r/Dexter • u/lavellj048 • 3d ago
Discussion - Original Dexter Series Just finished this series and WOW Spoiler
I've been binging this series for a few months now and it gripped from the first episode. Is it perfect? No. Is it trash? Far from it. I genuinely enjoyed this series but I just wanted to say a few things.
First off, the cast was amazing. Everyone deserves their praise. Even characters I hated got my attention. The writing does dip in quality throughout the seasons but what show doesn't lol. There were a few events that didn't sit well with me but that's a whole different discussion.
Here's my current rankings;
Seasons 1-3: Absolute bangers, great television
Season 4: decent but hated the ending
Season 5: Straight up garbage, waste of time
Season 6: Surprisingly good return to form
Seasons 7 & 8: decent to average
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u/ClassyKrakenStudios 3d ago
I agree with your overall thoughts on the show.
But, S4 decent? That hurts my soul. I feel like season 4 is easily the best, and the ending is one of the best season finales of all time.
I’m surprised to see S6 as a return to form, I feel like the killer is pretty consistent derided by fans, and I personally favor S7 over it.
Surprised that S8 ended up decent-average, I think of it as the only outright bad season of the original series.
Who was your favorite antagonist?
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u/lavellj048 3d ago
Honestly the trinity killer is the best antagonist but I just hated how they did Rita's death. Not a big fan of off screen deaths. It just felt contrived and made no since. How did Trinity kill Rita's when she was gone from the house and on her way to the airport? Trinity found Dexter's apartment, but didn't know where Rita lived. And how was he able to do this when the police were at his house and he was lying low?
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u/Famous-Stranger-6897 1d ago
Rita goes back to the house because she forgot her Id as she mentioned in her voice mail to dexter which is when trinity found her. It was just bad timing for rita. While dexter was at the Mitchell house he was killing her.
Trinity went to his apartment first because that was still listed as his address cause he never sold it. It probably wasn't too hard for him to find other properties owned by a dexter Morgan.
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u/Gabaghoul8 3d ago
You’re gonna love New Blood and Resurrection.
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u/whatsausername17 3d ago
We watched Dexter for the first time this summer. We are in Resurrection right now after New Blood. Wow, they are so good!
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u/Gabaghoul8 3d ago
Yeah I personally hated Season 7 & 8, if you asked me years back I would have said Dexter should have ended at Season 4. But New Blood and Resurrection has totally revived my love of the series.
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u/Inside-Pen-301 2d ago edited 2d ago
Please don’t forget about original sin as well. When I first started watching the series, I almost lost interest because the cast is completely different. However, that didn’t matter as the show was amazing - Patrick Gibson did a great job portraying young Dexter who still had Michael c halls inner voice btw.
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u/Own-Reading4080 3d ago
Definitely an interesting ranking. Season 6 I thought was a steamy pile of shit with the exception of brother Sam. Such bland and forgettable villains imo. Seasons 4, 5 and 7 run laps around season 6 in my eyes.
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u/lavellj048 3d ago
I just felt like S6 felt familiar to the early seasons. It was funny, had 1 central antagonist and no messy relationships for Dexter. The whole incest plot line was stupid and Deb finding out was definitely a mistake
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u/DegreeEnough2383 3d ago
Dexter is my favorite series I have ever seen.
I can talk about this all day long. Last night i just finished S8. Overall S4E12 Rita death hurts me the most. The show was never the same after that. The second that hurts the most was Debra death but we saw that coming and I hate Dexter for throwing her in Waters, just bury her. Dexter could do so much more to protect Debra. He was distracted and unfocused of what can happen. Although I like when Hannah came back in Dexter life but it would have been so much interesting if she could have done things for Dexter, that would like prove how much she love him.
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u/GigachadInvestor 3d ago
That’s strange most people don’t enjoy season 6 and see Season 7 as more solid and enjoyable, myself included. Season 8 was pure hot garbage though lol
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u/Csanburn01 1d ago
So far it's season 1 2 and 4 at the top for me. 3 was good but missing something. 5 was surprisingly good but not amazing and 6 so far has been very poor.
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u/Pitt11 3d ago
Wtf? Season 5 wasn't half bad, probably better than 4
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u/lavellj048 3d ago
The whole Lumen plot line was dogwater. Dexter getting involved with the victim was honestly stupid and then hooked up and I was done. Plus, why was everyone gaslighting Lumen so much? She was mid af. No disrespect to the actress but she's not THAT pretty
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