Dexter Season 5 (Discussion now open, spoilers abound)

[Moss]

ok, that just randomly reminded me of one of the worst few scenes in Dexter history. Dexter and Rita's first date; Dexter barely makes any conversation and then takes off. Next day, Rita calls Dexter, "You make me feel... special" or something to that effect. Just lol.

Spoiler: show

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...how are you not seeing the resemblance Qalbert? And calling someone trashy just because they are black is in pretty poor taste.

[Rhyis.]

The awkward dates between Rita and Dexter were some of the greatest moments on television ever.


Edit: Oh right the flash back scene. Yeah, that was pretty terrible and out of place.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Wow, thinking back, I pretty much forgot about the first half of the season until I read this.

1- 2nd fuentes got away
2- Deb was supposed to be in all kinds of trouble when she was blamed, but it was never resolved
3- the hispanic rookie that got promoted for corroborating the lie just disappeared
4- LaGuerta did a 180 attitude-wise (because Angel was mad at her?)
5- The trinity killer's kid was about to ID Dex as Kyle Butler but then it was dropped, wouldn't the kid have made a report saying what the guy was asking him about (pic of dex)?

1- You don't know if they'll come back to this next season. New villian(s)?
2- She was put in the file room as punishment, they stretched it a bit on letting her back in but they addressed it well enough.
3- Judy Winslow
4- LaGuerta has always been a complex and politically motivated character since season one. Remember s1 where Deb wanted to be a detective and LaGuerta was all like uh-uh and then Deb did that thing and el capitan was all like uh-huh. Nothing new here with LaGuerta, she does some bitch shit early on and everyones all wagging their fingers and smacking their lips at her and then she justifies it by being crafty for the good guys.
5- FBI took over the investigation, Dexter wasn't a part of their investigation. They had a drawing and Quinn put the puzzle pieces together to make the one pic and tried to show the kid. That's how he got suspended for a bit by doing his own investigation.


Man some of you little shits have short memory. Quit with the fuckin crying already.

[Eaglestrike]

Spoiler: show

So I'm going to disagree with most people (didn't read the last two pages, I'm fucking tired as I was going to go to bed, decided to finish off the last half of ep 9 or something and then had to finish the rest of the damn season lol) and say this was my favorite season yet. No other season of Dexter, as great as others were, had me going "OH SHIT!" and getting giddy as a fucking 12 year old finding his first porn about what was going to happen next. I'm tired as shit and I'm nearly jumping up and down in my seat still from this season, and I almost never react like that to shows, I'm almost always calm and composed about stuff, but couldn't do it with Dexter, it was too good.

As for the details:
I absolutely loved Lumen. Yes, at first she was annoying, but similar to Hope in FFXIII, she's got a fucking excuse. She's lived through essentially the worst thing anyone can do to someone else and has to keep living after it. Her life has been upside down for a long time now and was batshit crazy in the early times. She really grew on me and I absolutely loved seeing her character get stronger and get some good hits in defending herself.

That said, fuck her leaving. The ONLY bad thing about the finale was this fact. Her leaving is total fucking bullshit, made absolutely (almost) zero sense and was just plain out of place. I really hope she is brought back. The Nanny has something going on with her, maybe, but I'd have no issues with her getting written out to allow Lumen to take care of Harrison and Astor/Cody. It would solve a lot of issues, but I guess that's not good for the writers then. But you can always bring Astor/Cody back for good and have the kids always be asking for Dexter to give a similar effect as him having to come back because of the Nanny bitching.

Astor grew on me too, she was annoying last season/early this and I was very happy to see her go, but I can see her on the show on a more regular basis, honestly. I was really hoping that the "share something with her" was going to be "You know how Trinity was the guy who killed your mother? I killed that mother fucker."

Dexter said Cody grew a foot, but he didn't.

I was getting annoyed with the Batista/La Guarda storyline, but I really like how it was handled later in the season. Batista was the fucking man, he got the leash around her neck and got her in line. You are the man Batista. It's obvious now that this storyline was just "filler" for the mid-season as they escalated Dex's main story. And I like how they cycled it out towards the end to only do little things and allow more time to the really good stuff.

I was happy with Deb's choice. As much as I'd love to see Deb find out about Dex, I can totally see why she did what she did and I really liked the character growth, especially what she said to Quinn at the end.

Quinn I'm not certain about. I like his character, but I'm not 100% on what he thinks about Dex, whether he now "knows" about him, or if he's just giving Dex the blind benefit of the doubt that Deb gives him because he's in love.

And to an earlier post about Jordan Chase being a similar "threat" as Arthur Mitchell: Yeah, he was. Want to know why/how? Arthur Mitchell had the same burdens as Dexter has, he has to live a double life and has many responsibilities to other people. He has a family, a church life, etc. that ties him down and limits his time. Jordan Chase was a millionaire, he had free time and loads of money, he could do what he wanted when he wanted it, aside from his psycho-tendencies. Was Jordan Chase was badass at Trinity? No fucking way, was he as dangerous? I'd say he was.

I'm too tired to think of anymore. So yeah.

tl:dr: Best season yet.

[Hitoshura]

i don't see how a football player=trashy rita

GDI I meant girl in his sig.

[Moss]

Her name is Anna Camp if you are interested, that pic is from Trueblood.

And I have always liked Astor, Dexter not knowing how to deal with her as a tween was good for some lulz. I liked their little "moment" at the end of the finale.

[Headspace]

Spoiler: show

So I'm going to disagree with most people (didn't read the last two pages, I'm fucking tired as I was going to go to bed, decided to finish off the last half of ep 9 or something and then had to finish the rest of the damn season lol) and say this was my favorite season yet. No other season of Dexter, as great as others were, had me going "OH SHIT!" and getting giddy as a fucking 12 year old finding his first porn about what was going to happen next. I'm tired as shit and I'm nearly jumping up and down in my seat still from this season, and I almost never react like that to shows, I'm almost always calm and composed about stuff, but couldn't do it with Dexter, it was too good.

As for the details:
I absolutely loved Lumen. Yes, at first she was annoying, but similar to Hope in FFXIII, she's got a fucking excuse. She's lived through essentially the worst thing anyone can do to someone else and has to keep living after it. Her life has been upside down for a long time now and was batshit crazy in the early times. She really grew on me and I absolutely loved seeing her character get stronger and get some good hits in defending herself.

That said, fuck her leaving. The ONLY bad thing about the finale was this fact. Her leaving is total fucking bullshit, made absolutely (almost) zero sense and was just plain out of place. I really hope she is brought back. The Nanny has something going on with her, maybe, but I'd have no issues with her getting written out to allow Lumen to take care of Harrison and Astor/Cody. It would solve a lot of issues, but I guess that's not good for the writers then. But you can always bring Astor/Cody back for good and have the kids always be asking for Dexter to give a similar effect as him having to come back because of the Nanny bitching.

Astor grew on me too, she was annoying last season/early this and I was very happy to see her go, but I can see her on the show on a more regular basis, honestly. I was really hoping that the "share something with her" was going to be "You know how Trinity was the guy who killed your mother? I killed that mother fucker."

Dexter said Cody grew a foot, but he didn't.

I was getting annoyed with the Batista/La Guarda storyline, but I really like how it was handled later in the season. Batista was the fucking man, he got the leash around her neck and got her in line. You are the man Batista. It's obvious now that this storyline was just "filler" for the mid-season as they escalated Dex's main story. And I like how they cycled it out towards the end to only do little things and allow more time to the really good stuff.

I was happy with Deb's choice. As much as I'd love to see Deb find out about Dex, I can totally see why she did what she did and I really liked the character growth, especially what she said to Quinn at the end.

Quinn I'm not certain about. I like his character, but I'm not 100% on what he thinks about Dex, whether he now "knows" about him, or if he's just giving Dex the blind benefit of the doubt that Deb gives him because he's in love.

And to an earlier post about Jordan Chase being a similar "threat" as Arthur Mitchell: Yeah, he was. Want to know why/how? Arthur Mitchell had the same burdens as Dexter has, he has to live a double life and has many responsibilities to other people. He has a family, a church life, etc. that ties him down and limits his time. Jordan Chase was a millionaire, he had free time and loads of money, he could do what he wanted when he wanted it, aside from his psycho-tendencies. Was Jordan Chase was badass at Trinity? No fucking way, was he as dangerous? I'd say he was.

I'm too tired to think of anymore. So yeah.

tl:dr: Best season yet.

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[Sylvrdragon]

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[Qalbert]

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[Headspace]

Maybe this next season won't suck as hard.

[Milkster]

Meh season, imo. I hated Lumen probably because Julia Styles annoyed me like none other. Maybe it was her man voice, lack of eyebrows, weird face or just her.... Season 4 and 1 were the best, this one just tried to do too much and left storylines just unresolved, while never once hinting at them throughout the rest of the season (not the usually Dexter fashion). What would be the next best storyline would be to introduce another Dexter, a serial killer who kills those who commit crimes and such, possibly a throwback to the old Dexter before the family and all the ties, if done right can last two seasons and be the series finale. Just my opinion.