Spoilers, our faves end up dead or abandoned while dexter gets to live on despite all his crimes. Everybody expected them to figure things out in the final season. At the time i was unimpressed with showtimes original content, but dexter changed everything. Sep 23, 20 but a fan gripe was the season had dexter dispatching new threats like in a typical season rather than a sense of that the show was arcing toward a finale with dexs world unraveling. Mike hale, a television critic for the new york times, discuss the final episode of dexter. After what has been a slow, boring final season, dexter s season finale delivered drama and excitement not found in. Sep 23, 20 dexters sister debra jennifer carpenter ended up dying on the finale, a combination of last weeks gunshot wound and dexter literally pulling the plug on her to avoid her becoming a. Before we get into last nights episode, lets take a moment to remember a few plotlines that.
The central tension of this show has, of course, always been the nature of dexter s secret life. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. In the highlyanticipated conclusion to the tale of dexter morgan, everyones favorite blood spatter analyst ends a life for the last time. Dexter star jennifer carpenter closed the book on debra morgan on sunday when showtimes serial killer drama ended its eightseason run with a series finale that was as shocking as it is sure to. Theres been much comparison of dexter and breaking bad in recent weeks, and ive done it as often as anyone. So did dexter fans, who, witnessing this showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since seinfeld. Our favorite serial killer has slapped his last mosquito, squeezed his ultimate blood orange and flossed one final time. Sep 30, 20 dexter morgan and hannah mckay in the dexter finale.
Dexter, the serial killer series that you grew to love has finally aired its last episode. It was the final dexter s laboratory episode or movie in which creator genndy tartakovsky was directly involved. Dexter is done, all thats necessary now is to dispose of all the plastic sheeting, and send the shows lifeless body to the deep six. The showtime drama drew to a close last night september 22 with dexter michael c hall faking his death and starting a new life, but phillips told e. When asked how he reacted when he read the final scene, in which dexter moves to a forrest and becomes a treechopping lumberjack, hall. While there, he unleashes badaxtra, a giant monster with an ax for a head, upon the city, causing chaos. Sep 23, 20 the last season of dexter released the last week of june 20. Sep 23, 20 the dexter series finale crashed and burned into a giant bowl of dicks 100 miles from the airport. Dexter is faced with impossible odds as a brewing hurricane makes its way towards miami. With a few episodes left in the season, rolling stone opined that dexter is still cleverly written and has a core cast of. Hall and jennifer carpenter both gave excellent performances from episode to episode sexy and clever. Dexter this is the way the world ends tv episode 2011. Dexter, which premiered on the network on october 1, 2006, grew its loyal audience year after year in all of its eight seasons. A look back at the disappointing quantum leap finale.
Our favorite serial killer has slapped his last mosquito, squeezed his ultimate. Dec 19, 2011 dexter finally put something significant on the table in its season 6 finale, and not just the doomsday killer travis marshall. It was the final dexters laboratory episode or movie in which creator genndy tartakovsky was directly involved. Dexter s opening his eyes and hes on the execution table at the florida penitentiary. The season 5 finale of outlander is gutting, beautiful, painful, deeply sad and incredible. Has dexter dug himself a hole as deep as biscayne bay, or will he find a way out of it all once more for old times sake. If you have yet to watch dexters series finale, avert your eyes. And then the camera pulls back and back and back and then we realize, no, its not a dream.
Sep 23, 20 the series finale was the best dexter episode in years. On april 18, 20, showtime officially announced that the eighth season would be the shows last. The impact of laguertas death from the final episode of season 7 acts as the primary driver the final season of dexter is more of a good thing. And everybody is going to think, oh, it was a dream. Sep 22, 20 though she survived last episodes shooting, deb ended up dying in dexters swan song, becoming dexters ultimate victim. Written by showrunner scott buck, the series finale featured an intensity greater than anything this season as dexter michael c. Review major spoilers below if theres one thing ive learned from the season finale of dexter, its to expect nothing. This season has been in a steep nosedive for so long, it wasnt like dexter was going to right its course in its final hour.
In the last episode of the series, dexter attempts to leave for argentina with his son harrison and love interest hannah played by yvonne strahovski, but his plan is foiled by the arrival of private detective jacob elway. This page reveals the real location of the house in the pacific northwest where we last see dexter in the series finale. Last but not beast is the 39th and final episode in season 2 of dexter s laboratory, which aired on june 15, 1998. With the aid of his family, the justice friends, and the cast of dial m for monkey, dexter battles. On may 9, 20, the official dexter facebook fanpage posted a behind the scenes photo of a clapper showing that episode 6 of season 8 would be directed by john dahl. Dexters opening his eyes and hes on the execution table at the florida penitentiary. The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. In the very last scene of the series, dexter wakes up. Subscribe to the times video newsletter for free and.
In other words, i thought id feel watching the dexter finale the way i felt watching the final episode of weeds, another show i stuck with until the bitter end. May 02, 2014 executive producer scott buck discusses the dexter series finale. But after thinking about it, dexter has far more in common with. The episode features dexter in japan as part of an exchange student program. And at least two of its eight seasons are classics. Dexter s spent the last few episodes talking about his future, but with debs turn for the worse, hes fixed on the past specifically, a series of flashbacks to harrisons birth, right. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes merely underscored that this was a series well. Dexters pilot episode aired on october 1, 2006 to over half a million us viewers. Hall is finally opening up about dexters universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of alltime. Dexter finished its eightseason run tonight with a series finale that is certain to rankle. Hall and hannah yvonne strahovski played an epic game of cat.
So much for my happy ending grade the episode and final season by kimberly roots september 22 20, 7. In a sea of unoriginal ideas and overdone tv storylines, dexter s unique and exciting premise set it apart from other shows. The last season of dexter released the last week of june 20. Sep 29, 20 for a drama in which a serial killing antihero disposed of more than people, the melodramatic finale of dexter fox was a bit of let down.
The final episode of deeply discussing dexter, where we talk about the series as a whole and its place in the pantheon of television. But i thought my expectations were low enough that, while the finale would disappoint me given that dexter started off with so much promise, it wouldnt stun me. Filming locations of the showtime tv show dexter the actual places where the show was filmed, complete with addresses and maps. Dexters john lithgow talks about the shocking finale tv guide. Youre not like him, dexter put his arms up and invited deb to shoot him to save her last shred of innocence. I didnt watch dexter when its first season premiered, but i got sucked into it during the second season. Here is a synopsis of what happened in the episode. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. Learn more about how dexter ended and how fans and cast members reacted to the finale. Do not continue reading unless you want to know how dexter ends. Dexters john lithgow talks about the shocking finale tv. It was also one of the strangest episodes in the shows history. Ego trip was also the last project made by hannabarbera before the studio was folded into cartoon network studios. Every season of dexter prior to the last season premiered the last week of september or the first week of october.
The last couple seasons have been about breaking down the walls inside dexters head through having a son, through his relationship with hannah and debra and discovering who he is. The final episode of season nine, entitled remember the. While it wont be remembered as the best season, especially since season 7 left us with such a huge impact, but it ties up the story fairly well. Series finale episode the series finale met a mixed and polarized response, although the majority opinion was negative. The final season of dexter is more of a good thing. Richard lawson of the atlantic monthly described the finale as an unbelievably unsatisfying end which ruins all that came before it, including dexter s universally acclaimed seasons 14. Granted, there was no way for remember the monsters to be good. Hall as dexter morgan in dexter season 8, episode 12. Deb suffered a stroke and was put on life support, and dexter decided to. Sep 23, 20 after 8 seasons on the air, showtimes hit series dexter has finally come to an end. Last episode, was filled with several moments of joy that we really.
This was the moment that worked best dexters last kill, the cruelest and perhaps most gruesome of them all. This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of showtimes dexter. Sep 23, 20 in a broader sense, the dexter finale copped out in the worst way possible. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of all. Dec 14, 2009 dexter may have killed arthur mitchell, aka the trinity killer john lithgow, in the season 4 finale of dexter, but not before trinity murdered dexter s wife rita. Dec, 2009 theres also trinitys family, rita and the kids, masuka and dont forget about batista and laguertas nuptials from last weeks episode. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. This is three critical months the writers didnt get to relax, think, ponder, imagine and create deep and rich story lines for the. Meanwhile, debra is shot by serial killer oliver saxon and is rushed to the hospital. Colin hanks religious murderer did meet his fate, like so many other dexter villains before him, but the really pivotal development of the finale was deb finally learning the truth about her adopted brother who shes apparently in love with. This blog contains details about the last ever episode of dexter. But it was our final episode and showtime was very accommodating. Still, i was optimistic that this final hour would be a redemption of sorts, a fitting end.
For everything that has been wrong with the final eight episodes of dexter, for all the involvement of characters like saxon and elway that no one could be bothered to care about in the least. The terrible end of our once beloved dexter the atlantic. Sep 22, 20 the storm we were promised arrived in time for dexter s series finale remember the monsters in an episode that proved to be about on par with this season, which is to say, unfortunately. Sep 23, 20 the finale helped solidify that with one of the best episodes of dexter in years. Dexters jennifer carpenter talks debs final journey. Dec 17, 2012 just as dexter was faced with a choice last episode between deb and hannah, deb had to make a choice of her own in the finale. The eighth and final season of dexter premiered on june 30, 20.