• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 23:29
CEST 05:29
KST 12:29
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16)38Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format16[IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend!5Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back12BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8
StarCraft 2
General
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) [D] Wireframe Casting Removed Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard" Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format Is the larve respawn broken?
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) WardiTV Summer Cup 2026 GSL CK #5 Race War RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event HomeStory Cup 29
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation Mutation # 533 Die Together Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family
Brood War
General
Pros Debate: Zerg Unfairly Nerfed? (ASL S22 map) Etiquete rules in Asl? BW General Discussion Recent recommended BW games Recommended FPV games (post-KeSPA)
Tourneys
Escore Tournament - Season 3 Small VOD Thread 2.0 [IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend! [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Series you have seen recently...
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread MLB/Baseball 2023 McBoner: A hockey love story Tennis[sport] Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
The Experiences We Want and …
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 6882 users

[TV] Dexter - Page 270

Forum Index > Media & Entertainment
Post a Reply
Prev 1 268 269 270 271 272 343 Next
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
December 17 2012 06:24 GMT
#5381
Saw the death coming.

So we know the ending of season 8 will be:
A. Dexter gets caught
B. Dexter gets killed
C. Dexter gets away with it.
[~~The Impossible Leads To Invention~~] CJ Entusman #52 The problem with internet quotations is that they are hard to verify -Abraham Lincoln c.1863
dreamseller
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
Australia914 Posts
December 17 2012 06:34 GMT
#5382
OMFG
PGtour admin
Amazonic
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden239 Posts
December 17 2012 06:36 GMT
#5383
Say what you will about that episode, I for one was... not that impressed. I mean wft, why did she have to kill LaGuerta...? Dexter was right there, he had Estradas gun... but that was some solid fucking acting by Jennifer Carpenter :O
"Amazing how something so simple as a fat person and gravity can be so amusing. Classic!"
Akamu
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States309 Posts
December 17 2012 06:36 GMT
#5384
On December 17 2012 15:17 capomatrice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2012 14:42 Akamu wrote:
Also. It just hit me that the slipped in whole reborn line... while Deb just killed an innocent... in a shipping container... just like Dexter... watched an innocent get killed... in a shipping container... Fuck.


mind. blown. i must admit i'm disappointed with the finale. can anyone think of a way in which (if laguerta can pull phone gps data) deb and dexter can explain why all three of them were together at one location the night laguerta disappeared (since we don't know if they find the body yet)? plus deb called dispatch to find out laguerta's location... super suspicious if you ask me. bizarre.


They tracked her squad car. Dex and Deb were in their personal cars. No problem there.
I hear your heart beat to the beat of the drums, what a shame that you came here with someone.
dreamseller
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
Australia914 Posts
December 17 2012 06:37 GMT
#5385
that was huge

+ Show Spoiler +
almost expected deb and dex to be making out at the end there, under the fireworks. probably best they didn't show that part, as it would have been too much
PGtour admin
zanzib
Profile Joined December 2009
China152 Posts
December 17 2012 06:42 GMT
#5386
The scene in the court is interesting from a philosophical point of view, Deb has to live with knowing what Dexter is, so where do you draw the line, or do you keep drawing new lines just based on convenience? If it were just convenience, then Deb could have just backed off on Hannah- but the cherry on top considering LaGuerta, is that maybe, rules are merely inconvenience, and broken without a standard moral rationale (Dexter's, legal law, religious etc).

I know that's basically the premise of Dexter but that's the way I interpreted that scene after the end.
Sometimes backwards is forwards.
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9447 Posts
December 17 2012 06:50 GMT
#5387
On December 17 2012 15:22 Cel.erity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2012 15:15 Hider wrote:
On December 17 2012 14:03 Cel.erity wrote:
This wasn't the smoothest finale, but I really liked it anyway. The acting felt superb to me, especially from Michael C Hall. When they showed the flashbacks from season 1, it reminded me how much his character has grown, and it seems like he's learned a lot about himself in these past few episodes. I've also enjoyed Debra's struggle much more than most of her plotlines in the past. I think it's a great way to lead into the final season.


I honestly just think they (the writers) got tired of him acting that way. I doubt it was actually an intentional development, like we see from the characters in Breaking bad.


No way. Dexter's development is what the show is about. His behavior started changing when he married Rita, and every season since has revolved around Dexter becoming less awkward and more human. All the characters that pop in and teach Dexter life lessons (usually before dying), and he powers up a little bit each time, like Mega Man. At times it's even too overt. How could you miss it?


Cus it seems extremelye fake. The storywriting is so bad.

Also, in what season was Dexter told to act more normal around people?
He wasn't right. He just somehow "learned" that. After 30 years of not knowing he just learned it.

Also, I have no idea how people can appreciate or love this development. How is this good writing? I can write that as well, but good writers make it believeable. The writers of Dexters are just like... meh.... let's just stop make Dexter stop being socially ackward and focus on other stuff, and then they go on and make completely irrelevant side stories eveyr single season.

I found this season to be more entertaining than the last season which was absolutely horrible, but I don't credit the writers for this. The "Dexter-story" is so interesting that any season where he almost gets caught, no matter the quality of the writing, will be very interesting.
I can't help but relate this to Blizzard and Sc2. The developers (e.g. Dustin Browder) aren't competent and made a shitton of makes, but the "starcraft"-concept is a receipe for success, and thus they can get away with being incompetent.

Also if you have ever watched Breaking Bad, you will found the character development in Dexter laughable.
Daumen
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany1073 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-17 06:58:20
December 17 2012 06:57 GMT
#5388
Holy shit ... :D got excited but 1 thing REALLY irritated me...

Why would LaGuerta go to the Port ALONE?! The first time she had Backup-officers ... now she got a CALL from a Missing (presumed Dead) guy that calls for help, yet she goes there alone? wtf?

Thats bad writing I guess °_° that flaw was maybe inevitable to let the story continue that way.
President of the ReaL Fan Club.
teamsolid
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada3668 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-17 07:14:33
December 17 2012 07:04 GMT
#5389
So Hannah is free, here's hoping she'll be back in Season 8 for more

Also, I'm wondering about how they're gonna explain LaGuerta's death... she just suddenly "disappears" one night. They also tracked her squad car to the port and afterwards is then never seen again. They can't leave the bodies just like that either, since she was shot with Deb's gun instead of Estrada's.

My hunch is that next season Mathews is going to be the guy to investigate Dex.
1Dhalism
Profile Joined June 2012
862 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-17 07:11:45
December 17 2012 07:08 GMT
#5390
On December 17 2012 15:57 Daumen wrote:
Holy shit ... :D got excited but 1 thing REALLY irritated me...

Why would LaGuerta go to the Port ALONE?! The first time she had Backup-officers ... now she got a CALL from a Missing (presumed Dead) guy that calls for help, yet she goes there alone? wtf?

Thats bad writing I guess °_° that flaw was maybe inevitable to let the story continue that way.

because everyone thinks she framed dexter and she's on the verge of getting fired.
Of course she woulndt call for backup.

Also i'm not sure whether dexters self sacrificial acting is genuine or the typical sociopathic manipulation, playing on Debra's feelings for him.
BuddhaMonk
Profile Joined August 2010
781 Posts
December 17 2012 07:17 GMT
#5391
On December 17 2012 16:08 1Dhalism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2012 15:57 Daumen wrote:
Holy shit ... :D got excited but 1 thing REALLY irritated me...

Why would LaGuerta go to the Port ALONE?! The first time she had Backup-officers ... now she got a CALL from a Missing (presumed Dead) guy that calls for help, yet she goes there alone? wtf?

Thats bad writing I guess °_° that flaw was maybe inevitable to let the story continue that way.

because everyone thinks she framed dexter and she's on the verge of getting fired.
Of course she woulndt call for backup.

Also i'm not sure whether dexters self sacrificial acting is genuine or the typical sociopathic manipulation, playing on Debra's feelings for him.


I definitely took it as the latter, forcing Deb to face the reality that killing Dexter means she'll have to face the music for the church fire.
1Dhalism
Profile Joined June 2012
862 Posts
December 17 2012 07:24 GMT
#5392
On December 17 2012 16:17 BuddhaMonk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2012 16:08 1Dhalism wrote:
On December 17 2012 15:57 Daumen wrote:
Holy shit ... :D got excited but 1 thing REALLY irritated me...

Why would LaGuerta go to the Port ALONE?! The first time she had Backup-officers ... now she got a CALL from a Missing (presumed Dead) guy that calls for help, yet she goes there alone? wtf?

Thats bad writing I guess °_° that flaw was maybe inevitable to let the story continue that way.

because everyone thinks she framed dexter and she's on the verge of getting fired.
Of course she woulndt call for backup.

Also i'm not sure whether dexters self sacrificial acting is genuine or the typical sociopathic manipulation, playing on Debra's feelings for him.


I definitely took it as the latter, forcing Deb to face the reality that killing Dexter means she'll have to face the music for the church fire.

i didnt catch him telling her about the warrants. did i miss it, or?
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
December 17 2012 07:39 GMT
#5393
So they left that annoying Hannah alive just to come back as the atagonist. And we all saw LaGuerta's death coming from 100 miles away. lolz. Oh well decent season. I suppose.
Getting too old for this..
ptrpb
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada753 Posts
December 17 2012 07:44 GMT
#5394
On December 17 2012 16:08 1Dhalism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2012 15:57 Daumen wrote:
Holy shit ... :D got excited but 1 thing REALLY irritated me...

Why would LaGuerta go to the Port ALONE?! The first time she had Backup-officers ... now she got a CALL from a Missing (presumed Dead) guy that calls for help, yet she goes there alone? wtf?

Thats bad writing I guess °_° that flaw was maybe inevitable to let the story continue that way.

because everyone thinks she framed dexter and she's on the verge of getting fired.
Of course she woulndt call for backup.

Also i'm not sure whether dexters self sacrificial acting is genuine or the typical sociopathic manipulation, playing on Debra's feelings for him.

It was genuine. Everything Dexter has done in season 7 has been done in the interest of himself but also Deb. Protecting Deb has been hardencoded into his brain.
MBAACC | SG | shit at fighting games
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
December 17 2012 08:03 GMT
#5395
On December 17 2012 14:42 Akamu wrote:
Also. It just hit me that the slipped in whole reborn line... while Deb just killed an innocent... in a shipping container... just like Dexter... watched an innocent get killed... in a shipping container... Fuck.

YEAH

He was in the same pose as the flashbacks from Season1 when they show him staring at his mom in the blood.
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
Maedi
Profile Joined August 2009
United States477 Posts
December 17 2012 08:05 GMT
#5396
It was an okay finale, whatever. I can deal with it.

What was funny as hell to me though was the kids he paid off in the park to lure Estrada to the parking lot. Estrada's chasing the kids near Dexter's car, Dexter intercepts him and swipes him into his car. Those kids are like... what, two seconds away from him?
"Should we tell mom that man just kidnapped an old guy?"
"Naw he gave us 20 bucks!"
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
December 17 2012 08:06 GMT
#5397
On December 17 2012 17:05 Maedi wrote:
It was an okay finale, whatever. I can deal with it.

What was funny as hell to me though was the kids he paid off in the park to lure Estrada to the parking lot. Estrada's chasing the kids near Dexter's car, Dexter intercepts him and swipes him into his car. Those kids are like... what, two seconds away from him?
"Should we tell mom that man just kidnapped an old guy?"
"Naw he gave us 20 bucks!"

Yeah, the season finales are always full of plot holes, lol.
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
HawaiianPig
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada5155 Posts
December 17 2012 08:09 GMT
#5398
On December 17 2012 12:29 jmbthirteen wrote:
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!!!

I've been waiting for her to die since season one!


dude seriously. this.
AdministratorNot actually Hawaiian.
HawaiianPig
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada5155 Posts
December 17 2012 08:13 GMT
#5399
Also:

  • Deb called dispatch about where Laguerta is.

  • Deb also left a message on Dexter's phone.

  • Deb fired a police issued weapon, and every bullet the police fire has to be accounted for.

  • Deb sobbed and junk all over Laguerta's face. With the forensic magic they do on this show, that could easily link her.


How on earth are they going to cover this up
AdministratorNot actually Hawaiian.
holdthephone
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States523 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-17 08:17:11
December 17 2012 08:16 GMT
#5400
The portrayal of police tactics and general realism in shows like this is very cartoony, it's been that way since season one. I personally don't hold that kind of stuff against the show more than the character writing itself.

Similar to Breaking Bad and how the drug cartels were just ridiculous caricatures. The stupidity makes me cringe sometimes, but as along as the story comes out unscathed I'll look the other way.
Prev 1 268 269 270 271 272 343 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
Crank Gathers S4: Group Stage
CranKy Ducklings91
LiquipediaDiscussion
PSISTORM Gaming Misc
23:00
FSL playoffsTeamLeague STvsASH
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft623
WinterStarcraft274
RuFF_SC2 188
Nina 76
FoxeR 56
trigger 24
PiLiPiLi 10
StarCraft: Brood War
Leta 1569
NaDa 67
Noble 50
Icarus 7
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm173
League of Legends
JimRising 638
Counter-Strike
summit1g9808
taco 284
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King277
amsayoshi26
Heroes of the Storm
Trikslyr62
Other Games
ViBE204
XaKoH 134
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2506
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 102
• OhrlRock 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• RayReign 14
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Stunt232
Other Games
• Scarra1297
Upcoming Events
RSL Revival
5h 31m
Clem vs Lambo
Scarlett vs Cure
CranKy Ducklings
6h 31m
Epic.LAN
9h 31m
IPSL
12h 31m
Dragon vs Hawk
RSL Revival
1d 5h
Classic vs Trap
herO vs SHIN
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 6h
OSC
1d 9h
IPSL
1d 12h
Bonyth vs Ret
WardiTV Weekly
2 days
Monday Night Weeklies
2 days
[ Show More ]
PiGosaur Cup
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
CrankTV Team League
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
CrankTV Team League
6 days
Korean StarCraft League
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Escore Tournament S3: W3
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E2

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
YSL S3
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 1
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W4
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 2
Escore Tournament S3: W5
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.