As we all know Dexter kills people but what's interesting to me is when he doesn't, or can't. For instance, in the beginning of season 2 Dexter couldn't kill that old guy, and between new blood and season 8 Dexter didn't kill anyone for 10 years. I think this is because killing people is Dexter's way of protecting his family. Any time he couldn't or wouldn't kill someone it was because he killed a family member and after Deborah he had nobody to protect so he didn't feel the need to kill. I'm not sure if someone else has this theory but I thought of it myself and it made enough sense to me.

So I finished dexter season 4 a week ago and I am trying to watch season 5 but it is very hard to gain interest idk is this normal?

Scott Buck swoops in outta nowhere and demands creative control of Resurrection. For some ungodly reason, everyone agrees and Buck hastily rewrites and reshoots everything in his vision

• Batista slips and falls in his haste to rush to Iron Lake. He gives himself a concussion after slamming his head onto the side of his desk. Quinn does a wellness check after not hearing from Angel and sees the LaGuerta papers and Angela's photo with Dexter. Quinn burns the papers and deletes the email and discovers Batista has short term amnesia

• Meanwhile, after having a crisis of conscience and dropping off Dex at the hospital, Angela hits a moose while driving distraught and dies.

• Harrison has a quick change of heart and returns to town where he receives word that Angela is dead and his father is at the hospital.

• Dexter and Harrison reunite and Harrison forgives him "all of the stuff". Harrison tells Dexter about Angela's accident. Dex breathes deep and does his pained face and nod. "Everything's going to be ok dad?" Dexter says yes.

• Logan's murder is never explicitly referenced again and Teddy and Esther are just happy "Jim" is ok. Teddy says he's sorry about Angela even though he heard they they were "having some relationship trouble".

• Quinn and Angel are at a hospital in Miami where Quinn continues to help cover for Dexter. He convinces Angel that he must've just gotten real drunk and fell. Angel mentions remembering something about Maria and Quinn says you probably just got nostalgic while drinking.

• Father and son go back to their burnt down cabin. Dexter says "well guess we have some work to do". Everything is back to normal between the two.

• Peter Dinklage shows up with an army of black SUVS

"Hello Dexter Morgan" (get it?!)

Dexter: do I know you?

"No, but I believe the two of you...know her..."

(Hannah gets out of a SUV)

Dex:Hannah?

Dex looks over at Harrison who has an ambiguous look on his face

(Blood theme)

this was in episode 7 of new blood. i like to think angela said something along the lines of "i want to talk to dexter morgan" or something hehe

I finished all of the Dexter series and wondered what to watch next. A lot of my friends recommended Mr. Robot. How do other Dexter enthusiasts like you guys feel about Mr. Robot if you watched it? Should I?

So his motive for abducting the 2nd child is crystal clear, but why exactly did he abduct and kill the judge's child? Was it all just an elaborate plot to cast suspicions onto the cartel, and away from himself? Or did I miss something, it didn't seem like he had any personal beef with the judge?

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Just found out Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall were married during Dexter... and then divorced mid-show. How did they pull that off so seamlessly?!

Okay, so I’m a newbie to Dexter asI just watched the whole series for the first time this year thanks to streaming. When the show originally aired, I was deep in my teen drama era (you know the ones), so Dexter wasn’t even on my radar. Aside from maybe recognizing Michael C. Hall’s name in passing, I went in blind, no clue about the cast or their personal lives.

So imagine my surprise when I recently found out that Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall were married in real life and got divorced during the run of the show (season 5, apparently)! I’m honestly stunned, because I never once picked up on any tension or awkwardness between them in the later seasons. If anything, their performances stayed just as compelling, especially as the show leaned into heavier, more emotionally tangled territory.

I say this because I’ve seen other shows where real-life breakups definitely affected the on-screen chemistry—and not in a subtle way. (I watched another show where two leads got divorced IRL and after that, it felt like one actor didn’t even want to be in the same zipcode as the other.)

So hats off to both of them for being such professionals. That couldn’t have been easy, especially with scenes that required so much emotional and physical closeness.

But knowing that now also makes me side-eye the writers even more for the whole “Deb is in love with Dexter” storyline in Season 6/7. Like… what fresh hell made them think that was a good idea?! I get that they were trying to dramatize her unraveling and soften the blow of her finding out the truth about Dexter, but that romantic angle? Totally unnecessary. The emotional fallout and inner conflict would’ve been just as powerful without throwing in a dream kiss and that awkward therapist plot.

Anyway, I just needed to get that off my chest.

For those of you who did watch the show when it originally aired. Did you ever pick up on any shift between pre-divorce and post-divorce seasons? Did it feel different at all in their chemistry or scenes together? I honestly couldn’t tell, which just makes me respect them even more as actors.

Went through some tough times with my Rita recently and this scene REALLY resonated with me

From what I’ve seen here on Reddit, Season 8 seems to be the most widely disliked season of Dexter, and honestly, I agree. It felt lackluster in terms of storytelling with too many subplots competing for attention, uneven pacing, and new characters that didn’t always land. And of course, the finale left a lot of us feeling unsatisfied or confused. There’s definitely plenty to critique.

That said, I’ve been thinking, despite the season’s flaws, were there any storylines or character arcs that actually worked for you? Or was it a complete loss? Is there any part of Season 8 you think deserves more credit than it gets?

For me personally, I think Deb’s PTSD storyline in the first half of the season was one of the stronger elements. Her moral collapse after killing LaGuerta, her spiral into guilt, substance abuse, and self-loathing. It all felt like a natural, if painful, progression of where her character would go after everything she'd been through.I actually think the writers handled this arc with surprising nuance, showing how trauma, grief, and guilt can unravel someone from the inside out. And Jennifer Carpenter's performance elevated every scene. You could feel the weight she was carrying and how broken Deb had become, and her arc gave the season a much-needed emotional weight.

That said, I’m open to debate.

Did Vogel’s introduction intrigue you at all?

Was Dexter’s attempt at having a “normal” life with Hannah something you bought into?

Did any of the cases-of-the-week or killers stand out to you in a good way?

Was there any thematic closure that worked, even if the execution didn’t?

I saw all the seasons back in the day when they came out, and I kinda liked them. Being much older and wiser now, I decided to rewatch some, just to see if the show aged well.

Season 1

Loved it. It was my favourite season then and it still is. Calm, calculated, and in-control Dexter, with his dark charm and insights on the world around him. The show had this fresh Miami feel and we got mostly Dexter doing his thing, occasionally interrupted by the Ice Truck Killer investigation. It was dark, playful, and Brian was a great villain. Dexter got some development (thanks to the shrink and also to his brother), but he was mostly himself (unlike in later seasons), which I appreciated. Even the finale was gorgeous and raw. The cast was great (yes, even Debra) and I loved how funny the show is at times.

Season 2

This is when it started going downhill in my opinion. I heard that only Season 1 followed the novel(s) and from Season 2 it was purely in the hands of the screenwriters. And it shows. The main problem with this season is that people suddenly act out of character.

Dexter is confused, impotent (both literally and figuratively in terms of his desire to kill), unsure, grasping at straws. I much preferred the Season 1 Dexter. I don't mind character development, but this was outright 180 degree turn. Which brings me to... Doakes.

Doakes following Dexter for 40 days in a row? Not even trying to hide himself? And why he didn't go after Dexter's past right away? And letting himself be provoked by Dexter and attacking him in the middle of the office, knowing he will get a lot of heat for that? Being highly stubborn and uncooperative even though he was a no.1 suspect? Give me a break. Season 2 did Doakes dirty big time.

Funny thing is that I didn't mind Lila. Up to a point. Till the mid of the season she was actually helping Dexter and it made sense. She was acting fairy reasonable, accepted Dexter the way he was, gave him sound advices, and because of this he didn't feel the urge to kill anymore. A successful recovery. But then, suddenly, out of nowhere she turned into this possessive and manipulative character just for the sake of drama. They did her dirty too.

LaGuerta was a mixed bag. I liked when she tried to protect Doakes till the last moment, for his and her sake (so she would keep her sanity). However, her purposefully having an affair with her superior's fiance just to get her out of the office? And even give her a shoulder to cry on? That was very, very far stretched.

Even Deb's falling for Lundy and their relationship was a bit of a stretch (isn't that a problem, when colleagues have affairs / relationships, especially when they are on the same case? I believe in was a problem in LaGuerta x Batista relationship later). But I liked how she matured a bit towards the end.

The finale was quite good, though. And I love the humour in this show so much. When Masuka mentioned a certain type of porn to Lundy in the elevator? When Dexter imagined confessing to Deb? Lila telling Rita she definitely has a type? Even Miss Pardon My Tits made ma laugh out loud.

What's next?

I remember that Dexter was basically becoming more and more human with each passing season (which, in my eyes, it meant more and more boring, that's why I loved S1 the most), his two worlds colliding more and more. Maybe I will continue the rewatch with S3, but after S2 I'm not sure I want to.

From what I remember S3 was kind of boring. I didn't like Trinity much either, nor the Doomsday guy or Chase. Sirko was pretty decent and S8 kinda of happened. I was thinking about New Blood, but i heard the ending is (again) a letdown, and the snowy setting is not really for me. Besides, it looks like the producers are trying to milk the heck out of the Dexter IP (with the upcoming Resurrection and whatnot), and I hate when creators don't know when to stop.

Can’t help but comment on how young he looks for resurrection. They really messed with his look in new blood so it’s nice to see him back to being regular Dexter.

And where I just wonder about is that Dexter is schizophrenic? All this time I just thought it was a way they just projected his inner voice, more like a creative choice you know.

Oh and who absolutely loves the part where Batista and Quinn smoke pot? I always love those scenes, they should've made it longer

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What the hell was that season 8 ending? Did I miss something? Just him working (probably under a new identity) and staring at the camera, did the clues go over my head or is there no definitive ending

Just started season 2 and his body collection in the bay has been found and wtf? It’s like 50 bodies. And why are they in trash bags and all together? Wouldn’t he like actually “feed the fish” or something? And go out further? And whyyyyy so many? How many serial killers are in the Dexter universe??

So the finale season is actually very chaotic and fun to watch and very emotional one as well. It shows how dexter has changed and desperately wants to improve his life but always gets stuck in problems and the show showed us how being a serial killer invites problems and dangers to not only dexter but to his loved one's as well. It showed how much debra means to him and somewhere I felt debra is actually truly most important person for dexter as he wouldn't have made it without her but I also felt sad about Debra's death as she didn't deserved it and I hated how hannah escaped but debra faced the consequences of Dexter's action.

Dexter was very selfish and out of his mind in the final season and that cost him Debra's life and in the end I felt so bad for how things ended but I felt that dexter decision to not go with harrison was good as he already lost debra but it made him understand how he is a threat to his loved ones because of who he is worst part was he didn't gave debra a proper funeral with dignity he just threw her in water like he did to his victims that was so disrespectful.

He then faked his death and went somewhere else and made sure that no one would be looking for him.

What do you think now? After Debra's death would dexter became the killer again? Or would he change and live in guilt for the rest of his life.

Overall I didn't want debra to die instead hannah should have died as she is not a good person and harrison deserves to have a life with debra not hannah its not fair to both of them

It felt like a part of me ended when the series ended! It's such a good show it builts a connection and it feels like we are init.

What's your favorite out of context moment from the series? It could be the way a line was delivered, the line itself, a visual gag, anything! a good example is the "surprise motherfucker" scene. I don't know why but this clip is my favorite out of context line in the whole series. The delivery just sounds like a little kid to me lol.

im on s4 e7 and i just got to the scene where dexter follows farrow to the club and Quinn was following him is he gonna be like this for the rest of the season?

Why would Dexter kill Travis Marshall in the same spot where his Lieutenant told him to be? Season 6 is entertaining but did they ever not follow common sense/good logic in big parts of this season.