Comments on: Dexter’s eighth season should end with a cliché

By: EddieH

EddieH — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:05:58 +0000

Vogel should have been the killer all along, but obviously with an accomplice as she is not physically strong enough to have done some of it.
Charlotte Rampling’s performance is just awful, but given how little energy has been put into this season she’s possibly just been given no direction to work with.

Also – come on, she FAKED the tapes with Harry. And Harry’s ghost manufactured recollections of her because… well, he’s just a figment of Dexter’s tortured brain! This would have been the first time Harry was not granted a godlike perspective – it would have been jarring and unsettling and… good!

But no, that and a dozen other good plotlines were just washed away, the infinitely boring Hannah was brought back, Harrison keeps getting floated in and out of frame as some kind of prop (and call me callous, but by thunder I enjoyed seeing that little precocious brat get bloodied up on the excercise machine).

And I’m totally sick of Deb’s endless, endless, endless whining.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:31:28 +0000

The reason the show has been struggling is because lately it never feels like Dexter is truly in danger. In the early seasons, you always felt like he was about to be caught or killed . When Rita died, that was truly traumatic because it confirmed that Dexter could really lose. But since then, there have only been brief moments where Dexter was in danger again. For this show to be great again, Deb should have turned against Dexter, he should have killed her, and Miami metro should have been closing in on him this whole season. Here’s another idea – put Harrison in jeopardy, and not just for one episode. Make us believe the kid is going to die. Isaak Sirko should have taken Harrison last season – that would have really upped the tension for the audience. The writers seem hesitant to put Dexter and his family in sustained, mortal danger; the police are always too blind and the serial killers too meek to pose any real threat to Dexter. I want to see Dexter being hunted by someone just as ruthless and resourceful as himself.

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:33:54 +0000

i agree with the article 100%
i am not truly enjoying the last season. he has somewhat become a whimp.
he should be murdering people on his own…nobody should know what he truly is.

i agree quite a few useless characters in this season.

By: David4

David4 — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:55:40 +0000

I think they should make everything a dream dating back until season 4 and John Lithgrow’s character is actually is torturing him to death.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:30:46 +0000

I hope dex and Hannah do end up together.. but that would be too much of a story book ending..

By: John Smith

John Smith — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:29:46 +0000

◾Could LaGuerta’s murder really be that easily covered up? Of course it could be, Dex makes people disappear as a profession.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:43:05 +0000

I agree with the whole article 100% ! Secondary characters make no sense, character motivations make no sense (such as Hannah in Miami), humor — one of the things I think that attracted everyone to Dexter to start with — is non existant . Even Masuka gets no laughs because of his daughter being around. I never knew how much I missed his dumb jokes until I couldn’t hear them anymore!

I don’t think the dream thing will happen though =( At this point all I hope for is that Dex and Hannah DON’T end up in happy ever after in Argentina or w/e… Talk about a let down that would be…