Love it or hate it they gave us an ending. I was a little surprised that they stuck to their guns and did what they came back to do. They really wrote Dexter's final chapter. I had a good time covering the season, thanks for watching!
why bother? I mean, it's not necessary to write the ending to the movie, I like this "..." - where everyone is responsible for his own ending in your head. Stupid
We can accept the ending if it makes sense. What I found most off is that Dexter doesn't need to kill Logan. It is just not like him. I wish there should be an additional episode when Dex and Angel reunite. I believe that the Miami Dex will make much more effort to get away with this.
I was hoping for Batista to have a flashback of Dexter killing the guy who shot Deb with a pen. He was very puzzled after that... so he could've done a little connecting the dots.
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar I don't know what most of that meant but if you hate Dexter then WTF did you watch every season and are now trolling comments on a TH-cam video about Dexter?
Agreed what a shit thing to do. Batista finds out he was alive.....AND the BHB and then ends up not getting to look the monster in the face. Because he ends up actually dead.
Dexters story about how Kurt wanted revenge was such a good explanation and I think it would have worked out had he let it. The killing of Logan to escape prison felt so out of character to me. The episode was a steep downhill after that moment.
Exactly. He was still gonna get out Bay Harbor Butcher Case. Because it was not that strong. He never escape like this until his hands are tied. But yes that escape and killing of logan was really put of the character.
The killing of Logan showed dexters true colors. He’s a psychopathic killer, and usually only kills “bad people” because his father drilled it into him. He was so obsessed with being a killer with his son that he killed Logan to escape
@@saadali771 the story was making sense until it wasn't. I mean they should've released him and then killed him probably through angela because even when Doakes was gonna kill him he was thinking about other ways, but now he only wants to kill, and about the end, Harrison's killing dexter because he thinks dexter feeds his dark passenger doesn't justify his own hurting of a fat lad at school.
Before Harrison killed him it flashed back to all of the innocent people he killed because they were just in his way. Deb, Doakes, LaGuerta, Lundy. Then you realize he’s not the hero vigilante we always thought. Sad but true
Angela's evidence was weak and we never got to see Batistas evidence. This show needed at least 2 more episodes. Batista needed to confront Dext with his evidence and maybe then he could kill Logan out of desperation. But the evidence the show was weak and Dex knew it
When Chief Bishop was questioning him, Dexter should have said, “some trucker gave that screw to Harrison to give to me. I didn’t even know why.” She could have verified that by questioning Harrison, and her weak reasons for thinking she could charge Dexter with Matt’s murder would’ve fallen through.
She would have still questioned why Kurt would try to set Dexter up, if not because Dexter killed his son. Either way, the evidence that he killed Matt was already going to fall through, but she was already building a much stronger case that he was the Bay harbor Butcher, so the end result would have been the same
He couldn't prove that though and it doesn't really matter, she knew her case was weak on the Matt murder. That's why she called Batista, they had a really solid case that he was the butcher and that's even before Batistia came in with his Laguerta file.
@@SheevTalks She built a strong case that he was the bay harbor butcher based off a few searches on the police data base that showed the bay harbor butcher’s victims with a wheel mark on their next just like the drug dealer and the fact that Dexter purchased ketamine for his goat which happed to be in the drug dealer’s system? Oh and Batista’s 15 yr old case files that he himself referred to as “crazy theories” C’mon, that’s enough to raise suspicion within the police force and with those who know him, not enough for a jury to convict him. I don’t even think it would be enough to go to trial. I get where they were trying to go but they lost me when Dexter ( completely unprovoked and out of character) kills Logan and obviously what happens after that is just absurd.
The finale ruined the whole season. There were plot holes all over the place. needle marks wouldn't have stayed there so long. ketamine wasn't used for BHB killings. All of a sudden Harrison is blaming Dexter for Rita's and Deb's death? Dex had sent Rita on vacay to get her out of the way. Not his fault the dummy returned cause she forgot something. He lost the urge to kill when with Hannah so left the bad guy tied up for Deb. It's his fault cause he didn't kill the guy? Why did Batista seem so angry hearing Dex is alive? He always liked him and was always a clueless dummy. Harrison goes from "I always feel like I want to hurt people" to "I just want to be normal"? Really? After slashing a nerd with a razor, nearly killing him, and making up a BS story how he attacked him and was going to kill so many other kids? What kind of BS is that? Then he embraces Dexter, crying about that was the connection he was looking for and why he looked for him and then shoots him without pause and doesn't even feel bad about it. Meanwhile they have Dexter saying "I have never felt love til now" to himself? WTF? He loved his sister. He loved his wife. He loved Lumen. He was crazy in love with Hannah to the point she was his cure. Then this PC who never thought to track Kurt, didn't even know about his cabin til Dex showed her, and didn't have a friggin clue about 25 years of murder happening under her nose, figure it all out about Dexter based on some screws and needle marks? Oh brother. Didn't even look like Dex snapped Logan's neck. Logan just drops dead after firing his gun. The real Dex wouldn't have killed him anyway. He would have left him unconscious with his signature choke sleeper hold and locked him up in the cell to make his getaway. Lazy writing that created a lot of hype just to steer people away from the ridiculously predictable ending.
Harrison’s like whaaaat you killed Logan? Come on Harrison you broke a kids arm and framed a nerd for a potential school shooting. It’s only a matter of time until you snap even worse
YEP. I haven’t been able to sleep since watching it, I am so disappointed in this ending, I have been raging lol. Him dying is not the issue, its the way they did everything and made us think something else, just to do what they did 10 year ago….come on.
The issue is not so much that he died, but more of how they raced to the ending, blowing past what could've been really interesting stuff story and plot wise. I guess I expected another season because there was no way to wrap up everything in the time left satisfactorily.
Yeah as soon as he killed logan at that point i knew the ending is going to be a messy one, i knew they had to do something either kill dexter or send him to prison but the way they got there was a bit forced and rushed
Harrison's story arc - has abandonment issues - has dark tendencies - tries to kill another kid - feels lonely in the world - realises dad has the same dark tendencies - realises dad's the only one who understands him - realises he's not alone in the world - feels happy for once in his life - SUDDENLY TURNS into SAINT HARRISON and kills dad out of a sense of justice. Wonderful.
It would have made a lot more sense if Harrison had been more clearly on the fence about killing and then the killing of his coach made him really have a change of heart.
I think I'd find it better if he didn't kill his dad to show courage in choosing his own path. Then again, this sets a nice beginning tone for his struggles mentally and emotionally if they'll ever make another series featuring him.
Fkn hate that kid Harrison, I thought Dexter was going to walk up when he took the rifle out & say “yea Harrison you’re rite I’ll turn myself in let’s go in the car” then he could of been rite next to him and slept his son just knocked him out put him in car and bounced bt nah Harrison like you said became a saint and said “no u turn urself in” wah wah wah hate that kid man been watching Dexter since season 1 in 07
I watched the finale and even cried while watching, but in the end I guess I’m not totally happy about it. I understand Dexter’s death, I understand Harison is not joining him to be a serial killer, instead he realizes how sick this whole thing was. I get it. But I can’t accept that the man who didn’t even killed Doakes was just killed Logan in a heartbeat. The man who found him way out from Lundy and lots of other smart detectives who has much more evidence against him, just got caught for a google search. And Batista, who always believed in Dexter, was like, “Dexter is alive? Then he must be a serial killer! I grab his file which is at least 15 years old but somehow still just under my hand and go to a woman I just met and know nothing about” I agree with people who thinks there should be 12 episodes so we could see Dexter x Angel reunion, people reacting BHB reveal, people reacting Kurt’s room reveal, and maybe people argueing whether Dexter was a hero or was a monster, just like we do for like 10+ years. This finale was NOT THAT BAD but in the end it’s rushed and missing some important detail.
I would disagree on Harrison. He read the letter, and KNEW why Dexter left. All his emotional outbursts the entire season about being abandoned, etc... IT'S ALL AN ACT. Really the letter reads as if he made a detour just to get some pointers from Dexter(the most prolific serial killer ever) and then kill him, so that he himself won't get caught in the future.
@@rentedguccimink1948 You have a point. I also think "Killing his own dad" will make that kid even more f***** up than he already was. Now not only he lost his dad, he had to leave Iron Lake, his girlfriend, his friends and probably his real name and identity too. And did his dark urges magically gone by killing his father? I don't think so.
Hey, remember how we built Harrison up to be a psycho and backed it up with him razor’ing an innocent kid almost to death, breaking a wrestler’s arm for no reason and telling his girlfriend he wants to commit violence on people all the time? Remember that? Forget it, bro. He’s the hero and will now have a normal life after killing his father. Cool cool…
And he ruined a kid's life. Someone who was going to be a school shooter but then decided not. What does that tell you? Make the right choice at the end, and still be blamed for it.
He got a real taste of blood and didn’t like it 🤷♂️ you can tell throughout the episode that whenever Dexter brought up that they had to leave and continue doing what they’re meant to, Harrison didn’t like the idea. He was probably pressured and rushed into it too much that he realized it wasn’t what he really wanted. I’m not entirely sure but let’s just agree this ending was dookie
After an AMAZING season, I’m very disappointed with the final episode. I would have loved a Dexter and Batista interaction. Ideally I would have liked to see Dexter taken back to Miami and have him walk through Miami metro in custody, walking past a few characters from his past (Masuka, Joey Quinn.,etc.)
The season was great and the finale was amazing until the final moments. Particularly when he kills his way out just for his son to say "go back to jail". Fucking stupid. Just like the series of Dexter, everything went so well until the final moments
The part when Dexter killed Logan to get out of jail was just so out of character that it wasn't believable. I mean they only had circumstantial evidence and he would have probably been released anyways. It was like the writers were just trying to force it in our face that Dexter wasn't good and needed to die. This glaring character assassination made it hard for me to enjoy the ending and it definitely wasn't satisfying.
Harrison was already showing dark tendencies, that he claims stems only from Dexter not being in his life. Then Harrison's first kill is murdering his father, which 100% is murder not self defense, and now he is supposed to go have a normal life? I don't see that happening.
Yes! They broke a very basic rule. 'Heroes never intentionally kill good people'. Dexter killed Logan and Harrison killed his own flesh and blood. Darth Vader is a saint compared to Harrison. Who the hell approved this terrible writing??
We had Dexter back for about 2 months and for that I’m happy. Dexter was an awesome distraction from pandemic woes. Thank you Michael C Hall for another amazing performance. Clancy Brown was great too. I was ok with the first ending and Hannah’s letter at the end of this season reiterates the sacrifice Dexter made when he decided to leave Harrison. He thought he wouldn’t survive the hurricane, but he did and he lived every day carrying the heavy weight of his actions. Im sure Dexter would take the two to three weeks he had with Harrison in new blood even if he knew he would die. He would do anything to ensure his son’s safety. I know he went off code at the end but with a caged animal backed up into a corner, there is no code at that point but survival. Time to watch Six Feet Under on DVD. I got emotional at both finales, since it’s during both that we see empathy and the sacrifice Dexter makes for his son’s welfare.I really do feel like I’m mourning a loved one. RIP Dexter Morgan.
He kills according to the code but the first rule of the code is to "not get caught". Dr.Vogel insisted to Harry that needed be the first rule of the code to give Dexter a "little wiggle room" in his endeavors.
The Logan death was an accident actually. He didn’t do it on purpose it was a reaction when the gun went off watch the scene again you’ll see Dexter face of disappointment in himself.
@@kourtnidelia1246 Yeah! everyone's talking about how he "snapped his neck". I'm like, THEN WHY WAS THERE BLOOD ON HIS FACE AND A GUNSHOT WOUND ON LOGANS HEAD. It's like people don't think?
I think this whole season had lazy writing. Killing Dex off is just lazy writing. And clearly MCH wanted to move on With his life, and that bled into the show. (No pun intended). They should’ve just left it alone…. HOWEVER, if they’re going to kill dexter off, this was a pretty decent way to do it. But either way the writing this season was banal, and it’s all about setting up the spin-off show with Harrison. Have fun watching that. I’m over it…..
Modern day writers seem to think that the best TV is shocking, unexpected turns. It is pretty evident to me that they went over budget so they had to wrap the season up in 10 episodes rather than the 12 episode seasons that every single season, one through eight had. For sure they initially intended to reveal all of the dead missing girls to Chief Bishop and that was going to be Dexter's ticket to freedom because they spent the entire season letting us know she has been searching for these missing girls her entire career and how important it was to her. This is why she seemed way out of character in the final episode. I need to sit on this one a bit more and think it through, but it seems they short us 2 episodes and since it was a series ending finale, it just doesn't feel right.
@@Phil8sheo well, it was always intended to be 10 episodes to my knowledge, but I feel like two more episodes could have possibly done the series justice.
It was the worst to ending to any tv show I’ve ever seen. If they do come out with a second season NO ONE will watch. I honestly hope they lose money if a second season were to come out. Terrible
@@T12671 was the season 8 finale not worse? all this series did was re-write the hurricane death to appease fans. also "new blood" aka Harrison taking over was a given.
They screwed an amazing season with this finale. Dexter has never directly killed any innocent like he killed Logan… and there was no need to do that. But especially, it’s really annoying how Angela has failed to catch a serial killer in her own town for 25 years, having dozens of girls dissappeared after being seen for last time in Iron Lake, but somehow she is able to discover the truth about Dexter. Also very annoying how she focuses on Dexter after finding out Iris was murdered by Kurt but couldn’t catch him. Like seriously? This season’s villain was great, also the relationship with Harrison and the flashbacks with Deb. But Angela finding out who he is… hell no.
This was like the Harrow thing..gf cop finds out about her boyfriend might be a killer and stakes her entire shit to proving that theory no matter what
I'm sad to see Dexter end, but can't see how they could have wrapped it up in anyway but how they did. The main point was through his sacrificing himself so that his son could go on living, Dexter found the peace and grace in death that he never had in life. Well done.
If they wanted to kill him. I would rather them have Bautista interact with Dexter one last time as he is transporting him back to Miami. Dexter confesses he is the Bay Harbor Butcher and he is tired of lying and accepts the death penalty. They set up so many different ways to end it that would all be better than what we got. So disappointed.
@@figaroo4816 told his son to turn off the safety. He could of just ran but choose to end it so his son could be free. Didn’t want to him and son to be constantly looking over their shoulders
Even thought I dislike the ending for so many reasons, Dexter will always be one of my favourite shows, one of the best series ever made. I don't think there will be something like this in the future, but Dexter is a timeless masterpiece.
Honestly with any show, its more about the journey than it is about the ending. The endings hardly ever satisfy everyone or even a majority of people. But the journey we took to get there was fantastic! Season 4 is one of the best seasons television has EVER seen!
Agreed... This last season wasn't even off the charts but survived all this time later because how powerful a series it was... This ending was all over the place...
Harrison almost killed his best friend who trusted him alone. He violated his friend's trust. Now he's all self-righteous about Dexter's killing. Bad boy.
Harrison knew about the Dark passenger he had the letter, he knew why Dexter abandoned him, I think Harrison wanted revenge on his Dad not connection, he's more psychotic than Dexter ever was. .
@@fabianocaruana8622 Nah, everything in New Blood up until the last half of the final episode was good. It was basically the finale that was rushed. Are you telling me that ep 9 of New Blood was bad? On the other hand, not only was season 8 bad (pretty much in its entirety) but so was season 7 and some would say that season 6 and possibly even from season 5 it started to decline significantly in quality. I know that Dexter started to decline in quality after season 4 but many fans would agree that season 7 was a return to form and so was the majority of New Blood.
The "open your eyes and look at what you've done" line was a great catch and amazing callback to the first episode and made me like the ending so much more. Dexter always said it was important that his victims see why they've ended up on his table, and when Harrison said that to him he realized that it was his time to go. I'm not sure how I feel about Dexter's decision to kill Logan, since even if Harrison agreed to go with him, they would have been on the run with a nationwide manhunt pursuing. They certainly wouldn't have been able to continue living out the code like Dexter was hoping for at the beginning of the episode. And although I think it's possible he could have beaten the charges of being the Bay Harbor Butcher, it would be super difficult for him and his son to continue killing after standing trial in such a high-profile case. It seems like Dexter was freaked out by the idea of being confronted by the life he left behind, so escaping was the best option. I guess in the end it shows that Dexter was capable of feeling and expressing real love, but that he was also still a monster who loved to kill without mercy, whether they deserved it or not. And that's why Harrison had to do what he did. A very tragic but fitting conclusion. Damn I'm gonna miss Dexter. Michael C. Hall is such an incredible actor. Seeing Dexter and Batista go back and forth would have been a real treat.
I'm literally so disappointed... As many other people said, this season started so well, I was so excited and so happy to meet the new characters, to see how Dexter's been doing all this time and finally meet Harrison. Episode 9 was amazing and I literally didn't even think that they could ruin all of this with the last episode which was supposed to be...Idk, a good one?! I didn't hate or love the ending of season 8, I just took it for what it was but this one...This one really made me mad. You're telling me that Angela, a little cop from a city forgotten by the world put everything into pieces in just some days or weeks? She wasn't capable to solve any case and she solved the biggest case from Miami? This whole thing was bad written. Dexter lived in Miami for so many years, was a serial killer there and never got caught even tho some people suspected him, they did it after YEARS of knowing him. Laguerta trying to figure out if Dexter is the Bay Harbour Butcher was waaaaay better than Angela doing it. Not to mention the fact that Angel just got along with what Angela said, not even questioning it, just went along with everything when he knew Dexter for so many years!! Harrison was such a hypocrite, he nearly killed that boy and blamed everything on him to be a hero, wanted to hurt other people and then after hearing what Dexter did he just chose to kill him? Like, I get that Dexter didn't want that for his child, he chose to leave him with Hannah (which reminds me, We never even found for real what happened to her, just went along with that Harrison said but at this point, I just think he killer her and lied.) to have a better life and now Harrison blames him for that when he wasn't even happy to know his dad better? Like c'mon you could've just idk, never came in the first place. The actors did a great job like always but this whole ending is just pissing me off so bad.
100% agreed with you. Everything was going smooth with Dexter and Harrison. And at the end out of blue he blamed Dexter and killed him. I mean have some reason before killing.
@@nabisarkar6298 He changed his mind when he learned Dexter killed Logan. I feel like realizing everything your dad taught you the night before doing something hypocritical would be pretty eye opening.
Yeah, terrible writing again. The same bad writing that ended the last series. They used cheap conveniences to write off entire subplots & characters who were originally incompetent to fit a quick conclusion.
The problem is that the entire line with Batista is BS. Remember the last season. Angel and Quin covered Dexeter for the kill of Oliver as revenge for Deb. Angel never even considered Dexter as the BHB. They pretty much parted ways as friends. Even Miria didnt belive Douxe about Dexter until she found that blood slide in the church. For them to sudeenly pull a "case file" for Dexter - thats so far fetched and doesnt connect with the other seasons.
The brightest star in the series. Michael C. Hall's acting. Seriously. I hope he gets nominated again. He already won a Golden Globe for playing Dexter. I hope he gets recognition again. It will be the only highlight of this series.
So I’m still wondering how Kurt found out “Jim Lindsay” was responsible in the connection of his son’s disappearance. Was there an item or symbol that pointed suspiciousness towards “Jim Lindsay” from Kurt’s POV? It still doesn’t make sense how Kurt “ties” Matt’s titanium rods to Dexter.
I think it was a couple things: Kurt being a serial killer and always alert, led him to poke around when he smelled smoke on Dexters jacket, but dexter had told him he was doing something that would have had nothing to do with smoke. Pretty much (i imagine) hearing a complete lie from someone who would really have no reason to lie led him to investigate his incinerator.
@@kingtv3321 this and also how he fatefully was were Kurt was to drive him. He was out late, near that part of town, smelled like smoke, Matt was missing next day and Dex was fresh on Kurt's mind no?
@@htxomoggle454 if my memory serves me correct, I believe they ran into each other after Kurt had told everyone Matt reached out to him. But the ash was the tip off.
They don't write for the fans. They can't. Different fans want different things. They have to write what they believe is right. I'm satisfied. At least he's not a loner lumberjack anymore.
"The ending is going break the internet" sadly for the wrong reasons. The moment Dexter gave the Rifle to Harrison, it was clear, that he would kill him with it! Dexter dying is inevitable, but not by the hands of Harrison, after they connected not long ago. That we didn't get the reunion with Batista is also a shame. Still wondering, where Angela came from and how she got to Harrison and Dexter so fast. Olsen a non factor. And Angela was still just fishing about the bay harbour butcher case. Harrison tried to kill an innocent Ethan and set him up, so he was not that much driven by justice. For me it didn't add up.
And also Angela, who was all bent up out of shape because Dexter being a murderer, a vigilante, but ended up covering Dexter's own murder. This ending managed to be worse then the other one lmao
Everyone is saying the end was out of character for him but I think that was the point. His son changed him like being a parent often does. He know with Batesta coming there was not a way out of him facing the crimes in FL so he had to fight his was out as the only way he can honor code number 1 (always the paramount code for him) but to also be with his son again. His sons comments help him realize he cannot stay with him (as there may be a chance his son doesnt actually have a dark passenger) and he would not allow himself get caught. His realization of his unconditional love for his son and self sacrifice was the way he had to go. I would have loved a different ending and more seasons but i think this was always the way it was going to go for him.
absolutely devastated, what a tease to bring him back just to kill him, I admit I was upset of him killing the guard, but I'm thinking it was to soften the blow of Harrison shooting Dexter. If they try to do a season 2 with Harrison taking over after he killed his dad for 'a normal life" I will be pissed. bye Dexter💔
Dexter didn’t kill the guard did he? I thought the guard Accidently killed himself bu trying to shoot dexter and the bullet ricochet and hit himself in the head..? Or am I trippin..?
It wasn’t out of character tho. He was so dam desperate just like how he was going to kill laguerta. First rule is to not get caught. Self preservation. Shows how he’s willing to bend the rules so he can continue indulging his urges; in essence he’s coping until the code doesn’t fit his needs
@@bryanenty8385 He planned that kill out . This was extremely sporadic and sloppy . I rewatched that episode last night cause i thought the same thing as you. These two scenarios are way different imo.
@@bryanenty8385 Laguerta had much harder evidence than the people at iron Lake. Iron Lake had basically nothing. Killing Logan was in the show to make the decision for Harrison easier.
@@bryanenty8385 was out of character because he was established as a jiu-jitsu expert and could have easily choked him out instead. As Angela only has circumstantial evidence on him as BHB and she said herself her theory regarding Kurt wouldn't necessarily hold up in court. So why the desperate need to just kill him? Dexter isn't that stupid so out of character
I still cant believe he's gone...i hate that Dexter died BUT, i will admit, it does make sense for him to end this way. Overall, still an amazing comeback season, with a definitive finale.
Just like Harry. I'd expect Dexter to be Harrison's new illusionary guide if another season happens. However I just don't feel the Harrison actor can pull it off, perhaps a time skip and a new actor might pull it off, however, Hall is the show . Tough act to follow
Harrison has to grow up though (in real life) in my opinion. I think they can make him the new Dexter because Harrison actually DOES respect the code and he only killed Dexter because Dexter broke the code. Dexter is such a unique story that they CAN bring it back as a whole new Dexter series only Harrison won't be a blood spatter analyst or working in forensics. I don't know I'm not a writer but there are many possibilities. I just love the concept so much that I wanna see it go on. Dexter is a unique story
Honestly Dexter could have still escaped but only knock out Logan with a choke hold until he went unconscious then escaped. He really didn't have to kill him Dexter has choked ppl unconscious multiple times before even when under pressure
I feel like the point was Dexter was trying his best not to kill Logan, when he ducked the gun shot his motion is what did him in. But you notice that it wasn't until Harrison confronted him that he felt remorse for it and any other innocent casualties in his wake.
Dexter knew jiu jitsu, which was clearly shown in season 1. He used to do a rear naked choke to choke out people. Just lazy writing at the end, unfortunately...
Thats what I'm saying meerkat. What incredibly stupid writing and forgetting dexter would never break the code and had so many options. He easily could have knocked Logan out indeed
Nahhh.. a state wide manhunt is certainly not the life dexter wanted for harrison At this point..they made it seem like dexter has no way out this time ..hell be arrested eventually...or they have to end it again with him going on vacation to Mexico maybe
Lets take a moment to realize that Dexter didn't use Ketamine in Miami, but he used M99 and that info was not released in public. So Angela shouldn't even be able to link Dexter with BHB.
@@comicsans6487 Still the fact that Angela thought that a case could be built against Dexter over Ketamine and Dexter believed it too is ridiculous. She wouldn't even be to successfully tie dex to the drug dealer's death and she would need that connection in order to make the connection to the BHB case since there is nothing in the BHB case that could point to Dexter.
They mentioned in the episode that the evidence she had on Dexter wasn’t enough to convince the judge in court that Dexter was guilty. They needed more solid proof which is why Batistas character was on his way with more evidence for the case.
I was ok with dexter dying but I really wanted something at the end, like 5 minutes of angel and the chief figuring out the butcher stuff. Just to know what the world's reaction was. To exonerate doakes and everything
Harrison is so unlikeable and he killed Dexter, why would the writers think we would feel anything for this asshole, his ending is unearned, Angela lets a killer run, showing her incompetence again, and we never got to see any reactions from anybody, a media circus would have been cool because these reveals feel so isolated and rushed, we didn't even see Angel and Dexter in one place, confronting his past, dammit. This ending ruins the season for me, lol they even forgot Dexter had a day job.
If Harrison is unlikable that is clearly your opinion, not mine. Asshole? Level of conversation or comment is getting very low. You are pissed lol. Incompetence?? What the F. do you know about detective or police work? She clearly got pieces of a puzzle together and solve the mystery of Bay Harbor Butcher. I think Dexter and Angela were both okay, but he was a F. Serial killer, sociopath and killed Innocents. Show had 9 seasons what did you expect? I think they did a good job and that this season was great. Like 1 2 3 and 4
@@ales1024512 You're clearly in the minority here. The season was written like nobody had any knowledge about the other 8 seasons that happened before it. Ending was shit and that can be seen from space. I would tell you why but there's a thousand comments only on this video bringing arguments.
They tried to do 2 things with this ending: 1) Harrison pointing a gun at Dexter is a callback to Debra doing the same, except that one time Debra let him go and that cause a lot of people, including her, to die. Which means they are tying to say Harrison was gonna die eventually aswell. And they did a horrible job stating all of what I just said, because I had to dig up an episode from almost 14 years ago to make a connection. 2) They tried making this into a Breaking Bad ending, the difference is Walter White went out by his own hand and means while redeeming himself a tiny little bit. They did Dexter dirty with all this, making him seem like a total junkie.
Bc he is lol Dexter deep down killed to kill. He was a serial killer in the worst way. He we just taught to “control” it but he was an evil that was used for good. Dexter just had to die, and the fact that Harrison is the one is fitting, he’s angry bc of Dexter and with that bulllet I do think he’s gonna be… well not all right but a lot less angry… to be normal
@@Jason619316 he did his best but sadly true. He wasn’t all bad outside of killing but his need to kill caused a lot of collateral damage. When Harrison says open your eyes and look at what you done, it’s a call back to episode 1. He became the thing he hated “ a killer who kills innocent people”. Only way out was death.
@@trippy5519 As an example-so you think Dexter’s Victims and Kurt’s Victims are basically equals? Dexter’s Victims were murderers and Kurt’s Victims were innocent female runaways.
Great video! I gave up on this new season of Dexter after ep 6, watching your recap vids motivated me to finish the season. Thank you! You did a great job showing what the writers were going for (the multiple instances where Dexter shows self-preservation, not altruism, and it not sitting right with Harrison eg 7:20) and that this small snowy time is so accepting and loving to Harrison; ultimately leading him to make the harsh, hard choice, of murdering the only person who could fully understand him. I was satisfied with the finale, even if the whole thing kicked into high gear too late in the series (ep9). Sad we didn't get the Batista-Dexter reunion/interrogation scene. That was cruel to bring it up. Don't think I'd care for a S2 with Dexter as a force ghost but I'm glad it did great numbers for SHO. Cheers!
It's like the writers of this show thrive on making mid to end season episodes and then when it comes to the ending, they're completely allergic to good writing. Tons of plot holes, things that don't make sense, no fan service, nothing. Everything was rushed, 0 logic, 0 character reasoning behind decisions. I honestly believe that I can write a better ending than what was shown. I don't know who approved this, but they should never be let near a writer's room again.
@@JoeysMagGoth He passes through all the process in ep 9 and also got all the explanations from this father (harry code & kurt on the table, how to dispose corpses, work at night, look for evidences, how to blend in...) Dexter was really keen to win over this son 😆He was even able to realise that he hates blood but love rifles....
8:00 Haha, if you look closely at Batista's inbox it looks like he has emails from Quinn and Masuka and it looks like Masuka is throwing a bachelor party LOL nice to know the guys are still in touch and working for Miami Metro
I just want to say a big thanks to everyone who worked on Dexter. The original run of Dexter was a show that I watched and in many ways grew up with. It had amazing highs and lows, but the characters felt like a part of me. It was great to see these fantastic actors and characters again. I feel the passion the crew has for the Dexterverse and the music alone is enough to transport me to a different time and place. As it came to an end, I'm surprised by how it made me reflect on the all that has changed for me and my loved ones in the last decade +. I look forward to re-watching the show again in another decade. Thank you for Dexter!!
Awesome message. Too bad it was the worst ending to ANY tv show out there. No one will watch the second season. The writers were perfect up until the last 10 minutes.
The moment he killed the Coach is where it was all out character. I was watching everything after that in unbelief. I understand he needed to die. But this was not the way to do it. Why would he kill the coach? There wasn't any evidence against him. And why would he burden his son with killing him??? Everything from him killing the coach made zero sense
This ending confirms that it is difficult to end the stories of beloved characters, series, to our satisfaction. Even when they take a second ‘stab’ at it, after having years to ponder. RIP Dexter.
One episode is the biggest issue. The Dexter bay harbour bucher stuff was handled better in Season 2. There's also the fact that nobody from the old show even saw Dexter was alive. We never got that Batista/Dexter conversation.
I never liked "Iron Lake". Part of the allure of Dexter was Miami, the culture, etc. This place is freezing and boring and it's quite a stretch to believe that Dexter was happily settled there until Harrison appears.
Maybe strangling Logan was all in dexter’s head. And he played out the rest of the situation which leads to Harrison killing him, so in season 2 everything we thought had happened didn’t actually happen and he’s still in jail asking for water
It was great to have MCH and Dexter back for a brief moment, think overall the positives outweigh any negatives, enjoyed the journey but had expected the ending but hoped for another season with Dexter on the run etc :)
Yes I do feel like it was impossible to fit everything in 10 episodes and it felt rushed but there were some great things about this show! The nostalgia for dexter fans... the first episode I was like something's missing here? It was Dexter's narration which came back with his dark passanger after killing matt. Kurt Caldwell's storyline was pretty good. Seeing Deborah and Batista was good too!
Probably the best explanation of the final episode that I’ve heard and brings everything together in a nice way. Thx for saving my sanity a little lol.
@@GlenNigelMatthews yes, he "only" tried to kill him but failed. anyway he's accusing his father of being successful of the same thing he does: letting his dark passenger urge to kill loose. doesn't make any sense in that context.
Yeah. I realized the point of the story all along was whether or not Dexter had the capacity to feel love and the reveal is that he did. I feel that the final message of the story is that the greatest expression of love is self sacrifice. It's a very beautiful and heart warming story because we watch this young boy who because of his trauma develops an addiction for violence so we sympathize with him in that regard but we question whether or not he actually has the capacity to feel real human connection with himself and others and it turns out in the end that he does. The only question I have is whether or not Harrison knew about his dad all along. Did he set Dexter up to actually be honest with his son so that he could find out whether or not his dad actually cared about him.
Yes, I wondered about that last part, too. When Logan asked Harrison if he noticed anything strange about Dexter at the time of the killing of the white deer/Kurt, Harrison responded that he wasn't in town then, but the flashback insinuated that he was.
Self sacrifice would be if he turned himself in. Instead, after Harrison told him he actually isn't like him, Dexter forced him to become a murderer by killing him.
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar money heist was good but i stopped watching after that assasin was introduced because the gun fight scenes were just ridiculous and made no sense
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar the fight between the robbers and the assassin was sooooo unrealistic and full of plot armor i couldnt do it. maybe ill pick it back up sometime
Dexter's son ruined the show, and not just because of the ending. This whole season his son ruined every episode. The writing for this character was awful.
Worst case scenario. Dexter is killed. Harrison was sent away pointlessly, to live alone all over again. If the cop took the wrap for killing Dexter anyway, why did harrison need to "never come back"?
How are they going to call him out for being BHB , find Kurt's trophy room, bring Batista into this and just ignore all of the aforementioned for a sloppy rushed 15 minutes of no pay off. This needed two more episodes. They could have had dexter trip and fall and it would be a better ending.
Exactly the finale felt a bit rushed in, they could do 2 more episodes and maybe show how harrison came to conclusion that he wants to kill dexter, and not as it was more like on an impulse of finding out about logan
There was so much potential for another season, I just felt it ended to fast without covering more on the issues. Maybe should of had 2 more episodes to cover these issues.
Great video and review as always! So were all the inferred cameras in the forest removed after the White Buck shooting? Did Dexter and every other character forget those were in the trees at that very location where Dexter was shot? Loved the season overall but there's some rough patches that has gone unexplained. Cheers!
We always knew something like this had to come. Sad that it had to be now. Couple plot holes left unfilled, but certainly a more satisfying ending than the first dexter finale. I'm sad there will be no more Dexter. MCH was brilliant in the role (I've thought he was an amazing actor since Six Feet Under) and I will miss Dexter. That is all. Long live the code. :)
I thought the finale was okay. I liked the definitive conclusion and that itself makes it much better than the first finale. My problem is with the pacing and with the lack of proper closure. We needed a Batista vs Dexter confrontation. Batista was just brought in for fan service, when he should have had a much better role. David Zayas is a fantastic actor, and I can just imagine how he would react to learning the truth from Dexter. I would have also liked for Harrison to maybe shoot Dexter in the leg and just turn him in. This ending STILL makes him a killer. Sure, he doesn't have his Dad's dark passenger but this is surely gonna mess him up, if he isn't already. I felt the first 40 mins of the finale were really great. There was some great tension all around. Killing Logan was also a ballsy move, ones I feel weren't made enough in even the original series( example Doakes getting killed by Lila). Think they needed one more episode at least, or maybe 30 more mins...and this could have been an all time classic instead of something that polarizes fans again. This is where pacing comes into the picture! I just hope that the announcement tomorrow is around an epilogue type episode rather than some Harrison spinoff. Honestly, I just want Harrison to lead a normal life and I don't want Dexter to be reduced to a Riverdale like teen drama.
I agree with the idea of needing one more episode to let the plot breathe a bit. Back half of the episode felt truncated and contrived plot wise to get the final ending. While I liked the idea of Dexter getting so desperate to reunite with Harrison that he'd kill innocent people to do it, I wish the situation in the episode was that dire. It really didn't feel like it, since they had just found Kurt's house with evidence that Kurt left in a hurry and was the one behind the arson, as well as Angela about to discover Kurt's trophy bunker. A Dexter/Bautista reunion would have been great. Bautista was like the last one of the original Miami Homicide team (aside from Masuka) that never suspected Dexter. There was an inkling of suspicion from him in the original finale, but to finally confront Dexter would have been a cool scene.
Great season/mini series but the ending was atrocious 🤦🏻♂️. I hate to sound like a complainer but everything about the final episode seemed rushed and went against everything the show stood for. Example, why the hell did Dexter kill Logan? He was a good guy doing his job. But I guess they needed a reason for Harrison to kill dexter. I don’t think Dexter dying is what has people pissed. They needed 2 more episodes or at least another season for that to work
@@jacketofthe80s13 what bout the 5 or 6 innocent people dexter killed, not even including logan? this new series started with him bending the rules of the code on heresay. dexter is a "good guy" like tony soprano and walter white are good guys. as in, they're not good guys in any way. they're evil and deserved repercussions for their acts. just because we liked rooting for him doesn't mean otherwise. did you people really want to see another 3 seasons of dexter getting away with everything instead of having to confront justice? the whole point of this mini series was to give the show a more fitting conclusion. yeah man, r/whoosh. as long as you keep having fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of the story, you're going to remain super salty.
@@affoidman123 killing logan was who dexter is. it doesn't go against everything the show stood for. it's in line with the character. dexter has shown that he's willing to sacrifice innocents for self preservation other times in the series. it's exactly why he said he'd never felt love until that moment: he was doing something selfless for the first time in his life. remember, the code isn't there because dexter is moral. if he didn't have it, he'd be exactly the kind of person he kills. for all intents and purposes, dexter is an evil monster, and so many people don't want to accept that (or even realize it). speaking broadly here, not you specifically. just look through all the comments on this video of people saying things like "he's a necessary evil, he didn't deserve this," yadda yadda. it's like, yeah, dexter didn't deserve this. he deserved worse! at least he got to go out on his own terms.
I still can't get over the fact that we're just supposed to accept that Kurt knew Dexter killed Matt and where he disposed of the body. That's sloppy writing. Also, how can you frame Angela as some beacon of morality when she straight covers up a murder and does exactly what Dexter does in a sense?
I'm still wondering what Olsen was supposed to be there for. That must have been one of the most pointless characters in TV history. I had high hopes for this show but there was so much about it that was badly thought-through that I lost interest.
Kurt knew because when Dexter picked him up outside of the tavern there was ash snowing everywhere, Kurt says this in ep 7 or 8 to dexter and then shows him the titanium, Kurt found the titanium from the place Dexter burnt Matt’s body and put two and two together.
@Oliver Brodrick Dexter had no motive for killing Matt. Presumably people use the furnace often enough for ash to be a common occurence. And, given that someone has disappeared in suspicious circumstances, it was ludicrous that the police didn't think of the furnace right away. It was bad, lazy writing, as bad as Batista suddenly remembering Harrison's name.
Dexter deserved much much much more...!!! They showed Harrison as a hypocrite.. Kills dexter and runs away to do good lol 😂 like really worst ending!!!
I've always thought that he might have to kill harrison if he tried to do it his own way like he did with his other students but conflicted..no idea since I didn't get a chance to see
I wish Angela could let him live, it's quite sad how quickly things escalated, it would have been better if Angela could see why Dexter is needed, like a necessary evil
@@baphometic8767 i dont understand why Dexter deserved this though? I'm sorry but there IS a difference between killing the innocent, and killing other serial killers. It IS a necessary evil. It shouldn't matter if Dexter is addicted to it, or enjoys it. In the end its evil but a necessary one and one that doesn't harm the innocent. at least not in compared to how many people he saves. If he is evil, so is the military, so is self defense, so is life sentence prison sentences. It's all killing those who hurt the innocent.
@@mattgarbe4840 if you don't understand why dexter deserved to face repercussions for his actions (same as every person ever, including his victims) then i don't think any sort of argumentation is going to convince you otherwise. the entire point of the miniseries was to give a fitting conclusion to the show. having dexter get away with it would have been the same song and dance from the first 8 seasons. that wasn't the point of this mini series.
Can you do us fans a favour and re write the ending of Dexter" New Blood the way you did for the previous season ending? That's how i originally found your channel years ago and why i looked you up again when this reboot kicked off. That re write was phenomenal... I'm praying tomorrows announcement is one final secret episode where dexter wakes up from a dream he's having in the jail cell right before he kills logan and we get an alternate ending.
What I got out of the end ALSO was that Dexter was becoming more and more (evolving into) Harrison’s own “dark passenger.” Notice also at the end that Dexter was dressed in black. Harrison told Dexter that he just wanted to be normal. I think it was then Dexter realized that in order for Harrison to live and be normal. The dark passenger is like a parasite. It needs a host. Dexter also was becoming aware that HE needed Harrison in order become the next phoenix from the flame….igniting from Dexter to Harrison. Dexter realized that the flame, the dark passenger, needed snuffed out. Harrison was tainted enough by him. I truly believed that Dexter realized this at the end and encouraged Harrison to end it….by killing him. Killing Dexter and the dark passenger. Dexter didn’t want to become the dark passenger, like a parasite, to live off Harrison. In order for Harrison to live and be normal, the parasite must be killed….even if it meant killing the host itself (Dexter).
IF you believe that a kid who premeditated slicing a teen friend, and then inflicted injury on himself to make himself appear attacked and then KILLED HIS OWN FATHER is going to be normal, you're delusional.
I think the ending was bad, Harrison could have killed many people on the way to find dexter which they subtlety hint at and tried to slash his only friend to death and broke that kids arm before he knew anything about dexters truth, and when he finally learned he was happy because he knew his dad left him for a reason trying to protect him and that he wasn’t going through his urges alone and that he always loved him, plus he was a serious accomplice watching dexter saw up Kurt into pieces and was gruesome but he was totally fine, they made it seem like the duo was going to spring back into action which is what I would’ve preferred to see instead of dexter having no other choice but to kill the coach because he wouldn’t cooperate and Harrison suddenly flops maybe it was because the coach was like a second dad and then somehow decides he has to die just because of that not even let him go just killed him, they were literally about to leave the brand new life he had and he was fine, only when the coach was the victim did he turn, even though he had his own victims before knowing dexters and then he drives off into the sunset like some hero as if his dark passenger is gone when it’s not and he had just killed his dad of all people, I think you’re right about dexter using him as an excuse to be himself again but he also wanted what was best for Harrison and if he really had a dark passenger which he does because I think attempted murder qualifies then he really would have been better off with dexter because he likely would have committed suicide in prison or gotten the death sentence before killing innocent people that he already attempted to do otherwise
I am so happy that they gave us these 10 episodes. It was a bit rough in the beginning, but I'm glad that I tempered my expectations early on, and just went along for the ride.
First off, I'm thankful there was even this season. And with so much anticipation for how the season would end, I knew it would not satisfy everyone. But it felt rushed in the last 2 episode. So many loose ends. My biggest issue was the show not revealing how Kurt found out it was Dexter who killed Matt. Definitely needed couple more episodes.....or seasons. lol
@Aaron Vega fire pit? He didn't burn him in the fire pit though. He took the body to the town incinerator. So Kurt going to the fire pit for the screws wouldn't make sense. Bottom line, Dexter's story was plausible that Kurt was setting him up. Bautista put Dexter in a desperate mind. Dexter wanted to die in the end because he deserved to maybe.
That was Kurt’s explanation, but it made no sense. Why did ash floating around lead him to suspect that DEXTER killed Matt. Anyone could have incinerated that piece of trash. BTW - it seems that Matt was a budding serial killer, like his daddy. Not much hope that Harrison won’t be.
Nope ..she would nailed his ass with everything she got Like that harrow series where he got investigated by his recent ex gf/cop despite the consequences
I feel the main thing lacking in this season was a strong villain. I remember when the Trinity Killer was introduced and when they showed his bathtub kill at the end of the episode, I was absolutely horrified. It kept me hooked to the series and as bad as Arthur was, he was truly worthy of being Dexters opponent. Same with how Travis was able to trick Dexter or even Oliver for that matter (although luck just worked in his favour). Kurt had an okayish back story and they just failed to implement it. Other than that, the ending kind of reminded me of how Breaking Bad ended, maybe it was just a parallel or inspirational.
The first rule of the code is "don't get caught", but Dexter will never kill someone like the coach. The conclusion of Kurt, who was a great character(the only worthy in New blood), felt hurried and lame. This season could've given us more if they developed some better ideas than just destroy 9 seasons in 57 minutes.
He knew harrison wouldn't buy whatever lie he could come up with. And also harrison had responded more positively when Dexter told the truth in previous episodes... so it makes sense for dexter to have just told the truth
Writers tend to fail when they force a poetic ending, rather than staying true to the characters. Dexter will always be one good ending short of a masterpiece.
still, the worst ending. I lived with the knowledge that Dexter escaped and lived somewhere... I don't give a damn about Harrison. Now it's just a hole in my heart.
Harrison saw Dexter kill Matt, which was shown in the final episode. Harrison early on in the new series suggested to Dexter that he thought he'd been abandoned by his father because of himself, although we now know this is a lie as the letter clearly states the reasons for Dexter's self imposed exile. Harrison attempted to murder his school friend by cutting his femoral artery. He did this to quell his urge to kill. This suggests maybe Harrison has killed before. This evidence suggests that Harrison intended to kill Dexter from the start. Otherwise why hide the fact that he knew the truth Dexter's past and present?
It was the ending that I knew was coming. I think it would’ve been perfect if as Harrison was driving out of town Dexter appeared next to him as his dark passenger and said something like “don’t forget that we need to go to a big city”
I felt it was a very underwhelming ending. They set up to expose him as the Bay Harbor Butcher, Angel was coming to Iron Lake, and then nothing. I believe they should have shown him get convicted as the Butcher, and end the series with him on the table getting executed.
In a case like this he would've had bigger chances to die from old age. Trial with circumstantial evidence would go for decades. Well, unless he confesses.
@@onetwo757 it wouldn't even go on that long. The evidence against him is really weak. He (Dexter) will end up going down as commiting a single murder - Logan the cop.
@@onetwo757 it's a TV show, not real life. They could have made it work, and it would have been a better ending than what we got. Harrison could have outed him, and there were a handful of people over the course of the original run of the show that knew Dexter's secret.
Killing Dexter was beyond stupid especially if they plan on bringing the show back with Harrison as the lead he will never be able to live up to Dexter & he will get caught they made the code so important it's what kept Dexter outta jail #1 rule of the code "Don't Get Caught" if Harrison isn't willing to hurt an innocent to save himself the show is over before it begins in the first few seasons of Dexter he was very neat & careful but towards the last seasons he was sloppy leaving evidence getting caught multiple times they didn't stick to the script of who Dexter was so they messed up the show & they have messed up any chance of the new show making sense especially since Harrison isn't as good as Dexter was 1 season was not nearly enough for Dex to teach him everything he knows to survive I figured once they bought Harrison back he would be a killer too if they were smart they wouldn't have killed Dex this soon they could have waited 2 or 3 seasons in because I rather watch them kill together as a team than to watch any show starring Harrison😕
Don't really see the point in reviving a series and completely abandoning the characters and setting that helped define it just to essentially kill the lead character off because? He was a killer who deserved to die? Maybe, but why glorify and allow us to root for him in the first place? Say what you will about the Sopranos, but it ended in a way that, even if it was framed in a way to hint at Tony's death, it was never shown and left (even to this day) to the audience to decide. And it's still talked about to this day. When I hear "Don't Stop Believin'" I will always think of that final scene. The song Harrison is listening to as he drives away from Iron Lake? Already forgot it. He drives away smiling, only minutes after killing his dad, which puzzles me considering it's primarily the death of Logan that set Harrison off. A death that wasn't even that apparent to me initially. Probably because Dexter is more than capable of knocking someone out as opposed to uncharacteristically executing an innocent police officer because the plot demands it. Just like giving Harrison a rifle when it's the last gift Dexter would give to the son he compares to himself. This is just another plot convenience this show employed just to get to the finale. Too bad because I seem to have been more satisfied with him faking his death. At least it was in Miami and involved the original cast besides 2 short cameos from Batista and the memory of Deb. Even Harry was sidelined. I don't think any ending would've been perfect but to kill him off in such an unsatisfactory way?
Chief Bishop altered the crime scene & helped a criminal (Harrison, the son of the Bay Harbor Butcher) escape the murder of his father. Harrison is a key witness to all of this. How would this reflect on Angela as a police officer?
Seems like something Harrison and Angela will both take to their graves. Now, how she's going to explain him escaping her jail, that's a problem she will have no matter what.
“Look at what you have done” exactly what dexter says in the pilot. They had to kill him off to end it and no season 2 it was the Right call, I knew Harrison would do it
is his catch phrase . he than has a flash back with the people he killed and realised he is the same as the people he tried to stop and needed to get rid of himself. it was pretty smart : "i like to tell them to look at his victims"
I'm just going to say it: I prefer the original end. This ending isn't...unexpected or I don't necessarily even dislike it but goodness the way we got here sure was rough.
Sloppy and lazy writing. Let me make sure I got this right…Kurt is set free even though they have his DNA but Dexter is cuffed, read his rights and jailed based on a hunch and circumstantial evidence?
Love it or hate it they gave us an ending. I was a little surprised that they stuck to their guns and did what they came back to do. They really wrote Dexter's final chapter. I had a good time covering the season, thanks for watching!
You should do a how it could've ended, other good alternate endings, would love to hear your thoughts on those!
@@Krishnapriya64472 I’d love to see that too
why bother? I mean, it's not necessary to write the ending to the movie, I like this "..." - where everyone is responsible for his own ending in your head. Stupid
We can accept the ending if it makes sense. What I found most off is that Dexter doesn't need to kill Logan. It is just not like him. I wish there should be an additional episode when Dex and Angel reunite. I believe that the Miami Dex will make much more effort to get away with this.
Ya it was great. And Harrison killing Dexter was a good conclusion for me.
Really wanted a Batista, Dexter reunion. They missed a big opportunity there.
I thought the same thing. I really wanted to see them come face to face.
I was hoping for Batista to have a flashback of Dexter killing the guy who shot Deb with a pen. He was very puzzled after that... so he could've done a little connecting the dots.
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar I don't know what most of that meant but if you hate Dexter then WTF did you watch every season and are now trolling comments on a TH-cam video about Dexter?
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar O.o
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar Are you ok?
I was most disappointed that dexter and angel never got to talk in person after Angela called angel. They blue balled me so hard
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@@Deimian676 for real tho. I was being a huge nerd and was so excited for their reunion…and then it never happened
@@bryanenty8385 Was really expecting his dad to take the place of Debra at the end as well. wtf.
@@bryanenty8385 they did this same crap with star wars. Writers somehow think giving the fans what they want leads to bad writing.
Agreed what a shit thing to do. Batista finds out he was alive.....AND the BHB and then ends up not getting to look the monster in the face. Because he ends up actually dead.
Dexters story about how Kurt wanted revenge was such a good explanation and I think it would have worked out had he let it. The killing of Logan to escape prison felt so out of character to me. The episode was a steep downhill after that moment.
Exactly. He was still gonna get out Bay Harbor Butcher Case. Because it was not that strong. He never escape like this until his hands are tied. But yes that escape and killing of logan was really put of the character.
Abrupt Rushed ending
The killing of Logan showed dexters true colors. He’s a psychopathic killer, and usually only kills “bad people” because his father drilled it into him. He was so obsessed with being a killer with his son that he killed Logan to escape
@@saadali771 the story was making sense until it wasn't. I mean they should've released him and then killed him probably through angela because even when Doakes was gonna kill him he was thinking about other ways, but now he only wants to kill, and about the end, Harrison's killing dexter because he thinks dexter feeds his dark passenger doesn't justify his own hurting of a fat lad at school.
Before Harrison killed him it flashed back to all of the innocent people he killed because they were just in his way. Deb, Doakes, LaGuerta, Lundy. Then you realize he’s not the hero vigilante we always thought. Sad but true
Angela's evidence was weak and we never got to see Batistas evidence. This show needed at least 2 more episodes. Batista needed to confront Dext with his evidence and maybe then he could kill Logan out of desperation. But the evidence the show was weak and Dex knew it
When Chief Bishop was questioning him, Dexter should have said, “some trucker gave that screw to Harrison to give to me. I didn’t even know why.” She could have verified that by questioning Harrison, and her weak reasons for thinking she could charge Dexter with Matt’s murder would’ve fallen through.
I forgot about that…that would’ve been more than enough for reasonable doubt
She would have still questioned why Kurt would try to set Dexter up, if not because Dexter killed his son. Either way, the evidence that he killed Matt was already going to fall through, but she was already building a much stronger case that he was the Bay harbor Butcher, so the end result would have been the same
But that trucker is dead too. You can't put a 100% weight on a son's testimony after that.
He couldn't prove that though and it doesn't really matter, she knew her case was weak on the Matt murder. That's why she called Batista, they had a really solid case that he was the butcher and that's even before Batistia came in with his Laguerta file.
@@SheevTalks She built a strong case that he was the bay harbor butcher based off a few searches on the police data base that showed the bay harbor butcher’s victims with a wheel mark on their next just like the drug dealer and the fact that Dexter purchased ketamine for his goat which happed to be in the drug dealer’s system? Oh and Batista’s 15 yr old case files that he himself referred to as “crazy theories” C’mon, that’s enough to raise suspicion within the police force and with those who know him, not enough for a jury to convict him. I don’t even think it would be enough to go to trial. I get where they were trying to go but they lost me when Dexter ( completely unprovoked and out of character) kills Logan and obviously what happens after that is just absurd.
The finale ruined the whole season. There were plot holes all over the place. needle marks wouldn't have stayed there so long. ketamine wasn't used for BHB killings. All of a sudden Harrison is blaming Dexter for Rita's and Deb's death? Dex had sent Rita on vacay to get her out of the way. Not his fault the dummy returned cause she forgot something. He lost the urge to kill when with Hannah so left the bad guy tied up for Deb. It's his fault cause he didn't kill the guy? Why did Batista seem so angry hearing Dex is alive? He always liked him and was always a clueless dummy.
Harrison goes from "I always feel like I want to hurt people" to "I just want to be normal"? Really? After slashing a nerd with a razor, nearly killing him, and making up a BS story how he attacked him and was going to kill so many other kids? What kind of BS is that? Then he embraces Dexter, crying about that was the connection he was looking for and why he looked for him and then shoots him without pause and doesn't even feel bad about it. Meanwhile they have Dexter saying "I have never felt love til now" to himself? WTF? He loved his sister. He loved his wife. He loved Lumen. He was crazy in love with Hannah to the point she was his cure.
Then this PC who never thought to track Kurt, didn't even know about his cabin til Dex showed her, and didn't have a friggin clue about 25 years of murder happening under her nose, figure it all out about Dexter based on some screws and needle marks? Oh brother. Didn't even look like Dex snapped Logan's neck. Logan just drops dead after firing his gun. The real Dex wouldn't have killed him anyway. He would have left him unconscious with his signature choke sleeper hold and locked him up in the cell to make his getaway. Lazy writing that created a lot of hype just to steer people away from the ridiculously predictable ending.
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True true bruh
Harrison’s like whaaaat you killed Logan? Come on Harrison you broke a kids arm and framed a nerd for a potential school shooting. It’s only a matter of time until you snap even worse
I think the bullet ricocheted and he didn't have time to put him to sleep
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my problem isnt that he died, its how they opened different avenues for story points in this episode and then just abandon them.
yea really expected more of batista since he said he will come to town with all he has.
YEP. I haven’t been able to sleep since watching it, I am so disappointed in this ending, I have been raging lol. Him dying is not the issue, its the way they did everything and made us think something else, just to do what they did 10 year ago….come on.
It's just plot hole city man....UGH. I need A hug...we all need A hug. Fool me twice.
@@Sweetmotion23 I agree 100% I had the worse anxiety going into it and feel so sad and disappointed.
Hey yea lets just make another season to fix the ending ... oh wait hes dead lol
The issue is not so much that he died, but more of how they raced to the ending, blowing past what could've been really interesting stuff story and plot wise. I guess I expected another season because there was no way to wrap up everything in the time left satisfactorily.
I agree, it was abrupt
Yeah I agree, it makes sense the ending but it needed more devolpment. They lost the opportunity of Batista confronting Dexter
Yeah as soon as he killed logan at that point i knew the ending is going to be a messy one, i knew they had to do something either kill dexter or send him to prison but the way they got there was a bit forced and rushed
they bring dexter back for another season after so many years and then he dies, like wtf?
Agreed. If you’re gonna kill him at least make a second season to make sure you cover everything and do it right
Harrison's story arc
- has abandonment issues
- has dark tendencies
- tries to kill another kid
- feels lonely in the world
- realises dad has the same dark tendencies
- realises dad's the only one who understands him
- realises he's not alone in the world
- feels happy for once in his life
- SUDDENLY TURNS into SAINT HARRISON and kills dad out of a sense of justice.
Wonderful.
It would have made a lot more sense if Harrison had been more clearly on the fence about killing and then the killing of his coach made him really have a change of heart.
I hate that kid
I think I'd find it better if he didn't kill his dad to show courage in choosing his own path. Then again, this sets a nice beginning tone for his struggles mentally and emotionally if they'll ever make another series featuring him.
I agree it doesn't make any sense
Fkn hate that kid Harrison, I thought Dexter was going to walk up when he took the rifle out & say “yea Harrison you’re rite I’ll turn myself in let’s go in the car” then he could of been rite next to him and slept his son just knocked him out put him in car and bounced bt nah Harrison like you said became a saint and said “no u turn urself in” wah wah wah hate that kid man been watching Dexter since season 1 in 07
I watched the finale and even cried while watching, but in the end I guess I’m not totally happy about it. I understand Dexter’s death, I understand Harison is not joining him to be a serial killer, instead he realizes how sick this whole thing was. I get it. But I can’t accept that the man who didn’t even killed Doakes was just killed Logan in a heartbeat. The man who found him way out from Lundy and lots of other smart detectives who has much more evidence against him, just got caught for a google search. And Batista, who always believed in Dexter, was like, “Dexter is alive? Then he must be a serial killer! I grab his file which is at least 15 years old but somehow still just under my hand and go to a woman I just met and know nothing about” I agree with people who thinks there should be 12 episodes so we could see Dexter x Angel reunion, people reacting BHB reveal, people reacting Kurt’s room reveal, and maybe people argueing whether Dexter was a hero or was a monster, just like we do for like 10+ years. This finale was NOT THAT BAD but in the end it’s rushed and missing some important detail.
good review
Insightful, thanks
I would disagree on Harrison. He read the letter, and KNEW why Dexter left. All his emotional outbursts the entire season about being abandoned, etc... IT'S ALL AN ACT. Really the letter reads as if he made a detour just to get some pointers from Dexter(the most prolific serial killer ever) and then kill him, so that he himself won't get caught in the future.
@@rentedguccimink1948 You have a point. I also think "Killing his own dad" will make that kid even more f***** up than he already was. Now not only he lost his dad, he had to leave Iron Lake, his girlfriend, his friends and probably his real name and identity too. And did his dark urges magically gone by killing his father? I don't think so.
I subscribe to each and every word I’ve just read in this comment.
Hey, remember how we built Harrison up to be a psycho and backed it up with him razor’ing an innocent kid almost to death, breaking a wrestler’s arm for no reason and telling his girlfriend he wants to commit violence on people all the time? Remember that? Forget it, bro. He’s the hero and will now have a normal life after killing his father. Cool cool…
Crap crap it is mate
And he ruined a kid's life. Someone who was going to be a school shooter but then decided not. What does that tell you? Make the right choice at the end, and still be blamed for it.
I know, right? The transition was very clumsily written and executed. Pun intended?
EXACTLY!!!!
He got a real taste of blood and didn’t like it 🤷♂️ you can tell throughout the episode that whenever Dexter brought up that they had to leave and continue doing what they’re meant to, Harrison didn’t like the idea. He was probably pressured and rushed into it too much that he realized it wasn’t what he really wanted. I’m not entirely sure but let’s just agree this ending was dookie
After an AMAZING season, I’m very disappointed with the final episode.
I would have loved a Dexter and Batista interaction.
Ideally I would have liked to see Dexter taken back to Miami and have him walk through Miami metro in custody, walking past a few characters from his past (Masuka, Joey Quinn.,etc.)
Its 8 years later in the story. Everything is diff in Miami.
The season was great and the finale was amazing until the final moments. Particularly when he kills his way out just for his son to say "go back to jail". Fucking stupid. Just like the series of Dexter, everything went so well until the final moments
Wasn't in the budget
@@LL-hc3zm I couldn’t agree more!
The part when Dexter killed Logan to get out of jail was just so out of character that it wasn't believable. I mean they only had circumstantial evidence and he would have probably been released anyways. It was like the writers were just trying to force it in our face that Dexter wasn't good and needed to die. This glaring character assassination made it hard for me to enjoy the ending and it definitely wasn't satisfying.
I thought the same thing! Was talking over the episode with my wife afterwards and we both agreed this moment felt incredibly out of character.
@@cj27887 I can agree that Dexter wouldn't be below killing someone to save himself, but not in a way that would make obvious it was him ...
I agree. That moment caught me completely off guard. Definitely the most confusing part of this episode.
I thought the bullet ricocheted and killed Logan
I took it as Dexter was desperate. He was scared he would end up in jail, and never see Harrison again.
Harrison was already showing dark tendencies, that he claims stems only from Dexter not being in his life. Then Harrison's first kill is murdering his father, which 100% is murder not self defense, and now he is supposed to go have a normal life? I don't see that happening.
Yes! They broke a very basic rule. 'Heroes never intentionally kill good people'. Dexter killed Logan and Harrison killed his own flesh and blood. Darth Vader is a saint compared to Harrison. Who the hell approved this terrible writing??
@@keencentre7489 just because you dont agree with the ending doesnt mean its bad writing...
@@Dionizos666 and just because you agree with it doesn't mean it's good writing!
We had Dexter back for about 2 months and for that I’m happy. Dexter was an awesome distraction from pandemic woes. Thank you Michael C Hall for another amazing performance. Clancy Brown was great too. I was ok with the first ending and Hannah’s letter at the end of this season reiterates the sacrifice Dexter made when he decided to leave Harrison. He thought he wouldn’t survive the hurricane, but he did and he lived every day carrying the heavy weight of his actions. Im sure Dexter would take the two to three weeks he had with Harrison in new blood even if he knew he would die. He would do anything to ensure his son’s safety. I know he went off code at the end but with a caged animal backed up into a corner, there is no code at that point but survival. Time to watch Six Feet Under on DVD. I got emotional at both finales, since it’s during both that we see empathy and the sacrifice Dexter makes for his son’s welfare.I really do feel like I’m mourning a loved one. RIP Dexter Morgan.
He kills according to the code but the first rule of the code is to "not get caught". Dr.Vogel insisted to Harry that needed be the first rule of the code to give Dexter a "little wiggle room" in his endeavors.
The Logan death was an accident actually. He didn’t do it on purpose it was a reaction when the gun went off watch the scene again you’ll see Dexter face of disappointment in himself.
@@kourtnidelia1246 Yeah! everyone's talking about how he "snapped his neck". I'm like, THEN WHY WAS THERE BLOOD ON HIS FACE AND A GUNSHOT WOUND ON LOGANS HEAD. It's like people don't think?
I think this whole season had lazy writing. Killing Dex off is just lazy writing. And clearly MCH wanted to move on With his life, and that bled into the show. (No pun intended). They should’ve just left it alone…. HOWEVER, if they’re going to kill dexter off, this was a pretty decent way to do it. But either way the writing this season was banal, and it’s all about setting up the spin-off show with Harrison. Have fun watching that. I’m over it…..
@@chrisslaughter-mudsliide7050 There was blood on his face because he bashed logans face against the cell bars
Anyone shooting their father in the heart in cold blood really doesn't have the moral authority to judge his father's actions.
As I said in other comment Clyde Phillips is more psychopath than Dexter!
You think harrison is a moral person? You must have missed the rest of the season!
Exactly
Cold blood? Dexter literally deserved it and even gave him permission to lmao
harrison was following the code, Dexter killed an innocent
It’s not him dying , but it’s the way he died . The whole show just flipped out of nowhere in one episode
Modern day writers seem to think that the best TV is shocking, unexpected turns. It is pretty evident to me that they went over budget so they had to wrap the season up in 10 episodes rather than the 12 episode seasons that every single season, one through eight had. For sure they initially intended to reveal all of the dead missing girls to Chief Bishop and that was going to be Dexter's ticket to freedom because they spent the entire season letting us know she has been searching for these missing girls her entire career and how important it was to her. This is why she seemed way out of character in the final episode.
I need to sit on this one a bit more and think it through, but it seems they short us 2 episodes and since it was a series ending finale, it just doesn't feel right.
@@Phil8sheo well, it was always intended to be 10 episodes to my knowledge, but I feel like two more episodes could have possibly done the series justice.
I wasn't disappointed with the ending. It did feel like we needed a 2 hour episode to properly pull off though.
I deffinetly agree. 1 hour made it feel way too rushed.
Thanks China, for these rushed 10 episodes
It was the worst to ending to any tv show I’ve ever seen. If they do come out with a second season NO ONE will watch. I honestly hope they lose money if a second season were to come out. Terrible
@@T12671 was the season 8 finale not worse? all this series did was re-write the hurricane death to appease fans. also "new blood" aka Harrison taking over was a given.
@@T12671 this episode was a series finale
They screwed an amazing season with this finale. Dexter has never directly killed any innocent like he killed Logan… and there was no need to do that. But especially, it’s really annoying how Angela has failed to catch a serial killer in her own town for 25 years, having dozens of girls dissappeared after being seen for last time in Iron Lake, but somehow she is able to discover the truth about Dexter. Also very annoying how she focuses on Dexter after finding out Iris was murdered by Kurt but couldn’t catch him. Like seriously?
This season’s villain was great, also the relationship with Harrison and the flashbacks with Deb. But Angela finding out who he is… hell no.
Sure he did. Season 5 Episode 1
I agree! Angela got so annoying bc everything was discovered so easily for her! And then she runs into Batista “coincidentally”. It was just forced
This was like the Harrow thing..gf cop finds out about her boyfriend might be a killer and stakes her entire shit to proving that theory no matter what
@@lenawagenfuehr53 that jerk had it coming🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm sad to see Dexter end, but can't see how they could have wrapped it up in anyway but how they did. The main point was through his sacrificing himself so that his son could go on living, Dexter found the peace and grace in death that he never had in life. Well done.
If they wanted to kill him. I would rather them have Bautista interact with Dexter one last time as he is transporting him back to Miami. Dexter confesses he is the Bay Harbor Butcher and he is tired of lying and accepts the death penalty. They set up so many different ways to end it that would all be better than what we got. So disappointed.
Rather him go out on his own terms then lethal injection
@@everettenjeze6276 well it wasnt on his own terms… his son just shot him…why?
@@figaroo4816 safety was on. And Dexter knew it, which is why he told Harrison to turn it off- ultimately telling his son to pull the trigger
True. The worst ending possible imo. They fucked up! Season 8 ended perfect!
@@figaroo4816 told his son to turn off the safety. He could of just ran but choose to end it so his son could be free. Didn’t want to him and son to be constantly looking over their shoulders
Even thought I dislike the ending for so many reasons, Dexter will always be one of my favourite shows, one of the best series ever made. I don't think there will be something like this in the future, but Dexter is a timeless masterpiece.
Honestly with any show, its more about the journey than it is about the ending. The endings hardly ever satisfy everyone or even a majority of people. But the journey we took to get there was fantastic! Season 4 is one of the best seasons television has EVER seen!
I'll be ignoring New Blood in my future Dexter binges.... That end was not worth devoting 10 episodes for
Six Feet Under is also one of my favorite series
Along with Breaking Bad
Your opinion is irrelevant cause of your pfp
Agreed...
This last season wasn't even off the charts but survived all this time later because how powerful a series it was...
This ending was all over the place...
Harrison almost killed his best friend who trusted him alone. He violated his friend's trust. Now he's all self-righteous about Dexter's killing. Bad boy.
yeah wan ungrateful/narcissistic little child
I cant believe he betrayed his own dad. I also cant believe they made his gr hate him so much up until he killed Logan most his kills were monsters
Harrison knew about the Dark passenger he had the letter, he knew why Dexter abandoned him, I think Harrison wanted revenge on his Dad not connection, he's more psychotic than Dexter ever was.
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@@omkrimkali3283 yeah i can dig this theory but i aint wasting my time on a harrison spinoff bs , the dude needs to he put to jail
That smug smirk he had as he drove off was salt in the wound.
It's very clear that Dexter writers really loved GOT final season and took inspiration from it.
It’s no way near that bad 😂
@@solidsnake9898 Agreed. Its much worse.
Agreed
@@fabianocaruana8622 Nah, everything in New Blood up until the last half of the final episode was good. It was basically the finale that was rushed. Are you telling me that ep 9 of New Blood was bad?
On the other hand, not only was season 8 bad (pretty much in its entirety) but so was season 7 and some would say that season 6 and possibly even from season 5 it started to decline significantly in quality.
I know that Dexter started to decline in quality after season 4 but many fans would agree that season 7 was a return to form and so was the majority of New Blood.
At least it had logics in GOT. That ending after minute 36 is just complete rubbish.
The "open your eyes and look at what you've done" line was a great catch and amazing callback to the first episode and made me like the ending so much more. Dexter always said it was important that his victims see why they've ended up on his table, and when Harrison said that to him he realized that it was his time to go. I'm not sure how I feel about Dexter's decision to kill Logan, since even if Harrison agreed to go with him, they would have been on the run with a nationwide manhunt pursuing. They certainly wouldn't have been able to continue living out the code like Dexter was hoping for at the beginning of the episode. And although I think it's possible he could have beaten the charges of being the Bay Harbor Butcher, it would be super difficult for him and his son to continue killing after standing trial in such a high-profile case. It seems like Dexter was freaked out by the idea of being confronted by the life he left behind, so escaping was the best option. I guess in the end it shows that Dexter was capable of feeling and expressing real love, but that he was also still a monster who loved to kill without mercy, whether they deserved it or not. And that's why Harrison had to do what he did. A very tragic but fitting conclusion. Damn I'm gonna miss Dexter. Michael C. Hall is such an incredible actor. Seeing Dexter and Batista go back and forth would have been a real treat.
If you liked both endings you watched another show i guess
I'm literally so disappointed... As many other people said, this season started so well, I was so excited and so happy to meet the new characters, to see how Dexter's been doing all this time and finally meet Harrison. Episode 9 was amazing and I literally didn't even think that they could ruin all of this with the last episode which was supposed to be...Idk, a good one?! I didn't hate or love the ending of season 8, I just took it for what it was but this one...This one really made me mad. You're telling me that Angela, a little cop from a city forgotten by the world put everything into pieces in just some days or weeks? She wasn't capable to solve any case and she solved the biggest case from Miami? This whole thing was bad written. Dexter lived in Miami for so many years, was a serial killer there and never got caught even tho some people suspected him, they did it after YEARS of knowing him. Laguerta trying to figure out if Dexter is the Bay Harbour Butcher was waaaaay better than Angela doing it. Not to mention the fact that Angel just got along with what Angela said, not even questioning it, just went along with everything when he knew Dexter for so many years!! Harrison was such a hypocrite, he nearly killed that boy and blamed everything on him to be a hero, wanted to hurt other people and then after hearing what Dexter did he just chose to kill him? Like, I get that Dexter didn't want that for his child, he chose to leave him with Hannah (which reminds me, We never even found for real what happened to her, just went along with that Harrison said but at this point, I just think he killer her and lied.) to have a better life and now Harrison blames him for that when he wasn't even happy to know his dad better? Like c'mon you could've just idk, never came in the first place. The actors did a great job like always but this whole ending is just pissing me off so bad.
100% agreed with you. Everything was going smooth with Dexter and Harrison. And at the end out of blue he blamed Dexter and killed him. I mean have some reason before killing.
Your right. Shit ending ruined all this miniseries.
@@nabisarkar6298 He changed his mind when he learned Dexter killed Logan. I feel like realizing everything your dad taught you the night before doing something hypocritical would be pretty eye opening.
Yeah, terrible writing again. The same bad writing that ended the last series. They used cheap conveniences to write off entire subplots & characters who were originally incompetent to fit a quick conclusion.
@@pierrebalbin5434 Yeah, I get it. But that doesn't mean he had to kill him. could've leave him alone.
The conclusion isn't the issue, the way they got there is stupid and includes so many retcons, absurd conveniences and contradictions.
I feel you. It bothered me a lot. It's was shitty written. It seems they just wanted to finish it in 1 season and rushed through it.
Exactly
That part when Angela tells dexter that Batista is on his way, his face omg, so good!
And when Dex tells her to go check Kurt’s bunker, and she can’t resist and grits through her teeth F!CK. Could feel that push-pull. Great scene.
The problem is that the entire line with Batista is BS. Remember the last season. Angel and Quin covered Dexeter for the kill of Oliver as revenge for Deb. Angel never even considered Dexter as the BHB. They pretty much parted ways as friends.
Even Miria didnt belive Douxe about Dexter until she found that blood slide in the church. For them to sudeenly pull a "case file" for Dexter - thats so far fetched and doesnt connect with the other seasons.
The brightest star in the series. Michael C. Hall's acting. Seriously. I hope he gets nominated again. He already won a Golden Globe for playing Dexter. I hope he gets recognition again. It will be the only highlight of this series.
I really wanted to see that reunion
@@ghostinyourattic3545 We all did. That would have been nice closure for Batista as well.
So I’m still wondering how Kurt found out “Jim Lindsay” was responsible in the connection of his son’s disappearance. Was there an item or symbol that pointed suspiciousness towards “Jim Lindsay” from Kurt’s POV? It still doesn’t make sense how Kurt “ties” Matt’s titanium rods to Dexter.
I think it was a couple things: Kurt being a serial killer and always alert, led him to poke around when he smelled smoke on Dexters jacket, but dexter had told him he was doing something that would have had nothing to do with smoke. Pretty much (i imagine) hearing a complete lie from someone who would really have no reason to lie led him to investigate his incinerator.
@@kingtv3321 this and also how he fatefully was were Kurt was to drive him. He was out late, near that part of town, smelled like smoke, Matt was missing next day and Dex was fresh on Kurt's mind no?
@@htxomoggle454 if my memory serves me correct, I believe they ran into each other after Kurt had told everyone Matt reached out to him. But the ash was the tip off.
@@kingtv3321 yep! Ur right! And for sure, at least that's what Kurt implied when he was talking about the ashes
The crematory when he gave Kurt a ride home he thought it was snow but it was ash. When they clean at the crematory they found screws.
This is what you call a "written for the critics' ending...no fan asked for this.
They don't write for the fans. They can't. Different fans want different things. They have to write what they believe is right. I'm satisfied. At least he's not a loner lumberjack anymore.
I was ok with the original ending... Not this bullshit Harrison freakshow
@@NapFloridian you actually liked Lumberjack, no voice over, bullshit ending?
Art cannot be written for fans.
"The ending is going break the internet" sadly for the wrong reasons. The moment Dexter gave the Rifle to Harrison, it was clear, that he would kill him with it! Dexter dying is inevitable, but not by the hands of Harrison, after they connected not long ago. That we didn't get the reunion with Batista is also a shame. Still wondering, where Angela came from and how she got to Harrison and Dexter so fast. Olsen a non factor. And Angela was still just fishing about the bay harbour butcher case. Harrison tried to kill an innocent Ethan and set him up, so he was not that much driven by justice. For me it didn't add up.
Harrisons issued seemed deeper than abandonment and teenage angst.
Chekovs gun?
And also Angela, who was all bent up out of shape because Dexter being a murderer, a vigilante, but ended up covering Dexter's own murder. This ending managed to be worse then the other one lmao
GPS in squad car which he steal, or she followed son, because his car was outside her house...
I literally saw this copy paste on reddit 😂
Dexter will always be alive in my heart. The ending was disappointing.
Here here!!!
Again 😭😭
It’s like they can’t ever get the ending right lol and this is such a solid series
Yeah I'll just ignore episode 10 smh lol
Not for me, it was inevitable as he realized he was actually harming harrison
That ending was beyond horrendous. They should have just let it be. The ending of season 8 was actually far, far better. What a major disappointment.
I preferred the original ending. Although I am glad they didn't end it with him going to jail, to me, that would have been much worse
Agreed.
Or killing harrison cause he'll fit the code as dexter feed him ..he was never meant to be that kind of teacher..third time is not the charm it seems
Everyone is saying the end was out of character for him but I think that was the point. His son changed him like being a parent often does. He know with Batesta coming there was not a way out of him facing the crimes in FL so he had to fight his was out as the only way he can honor code number 1 (always the paramount code for him) but to also be with his son again. His sons comments help him realize he cannot stay with him (as there may be a chance his son doesnt actually have a dark passenger) and he would not allow himself get caught. His realization of his unconditional love for his son and self sacrifice was the way he had to go. I would have loved a different ending and more seasons but i think this was always the way it was going to go for him.
They needed at least one more episode. Some back and forth with Batista and him founding out Deb killed her… that’s what I wanted 😭
absolutely devastated, what a tease to bring him back just to kill him, I admit I was upset of him killing the guard, but I'm thinking it was to soften the blow of Harrison shooting Dexter. If they try to do a season 2 with Harrison taking over after he killed his dad for 'a normal life" I will be pissed. bye Dexter💔
Definite tease. Very rushed.
Agreed, Logans dead was just for that. Dexter was the master of joke holds to knock out others.
Dexter didn’t kill the guard did he? I thought the guard Accidently killed himself bu trying to shoot dexter and the bullet ricochet and hit himself in the head..? Or am I trippin..?
@@orionfree5609 he tried shooting Dexter and missed, Dexter snapped his neck.
I won’t lie Dexter has taken out people who find out about him or don’t corporate in the past.
Wish Batista would have gotten the face to face with Dexter./
Same
But i feel like no way they could have done it would have been good enough for us
At least we got to see his reaction with that photo.
It was weird right...to set that up and literally do nothing with it.
Once Dexter killed Logan (Out of character) the episode went way down hill.
It wasn’t out of character tho. He was so dam desperate just like how he was going to kill laguerta. First rule is to not get caught. Self preservation. Shows how he’s willing to bend the rules so he can continue indulging his urges; in essence he’s coping until the code doesn’t fit his needs
@@bryanenty8385 He planned that kill out . This was extremely sporadic and sloppy . I rewatched that episode last night cause i thought the same thing as you. These two scenarios are way different imo.
@@bryanenty8385 Laguerta had much harder evidence than the people at iron Lake. Iron Lake had basically nothing. Killing Logan was in the show to make the decision for Harrison easier.
@@bryanenty8385 was out of character because he was established as a jiu-jitsu expert and could have easily choked him out instead. As Angela only has circumstantial evidence on him as BHB and she said herself her theory regarding Kurt wouldn't necessarily hold up in court. So why the desperate need to just kill him? Dexter isn't that stupid so out of character
The downward spiral. Yup. He was a victim of his own self confidence.
I don't get why people are so caught up on Dexter not following his code during New blood. He broke it multiple times starting in season 3.
The first episode of season 5
I still cant believe he's gone...i hate that Dexter died BUT, i will admit, it does make sense for him to end this way. Overall, still an amazing comeback season, with a definitive finale.
Just like Harry. I'd expect Dexter to be Harrison's new illusionary guide if another season happens. However I just don't feel the Harrison actor can pull it off, perhaps a time skip and a new actor might pull it off, however, Hall is the show . Tough act to follow
Could not agree more with everything you said!
Totally agree. The did not choose a good actor for Harrison.
No he can’t Harrison is just an annoying teenager
Harrison has to grow up though (in real life) in my opinion. I think they can make him the new Dexter because Harrison actually DOES respect the code and he only killed Dexter because Dexter broke the code. Dexter is such a unique story that they CAN bring it back as a whole new Dexter series only Harrison won't be a blood spatter analyst or working in forensics. I don't know I'm not a writer but there are many possibilities. I just love the concept so much that I wanna see it go on. Dexter is a unique story
Thank you for sharing your opinion
Honestly Dexter could have still escaped but only knock out Logan with a choke hold until he went unconscious then escaped. He really didn't have to kill him Dexter has choked ppl unconscious multiple times before even when under pressure
Good point
I feel like the point was Dexter was trying his best not to kill Logan, when he ducked the gun shot his motion is what did him in. But you notice that it wasn't until Harrison confronted him that he felt remorse for it and any other innocent casualties in his wake.
Dexter knew jiu jitsu, which was clearly shown in season 1. He used to do a rear naked choke to choke out people. Just lazy writing at the end, unfortunately...
Thats what I'm saying meerkat. What incredibly stupid writing and forgetting dexter would never break the code and had so many options. He easily could have knocked Logan out indeed
Nahhh.. a state wide manhunt is certainly not the life dexter wanted for harrison
At this point..they made it seem like dexter has no way out this time ..hell be arrested eventually...or they have to end it again with him going on vacation to Mexico maybe
Lets take a moment to realize that Dexter didn't use Ketamine in Miami, but he used M99 and that info was not released in public. So Angela shouldn't even be able to link Dexter with BHB.
thank you. it was a terrible ending and i was blindsided by a decent build up to see the dissapointment coming
M99 is almost always administered with ketamine ask any vet.
@@comicsans6487 Still the fact that Angela thought that a case could be built against Dexter over Ketamine and Dexter believed it too is ridiculous. She wouldn't even be to successfully tie dex to the drug dealer's death and she would need that connection in order to make the connection to the BHB case since there is nothing in the BHB case that could point to Dexter.
They mentioned in the episode that the evidence she had on Dexter wasn’t enough to convince the judge in court that Dexter was guilty. They needed more solid proof which is why Batistas character was on his way with more evidence for the case.
Dexter: death penalty? i wont do that
Dexter two mins later: shoot me
I cried at the finale like a baby.
Was a huge fan in the old dexter... I knew it was coming it was inevitable but god damn it was sad!
I was ok with dexter dying but I really wanted something at the end, like 5 minutes of angel and the chief figuring out the butcher stuff. Just to know what the world's reaction was. To exonerate doakes and everything
Same. I kept waiting for it to cut back after Harrison drove off. Oh well.
I agree but then again I feel like we kinda already know what the worlds reaction would be but yea your right it would be nice to see them
Maybe that will be a spin off series! I can only hope!
Trying to act out all the revelations would just look cheesy. Be glad that they didn't do that.
@@BenderdickCumbersnatch I just wish there could have been more to it- Dexter just might be my fave show. That and Deadwood
Harrison is so unlikeable and he killed Dexter, why would the writers think we would feel anything for this asshole, his ending is unearned, Angela lets a killer run, showing her incompetence again, and we never got to see any reactions from anybody, a media circus would have been cool because these reveals feel so isolated and rushed, we didn't even see Angel and Dexter in one place, confronting his past, dammit. This ending ruins the season for me, lol they even forgot Dexter had a day job.
If Harrison is unlikable that is clearly your opinion, not mine. Asshole? Level of conversation or comment is getting very low. You are pissed lol. Incompetence?? What the F. do you know about detective or police work? She clearly got pieces of a puzzle together and solve the mystery of Bay Harbor Butcher. I think Dexter and Angela were both okay, but he was a F. Serial killer, sociopath and killed Innocents. Show had 9 seasons what did you expect? I think they did a good job and that this season was great. Like 1 2 3 and 4
thankyou, ty. typing this with 1 hand. to say ty to anyone saying ths ending is good
@@ales1024512 You're clearly in the minority here. The season was written like nobody had any knowledge about the other 8 seasons that happened before it. Ending was shit and that can be seen from space. I would tell you why but there's a thousand comments only on this video bringing arguments.
@@rakash4118 I know I'm in the minority yea.
They tried to do 2 things with this ending:
1) Harrison pointing a gun at Dexter is a callback to Debra doing the same, except that one time Debra let him go and that cause a lot of people, including her, to die. Which means they are tying to say Harrison was gonna die eventually aswell. And they did a horrible job stating all of what I just said, because I had to dig up an episode from almost 14 years ago to make a connection.
2) They tried making this into a Breaking Bad ending, the difference is Walter White went out by his own hand and means while redeeming himself a tiny little bit. They did Dexter dirty with all this, making him seem like a total junkie.
Bc he is lol Dexter deep down killed to kill. He was a serial killer in the worst way. He we just taught to “control” it but he was an evil that was used for good. Dexter just had to die, and the fact that Harrison is the one is fitting, he’s angry bc of Dexter and with that bulllet I do think he’s gonna be… well not all right but a lot less angry… to be normal
Dexter is a junkie. He’s no better than who he kills and that was kind of the message of this whole season
Yeah fam. Dexter is the necessary evil in this world. And i loved his character.
@@Jason619316 he did his best but sadly true. He wasn’t all bad outside of killing but his need to kill caused a lot of collateral damage. When Harrison says open your eyes and look at what you done, it’s a call back to episode 1. He became the thing he hated “ a killer who kills innocent people”. Only way out was death.
@@trippy5519 As an example-so you think Dexter’s Victims and Kurt’s Victims are basically equals?
Dexter’s Victims were murderers and Kurt’s Victims were innocent female runaways.
Great video! I gave up on this new season of Dexter after ep 6, watching your recap vids motivated me to finish the season. Thank you!
You did a great job showing what the writers were going for (the multiple instances where Dexter shows self-preservation, not altruism, and it not sitting right with Harrison eg 7:20) and that this small snowy time is so accepting and loving to Harrison; ultimately leading him to make the harsh, hard choice, of murdering the only person who could fully understand him. I was satisfied with the finale, even if the whole thing kicked into high gear too late in the series (ep9). Sad we didn't get the Batista-Dexter reunion/interrogation scene. That was cruel to bring it up. Don't think I'd care for a S2 with Dexter as a force ghost but I'm glad it did great numbers for SHO. Cheers!
I just realised Batista has the same name as Batista the wrestler then I saw yer comment. Weird.
It's like the writers of this show thrive on making mid to end season episodes and then when it comes to the ending, they're completely allergic to good writing. Tons of plot holes, things that don't make sense, no fan service, nothing. Everything was rushed, 0 logic, 0 character reasoning behind decisions. I honestly believe that I can write a better ending than what was shown. I don't know who approved this, but they should never be let near a writer's room again.
Harrison’s smirk in the truck makes me think he planned it. Harrison sucks, and I will not watch a series with him in it.
I think that smirk was a sign of relieve after reading again that letter of Dexter
Harrison is the new holder of the code. Killed Dexter for not following it. He will feed this dark passager... He is violent, train, and manipulative.
@@norm-bb3bb ya so much relief from killing ur father. Remember he just wanted to be normal. Sounds normal to kill your dad.
@@Rachel-qr8kv He doesn't have the code though. Or are we to assume that he learned all of it in ep 9?
@@JoeysMagGoth He passes through all the process in ep 9 and also got all the explanations from this father (harry code & kurt on the table, how to dispose corpses, work at night, look for evidences, how to blend in...) Dexter was really keen to win over this son 😆He was even able to realise that he hates blood but love rifles....
8:00 Haha, if you look closely at Batista's inbox it looks like he has emails from Quinn and Masuka and it looks like Masuka is throwing a bachelor party LOL nice to know the guys are still in touch and working for Miami Metro
Good catch! That is awesome. Vince was my favorite. Glad to see those two are still doing well haha.
I just want to say a big thanks to everyone who worked on Dexter. The original run of Dexter was a show that I watched and in many ways grew up with. It had amazing highs and lows, but the characters felt like a part of me. It was great to see these fantastic actors and characters again. I feel the passion the crew has for the Dexterverse and the music alone is enough to transport me to a different time and place. As it came to an end, I'm surprised by how it made me reflect on the all that has changed for me and my loved ones in the last decade +. I look forward to re-watching the show again in another decade.
Thank you for Dexter!!
Your welcome. I worked really hard for your approval.
Beautiful message. I second it.
Awesome message. Too bad it was the worst ending to ANY tv show out there. No one will watch the second season. The writers were perfect up until the last 10 minutes.
The moment he killed the Coach is where it was all out character. I was watching everything after that in unbelief. I understand he needed to die. But this was not the way to do it.
Why would he kill the coach? There wasn't any evidence against him. And why would he burden his son with killing him??? Everything from him killing the coach made zero sense
That coach was not going out any other way unfortunately.
Holly shit, that season 8 ending was gold! Thank god New Blood never happened and we didn't get a continuation.
This ending confirms that it is difficult to end the stories of beloved characters, series, to our satisfaction. Even when they take a second ‘stab’ at it, after having years to ponder.
RIP Dexter.
Yeah right they could've done SO much better I had high hopes going into the season
One episode is the biggest issue. The Dexter bay harbour bucher stuff was handled better in Season 2. There's also the fact that nobody from the old show even saw Dexter was alive. We never got that Batista/Dexter conversation.
Meanwhile in Avengers Endgame... I understand what you mean but this really isn't that.
I never liked "Iron Lake". Part of the allure of Dexter was Miami, the culture, etc. This place is freezing and boring and it's quite a stretch to believe that Dexter was happily settled there until Harrison appears.
Maybe strangling Logan was all in dexter’s head. And he played out the rest of the situation which leads to Harrison killing him, so in season 2 everything we thought had happened didn’t actually happen and he’s still in jail asking for water
I really actually thought in the show he was doing that, but the show kept going and I’m like I guess he actually going through with this
@@miarahcabassa2734 same, but they can use that to redeem themselves again lol
Are they coming out with a season 2?
The writer of the show confirmed Dexter is dead.
That’s what I also thought, we can just hope…
It was great to have MCH and Dexter back for a brief moment, think overall the positives outweigh any negatives, enjoyed the journey but had expected the ending but hoped for another season with Dexter on the run etc :)
If I have my way they will keep going with dexter as harrisons dark passenger
@@paranormalexterminationbyc313 really? The actor did a great job but I don't think Harrison could carry a show
Me too
@@paranormalexterminationbyc313 nah I woulda rather had dexter kill Harrison fuck all this noise
Yes I do feel like it was impossible to fit everything in 10 episodes and it felt rushed but there were some great things about this show! The nostalgia for dexter fans... the first episode I was like something's missing here? It was Dexter's narration which came back with his dark passanger after killing matt. Kurt Caldwell's storyline was pretty good. Seeing Deborah and Batista was good too!
Angela was a great character, she reminded me alot of Deb and when she found Kurts victims. Her emotional response was top class.
Probably the best explanation of the final episode that I’ve heard and brings everything together in a nice way. Thx for saving my sanity a little lol.
The most cringe line of the whole episode is when Harrison said “you killed coach?” I HATED IT
dexter's answer should've been: "and you killed ethan, shit happens, now let's go!"
@@mgtow-extraits only he didn't! He sliced him and put him in hospital
@@GlenNigelMatthews yes, he "only" tried to kill him but failed. anyway he's accusing his father of being successful of the same thing he does: letting his dark passenger urge to kill loose. doesn't make any sense in that context.
Worst ending ever. I loved the entire season
😂
Bad ending and even worse season.
@@DarkPassenger I enjoyed until the last episode
Yeah. I realized the point of the story all along was whether or not Dexter had the capacity to feel love and the reveal is that he did. I feel that the final message of the story is that the greatest expression of love is self sacrifice.
It's a very beautiful and heart warming story because we watch this young boy who because of his trauma develops an addiction for violence so we sympathize with him in that regard but we question whether or not he actually has the capacity to feel real human connection with himself and others and it turns out in the end that he does.
The only question I have is whether or not Harrison knew about his dad all along. Did he set Dexter up to actually be honest with his son so that he could find out whether or not his dad actually cared about him.
Yes, I wondered about that last part, too. When Logan asked Harrison if he noticed anything strange about Dexter at the time of the killing of the white deer/Kurt, Harrison responded that he wasn't in town then, but the flashback insinuated that he was.
Self sacrifice would be if he turned himself in. Instead, after Harrison told him he actually isn't like him, Dexter forced him to become a murderer by killing him.
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar money heist was good but i stopped watching after that assasin was introduced because the gun fight scenes were just ridiculous and made no sense
@Vivek Singh Bhatnagar the fight between the robbers and the assassin was sooooo unrealistic and full of plot armor i couldnt do it. maybe ill pick it back up sometime
Dexter's son ruined the show, and not just because of the ending. This whole season his son ruined every episode. The writing for this character was awful.
Worst case scenario. Dexter is killed. Harrison was sent away pointlessly, to live alone all over again. If the cop took the wrap for killing Dexter anyway, why did harrison need to "never come back"?
How are they going to call him out for being BHB , find Kurt's trophy room, bring Batista into this and just ignore all of the aforementioned for a sloppy rushed 15 minutes of no pay off. This needed two more episodes. They could have had dexter trip and fall and it would be a better ending.
Exactly the finale felt a bit rushed in, they could do 2 more episodes and maybe show how harrison came to conclusion that he wants to kill dexter, and not as it was more like on an impulse of finding out about logan
This final episode made ZERO sense. It was made just to please the fans that wanted Dexter dead. The rest of us got the middle-finger.
There was so much potential for another season, I just felt it ended to fast without covering more on the issues. Maybe should of had 2 more episodes to cover these issues.
ja man i was yesterday watch it dissapointing and so much for more seasons >( oh man
Great video and review as always! So were all the inferred cameras in the forest removed after the White Buck shooting? Did Dexter and every other character forget those were in the trees at that very location where Dexter was shot? Loved the season overall but there's some rough patches that has gone unexplained. Cheers!
We always knew something like this had to come. Sad that it had to be now. Couple plot holes left unfilled, but certainly a more satisfying ending than the first dexter finale.
I'm sad there will be no more Dexter. MCH was brilliant in the role (I've thought he was an amazing actor since Six Feet Under) and I will miss Dexter.
That is all. Long live the code. :)
Agreed about MCH & Six Feet Under.
I thought the finale was okay. I liked the definitive conclusion and that itself makes it much better than the first finale. My problem is with the pacing and with the lack of proper closure. We needed a Batista vs Dexter confrontation. Batista was just brought in for fan service, when he should have had a much better role. David Zayas is a fantastic actor, and I can just imagine how he would react to learning the truth from Dexter. I would have also liked for Harrison to maybe shoot Dexter in the leg and just turn him in. This ending STILL makes him a killer. Sure, he doesn't have his Dad's dark passenger but this is surely gonna mess him up, if he isn't already.
I felt the first 40 mins of the finale were really great. There was some great tension all around. Killing Logan was also a ballsy move, ones I feel weren't made enough in even the original series( example Doakes getting killed by Lila).
Think they needed one more episode at least, or maybe 30 more mins...and this could have been an all time classic instead of something that polarizes fans again. This is where pacing comes into the picture!
I just hope that the announcement tomorrow is around an epilogue type episode rather than some Harrison spinoff. Honestly, I just want Harrison to lead a normal life and I don't want Dexter to be reduced to a Riverdale like teen drama.
I agree with the idea of needing one more episode to let the plot breathe a bit. Back half of the episode felt truncated and contrived plot wise to get the final ending.
While I liked the idea of Dexter getting so desperate to reunite with Harrison that he'd kill innocent people to do it, I wish the situation in the episode was that dire. It really didn't feel like it, since they had just found Kurt's house with evidence that Kurt left in a hurry and was the one behind the arson, as well as Angela about to discover Kurt's trophy bunker.
A Dexter/Bautista reunion would have been great. Bautista was like the last one of the original Miami Homicide team (aside from Masuka) that never suspected Dexter. There was an inkling of suspicion from him in the original finale, but to finally confront Dexter would have been a cool scene.
maybe the announcement will be a movie like el camino was for breaking bad
100% all of this … please don’t turn it into a Riverdale!
Great season/mini series but the ending was atrocious 🤦🏻♂️. I hate to sound like a complainer but everything about the final episode seemed rushed and went against everything the show stood for. Example, why the hell did Dexter kill Logan? He was a good guy doing his job. But I guess they needed a reason for Harrison to kill dexter. I don’t think Dexter dying is what has people pissed. They needed 2 more episodes or at least another season for that to work
rule 1 of the code is don't get caught.
9 seasons of the show and people still seem to think dexter is a good guy...talk about an r/whoosh.
@@baphometic8767 lol smart one he was gonna release doakes cause he was a good guy but his crazy gf killed him lol whoosh to you scrub
@@jacketofthe80s13 what bout the 5 or 6 innocent people dexter killed, not even including logan? this new series started with him bending the rules of the code on heresay.
dexter is a "good guy" like tony soprano and walter white are good guys. as in, they're not good guys in any way. they're evil and deserved repercussions for their acts. just because we liked rooting for him doesn't mean otherwise.
did you people really want to see another 3 seasons of dexter getting away with everything instead of having to confront justice? the whole point of this mini series was to give the show a more fitting conclusion.
yeah man, r/whoosh. as long as you keep having fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of the story, you're going to remain super salty.
@@baphometic8767 a good guy? Who thinks that?
@@affoidman123 killing logan was who dexter is. it doesn't go against everything the show stood for. it's in line with the character.
dexter has shown that he's willing to sacrifice innocents for self preservation other times in the series. it's exactly why he said he'd never felt love until that moment: he was doing something selfless for the first time in his life.
remember, the code isn't there because dexter is moral. if he didn't have it, he'd be exactly the kind of person he kills.
for all intents and purposes, dexter is an evil monster, and so many people don't want to accept that (or even realize it). speaking broadly here, not you specifically. just look through all the comments on this video of people saying things like "he's a necessary evil, he didn't deserve this," yadda yadda. it's like, yeah, dexter didn't deserve this. he deserved worse! at least he got to go out on his own terms.
I still can't get over the fact that we're just supposed to accept that Kurt knew Dexter killed Matt and where he disposed of the body. That's sloppy writing. Also, how can you frame Angela as some beacon of morality when she straight covers up a murder and does exactly what Dexter does in a sense?
I'm still wondering what Olsen was supposed to be there for. That must have been one of the most pointless characters in TV history. I had high hopes for this show but there was so much about it that was badly thought-through that I lost interest.
Kurt knew because when Dexter picked him up outside of the tavern there was ash snowing everywhere, Kurt says this in ep 7 or 8 to dexter and then shows him the titanium, Kurt found the titanium from the place Dexter burnt Matt’s body and put two and two together.
@@liverpoolfanatic8064 That hardly means that Dexter killed Matt. He would've had to seen Dexter put him in the incinerator. That was never said.
@@jshaers96 Olsen was a cheap red herring.
@Oliver Brodrick Dexter had no motive for killing Matt. Presumably people use the furnace often enough for ash to be a common occurence. And, given that someone has disappeared in suspicious circumstances, it was ludicrous that the police didn't think of the furnace right away. It was bad, lazy writing, as bad as Batista suddenly remembering Harrison's name.
Finally a good and objective review from somebody who has its mind together.
Dexter deserved much much much more...!!! They showed Harrison as a hypocrite.. Kills dexter and runs away to do good lol 😂 like really worst ending!!!
I've always thought that he might have to kill harrison if he tried to do it his own way like he did with his other students but conflicted..no idea since I didn't get a chance to see
I wish Angela could let him live, it's quite sad how quickly things escalated, it would have been better if Angela could see why Dexter is needed, like a necessary evil
Yes, exactly. I thought after knowing all this she would understand after knowing that Kurt killed his bff and so many other women.
@@saadali771 they try to play it like breaking bad it felt
that was what happened for the entirety of the series. it was time for dexter to get some just desserts.
@@baphometic8767 i dont understand why Dexter deserved this though? I'm sorry but there IS a difference between killing the innocent, and killing other serial killers. It IS a necessary evil. It shouldn't matter if Dexter is addicted to it, or enjoys it. In the end its evil but a necessary one and one that doesn't harm the innocent. at least not in compared to how many people he saves. If he is evil, so is the military, so is self defense, so is life sentence prison sentences. It's all killing those who hurt the innocent.
@@mattgarbe4840 if you don't understand why dexter deserved to face repercussions for his actions (same as every person ever, including his victims) then i don't think any sort of argumentation is going to convince you otherwise.
the entire point of the miniseries was to give a fitting conclusion to the show. having dexter get away with it would have been the same song and dance from the first 8 seasons. that wasn't the point of this mini series.
Can you do us fans a favour and re write the ending of Dexter" New Blood the way you did for the previous season ending? That's how i originally found your channel years ago and why i looked you up again when this reboot kicked off. That re write was phenomenal... I'm praying tomorrows announcement is one final secret episode where dexter wakes up from a dream he's having in the jail cell right before he kills logan and we get an alternate ending.
funny u mention that , when that scene was happening i was hoping it was just in his imagination and couldn't believe they went with it uughhh
Omg i really thought of it as it was his imagination. When got a hold off logan but it turned out to be reall.
I hope! Please please please 🙏🤞
I dont understand why you think killing Logan was a stretch, Dexter has killed 100s of people, what's one more if it means escaping the death penalty
@@PeterEhik Never if they're good people. Logan was good. Shut up with your dumb logic.
What I got out of the end ALSO was that Dexter was becoming more and more (evolving into) Harrison’s own “dark passenger.” Notice also at the end that Dexter was dressed in black. Harrison told Dexter that he just wanted to be normal. I think it was then Dexter realized that in order for Harrison to live and be normal. The dark passenger is like a parasite. It needs a host. Dexter also was becoming aware that HE needed Harrison in order become the next phoenix from the flame….igniting from Dexter to Harrison. Dexter realized that the flame, the dark passenger, needed snuffed out. Harrison was tainted enough by him. I truly believed that Dexter realized this at the end and encouraged Harrison to end it….by killing him. Killing Dexter and the dark passenger. Dexter didn’t want to become the dark passenger, like a parasite, to live off Harrison. In order for Harrison to live and be normal, the parasite must be killed….even if it meant killing the host itself (Dexter).
Harrison would NOT be normal......especially after killing his father. Nope!!
IF you believe that a kid who premeditated slicing a teen friend, and then inflicted injury on himself to make himself appear attacked and then KILLED HIS OWN FATHER is going to be normal, you're delusional.
I think the ending was bad, Harrison could have killed many people on the way to find dexter which they subtlety hint at and tried to slash his only friend to death and broke that kids arm before he knew anything about dexters truth, and when he finally learned he was happy because he knew his dad left him for a reason trying to protect him and that he wasn’t going through his urges alone and that he always loved him, plus he was a serious accomplice watching dexter saw up Kurt into pieces and was gruesome but he was totally fine, they made it seem like the duo was going to spring back into action which is what I would’ve preferred to see instead of dexter having no other choice but to kill the coach because he wouldn’t cooperate and Harrison suddenly flops maybe it was because the coach was like a second dad and then somehow decides he has to die just because of that not even let him go just killed him, they were literally about to leave the brand new life he had and he was fine, only when the coach was the victim did he turn, even though he had his own victims before knowing dexters and then he drives off into the sunset like some hero as if his dark passenger is gone when it’s not and he had just killed his dad of all people, I think you’re right about dexter using him as an excuse to be himself again but he also wanted what was best for Harrison and if he really had a dark passenger which he does because I think attempted murder qualifies then he really would have been better off with dexter because he likely would have committed suicide in prison or gotten the death sentence before killing innocent people that he already attempted to do otherwise
Idk if I have ever felt or betrayed..gd...heartbroken
I am so happy that they gave us these 10 episodes. It was a bit rough in the beginning, but I'm glad that I tempered my expectations early on, and just went along for the ride.
First off, I'm thankful there was even this season. And with so much anticipation for how the season would end, I knew it would not satisfy everyone. But it felt rushed in the last 2 episode. So many loose ends. My biggest issue was the show not revealing how Kurt found out it was Dexter who killed Matt. Definitely needed couple more episodes.....or seasons. lol
@Aaron Vega exactly
@Aaron Vega fire pit? He didn't burn him in the fire pit though. He took the body to the town incinerator. So Kurt going to the fire pit for the screws wouldn't make sense. Bottom line, Dexter's story was plausible that Kurt was setting him up. Bautista put Dexter in a desperate mind. Dexter wanted to die in the end because he deserved to maybe.
That was Kurt’s explanation, but it made no sense. Why did ash floating around lead him to suspect that DEXTER killed Matt. Anyone could have incinerated that piece of trash. BTW - it seems that Matt was a budding serial killer, like his daddy. Not much hope that Harrison won’t be.
@Aaron Vega True. But it still doesn't explain how Kurt knew Dexter was the one who did it.
I was so hoping the Sheriff would of come to realized Dexter only killed killers, and would of let him go.
Not a single person ever understood that lol, you literally are saved by this guy if you are an innocent
That would make too much sense. Instead they had the crappiest ending ever.
Nope ..she would nailed his ass with everything she got
Like that harrow series where he got investigated by his recent ex gf/cop despite the consequences
I feel the main thing lacking in this season was a strong villain. I remember when the Trinity Killer was introduced and when they showed his bathtub kill at the end of the episode, I was absolutely horrified. It kept me hooked to the series and as bad as Arthur was, he was truly worthy of being Dexters opponent. Same with how Travis was able to trick Dexter or even Oliver for that matter (although luck just worked in his favour). Kurt had an okayish back story and they just failed to implement it. Other than that, the ending kind of reminded me of how Breaking Bad ended, maybe it was just a parallel or inspirational.
The first rule of the code is "don't get caught", but Dexter will never kill someone like the coach. The conclusion of Kurt, who was a great character(the only worthy in New blood), felt hurried and lame.
This season could've given us more if they developed some better ideas than just destroy 9 seasons in 57 minutes.
He knew harrison wouldn't buy whatever lie he could come up with. And also harrison had responded more positively when Dexter told the truth in previous episodes... so it makes sense for dexter to have just told the truth
I feel like it could have really benefited from one more episode. Like if it was a two part to tell what they told today.
2 more. Should’ve been a 12 episode series comeback
@@Rico401Prov even better
Yeah I agree it was a great final episode until it wasn't. I'm fine with Dexter dying but it seemed forced and definitely rushed
Writers tend to fail when they force a poetic ending, rather than staying true to the characters. Dexter will always be one good ending short of a masterpiece.
still, the worst ending. I lived with the knowledge that Dexter escaped and lived somewhere... I don't give a damn about Harrison. Now it's just a hole in my heart.
Exactly ! I pretend this whole season doesn’t exist !!! It as more unnecessary than i thought. The real ending is the one of S8
Couldn't stand Harrison...
@@vinilima1227 same!
@@kirnpu but there is one question that bothers me....where is Cody and (whatshername) his sister ? where are Rita's kids?
Oregon Cookie - I was just saying that the other day. Where are Rita's kids? I really liked them!
I also saw on Angels' computer messages from Quinn & Masuka which I know aren't real appearances but it was nice to see their names at least.
Harrison saw Dexter kill Matt, which was shown in the final episode.
Harrison early on in the new series suggested to Dexter that he thought he'd been abandoned by his father because of himself, although we now know this is a lie as the letter clearly states the reasons for Dexter's self imposed exile.
Harrison attempted to murder his school friend by cutting his femoral artery. He did this to quell his urge to kill. This suggests maybe Harrison has killed before.
This evidence suggests that Harrison intended to kill Dexter from the start. Otherwise why hide the fact that he knew the truth Dexter's past and present?
Yes, totally agree. The letter at the end tells all. Harrison had intended to put down his father all along. Like, it was his father's death wish.
It was the ending that I knew was coming. I think it would’ve been perfect if as Harrison was driving out of town Dexter appeared next to him as his dark passenger and said something like “don’t forget that we need to go to a big city”
This is perfect!! And so simple! And would have just made it SO nuch more satisfying for an extra 10 seconds!!
That actually would of made it so much better
Great idea!
The original ending would have been fine without the lumberjack scene, i.e., he drowned.
Honestly from a story perspective I like that better 😂. He dies in the hurricane. The end
I think there would have been some poetry in Dexter going to a watery grave considering that is where he dumped the bodies.
I felt it was a very underwhelming ending. They set up to expose him as the Bay Harbor Butcher, Angel was coming to Iron Lake, and then nothing. I believe they should have shown him get convicted as the Butcher, and end the series with him on the table getting executed.
that would have been the original ending if phillips had stayed wiyh the show past season 4
In a case like this he would've had bigger chances to die from old age. Trial with circumstantial evidence would go for decades.
Well, unless he confesses.
@@onetwo757 it wouldn't even go on that long. The evidence against him is really weak. He (Dexter) will end up going down as commiting a single murder - Logan the cop.
@@onetwo757 it's a TV show, not real life. They could have made it work, and it would have been a better ending than what we got. Harrison could have outed him, and there were a handful of people over the course of the original run of the show that knew Dexter's secret.
I’m not surprised to see people complaining when i came online today. Be grateful that we got this season. Thank you Mr. Phillips
Killing Dexter was beyond stupid especially if they plan on bringing the show back with Harrison as the lead he will never be able to live up to Dexter & he will get caught they made the code so important it's what kept Dexter outta jail #1 rule of the code "Don't Get Caught" if Harrison isn't willing to hurt an innocent to save himself the show is over before it begins in the first few seasons of Dexter he was very neat & careful but towards the last seasons he was sloppy leaving evidence getting caught multiple times they didn't stick to the script of who Dexter was so they messed up the show & they have messed up any chance of the new show making sense especially since Harrison isn't as good as Dexter was 1 season was not nearly enough for Dex to teach him everything he knows to survive I figured once they bought Harrison back he would be a killer too if they were smart they wouldn't have killed Dex this soon they could have waited 2 or 3 seasons in because I rather watch them kill together as a team than to watch any show starring Harrison😕
Don't really see the point in reviving a series and completely abandoning the characters and setting that helped define it just to essentially kill the lead character off because? He was a killer who deserved to die? Maybe, but why glorify and allow us to root for him in the first place? Say what you will about the Sopranos, but it ended in a way that, even if it was framed in a way to hint at Tony's death, it was never shown and left (even to this day) to the audience to decide. And it's still talked about to this day. When I hear "Don't Stop Believin'" I will always think of that final scene. The song Harrison is listening to as he drives away from Iron Lake? Already forgot it. He drives away smiling, only minutes after killing his dad, which puzzles me considering it's primarily the death of Logan that set Harrison off. A death that wasn't even that apparent to me initially. Probably because Dexter is more than capable of knocking someone out as opposed to uncharacteristically executing an innocent police officer because the plot demands it. Just like giving Harrison a rifle when it's the last gift Dexter would give to the son he compares to himself. This is just another plot convenience this show employed just to get to the finale. Too bad because I seem to have been more satisfied with him faking his death. At least it was in Miami and involved the original cast besides 2 short cameos from Batista and the memory of Deb. Even Harry was sidelined. I don't think any ending would've been perfect but to kill him off in such an unsatisfactory way?
Couldn't agree more! Horrible way to end it, would have liked to see Angela n def talk about the Kurt killings/ Bateaseda/ better code training
Chief Bishop altered the crime scene & helped a criminal (Harrison, the son of the Bay Harbor Butcher) escape the murder of his father. Harrison is a key witness to all of this. How would this reflect on Angela as a police officer?
Seems like something Harrison and Angela will both take to their graves. Now, how she's going to explain him escaping her jail, that's a problem she will have no matter what.
Exactly, they can't pick and chose when it's OK to get away with killing someone.
Couldn’t stand Angela in the last episode. So stuck on doing the right thing then let’s Harrison get away. Give me a break.
Not to mention Harrisons foot prints are all over the crime scene.
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“Look at what you have done” exactly what dexter says in the pilot. They had to kill him off to end it and no season 2 it was the Right call, I knew Harrison would do it
is his catch phrase . he than has a flash back with the people he killed and realised he is the same as the people he tried to stop and needed to get rid of himself. it was pretty smart : "i like to tell them to look at his victims"
I didnt think Harrison was going to kill dexter, I totally rolled my eyes at those theories lol
Or more likely harrison would fit the code if it continued
I'm just going to say it: I prefer the original end. This ending isn't...unexpected or I don't necessarily even dislike it but goodness the way we got here sure was rough.
Sloppy and lazy writing. Let me make sure I got this right…Kurt is set free even though they have his DNA but Dexter is cuffed, read his rights and jailed based on a hunch and circumstantial evidence?