Dexter: Season 6 Discussion Thread **Possible Spoilers Inside**

The season really kinda blew from all angles except for the final minutes (shades of previous seasons there...Including season 4).....BUT (and this is a big one), it does at least interject some interesting changes to the formula going forward...And for that, I salute the writers...It was getting really weird that Deb didn't know after all the close calls, etc...So this at least makes sense, even if it is long overdue.
 
Knowing there are at least 2 more seasons tempers my optimism...The writers still have ample time to mess this up, but it is a good change...
 
Also, this should hopefully kill the incest story line, that was just hella awful/awkward

it really upsets me how stupid the Miami PD is....Dexter falls overboard and swims to shore instead of swiming back to his boat? THis happens right as there is a mysterious ring of fire with no vicitm, breaking DDK's MO....seriously put 2 and 2 together
 
i hope the next season Dexter is exposed instead of Dexter saying, "he endangered Harrison and i had to kill him" i also hope deb realizes that the dude is tied to the table the same way she was tied to the table in season 1

Pretty disappointing. So many plot holes. But the last moment got me very nonetheless for next season. I read that there are two more seasons left, already written to be the series' sort of endgame? 
  I think the show is preparing itself for a nice big reveal of Dexter's many...accomplishments. Maybe Deb's feelings for Dexter (fucking worst idea ever by the way. So, so lame.) will make her go easy on Dexter, and he'll have a good excuse so she'll look past the situation. But she could start looking into things:
The link between him and his brother.
The hand.
His visit to Trinity's son - and the fact that he knows everything.
 
It'll be interesting to see how the Bay Harbour Butcher is outed. Oh yes indeedy.
 
I will add though, I am very annoyed by the tease that was the big reveal at the end. I am sick to death of shows/movies/video games doing this. I get that it's to grab them for the next release...but just fuck off. I can't be bothered thinking about this for another ten months. Anyone that knows me well will probably know I've been losing my mind every day since the cliffhanger of the game Half Life 2: Episode Two. Released in 2007. No sign of the apparent finale to come. Just...fuck off!

i hope them discovering Dexter that hes the bay harbor butcher will bring Doakes back (kind of like when they brought biran moser and harry's father)
 
also dont forget about the intern

I see a few people here talking about how this season was disappointing...I have to disagree to some level.  To me, the first half of the season was dull, already done, and pretty dry.  The last half was really a lot of fun to watch...
 
I think that the largest issue is that I found myself comparing everything to Season 4 since it was just so good.  Im finally avoiding that now and finding that I am enjoying the episodes more.
 
I almost like the plot holes here...they are leaving a lot open or the last couple of seasons to come.  I think that everyone knew that the big reveal to Deb was going to come sooner or later...but like someone else said, i hope that it really leads to some interesting writing and not just written off like Dex usually does.  
 
I would say that the two major things to keep an eye on for next season are:
- The hand that's sitting on Dex's fridge now...
- The fact that the intern is still going to be around...which im happy about because it would have been a shame to wrap up that story so fast since it just started picking up over the last couple of episodes
- Depending on how far the Deb and Dex situation goes...Deb will now be faced with the dilemma of either busting Dex (which probably wont happen), or hiding this, which is what will happen...now, giving Deb her own skeletons to put in her Miami Metro closet.
- Will Deb connect the dots with the Bay Harbor Butcher?  They did recover body parts that had the cuts on their cheeks.  So will Deb see the cut on Travis's face and find out that Dex is responsible for many more killings?
 
I can keep going on...but will stop for now...so let the discussion begin!

As the single one thing that every Dexter fan has wanted to see, it wasn't as exhilarating as I had hoped. I almost wish she had witnessed his entire monologue with the 'I am the Father, I am the Son, I am a Serial Killer' line.
Even though she saw what she saw, I still worry the show will have Dexter explain it away somehow which just doesn't jive. With Deb's intuition and police training she would definitely start putting the pieces together.
My only hope for next year is that they break the formula of the whole season leading upto Dexter killing the main protagonist.

ooooh....I really wish that they would have done that too Sambarugh!
Then Dex would have had no way of wiggling out of that if she had heard it all!

I enjoyed this season. Yeah, if I wanted to get hung up on every plot hole (there were a lot of them), I could tear the show apart. But I enjoyed watching it overall. 
 
I am glad Dexter is finally exposed as a killer. I am also glad that any  feelings Deb had toward dexter presumably were destroyed when she witnessed him killing Travis.
 
I am looking forward to the next 2 seasons. The only way I stop watching is if they don't pursue Deb uncovering Dexter's past and linking him with many murders. After the little pep talk Laguerta gave Deb in the season finale, it seems fairly obvious that Deb will begin piecing a lot of things together about Dexter next season.

I agree that her witnessing his entire speech would have been better but I've been begging for this to happen for a while and thought they pulled it off well.
 
My thoughts on the intern is that he became obsessed with the Ice Truck Killer and since he's good at finding people on the internet, discovered the link between Dexter and Brian Moser and has been watching him for years.

Frustrating season. I'll watch the first episode of season 7 to see how the latest reveal plays itself out. Other than that, i'm not really into this any more. This season was ridiculous, and the finale didn't tie up anything other than having Dex do his usual "i've been waiting all season to kill the big bad" routine in the final minutes.

I, personally, will never stop watching the show. I have watched 6 seasons of Dexter and have thoroughly enjoyed all of them. They have absolutely lost some luster over the years, but I still enjoy sitting down at 9pm on a Sunday night to watch the show. I think since I know that there are only 2 seasons left, and I've already seen 6 of them, why should I not continue? I know that some won't watch it anymore because its not up to par, but I think it's still a pretty interesting show.
 
Does anyone know why Deb was at the church in the first place? Was she going to tell Dexter her true feelings there? What would be the point of that? Also, Dex said that he was going to do the church stuff after Harrison's play, but how would Deb know exactly when he was going to be at the church anyway? Unless I'm off base and she was there for another reason and just got "lucky".

NYCoolRunner


Does anyone know why Deb was at the church in the first place? Was she going to tell Dexter her true feelings there? What would be the point of that? Also, Dex said that he was going to do the church stuff after Harrison's play, but how would Deb know exactly when he was going to be at the church anyway? Unless I'm off base and she was there for another reason and just got "lucky".

I think it more had to do with her pursuing the DDK case. Laguerta gave her that follow your instincts, you've got the potential to be a great Lieutenant chat on top of the roof right before this. My guess would be she was going back there to see if she missed anything before being completely done with the scene.  

LiquidDreams

NYCoolRunner


Does anyone know why Deb was at the church in the first place? Was she going to tell Dexter her true feelings there? What would be the point of that? Also, Dex said that he was going to do the church stuff after Harrison's play, but how would Deb know exactly when he was going to be at the church anyway? Unless I'm off base and she was there for another reason and just got "lucky".

I think it more had to do with her pursuing the DDK case. Laguerta gave her that follow your instincts, you've got the potential to be a great Lieutenant chat on top of the roof right before this. My guess would be she was going back there to see if she missed anything before being completely done with the scene.  

I think Deb was there because she needed to tell Dexter that she loves him (after her meeting with her psychologist/psychiatrist friend), and since she had told him she needed the work done out there, she knew where he'd be.  Dexter was pretty dumb for setting up his kill room there if you ask me.
 
Incidentally, as much as I love Dexter, this plotline between Dex and Deb needs to die, and now.  I wouldn't hold it over their heads if they just dropped it here and never brought it up again.  Just... no.  It's not that it's weird or uncomfortable, it's just stupid.  And I feel stupider for watching the show when that angle comes up. 
 
I was hoping for more resolution than we got between Dexter and Travis.  It was a great season.  It may even be my favorite season of Dexter.  But the last episode just felt... I dunno... like nothing really happened.   And they just left the hand issue hang.  Travis is the only other one who's seen it.  I'm standing on my prediction that the intern has been signed for another season, but I cannot begin to understand why the intern sent it to Dexter in the first place.  Now we get to wonder about it for another year.

ok, this show needs to end next season... it seems it is not going anywhere and we already had at least 2 absolutely hollow seasons of it which concluded nothing.

Taffer


Anyone that knows me well will probably know I've been losing my mind every day since the cliffhanger of the game Half Life 2: Episode Two. Released in 2007. No sign of the apparent finale to come. Just...fuck off!

Anyone that knows me well will probably know I've been losing my mind every day since the cliffhanger of the game Half Life 2: Episode Two. Released in 2007. No sign of the apparent finale to come. Just...fuck off!

 
Taffer...FTW...could not agree more about Halflife 2.

Something else I find interesting is the coincidence that just now the writers have added in this STUPID love thing between Dexter and Deb, after the actor and actress that play those two characters get divorced.
 
I can't imagine they had a good time reading the script before filming...

Taffer


Something else I find interesting is the coincidence that just now the writers have added in this STUPID love thing between Dexter and Deb, after the actor and actress that play those two characters get divorced.

I can't imagine they had a good time reading the script before filming...

I made the same comment to my friends while we were watching this episode.  How awkward did that have to be to film?  They were married for a good portion of the run of the program, and I don't think it's coincidence at all, I think the notion of them getting a divorce is what sparked the idea for this stupid plot thread in the first place. 

Agree...the whole deal between Dex and Deb is totally not needed.  I thought that Michael Hall was an executive producer for the show too...I wonder why he decided to go along with it right after the divorce...unless it's part of the books, but I can comment on that since ive only read the first one.

Hahaha, Deb´s in love with a serial killer AGAIN. If the psychiatrist knew she´d just say "Fuck it" and give up. Also the whole talk Deb gave about her past boyfriends making sense because she was searching for someone like Dexter (--> Brian). So much fun.
 
So yeah, I only now got around to watching the last episode. I purposely stayed away from this thread, because I do not like people spoiling it for me, even if they just guess correctly, and reading through the posts there was a lot of correct guessing here. I must say, I didn´t see any of it coming. Nothing. Especially not the Gellar being dead thing.
 
I liked this season. Some weaknesses, sure, but they´re going back to the right direction (which they lost in Season 3 in my opinion). For me it´s Seasons 1, 2, skip the shit and hey, Season 6, we´re back.
 
Looking forward to Season 7. Also, I have just found out that the series is based on novels. I need to check that out.

Woah there sonny jim, did you just toss Season 4 in there with the shit?

Yes I did, skinny Pete.
 
I don´t know. Just didn´t do anything for me. Too many family problems, and the killer was vaguely interesting, but didn´t save the season.

SebaiGiz Frill

Yes I did, skinny Pete.

I don´t know. Just didn´t do anything for me. Too many family problems, and the killer was vaguely interesting, but didn´t save the season.

 
Yup, this is turning out like the Star Trek movie franchise for me... I like the even seasons so much better than the odd.  2, 4, 6 were the best in my opinion, and I could've done without 1, 3, or 5.  My ranking from most to least favorite: 4,6,2,5,3,1.  People give me funny looks when I tell them season 1 is my least favorite season of Dexter, but I just couldn't get into it.  I sat through the whole season and it wasn't until halfway through season 2 that I started WANTING to see more. 

Goldenfoxx

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Yes I did, skinny Pete.

I don´t know. Just didn´t do anything for me. Too many family problems, and the killer was vaguely interesting, but didn´t save the season.

Yup, this is turning out like the Star Trek movie franchise for me... I like the even seasons so much better than the odd.  2, 4, 6 were the best in my opinion, and I could've done without 1, 3, or 5.  My ranking from most to least favorite: 4,6,2,5,3,1.  People give me funny looks when I tell them season 1 is my least favorite season of Dexter, but I just couldn't get into it.  I sat through the whole season and it wasn't until halfway through season 2 that I started WANTING to see more. 

Really? Why did you keep watching? I´m curious, because if I don´t enjoy a series within the first two episodes at most (hell, sometimes I don´t finish watching the first episode) I stop.

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Really? Why did you keep watching? I´m curious, because if I don´t enjoy a series within the first two episodes at most (hell, sometimes I don´t finish watching the first episode) I stop.

Well, two reasons.  First and foremost, because two of my friends had basically hijacked my television during a time when I had just had dental work done and was on a lot of painkillers.  Since I'd gotten them to agree to watch Supernatural and a few other shows, I figured I owed them at least sitting through what they had wanted me to see. At any rate, I didn't have the desire to resist.  My friends do this with several shows that haven't grown on me, too: Mad Men and Breaking Bad I could just do without (although I can at least endure an episode or two of BB).  And conversely, there have been shows I watch which other friends would rather not sit through (The West Wing and Smallville come immediately to mind).
 
Secondly, I've had too many experiences where I didn't get into a show right away.  In fact, I kind of credit my love of progressive music for a lot of that, because I learned a long time ago that sometimes the best things don't immediately make an impression.  Hell, Supernatural is my favorite show, but if I hadn't seen the right episode at the right time, I might never have gotten into that, either.  The American version of The Office was the same way;, I didn't start liking the show until around season 3 or so. 

Taffer


Woah there sonny jim, did you just toss Season 4 in there with the shit?

 
Seriously, go back and watch season 4 again...Aside from the last 30 secs, and Lithgow's acting chops, the rest was really not good.

a lot of interesting points brought up in this thread. I do feel kinda stupid now reading through some of these. Seeing some of the things that were painfully obvious to many of you I had no idea was even happening as I watched it. although I guess when I watch anything, tv shows or movies, I try to just sit back and enjoy it for what it is and not get too caught up in trying to over analyze every single thing that I'm watching on the screen. as a whole I have really enjoyed this entire series. now I'm just as interested as anybody else to see what they're gonna do with how this season ended.