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Harry, we still saw sides of Dexter we did not see in the original series. It was almost palpable. But this was predesigned to get the viewer to accept his murder-by-son. It just didn't work.
I agree on all counts. But Dexter killing Logan? The Dexter we've known for some time would not have done this...but we've seen certain aspects of him we never saw before throughout this series. The writers intentionally inserted the murder of Logan into the plot to supposedly give Harrison the final incentive to shoot Dexter. Still, it just doesn't work. Dexter commiting suicide or giving himself up would have served the finale much better. And for Dexter to panic over Angela's discovery of ketamine? There are at least half a dozen explanations that would have served to throw in reasonable doubt.
I agree, Thomas. Dexter's rationalization as to why he did what he did was part of the death of the Dexter character. We saw sides of him we did not see in the original series, as well as the final realization of conscience in terms of how too many innocents died as a direct or indirect result of his actions. The fact that the writers set us up to accept Harrison's murdering of his own father -- at Dexter's behest -- doesn't work. I think the ending of the original series with the lumberjack -- completely alone and without any human solace -- was much better.
"Real and true love" would have been for Dexter to give himself up. Now THAT would have been an ending -- not suicide by son.
It was a good series, but the ending left a lot of holes We knew that Episode 9 was Dexter's epitaph -- that was clear. And when he killed Logan, we knew immediately that this was the nail in the coffin of the Dexter character (not just for Harrison, but for the viewers as well), leading up to Harrison's final act of shooting him. Still, I just didn't buy it. Dexter's final of realization of "real love" was to gift his son with the act of murdering of his own father? I couldn't make that jump. Harrison could have easily shot him in the leg, and so on, if he wanted Dad to give himself up to the authorities. And what about the forensics nightmare Angela has to face. Why didn't she use her own gun? Who was the gun registered to? What about the crime scene that was full of tire tracks, multiple footprints, etc.?
Conscience, justice, and the "sins of the father." These were the excellent, interweaving themes, but could have been better served in the finale.
Oh, and spot on about Wiggles and Joaquin's Joker.
(Imagine Angela solving The Bay Harbor Butcher in just a couple of days -- a mystery that the entire Miami Homicide Divison and the FBI Task Force couldn't accomplish in months.)
I got the impression that in some way, Episode 9 is Dexter's epitaph. While Kurt was saran-wrapped to that table, Dexter's description of why he killed those young girls described his own reasoning for doing what "he loves," as Deb would say, to do. "You like the hunt" ...and so on. And we've never really seen Dexter cut up the body parts, etc. To me, that was the first this-is-just too-much regarding the Dexter character.
I sensed Harrison felt the same way -- at least at that moment. But we don't really know how Harrison feels. Is his own dark passenger gone for good? Will it return? Will Dexter die in some way only to become Harrison's "conscience" in the future the same way Harry and Deb were his? There are a number of ways this could end.
But I don't get any sense of twists or shocks yet. It's been pretty predictable thus far. And that includes Kurt's painstaking preparation of the dead girls on that same table which reminded one of preparing a dear head as some kind of trophy from a hunt. Still, I wonder why Hannah didn't try to contact Dexter when she learned she had terminal pancreatic cancer. That still bugs me.
(Imagine Angela solving The Bay Harbor Butcher in just a couple of days -- a mystery that the entire Miami Homicide Divison and the FBI Task Force couldn't accomplish in months.)
I got the impression that in some way, Episode 9 is Dexter's epitaph. While Kurt was saran-wrapped to that table, Dexter's description of why he killed those young girls described his own reasoning for doing what "he loves," as Deb would say, to do. "You like the hunt" ...and so on. And we've never really seen Dexter cut up the body parts, etc. To me, that was the first this-is-just too-much regarding the Dexter character.
I sensed Harrison felt the same way -- at least at that moment. But we don't really know how Harrison feels. Is his own dark passenger gone for good? Will it return? Will Dexter die in some way only to become Harrison's "conscience" in the future the same way Harry and Deb were his? There are a number of ways this could end.
But I don't get any sense of twists or shocks yet. It's been pretty predictable thus far. And that includes Kurt's painstaking preparation of the dead girls on that same table which reminded one of preparing a dear head as some kind of trophy from a hunt. Still, I wonder why Hannah didn't try to contact Dexter when she learned she had terminal pancreatic cancer. That still bugs me.
Yes, there is convenience writing, but most of it is minor fluff as it was in the main series. For example, there were no personal items of Matt's in that underground room to suggest he was ever there in the first place. I can't recall if Dexter ever remarked about this aloud, or to himself.
The major oversight was the fact that Hannah never wrote/contacted Dexter about her cancer. He said in his letter to her to "reach out to him if..." I'd say the fact that she dies from pancreatic cancer and left Harrison alone to drift through the foster home care system stateside in Miami of all places was way over the top. I keep waiting for an explanation or some clever plot twist at the end of this reboot.
As for Kurt...what's with the draining of bodily fluids and attempt to cover up his recent victim's damaged eye all about? Is he preparing them the way one would a deer or other hunted game, a'la taxidermy?
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