Dexter Season 8 (Begins Sunday, June 30) {Expect SPOILERS & BUTTHURT}

[raginbull]

I was super butthurt when Rita died.

[Headspace]

I was super butthurt when Rita died.

Enjoy your ban.

[Qalbert]

[Fievel]

God yes, I can not wait for this season.

[Moss]

that was intense

[Denmork]

Final season!!!!!!!!! best news i've heard about this season yet >.>.

[xopher]

Ugh. More Deb. I'm done with this show.

[Baelorn]

Love me some Deb.

I'm glad she is falling apart. Only makes sense.

[Elcura]

Love me some Deb.

This. I don't get all the Deb hate.

[blindSharingan]

I dunno... I think this looks kinda terrible. I didn't really care for much of last season though or where they seem to be taking the plot this next season.

[Headspace]

I agree.

I too hate the potential 10+ hours of television based on a 2 minute clip with no context.

[ArchDizzle]

Hated Deb when I started Dexter and then her "Fuck my ear drum" randomness grew on me and she is cool now. I am started the Dexter train late and just finished watching season 1-7 about a month ago so can't for this season to start.

[blindSharingan]

No context? Seems actually pretty well spelled out in that clip.

Deb is banging some criminal she's supposed to be investigating. Her life is spiraling out of control because she killed Laguerta.

I just prefered when Deb was fucked up for her own reasons when her and Dex's stories didn't mingle as much. I just don't care for this particular story line and I'd be fairly surprised if they axed it early in the season. So my assumption is that a good portion of this next season will be about Deb being messed up which isn't a plot line I care for.

[Tajin]

"I shot the wrong person in that trailer" is lame after so much development into Deb. accepting Dexter, other than that no issues here.

[Uzor]

"I shot the wrong person in that trailer" is lame after so much development into Deb. accepting Dexter, other than that no issues here.

I think it's pretty logical, actually. Yes, she grew to accept Dexter, but she also went against everything she believes in when when she show Laguerta. It caused her to become depressed and start drinking. She likely doesn't mean that "she shot the wrong person", at least not on a deep level, she's just depressed and feels like her life is falling apart.

Honestly, I'd find it more unbelievable if she was perfectly OK with it and went back to work like nothing happened. That, if anything, would be extremely out of character.

[Day]

I hated deb until incest. What that says about me idk. That bitch didn't learn how to cuss right until like season 6.

[Rhyis.]

[Day]

Worst cusser ever. I did not even know it was possible to be bad at such a thing.

Edit: that was actually one of her better moments lol

[Rhyis.]

I like that one because it comes off as kind of genuine.

[Rhiannon2]

I didn't like Deb at the beginning of the show, but the actress won me over after all these years. Now, I look forward to her scenes more than Dexter's solo scenes and monologues because at least she shows some range. Every line Dexter delivers is in that same low expressionless monotone. I realize this is a conscious choice the actor/show makes, but it gets really grating sometimes, especially in the clip above. You'd think the other characters would have found out Dexter's secret a long time ago for the way he interacts with people.

I thought Deb's scenes with Dexter in S7 as she slowly found out all the information she was deprived in S1-S6 were fantastic. The clip above is also very in-character to me, as killing Laguerta was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of her defense of her brother, which was always somewhat reluctant and mixed in with sibling love. I think the actress is very underrated, and has a way of making even noir-ish crime story dialogue sound natural and genuine.