How would you rank the Seasons?

I completely agree with your rankings exactly
I had a hard time however deciding between season #1 and season #4 as the best season.
I had to go with season #1 because of the back story with Brian and Dex

1


5,4,3,2,7,6,8

2
1
3
4
5
7
8
6

1
4
2
5
3
7
6
8

Season 4
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 7
Season 5
Season 6
Season 8

4
2
1
3
5
7
8
6

Season 4
Season 1
Season 7
Season 2
Season 3
Season 5
Season 6
Season 8

Seems I might be in the minority here but, I really enjoyed season 7

I haven't seen Dexter since it ended in 2013, so I had to go back and do a little light reading.

• Season 1 - Classic. Loved the Ice Truck Killer story arc.

• Season 2 - Another goodie with what had happened between Dexter and Doakes. Didn't really care for Miss 'Pardon My Tits', but she was somewhat tolerable compared to Rita.

• Season 4 - Whoa, Arthur! The way John Lithgow portrays the character was fantastic and hilarious. Oh, and we finally got rid of Rita with her relentless nagging.

• Season 3 - This kinda paled in comparison to the ones mentioned above, but I now consider it part of the classic era of the show (1 - 4). Gotta give props to Jimmy Smits. "Not at all, they said that stain would come out!" "F-k you!" LOL!

• Season 5 - I liked Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles). I thought it was an interesting turn for the series. Other than that, you can kinda tell the writing was starting to decline a bit.

• Season 7 - Deb finally finds out what her brother really is. Though, I could have done without Hannah McKay (my sincerest apologies to Yvonne Strahovski).

• Season 6 - The Doomsday Killer was weak. Even Edward James Olmos couldn't save it for me.

• Season 8 - Ugh. Hannah, Harrison, Deb having a stroke, Dex becoming a lumberjack, pretty much every damn thing about the finale sucked. I wish a hurricane would wipe all the copies of this season from existence.