meeting he didn't gently caress up?), Carla Doody, Black Cop was the natural choice. Note: Quinn has been in 3x as many seasons as Doakes. hallebarrysoetoro posted:the only thing I can take away from this season of Dexter is if they ever make a Zybourne Clock movie, they can use the kid who plays Zach as Johnny. Holy poo poo, no way. That's what has been bothering me about that kid.
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Junkfist posted:Scene: Jamie's Birthday party. I can't help but imagine the writers sitting around the table, taking a celebratory shot, one of them toasting "Are you ready, gentlemen? Tonight's the night. Tonight's the night. Tonight's the night that, after seven seasons, we get to cause nothing of consequence to happen."
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This show is really just such a loving chore to watch.
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prezbuluskey posted:
I really only watch this show now so I understand all the great posts just chopping the entire thing into pieces in this thread. This show is our Dark Passenger. We have all become the Bay Harbor Butcher.
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King Vidiot posted:I somehow knew him from Warlock despite never watching that movie (to my knowledge). I even remembered that his name was Julian Sands, despite not really seeing him in anything else. I will always remember that the sister on The Secret World of Alex Mack's was played by Meredith Bishop.
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Ror posted:Manotaur and his Malevolent Murder Maze. Don't forget the Macabre Metal Music. How is that AV club article even pretending to not know who killed the Plot Device Next Door?
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I meant to livewatch, but I kinda forgot this was a show. Some thoughts: Goddamnit, Zach was actually kinda growing on me. Like whoever said, not sure how much of that was intentional on the part of the writers. The loving dinner scene though, my god. The way it ended reminded me of the "witty banter" they do in superhero movies while they're suiting up to go somewhere. Only even more terrible. Dex and Hannah in the car had me rolling my eyes into the stratosphere. That character and her writing is insufferable. I feel bad for Strahovsky. Question: the line "He was following the code without even knowing it." in reference to Zach killing the spring break killbro. What was that line even supposed to mean? I think I missed a subtext because Dexter narrated the wrong thing. Bryan Goosling is a weird character and has hopefully been surreptitiously brainscooping and framing Zachs and setting poo poo up behind the scenes all season. That would actually maybe be a cool thing. They'll probably introduce some rando in episode 10 though, and tada it's the big bad. Actually I want Brainscoop to be Lumen, who, jealous that Dexter has both a new lover and a new protege, gets his attention the only way she knows how. And Masuka's daughter is new age all of a sudden because lol isn't that wacky. Where the gently caress did that come from? Crunch Bucket posted:Michael C. Hall's rear end was by far the best part of this episode. This is correct.
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Burt Buckle posted:I just hope Dexter wears a rubber at all times so he's ready to go whenever. I think it's pretty clear that the writers are extremely fond of the pulling-out method.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Showtime: Just stop watching our shows after 1 season. Trust us, they will go to poo poo. Hey, Shameless is still good.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:There were layers so I assume it was lasagna. Brain lasagna. I thought it was some weird spinach bake or something and am, in retrospect, surprised that the scene didn't go more like, "Sorry Dexter, as a psychopath I don't expect you to understand, but I hope you don't mind that it's vegetarian. You can eat some anyway with your third blonde wife and third inconvenient, bothersome son. Things sure are much different now for you than ever before, but I also I want you to know that I wasnt making a casserole as a plot device to bring you all over; rather it was def so I could eat this green cheese glop (?) all week and have leftovers. Hey can I drive Zach home for unsuspicious reasons? banter banter psychopath witty repartee banter banter shocking personal barb against dinner guest banter banter psychopath." PostNouveau posted:RastaMouse is the Brain Surgeon. This had better be it. The clues were there all along, they were just waiting to be found. QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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Dexter: just loving watch Hannibal.
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Minarch posted:I'm still seriously trying to figure this out. How did Dexter know that Brainsurgeon had ~*~hacked into~*~ Brainlady's computer? Wasn't it Yates who had hacked into her computer to steal her journals? The very same journals which Dexter found in Yates' basement? Is this an enormous continuity error or have I missed something? I don't know why Dexter doesn't just call the police, False Ryan Gosling is obviously Granos.
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PriorMarcus posted:Well it does finally answer the long asked question of who helped Harry devise the co... NO ONE loving ASKED THAT WRITERS! I could not stop laughing at the PROGRESS AGE scene. I was half expecting him to use the other filter, REGRESS AGE, on Ryan Granos's driver's license image for some reason. I guess to really drive the point home that yes, this filter that made Dr. Brainlady's dead son's picture look like it had progeria proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what literally everyone watching already knew. I love what Dexter writers think computers do. 
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I really want to know if anyone involved in this horseshit is genuinely satisfied with their work, or if any of them feel proud of the tangled web of meaninglessness they've spun out of the weeping, hackneyed spinnerets of their collective anuses. I am legitimately curious.
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DaNzA posted:Man I feel bad for Harrison, it used to be a thing in the earlier episodes where Dexter is trying to protect and care about him. Surprise twist in final episode - "Harrison" has actually been Rita this whole time, who, stricken with grief after Trinity killed her real son, reverted to his personality. Dexter shares in this illusion because the sight of the grisly scene caused him to go mad. Everyone else is just humoring him when he talks about "Harrison." Jamie is actually a psych trauma specialist helping to rehabilitate Rita. It all makes sense because when psychopaths the brain jargon can start to empathy psychopaths are necessary. So, when trauma psychopaths the brain acts to science brain dissociate psychopaths. 
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CaptainHollywood posted:Season 5 wasn't bad- but the ending really said "time to go back to status quo" :iamafag: Well, Quinn presumably dropped it because Dex got him out of being investigated for Liddy's murder. He didn't stop suspecting anything. Regardless, the end of that arc marks the last time that an X-is-on-to-him storyline was ever dissolved for an even somewhat concrete reason other than "well thats just how it happened ok so next scene." RembrandtQEinstein posted:There was also like, an episode and a half of a flamer. Side note - Was Hannah really only introduced last season? Why does it feel like she's been standing there slackjawed making dopey bedroom eyes and poisoning people's coffee for like, 14 seasons?
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