The estimated number of viewers for the episode during its original airing was 2. Dexter spinoff series wont happen without michael c. Theres only one that might be close and that would have to be breaking bad. Ive just watched the season seven finale through for the second time, and frankly, im not entirely convinced by what ive just seen. The premiere episode of season 7 featured a flashback to debra and dexter s childhood. There is a season 8 so obviously dexter still carries on killing people and getting away with it. Series 7 of the crime drama about a vigilante serial killer michael c. I postulated about a version of the dexter season 7 finale that involved sizable reveals about deb poisoning herself to set hannah up and what. While it wont be remembered as the best season, especially since season 7 left us with such a huge impact, but it ties up the story fairly well. Dec 16, 2012 its at this point that you want to stop reading if you havent watched the season 7 finale of dexter. In case you havent yet seen tonights series finale, we wont post any spoilers here about dexter morgan michael c.
The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad. But dexter lives by a strict code of honor that is both his saving grace and lifelong burden. Sep 23, 20 after eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexter s series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions. The show was so far gone by the time the series finale rolled around that no path wouldve worked particularly well, so i guess we can appreciate that the. Ten years ago this week, the first episode of buzzy, bloody new drama dexter premiered in the us. This week marks the 10th anniversary of dexter, which made its debut on showtime on october 1st, 2006, and to mark the occasion, were once more looking back at the entirety of the series. So was the series finale remember the monsters a satisfying conclusion to a season that has skidded off the rails, or does it end in the same haphazard fashion. Hall getting a sex change and running off with masuka. When asked how he reacted when he read the final scene. September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. While the trinity killer may have ultimately forced dexter s hand by killing his thenwife rita, this is the first time that dexter has concluded with so familiar characters involved in a single, shocking event, beautifully setting things up for dexter season 8, the. Watch the finale before reading, spoilers abound rating3 well folks, dexter is officially over.
This season picks up where season six ended, with dexters adoptive sister, debra morgan, witnessing him murder travis marshall. The premiere episode of season 7 featured a flashback to debra. Most people say they hated the way dexter ended while i actually both loved it and hated it. I have now watched all 7 series of dexter and am obviously a fan. With the walls closing in on dexter more than during any of the previous six seasons. Meanwhile, laguerta tries to bring dexter to justice, and confronts debra with a surveillance video implicating her in travis marshalls death. Sep 23, 20 the dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad.
After a seasonplus stretch of dexdeb drama in which deb discovered her brothers secret, became his accomplice and fell in and out of love with him, she finally sank to his level in the season 7 finale. Hit the comments with your theories on just how dex can wiggle his way out of this one. Seasons, episodes, cast, characters official series. Eight seasons, one dead wife, one dead brother, one baby, too many murders to count, it now looks like dexter morgan might be leaving miami for good. Showtime series not being revived tv series finale. In the season 6 finale of dexter, its clear that dexter s world will never be the same. As laguerta closes in on dexters secret, dexter struggles to protect himself, debra and the life hes built. Elsewhere, deb takes a job as a private investigator, and masuka learns that he has a daughter. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes merely underscored that this was a series well. It was also one of the strangest episodes in the shows history. Hall is back with a starring role, and an allnew accent. Deb learns the hard way how difficult it is to keep dexter s secret.
This story contains spoilers from dexter s seventh season finale, titled surprise, motherfer. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c. Following the success of season six, seasons seven and eight were ordered to conclude the series. Laguerta gets closer to pinning the bay harbor butcher killings on dexter. Ive long thought the series would wind down with dexter exposed and deb forced. Watch season 7 of dexter on, where you can stream episodes of your favorite original series, movies, documentaries, boxing matches, standup comedy, and more. Granted, the dexter deb storyline that played out in season 7, with deb traumatically discovering dexter s secret, was really the story that the entire series had been leading up to, and with the. Deb witnessed dexter s killing of travis marshall, the doomsday killer. Hannah later manages to escape custody with a little help from arlene. Dexters spent the last few episodes talking about his future, but with debs turn for the worse, hes fixed on the past specifically, a series of flashbacks to harrisons birth, right. Sep 23, 20 the series finale was the best dexter episode in years. The dexter season 7 finale may not be the most shocking episode the series has seen, however it certainly is the most propound.
Adapted from the pulpy novel series by jeff lindsay, which centers on a blood splatter analysts. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers. Of course i hated to see one of my favourite characters of all time end like that but i mean come on. Hall while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. By day, mildmannered dexter is a bloodsplatter analyst for the miami police. But critics and fans alike have branded the highly anticipated ending as disappointing. As a cool forensics expert with killer instincts, dexter. As laguerta closes in on dexter s secret, dexter struggles to. Scott buck on the series finale showtime series duration.
The original broadcast of the series finaleshown at 9 pm on september 22, 20drew 2. Dexter gets a wolverine crossover alternate ending. All others, proceed remember when deb falling in love with dexter seemed like the worst choice she could possibly make. Directed by steve shill, and written by scott buck and tim schlattmann, it premiered 16 december 2012. His sister now knows she has to deal with his disturbing secret. Dec 03, 2014 lumberjack dexter, were still not over you. Dec 20, 2012 granted, the dexter deb storyline that played out in season 7, with deb traumatically discovering dexter s secret, was really the story that the entire series had been leading up to, and with the.
Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the writers kill off dexter in the finale. After eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexter s series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions. As laguerta closes in on dexter s secret, dexter struggles to protect himself, debra and the life. Series finale episode the series finale met a mixed and polarized response, although the majority opinion was negative. The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. The seasoneight premiere was the most watched dexter episode with more than 3 million viewers total for all airings that night. This site is part of my lifes work, its a part of me. Season 7 returns in explosive fashion, as dexter is finally forced to confront his greatest fear, as debra witnesses his insatiable, ritualistic slaying of a killer.
Now deb knows the secret of his dark passenger, his undeniable thirst for blood, and the code that their father harry james remar instilled in him as a young boy. These two seasons feature a story arc spanning across both seasons. Joey paur cofounder editor of, and if you havent noticed i write a lot. The seventh season of the showtime series dexter premiered 30 september 2012. Before the season started, you said the core idea behind this finale has been in the works for years. Dexter season 7 finale upcoming stills dexter season 7. But as deb tries to reconcile the unfathomable idea that her. The seventh season of the showtime series dexter premiered on 30 september 2012 and consisted of twelve episodes. Et on showtime returned for its season 7 premiere sunday night, and made good on the promise of its season 6 finale, a gamechanging episode that breathed new life into the series. After a season plus stretch of dexdeb drama in which deb discovered her brothers secret, became his accomplice and fell in and out of love with him, she finally sank to his level in the season 7 finale. Do not read on if you havent seen the season 7 dexter finale, titled surprise, motherfucker. Sep 23, 20 dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. Has anyone seen a better season finale since 2009 than dexter season 4.
If you have yet to watch dexter s season finale, avert your eyes. If you have yet to watch dexters season finale, avert your eyes. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of all. Hall who works as a forensic expert for the miami metro police department picks up where the sixth series ended, with. The impact of laguertas death from the final episode of season 7 acts as the primary driver the final season of dexter is more of a good thing. The first handful of episodes include a very powerful completed arc concerning one of dexter s police colleagues and a local crime lord, while two of the four episodes so far have also included a selfcontained story spliced among and playing off the ongoing ones. While breaking bad finished with an incredible finale that tied up all loose ends providing viewers with a sense of closure showtimes dexter ended the series. Hall begins unearthing dark secrets about the people closest to him, after his teenage daughter goes missing. Showtime officially announced that the seventh season would premiere sunday, september 30, 2012. Movies are my passion and i live and breathe all things geek. Last week, i postulated about a version of the dexter season 7 finale that involved sizable reveals about deb poisoning herself to set hannah up and what would happen to the two women in dexter. The show is about a widowed surgeon tom delaney michael c. Dexter comes clean to deb and finds true love with a fellow serial killer.
Dec 17, 2012 the dexter season 7 finale may not be the most shocking episode the series has seen, however it certainly is the most propound. As laguerta closes in on dexter s secret, dexter struggles to protect himself, debra and the life hes built. Hall finally confessed what he thought of it during a reddit ama. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. A flabby, flaccid, manipulative, horrible cop out of an ending uproxx music. After witnessing her brother kill, debra jennifer carpenter attempts to reconcile with dexter michael c. Torn between his deadly compulsion and his desire for true happiness, dexter is a man in profound conflict with the world and himself. Five years after the finale of dexter, and months after his latest tv role as jfk in the crown, michael c. Watch dexter season 7 episode 11 do you see what i see. What i took from dexter as a series was when youve delivered such amazing tv as the end of season four represented, you shouldnt go on. The image measures 3624 2400 pixels and was added on 17 march 16. All 37 songs featured in dexter season 7 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. In the dexter season 7 finale, surprise, motherf r.
He is also torn between his loyalty to debra, his adoptive sister a police lieutenant, and his new girlfriend, hannah a serial killer, a mysterious widow with a green thumb and a checkered past. Mar 31, 2018 most people say they hated the way dexter ended while i actually both loved it and hated it. There are lots of twists and turns in season 7 and most of the time i did not predict what would happen next. But as deb tries to reconcile the unfathomable idea that her bel. In the seventh season finale, dexter visits hannah in prison, and she admits to poisoning debra. Debra tries to reconcile with her brother while trying to cover up the murder she witnessed in the season 6 finale. Ive seen the future of tv season structuring, and this is it. Mildmannered forensics expert dexter morgan continues his double life as a miami serial killer in the sophomore season of this dark drama. Hall, jennifer carpenter, david zayas, james remar. On november 21, 2011, showtime renewed dexter for both a seventh and eighth seasons, each consisting of 12 episodes. A few parting thoughts to consider as we wait for whats shaping up to be a nailbiting final season of dexter.
The dexter series finale is the dumbest thing youll ever see. By day, mildmannered dexter is a bloodspatter analyst for the miami police. In the previous episode, saxon killed clayton, shot debra, and escaped. This story contains spoilers from dexter s seventhseason finale, titled surprise, motherfer. She calls for help and is soon taken in an ambulance with quinn. Dec 02, 2015 dexter left showtime after eight seasons two years ago, but fans started buzzing about a potential revival for the series over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. Dexter series finale branded lamest ending in recent tv. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. How long can you protect a killer before becoming one yourself.