Post by marvelocity on Jan 10, 2014 0:12:09 GMT -5
As a binge-watcher who just recently finished the show, while i did not notice a drastic fall in quality through seasons 1-7, I have to agree that the final season was a letdown. From Vogel's character motives being murky to a bad final villain choice ( one who would never be able to believably take down Dexter) to Deb's unbelievable descent and sudden revival. With each season before, I started out not sure I'd enjoy them, but there was always a turning point about mid-season where I came around to them. Never happened with the brain surgeon - not even close. I also got the feeling that the actors were phoning it in as well this season. Just lacked the feeling of Dexter's impending demise, which was the exact opposite of what I was expecting from the final season. While I enjoyed the show for what it was (a guilty pleasure devoid of any logical outcomes or even plausable plot turns), the final season felt like an epilogue after the show, like it really ended with Deb shooting Dexter instead of LaGuerta and season 8 was Dexter's imagining of how he thought it all would end.
Couple of things that irked me about the finale, I agree that they should have somehow written in Harrison ending up with his grandparents and his brother and sister, not living across the world without his father and with a lady he barely knows (and the theory that Hannah poisened him with the ice cream she spoke about in her last line makes more sense than it should). Also, I would have somehow slipped into the episode that Matthews knew Dexter was a murderer, which I'm thinking he had to given his relationship with both Harry and Vogel. Plus he was crooked enough for you to believe he would have kept it secret. In addition, the final episode seemed way too rushed and didn't give closure to anyone, even Deb who dies from a blood clot?!? Really, after eight seasons she's done away with by shoddy ER work? Batista and Quinn get nothing, Matsuka and Jamie get forgotten. Just seemed like the entire show ran out of gas, and I thought the ending was very awkward. Like, that's it, he sits down and looks depressed? That's the final image of our great anti-hero?
Overall I would rank the season arches from best to worst:
Lumen/Jordan Chase
Trinity
Miguel Prado
Isaac Circo (based on Ray Stevenson's performance)
Doakes/Bay Harbor Butcher (in reality this should have been the final season storyline-they burned through it way too quick)
Doomsday Killer
Ice Truck Killer
Brain Surgeon
Couple of things that irked me about the finale, I agree that they should have somehow written in Harrison ending up with his grandparents and his brother and sister, not living across the world without his father and with a lady he barely knows (and the theory that Hannah poisened him with the ice cream she spoke about in her last line makes more sense than it should). Also, I would have somehow slipped into the episode that Matthews knew Dexter was a murderer, which I'm thinking he had to given his relationship with both Harry and Vogel. Plus he was crooked enough for you to believe he would have kept it secret. In addition, the final episode seemed way too rushed and didn't give closure to anyone, even Deb who dies from a blood clot?!? Really, after eight seasons she's done away with by shoddy ER work? Batista and Quinn get nothing, Matsuka and Jamie get forgotten. Just seemed like the entire show ran out of gas, and I thought the ending was very awkward. Like, that's it, he sits down and looks depressed? That's the final image of our great anti-hero?
Overall I would rank the season arches from best to worst:
Lumen/Jordan Chase
Trinity
Miguel Prado
Isaac Circo (based on Ray Stevenson's performance)
Doakes/Bay Harbor Butcher (in reality this should have been the final season storyline-they burned through it way too quick)
Doomsday Killer
Ice Truck Killer
Brain Surgeon