Quinn is a thousand times better than Doakes. The latter was saddled with ridiculous tough-guy dialogue, a sociopathic personality, and one of the worst actors ever seen on television. Quinn is just a regular guy & semi-corrupt cop who happens to have an inkling that Dexter is more than he appears.
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Voros
United States222 Posts
Quinn is a thousand times better than Doakes. The latter was saddled with ridiculous tough-guy dialogue, a sociopathic personality, and one of the worst actors ever seen on television. Quinn is just a regular guy & semi-corrupt cop who happens to have an inkling that Dexter is more than he appears. | ||
deth
Australia1757 Posts
On October 05 2010 09:32 Voros wrote: The chief problem with the children is that they are transparent stereotypes, as was their mother. Ridding the show of those three characters is a major step towards making it watchable again, and I truly hope they don't make another appearance outside of the series finale. Quinn is a thousand times better than Doakes. The latter was saddled with ridiculous tough-guy dialogue, a sociopathic personality, and one of the worst actors ever seen on television. Quinn is just a regular guy & semi-corrupt cop who happens to have an inkling that Dexter is more than he appears. Agree with first point, but i really liked doakes. I don't hate Quinn though. Honestly it would be extremely difficult for dexter to work as a show if he had to be a full time dad for 2 kids and a baby. I don't see how he could do anything without some major plot holes. | ||
ShAsTa
Belgium2841 Posts
On October 05 2010 09:51 deth wrote: Agree with first point, but i really liked doakes. I don't hate Quinn though. Honestly it would be extremely difficult for dexter to work as a show if he had to be a full time dad for 2 kids and a baby. I don't see how he could do anything without some major plot holes. If they can't make it work, they shouldn't have killed off Rita. The writers chose to do that, so now they have to deal with the consequences and pawning off the kids is a cop out imo. | ||
dranko
Sweden378 Posts
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dbizzle
United States395 Posts
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
On October 05 2010 08:46 ShAsTa wrote: This is so dumb; to spoiler everything, but anyways... + Show Spoiler + I absolutely agree. The kids should return. Not because I absolutely want them there but because them leaving is so very much the easy way out. The writers created this huge problem for the kids, for Dexter by killing Rita. Sending the kids away, Dexter maybe getting a new place of his own is just a sad way of cleaning up. If the writers didn't want Dexter to deal with being a single father, they shouldn't have killed Rita. I liked Doakes. I don't like Quinn. Latest episode was pretty funny. that being said + Show Spoiler + for the first 2 episodes while empathizing with dexter i thought that sending the kids away with grandparents while he cleans the mess up and gets a new place is a very logical step from a RL perspective. Not that i have step-kids but i think if i did and my wife got killed thats what i would do:D | ||
Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
On October 05 2010 11:51 dbizzle wrote: Have you guys ever met anyone that was in the special forces that did tours in other countries? They are hard ass mean ppl that dont give a fk, exactly what doakes is. have u? The general rule of the thumb is the more you talk the less you are capable of. Anyway noone with any sort of training special forces or otherwise would come up to their mark and say i'm onto you. They would just do their stuff and something tells me they would tail Dexter instead of stalking him suggestively. Doakes was just a giangatic stereotype. | ||
Moa
United States790 Posts
I'm not sure how I feel about the Astor and Cody situation, personally I was never a fan of them as an obstacle in Dexter's way and without Rita I really do just want them to go away. | ||
BlackJack
United States10568 Posts
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Last.Midnight
Australia903 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + It was cool to see Angel go all badass. It's been a while. He's actually a totally likeable character. | ||
Jacobs Ladder
United States1705 Posts
On October 05 2010 14:22 Last.Midnight wrote: The Angel and LaGuerta shit is boring and uninteresting, but + Show Spoiler + It was cool to see Angel go all badass. It's been a while. He's actually a totally likeable character. Angel reminds me so much of a friend from high school, seeing him do that made me burst out laughing because it is EXACTLY how my friend would behave. | ||
matthewfoulkes
United Kingdom246 Posts
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kuresuti
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USA29055 Posts
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RosaParksStoleMySeat
Japan926 Posts
It just proved to Dexter, yet again, that he cannot live a normal life. He got married, and his wife's femoral artery was sliced in a bathtub. He had two kids, and they left him because he couldn't protect their mother. Dexter really should be as isolated from everybody as possible. It will show him that Harry was right. | ||
Ygz
England370 Posts
Getting rid of the kids was a great start, it was clear to me at least that they weren't pulling off their role's effectively, every time Astor would whine I couldn't help but cringe in RL, quite a shame really. Contrary to what others believe, I love the pace of this season, you can almost feel Dexter's bewilderment about everything, that's exactly how the show feels right now, perfect! Calling it now, Deb kills Quinn, accidentally I may add. Quinn won't be able to help him self and will venture off trying to find out who the "real" Dexter Morgan is. Skip to the clincher episode, Quinn and Dexter battling it out, Deb walks in to save the day. Queue season 6! | ||
Last.Midnight
Australia903 Posts
Also, when Dex and Deb were talking on the balcony, I had this fucking SICK feeling that they were going to start kissing or something. It's probably because they're married in real life, but the whole scene seemed so intimate... eck! | ||
Zakka
Netherlands762 Posts
Quinn was hilarious when he pretended him and Deb to be a couple when Deb was checking the apartment for Dexter I don't care about Maria but I do care about Angel, so yeah. I think Angel deserves a hotter wife. | ||
Fraidnot
United States824 Posts
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Piski
Finland3461 Posts
Also the killer dexter is hunting is great. Next episode preview looked great, can't wait | ||
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