Dexter spinoff series wont happen without michael c. Dexters john lithgow talks about the shocking finale tv guide. This site is part of my lifes work, its a part of me. Dexter has begun to realize that the closer he gets to trinity, the more he stands to learn from this very different beast. No matter what people think about rita, she was an integral part of dexter s humanity and thats why when she was killed by trinity in the season four finale, dexter was devastated. Most people say they hated the way dexter ended while i actually both loved it and hated it. Dexter may have killed arthur mitchell, aka the trinity. Showrunner scott buck stands by his ending, saying. Mike hale, a television critic for the new york times, discuss the final episode of dexter. Hopefully, with executive producer clyde phillips stepping in. Our man dumping trinitys body over the side of his boat. And where should i read what happens in those seasons if im interested of how it ends. This is what happens to a serial killer, says showrunner video dexter season 8 episode 2 recap.
Dec, 2009 check out some spoilers and photos of the season 4 finale of dexter the getaway season 4 episode 12 that aired this sunday december 2009 at 9pm on showtime. Movies are my passion and i live and breathe all things geek. Introduced in the first episode, dexter, this serial killer targets prostitutes and leaves. Dexter season 4 final scene dexter gets trinity youtube. Dexter knows its only a matter of time before miami metro discovers the trinity killers latest handiwork.
This final season seemed to be headed in a great direction, and then everything they did didnt even really seem to matter in the end. Ive left it 10 hours since i saw the dexter finale, and im still in a degree of shock. All 34 songs featured in dexter season 4 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Julie benz milf and i will miss the hell out of her. You have your demons, i accept that, said rita to dexter. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of alltime. Subscribe to the times video newsletter for free and get a handpi. A something crazy is going to happen and b we have no idea what that crazy thing is. John lithgow and jimmy smits fueled excellent seasonlong arcs. Heres a reminder of how that fateful season 4 ended. Sep 23, 20 dexter producers explain finale, defend final season.
On may 9, 20, the official dexter facebook fanpage posted a behind the scenes photo of a clapper showing that episode 6 of season 8 would be directed by john dahl. Still, i was optimistic that this final hour would be a redemption of sorts, a fitting end to the story of dexter morgan and his sister. Dexter has had its ups and downs, but at least the show was consistent. The fourth season the showtime series dexter premiered 27 september 2009. To him, dexter had found out about him, kept him from his routine by stopping him from killing that little boy, stole his money that dexter had hid on the light fixture in the parking garage, and was just plain.
Dexter season 4 finale spoilers and photos season 4 episode. Mar 03, 2012 dexter season 4 final scene dexter gets trinity duration. The third season of dexter premiered on september 28, 2008, and ended on december 14, 2008. Ive been a huge fan of dexter throughout all eight seasons. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. Besides dexter and deb, the characters that fans have been watching for years didnt get any kind of proper ending. This season aired from october 1, 2006 to december 17, 2006, and follows dexters investigation of the ice truck killer. The messes are piling up, ghostharry warned dexter in sunday nights seasonfour finale. Unfolding with tragic inevitability, dexters fourth season is a taut game of cat and mouse between dexter emmy nominee michael c. The eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series.
Billy recommends you watch this dexter season finale with a close friend and a very strong drink. Dec 15, 2009 well i was upset because im all for happy endings, albeit a happy ending for a serial killer, and rita being dead is probably the worst thing that could happen to dexter. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. In the episode, dexter goes to great lengths to stop arthur, who now knows dexters true identity. A friend of mine said that dexter s going to be really bad after season 4 and he even said that i shouldnt even watch season 5 to 8. I think that trinity did kill rita to get back at dexter. The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. Is is really not worth to continue watching after season 4. This alternate ending might be one of the best seriesfinale ideas of all time. Mar 31, 2018 most people say they hated the way dexter ended while i actually both loved it and hated it.
The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of all. Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines. Dexter would fly out the next morning and end the season in the keys, sunbathing next to rita. Has anyone seen a better season finale since 2009 than dexter season 4. Season 4, she was pretty much accepting of dexter smashing the lights and having a shed in the back, and she had a right to be angry at dexter over the apartment which is the latest in dexters list of lies to her. Now just imagine that season 5 had ended with deb catching dexter. The season 4 finale of dexter delivered a few jawdropping jolts and one shocking death. Therefore, he has to work doubly hard to stay one step ahead of their investigation. Check out some spoilers and photos of the season 4 finale of dexter the getaway season 4 episode 12 that aired this sunday december. Ive just finished season 4 and i dont think that i will sleep tonight 04. A serial killer revealed spoilers dexter season 8 episode 3 recap, whats eating dexter morgan.
Ending of dexter season 4 obvious spoilers offtopic. If anyone asked me about wanting to watch it, id tell them to not go beyond season 4, unless the cliffhanger is too much, in which case, season 5 is the end. On october 21, 2008, showtime commissioned a fourth and fifth season of dexter, each. All this sparks the popular debate of whether dexter should be watched beyond the season 4 finale, to which i say it shouldnt. Sep 23, 20 mike hale, a television critic for the new york times, discuss the final episode of dexter. Not to mention he symbolically left harrison in the pool of blood just like dexter was left in his mothers pool of blood, but how did he know about that.
Before the season started, you said the core idea behind this finale has been in the works for years. Arthur never got dexters address, and had hardly any time to find it anywho. This season started off strong, then took a turn for the worse. But when dexter moped in the finale that his life had been a trail of blood and. The first season of dexter is an adaptation of jeff lindsays first novel in a series of the same name, darkly dreaming dexter. Its a sombre, fatalistic realisation which is then undone in. After finishing the last episode of season 4 i was left with many emotions mostly being shock and sorrow. The getaway is the fourth season finale of the american television drama series dexter, and the 48th overall episode of the series. Dexter gets a wolverine crossover alternate ending. Amazing new trailer for the return of rick and morty season 4 and premiere date. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. On april 18, 20, showtime officially announced that the eighth season would be the shows last. Dec 04, 2014 why dexter ended the way it did nick venable. The shows writers convened during february and march 2009 to brainstorm ideas for the fourth season, and filming was scheduled to begin in june 2009.
Just finished season 4 and started season 5 i feel like crying. Whoever guest stars in seasons to come has a very hard act to follow. This article contains key plot details from sundays season 4 finale. Hopefully, showtime will make the decision to not kill dexter off worth it by actually continuing his story and giving it another shot at a great ending. He seeks to learn from arthur mitchell, a serial killer and family man, who has murdered for over thirty years without being discovered. This season aired from october 1, 2006 to december 17, 2006, and follows dexter s investigation of the ice truck killer. Dexter is at home, perusing his family photos in the dark when a voicemail notification from his phone interrupts his inner monologue. Dec, 2009 the messes are piling up, ghostharry warned dexter in sunday nights seasonfour finale. Sure, there were a few hit or miss seasons here and there, but dexter will. Season 4, she was pretty much accepting of dexter smashing the lights and having a shed in the back, and she had a right to be angry at dexter over the apartment which is. The dexter ending could have been so much better huffpost.
So while dexters series finale was much more a forgettable conclusion than the ending of an earnest opus, its impossible to deny the fact that showtime has brought 8 great years of entertainment to our televisions. Dexter aired october 1, 2006 september 22, 20 on showtime. Season 4s big finish had shaken us all out of the nice bow on top endings of seasons 2 and 3 and few wanted a return to that. Jan 17, 2020 for many, the show peaked with its acclaimed fourth season, which featured an incredible recurring role for john lithgow as the trinity killer, with the season ending on a shocking twist. Later seasons marked a turning point in the shows popularity, with storylines becoming increasingly outlandish and silly. Hall and arthur mitchell, a very special kind of monster, unnervingly portrayed by john lithgow in his emmy and golden globewinning performance. I just finished the season 4 finale and it makes no sense how rita was killed. Dexter season 4 final scene dexter gets trinity duration. Introduced in the first episode, dexter, this serial killer targets prostitutes and leaves their bodies severed and bloodless. Confused about ending of dexter season 4 huge spoiler alert. On october 21, 2008, showtime commissioned a fourth and fifth season of dexter, each consisting of 12 episodes.
But as it turns out, there was just enough time left for something else. Dexter and arthur find themselves on a collision course, as debra unearths a shocking longhidden truth, rita admits her marriage to dexter is troubled, and batista and laguerta face the consequences of an ethics breach. Take dexters final narration of season four to heart because hes absolutely right. Of course i hated to see one of my favourite characters of all time end like that but i mean come on. And once dexter had dispatched arthur with the sharp end of a hammer, an impeccable touch we got the dexter ending wed wanted. Confused about ending of dexter season 4 huge spoiler.
Joey paur cofounder editor of, and if you havent noticed i write a lot. On may 27, 2009, showtime announced that john lithgow would guest star in all 12. Wow, i knew last nights season finale of dexter was controversial, but i didnt know it was going to be this controversial. Six months after the season three finale, dexter is now living with three kids and a wife in a new home. Arthur never got dexter s address, and had hardly any time to find it anywho. The discussion on the dexter season finale is fast and furious what did you think about it. I was excited for the end, but ultimately, i was really disappointed with what they gave us. For many, the show peaked with its acclaimed fourth season, which featured an incredible recurring role for john lithgow as the trinity killer, with the season ending on a shocking twist. That said, television shows are never really about the start or ending its about the journey. Dexter season 4 finale spoilers and photos season 4. Meanwhile, debra learns the truth about dexters mother, the homicide division closes in on the trinity killer. Sep 23, 20 that said, television shows are never really about the start or ending its about the journey.
Hopefully, with executive producer clyde phillips stepping in, it will help answer some fan questions. As the trinity plotline resolves itself in the season finale, debra confronts dexter with his past, and dexter considers dumping his dark. Oct 24, 20 dexter season 8 final panel comiccon 20 duration. Dexter as a father and husband struggles to figure out how to survive for years to come. Well, unfortunately phillips left dexter after season 4 to become the showrunner on nurse jackie, and executive producers scott buck and sara colleton decided to take the ending in a very different direction. In the next season, they gave ample time for dexter to accept his pain and deal with it as normal people do. On may 27, 2009, showtime announced that john lithgow would guest star in all 12 episodes as miamis latest and deadliest serial. Season 4 of dexter is one of the best out of the whole 8 season run. Oct 01, 2016 season 4 s big finish had shaken us all out of the nice bow on top endings of seasons 2 and 3 and few wanted a return to that. Lucifer season 4 finale ending scene chloe and lucifer, lucifer leaves the earth duration. The season opener was leaked to the internet ahead of schedule in late august 2009.
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