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They really wanna not give Dexter any kind of happy ending , but I kind of get that since he is 100% not a good person. New Blood was really good though.
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New Blood was about as cool as it could be and was real fun to see Dexter doing his thing again but the ending was rock loving stupid. Which is a fair ending for anything Dexter. Im stoked that they are gonna keep milking this thing because I am consistently entertained, but I do kind of feel bad for Michael C Hall; Dudes a really good actor and I cant imagine he expected to be tied to this trash for this long. Like, its a job and he's doing great, so good for him, but also he was David Fischer, this role has to bore the poo poo out of him.
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Feb 14, 2025 08:21
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Only halfway through the final episode but LOL thats got to be one of the least dramatic flashbacks ever. "Stay away from Dexter." "Its too late!". Flashback to asking him if this seats taken and then walking away.
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Feb 14, 2025 09:24
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Tofu Injection posted:New Blood was about as cool as it could be and was real fun to see Dexter doing his thing again but the ending was rock loving stupid. Which is a fair ending for anything Dexter. My understand is that he basically burned a lot of bridges and Dexter is his only chance at a cash cow.
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Feb 14, 2025 09:58
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Sounds like the Keither Sutherland school of acting down to playing the same character for far too long and going on tour with your mid-band.
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Feb 14, 2025 10:04
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PriorMarcus posted:My understand is that he basically burned a lot of bridges and Dexter is his only chance at a cash cow. Spill the goss.
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Feb 14, 2025 13:04
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He made a selfie video on the set of Resurrection, talking about how excited he was to be working on the show, but it wasn’t very convincing.
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Feb 14, 2025 14:06
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Finished original sin, I liked it I'm glad Sara Michelle Geller's character was just a good forensic investigator and not a secret killer but would've enjoyed way more of her in the show The first morphing effect they used showing Brian aging in the mental hospital, I thought was fine When they used it again when Harry had the gun pointed at him, I laughed and laughed  animorphs type stuff Brian staring at the dancing happy Morgans while the background actor nods and smiles away in the corner made me laugh way too much at the final shot
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Feb 14, 2025 14:46
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Annabel Pee posted:Only halfway through the final episode but LOL thats got to be one of the least dramatic flashbacks ever. I was laughing at that one because it reminded me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUTKxh3Vlek
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Feb 14, 2025 15:30
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Well, that was fun, if a little stupid. I dunno man, I'm happy to watch more Dexter, and the new kid is pretty good. Did anyone else think it was a little gutless for them to have Dexter let Spencer go in favor of saving the kid? I thought for sure he was gonna let the kid drown, and I think it might have been a better show if they had, with Harry asking this time "The kid... was that you?" and Dexter's like "well, uhh..." A little too primetime TV hero, I thought, Dexter's not supposed to be actual Batman. But I dunno, aside from that, and Deb's stuff being a little irrelevant, I thought that was a pretty good season. Not an A+, but a fun B-.
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Feb 15, 2025 03:09
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It totally meant my expectations for a Dexter prequel show. The dumb flashbacks throughout the season were the best part. I hope this does well and we get another season, with Brian asking Dexter more irrelevant questions.
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Feb 15, 2025 03:44
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Yeah so overall Dexter Original Sin was overall pretty decent watch. I'm kind of curious if they'll come back and do another season since their doing Dexter Resurrection. Speaking of which here is my Speculation on Dexter Resurrection is that Dexter is going to be Head Harry for Harrison who's in his first year of being a avenger or whatever.
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Feb 15, 2025 04:36
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I was also thinking yeah that kid's dead for sure -- the water was closing over his head while Spencer and Dexter were still talking, and he was chained to the floor, and I figured even if Dexter jumped in right then there'd be no way to get him loose before he drowned. And I think that would have been maybe a better ending? Dexter comes to the same conclusion I did -- he can't save the kid -- and goes for Spencer, and then Harry is left wondering if Dexter let the kid die so he could kill Spencer, or if there was really no way to save the kid like Dexter keeps saying. Especially because IIRC Harry eventually blows his brains out because of Dexter? IDK. Still a fun season, I don't actually care that much if they want to make Dexter the family-friendly hero I guess.
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Feb 15, 2025 04:50
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I thought the Spencer stuff ended up being pretty uninteresting. After all that he's just another prick that wants to murder his family because he was cheated on? Great. The fact that he was chief and Harry vouched for him didn't even end up all that relevant. Also how do you hire SMG and bill her as a special guest star and do absolutely nothing with the character at all. Other than that I enjoyed it well enough. I like that they have the option of keeping Brian around as a ghost haunting this family in future seasons.
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Feb 15, 2025 09:27
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Phenotype posted:Well, that was fun, if a little stupid. I dunno man, I'm happy to watch more Dexter, and the new kid is pretty good. Eh I could see original series Dexter choosing to save the kid, that part didn't seem too out of place to me. but the series does feel more like they're leaning into like, anti-hero a bit at the end. Over all I thought it was decent. Not quite as good as the best seasons of the original series but not much worse. I'd watch more if they made more.
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Feb 15, 2025 16:50
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I’ll be honest, I wanted this season to end up with Future Dexter recovering in the hospital. And then I wanted the New Future Dexter Season to end with him dying again, so he could have another “life flashing before your eyes” moment that would be Dexter Original Sin season 2. It would’ve been incredibly stupid hut a lot funnier
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Feb 16, 2025 06:33
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what is up with the beginning cpr while still underwater poo poo this show did more than once?
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Feb 16, 2025 07:05
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I appreciate the part where Harry just leaves a crime scene, gets assaulted, goes straight to the hospital for a personal call without reporting in, and gets to unilaterally close the case with no resolution or follow-up questions. the serial killer wrote "we cool" in Harry's own blood, you can't argue with that!
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Feb 16, 2025 10:30
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Phenotype posted:I was also thinking yeah that kid's dead for sure -- the water was closing over his head while Spencer and Dexter were still talking, and he was chained to the floor, and I figured even if Dexter jumped in right then there'd be no way to get him loose before he drowned. And I think that would have been maybe a better ending? Dexter comes to the same conclusion I did -- he can't save the kid -- and goes for Spencer, and then Harry is left wondering if Dexter let the kid die so he could kill Spencer, or if there was really no way to save the kid like Dexter keeps saying. Especially because IIRC Harry eventually blows his brains out because of Dexter? IDK. Still a fun season, I don't actually care that much if they want to make Dexter the family-friendly hero I guess. I'm not sure if he would have ever done that. Dexter's a psycho but its always been pretty well established by the character that he liked kids and he's good with them. Until they become teenage girls, at least. Which is probably pretty common for a lot of dads.
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Feb 16, 2025 13:37
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That was a good, dumb season of television. Got far more than I expected from it. Still do not give a poo poo about any of the Deb plotlines.
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Feb 16, 2025 17:07
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Qmass posted:what is up with the beginning cpr while still underwater poo poo this show did more than once? It's to draw a parallel between the father and the son. Harry's original sin is letting his child die and then doing some awful poo poo in order to replace the hole left by his loss, which ultimately leads to the creation of a serial killer and a poo poo load of death. Meanwhile Dexter succeeds where Harry failed, proving that he's not only not all bad (as if that wasn't obvious) but also that in many ways he's actually better than his father.
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Feb 16, 2025 20:29
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Open Source Idiom posted:It's to draw a parallel between the father and the son. Harry's original sin is letting his child die and then doing some awful poo poo in order to replace the hole left by his loss, which ultimately leads to the creation of a serial killer and a poo poo load of death. Meanwhile Dexter succeeds where Harry failed, proving that he's not only not all bad (as if that wasn't obvious) but also that in many ways he's actually better than his father. That's a great explanation. It's a shame that the whole theme and the message is hosed since no human does CPR underwater and my only thought during those moments was "what the gently caress is happening". But, it's nice to now understand what the writers were going for.
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Caesar Saladin posted:I'm not sure if he would have ever done that. Dexter's a psycho but its always been pretty well established by the character that he liked kids and he's good with them. Until they become teenage girls, at least. Which is probably pretty common for a lot of dads. Yeah, and Dexter isn't an emotionless robot, he's a completely unreliable narrator. Partially due to Harry really loving him up, but partially due to Dexter himself using it as an excuse, he's just a broken psychopath so he has no choice but to kill people.
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Feb 17, 2025 12:04
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Deb shouldve started this season in the police academy, not high school, that was such a weird choice. also having dexter kill a police captain is a bold move for the first season of the prequel lol. what even was the police captains deal? highlight of the season was when brian punched the window and attacked harry
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Feb 17, 2025 14:54
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The captain was a genuinely good and honest man who lost his way, and started torturing children despite having no prior history of criminal behavior, because his wife cheated on him. i'm pretty sure we're meant to take this at face value, despite it being somehow even dumber than any of the show's other villains yes, even that one
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Feb 17, 2025 15:38
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Do you think this show is aware that its raa raa up the police they're one big family message reads as, at best, extremely narrow minded and a product of privilege given how the Miami PD treated LaGuerta and -- in particular -- that one gay cop?
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Feb 17, 2025 15:51
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Dexter feels vehemently anti-cop at this stage of its run.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:I appreciate the part where Harry just leaves a crime scene, gets assaulted, goes straight to the hospital for a personal call without reporting in, and gets to unilaterally close the case with no resolution or follow-up questions. I love how we establish so often that Dexter is different because he has The Code. The Code lets him keep doing his thing. Rule one of the The Code? Don't get caught. Set up rooms with plastic wrap, leave no evidence, etc. Then we see Brian Moser's kills. He's taking zero precautions not to get caught. No plastic wrap, tons of evidence, killing people who are linked to him personally. How did he not get caught in the years between Original Sin and the OG show? Miami Metro really is the worst, I guess.
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Oh and I laughed at lot at Dexter just hosing down the blood soaked boat with a weak little hose with just water to clean up after the police captain. Yup, no issues there! Definitely no chemicals needed, all the traces of the blood are gone! Let me go return this to my generous coworker!
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WampaLord posted:I love how we establish so often that Dexter is different because he has The Code. The Code lets him keep doing his thing. Rule one of the The Code? Don't get caught. Set up rooms with plastic wrap, leave no evidence, etc. It really was kind of insane when Brian just chainsawed the woman out in public
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Feb 17, 2025 21:10
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Dexter’s killing people in sports arenas and arcades and driving boats back to the dock while covered in blood head to toe.
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CODChimera posted:It really was kind of insane when Brian just chainsawed the woman out in public Thankfully, Dexter will forget about the cases he previously connected as an evolving serial killer and not connect it to the chainsaw murder as one would expect with his characterization.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Thankfully, Dexter will forget about the cases he previously connected as an evolving serial killer and not connect it to the chainsaw murder as one would expect with his characterization. Dexter lay off the weed.
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imagine watching this season and then moving onto regular S1 Dexter for the first time i know that the shows always been loose with reality but the earlier seasons arent quite looney tunes territory
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Feb 18, 2025 01:50
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MiddleOne posted:Dexter feels vehemently anti-cop at this stage of its run. Bizarrely, I feel like it's the opposite. Yes, we see the captain of homicide torture and murder one child and almost do the same to his own son, we see the casual homophobia of the police force keeping a good man in the closet, we see Harry have an affair with his informant directly leading to her dismemberment and the traumatising of her children which, in turn, lead to both of them becoming serial killers. But, hey, they looked after that one cop who got shot in the neck and held a blood drive and now Deb wants to become a cop so it's all good.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Bizarrely, I feel like it's the opposite. Yeah it feels like the show's stance is that the cops have bad apples and can be corrupted, but the institution itself and the police community as a whole is good. The homophobia feels more like a "hey, it was the 90s" thing.
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Feb 18, 2025 12:31
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The original show's stance, if it had any, was that the police (as an institution) is a clownshow full of clowns. But also that most of those clowns are well meaning, pretty decent people. Most of the time anyway. Edit: Original Sin is probably the same, with the addition of 90's or 80's vibes.
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I think Dexter, in pretty much all incarnations, is just borderline incoherent when it comes to cop politics. This finale was definitely attempting to make statements that are directly in line with typical copaganda. It's just also, coincidentally, about a police department that happens to be riddled with homophobia, racism, sexism, psychopaths, and the people who enable the above. It doesn't see a contradiction.
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one thing that Dexter has done is made me notice whenever I see freshly trimmed trees
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Megillah Gorilla posted:
It's really funny that Deb probably committed the third most felonies (behind Brian and Dexter) this season.
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