non of them maybe first one but still i deny both

old, new one was super cringe.

Both sucked but the new blood was based on retcons and completely changing the Main character out of the blue to force an outcome they wanted. So new blood finale awful.

I watched the original series again just until the end of season 4. Best series finale ever! 😆😂😂

Dexter: i wanna live lets leave son Son: i dont wanna leave Dexter: then kill me and leave Son: Ok

blue balled pretty much the first entire half of the season, then when they went somewhere with it, it deflated in minutes...

@@loserorangeorvoremonster8047 incredibly fair point my dude.

Angela was basically a Deb who he could sleep with. She was totally annoying by the end.

Dexter always used the ketamine... it's in episode 1

@@jaxon19kira No, his trademark sedative is M99/Etorphine

@@jaxon19kira no, he used m99. And in the original show, miami metro or the fbi never discovered this part of the his MO

@@bk4eva_876 except Deb is annoyingly loveable

Too true. What the heck was with the screenplay.

@@vedantgupte1863 very bad action logic for poetics💩

I think that final conversation was a little more complicated than that. Yes, Dexter changes his mind several times, but he's not contradicting himself. He's learning things about his son and responding to that. Harrison's darkness wasn't caused by Trinity, but by his absent father. That's the big revelation here. Harrison doesn't want to come with Dexter; he wants his father to turn himself in. When Harrison says "maybe you deserve [to die]", Dexter has this look on his face... He completely changes his tune, and I think he's finally showing his real face. We know from season 1 that the death penalty is his absolute worst fear. In response, he actually tells Harrison: "Ok, I can do this without you". After everything, the ugly truth is that survival is more important to him than being with his son. And that's when Harrison realizes his father only cares about himself - he doesn't want to be abandoned again, so the "only way out for both of us", as he describes, is for him to kill his father. That's when Dexter gives in. The ending wasn't perfect. It was rushed and, personally, I too would have preferred a shot in the leg and a confrontation with Batista, but... it was not as bad as some people are claiming it to be.

@@FringeMusic107 Dont forget that previos season bad too and they was tried make some good text based on bad text

@@realkill7928 It definitely did not help that the ending of season 8 was terrible. But as much as I missed Miami, I think they mostly made it work in this new setting.

He felt unburdened, by the description of the episode synopsis.

I think he intended to kill him from jump and I also think he killed Hanna.

He's a psycho, man. Whole show is about how monsters can mimic and live in society

It's ok to be wrong. Best ending we could have hoped for.

@@chevgage6210 so he spent the entire season wanting to be closer with his dad and feel loved by him just to kill him? It doesn’t make any sense. If he wanted to kill him he could have at any point, he had a million chances

I was thinking before watching the vid: In some other universe Dexter had an awesome finale.

Just rewatched remember the monsters and felina and the writing for dexter was so messy and rushed you could barely recognise the show at all not to mention in new blood Debra is dexters biggest hater when in the original she literally told him not to blame himself for what he is and their basically telling us he forgot about that whole hospital scene this is very lazy writing not to mention in the original deb always thinks highly of Dexter in new blood she only sees him as a killer but felina on the other hand was made with pure energy and creativity

Rule of three, in that universe Game of Thrones is still bad as it has nothing to swap with.

So, a universe where the show followed the book series that the first season was based on, even adapting the books that the real show didn't adapt?

What if TV series uses the concept of quantum immortality to rewind its storyline before its controversial finale, then takes a completely different direction. This could either be a brilliant move or pave the way for further disappointment.

I thought both ending were great

@@josephpa05 s8 ending wasnt the worst just wish they expanded more on vogel and dropped hannah off a cliff completely

Idea of Harrison killing Dexter is brilliant, execution of it was horrible, out of character and undeserved.

Oh no. The serial killer died. End sarcasm.

Yeah, from season 7 to New Blood (actually the very end of season 6 with Deb's discovery of romantic feelings for Dexter) the problem was never bad plot ideas (some of them were great which is why the rest of the show is hard to ignore), but they were just implemented incredibly badly. Badly written, illogical, out of character, rushed. Just my take.

It was great what are you talking about

The series sucked. The last few episodes were too rushed. Angela deduced Dexter was a serial killer by googling a drug he never even used was pathetic.

Nah​@@josephpa05

Yes for me too, its good​@@josephpa05

I was so shocked and ready for this big confrontation...then nothing lmao

I really enjoyed the show overall, but that was by far the biggest let down for me. Dexter should have been completely left in the dark about the BHB and it all be revealed when he walked in a room with Batista and Angela there. Batista would have had the closure of Maria’s death too. The second Angela started giving Dexter the info I was pretty sure Batista wasn’t going to show up.

A true tease that never pays off. Horrible

I reeeally wanted to see Dexter have to face Batista!

Dexter has straight-up said he would never do to Harrison what his own father did to him. Did they forget that?

I thought that to but then I realized this was an unpresented situation for him hed never been caught like that before, so even though he has a code he is in fact still a psychopath and that means if his back is against the wall and his only options are be arrested which is against the code, or harm a potential innocent-also against the code- then well one of these rules would have to be broken right? and since he is in fact a sociopath it stands to reason hed choose himself over a random even innocent person heck friend of his like logan even so while it was lame and sucked mostly how he died, that part for what it was in hindsight isn't actually out of character we just never saw him in that situation before....

Dexter has killed other innocents. The guy at the truck stop, the private investigator, Hannah Mc Kay's dad.

@@byronsenior6499 He didn't kill the private investigator Hannah did.

@@antonewatters6967 He killed Liddy in Season 5. The guy Quinn hired to look into him who found out he was killer and tried to force a confession out of him.

@@byronsenior6499 i totally forgot about liddy i thought you meant sal price

I hope AI will one day make this possiblé

For me it's seasons 2+3 ... on repeat. (Though 4 was the best)

​@@FactsWithActsAI will ruin it further

Completely agree.

Yeah, I was worried this awful ending would retroactively ruin the show for me, but I managed to wash off the "New Blood" stank by watching season 1 and 2 afterward :P

The first 2 seasons of Dexter are absolutely WILD. I'm currently at the end of s2 lol

I truly believe that S1 of Dexter is the closest thing we will ever get to a perfect season of Television

Better

Apparently you didnt watch the ending of season 8🙄 This ending is bittersweet and perfect for this type of series.

The season was good just got a little rocky in the finale I definitely wanted Batista to confront dexter or have some confrontation other than that him dying by his son makes sense but it sucks he had to die because he’s one of my favorite characters on tv

@@Sancsteq his son was in a rage Kurt killed innocent women he clearly wasn’t thinking straight it’s his father of course he wanted to believe what he was doing was good but when he found out he killed the innocent police officer that was what made him look at his father as a monster I think some people are glossing over that fact it’s not a thing of bad writing it’s just people didn’t want to see there favorite character die

@@Sancsteq the cop was also his wrestling coach too

​@@Josh-ks7co My comment is more about the entire season. They spent way too damn long keeping Harrison & Dexter fighting and teasing fans with an Angel/Dexter confrontation (considering he is possibly the last remaining character of the whole series that deserves to bring Dexter down) I feel a lot of the fan base would of been able to accept the ending more if they had at the very minimum 1 scene between Dexter & Angel before he runs and ends up being mercy killed by Harrison. I feel like the audience who has been watching since the first season would have more to eat up than what we got. I'm not saying it was out of character for Harrison to kill Dexter either, in fact I wish they went even MORE down that route and we found out that it was Harrison who killed Hanna after he somehow discovers her past and that she killed others. It's your opinion, I'm actually one of the people that isn't completely destroyed by this ending (while it is annoying how we got here) They can never take away what my personal series ending is (S4 finale "Born in blood, Both of us.")

It did feel like 3 seasons worth of content crammed into one episode

​@@devintingle5892 I mean I know but MCH is done with the role and only wanted to do this, they could of had 3 great seasons of television, and build up even more to the ending they gave us. S1 - Focus on pretty much exactly what they did this season. Just not having Angela find out the BHB, just that she's suspicious of Dexter. Maybe have her asking Batista for consulting on a case, only for him to see a picture of Dexter behind her. He shows up with Laguerta's cases in the very end of this season. S2 - Dexter & Harrison could be on the run, Dex teaching Harrison the code like Harry did. Giving us way more time with Harrison to truly build him up. The end of the season we see Angela & Batista finding Dexter and try to bring him in, leading to Dexter to kill Angela (Something big needs to happen here due to 3rd season) Dexter & Harrison have a huge fight about the code, leading to Dexter having to abandon Harrison again or else he would be caught. (This season doesn't just build up Harrison as the "good guy" but Dexter as the "big bad") S3 - Dexter is now alone in his search for a new life, more on edge than ever. (This could be the whole thing Clyde Phillips was talking about when he said "This is what you get when you cheer for a serial killer" Harrison is after him, tracking down where he could go. & Batista is after him, eventually the two team up and catch Dexter, only for Harrison to kill him out of mercy. This could lead to Harrison & his spin off if they wanted and also, in my opinion, give proper closure to characters we have followed for years and building up the new blood. Sorry It's a lot. Hope it's worth it haha this is what happens when I have nothing better to do while sitting in bed.

I mean he asked for the keys and then the guy tries to shoot him so he snaps his neck. So it was an accident.

This would've been great@@filmsnat3428

wish they remade it

Exactly

That would have been better.

My thoughts exactly! The fact that both Dexter and Harrison in the last scene come to the conclusion that the Code is bullshit meant to just rationalize killing seemed so far out of field to make the entire thing make both characters feel totally disingenuous. And they imply Harrison can just lead a normal life after everything. As though seeing Kurt die and learning of Logan's death was enough to both: satiate his Dark Passenger and give him dissolution about the Code.

That's pretty good

Does Larten know you're indulging in a show with this much blood in it?

Seriously, it wasn't hard writer's.

Not to mention most of it shouldn't even exist. They retconned Miami metro knowing his Mo. In season 2 he destroyed the bodies before they were thoroughly examined.

She was just a diversity hire 🙄

Why would the evidence not have held up?

@@mynameisjeff512It was the same evidence that María LaGuerta had back in season 6, which was circumstantial even then, and now is the exact same circumstantial evidence except now over 10 years old at this point. It was the reason she was trying to catch him in the act in that season: so that she would have something actionable she could use to get him convicted. She knew what she had wasn't enough, but somehow they're trying to convince the audience that now all of sudden it is.

This is my new had cannon

Better explanation

To me Dexter ended at Season 4. What a beautiful but haunting finale, ending with Rita's bad bath was a bold but correct decision, good job show runners. I wish the series extended longer.

Nah man, beginning of S5 seeing him genuinly grieve over his wife, and then S7 seeing Deb have to deal with the reality of him was great. Everyone can agree the first half was stronger overall, most of everyone at least, but the latter half had lots of high points too ​@@fearlessfailure2848

@@fearlessfailure2848 I agree to an extent. Season 6's ending was amazing, Season 7 was fantastic overall and now, after seeing New Blood's ending, it makes Season 8's ending actually great imo lol. New Blood never happened, I guess we'll never get a proper resolution to such a wonderfully crafted character.

yeah, dexter had such great characters in the original seasons, then you have.. harrison 😂😂 just a copy of that other serial killer dexter taught. only new character that i really enjoyed was mr krabs.. i love the "run bitch" he's also such a great actor

No, he seriously isn't under rated. He was out of his league in that group of actors.

@@leroyjenkins7968 Oz was an underrated show in general. A lot of actors that have gone on to great things were in it. I feel like it got pretty messy and kinda fell apart by the end too but I'd say the first 4 seasons were pretty damn solid.

@@leroyjenkins7968 yeah. the writers just ran out of steam. they obviously didn't know where to go with it. you would have a smart or charismatic main character get killed and then quickly replaced by some underling who wasn't very good. lol. Eventually they just decided to just start killing everybody. lol. The last 2 seasons were a bloodbath. lol.

@@leroyjenkins7968 lol. yeah. they did him dirty. I would say Beecher got it the worst in the whole show though. After awhile the whole thing just became the Beecher Torture Hour. Have him raped. Kill his kids. have his wife leave him. Kill her. Kill his parents. lol. Find a friend. have them become gay lovers. have that become some sick plot. lol. on and on. it was a little ridiculous after a certain point. Great performance though. A lot of great performances in that show.

They started that with Quinn snooping around Dexter's neighbours and Trinity's family, but I think they realised it would just be a not as good version of Season 2's Bay Harbour Butcher storyline (Not as good because Quinn is no Doakes)

@@NotChukkov it probably should have been someone from the FBI.

Agreed

with you thr

i enjoyed it too, i enjoyed the main antagonist. loved seeing batista, all we wanted was more cameos and a satisfactory ending, maybe another season to fit that. the lethal injection as dexters body count gets revealed, becoming the most shocking serial killer ever seen but nope 😮😢😢😢😢all we got was utter garbage.. and more borderline incest

Um....Harrison WAS a monster...literally EVERYTHING until the last episode screamed Harrison was just like his dad! Like, he literally knifed his ONLY FRIEND at the time for no REASON! He was a fucking asshole the entire season. He literally broke a kids arm right in front of EVERYONE, and when they wanted revenge, he was perfectly prepared to slice and dice them! This was an awful way to go about it. It was clearly character assassination, and 80% was POINTLESS

@@melissafaye915 By the end I wanted Dexter to gut Harrison.

​@@melissafaye915 old comment but to be fair although harrison did have anger issues he was in survival mode for several years after having lived alone on the street trying to protect himself, losing all his family, dealing with ptsd, etc - he's never shown to be the same type of person dexter was. when he hurts people it's out of anger, not psychopathy. he likes animals and animals like him, he gets along well with people, shows remorse for hurting ethan, self harms and mentions a past suicide attempt and addiction. he's disgusted by dexter dismembering kurt (remember dexter LOVED that part even from the beginning, and harrison's reaction to it was more similar to harry's when he caught dexter doing it). yes he had his issues but was not like his dad at all. dexter was always going to be a serial killer but harry directed him to target bad guys, while harrison started out targeting bad guys but wouldn't have been a serial killer if it weren't for dexter trying to make him one.

@@tabaxi if I had the time to explain to you how bad the writing was, I would

@@FactsWithActs i mean, i also agree that the show had MAJOR faults. it seemed like they had planned for a 13+ episode season and then got cut down at the last minute. audrey was super pointless, as was the random oil tycoon rich guy. dexter's character didn't make sense with how careless he was and how loose his moral code suddenly was (he never would have killed that cop). how did he manage 10 years of not killing when the main idea of the original show was he couldn't resist his urges? they pulled a 180 on harrison, making it seem like he was just like dexter but better at hiding it and then turning that around in the end. why have batista if he wasn't going to interact with dexter, how could angela have figured it out so easily, WHY did angela send harrison away in the end if she was just gonna take the fall anyways. it was a weird show that could have been good if not for the pacing and rushed ending, i'm just saying harrison's character was one of the things that actually did make sense to me at the end.

listen, i'm gonna watch a season 2 either way since the writing is actually great.. just not the ending. the villain of this season was perfect but god damn the borderline incest plot lines made a return

Season 5 is barely watchable at times 😂

​@geekgod3947 that is because Michael had cancer and was getting treatment during season 5 and wearing a wig. Plus it was disappointing script too.

I always felt like seasons 1 and 2 were the only exceptional ones. Season 4 was, overall, rather weak, but was bolstered by a "shocking" ending.

I agree with you wholeheartedly

I was thinking Harrison would kill Angela to protect Dexter, so Dexter would have to kill Harrison.

Again, he would have to call harisson from logan's phone and he would still have logan's blood on his face.

death of Logan was one of most ridiculous things that happened in the finale. It's just lazy writing

I made my GF watch up to and including S5 just to give it a bit of a "wrap up". She was then thankfully happy to not watch more of it. I wish I could delete the memories of those later seasons myself.

You are when the entire time Dexter is going on about wanting to be there for his son and change to not feel the urge to kill anymore. The entire show is based around him wanting to protect others, even moving to the middle of nowhere and controlling the urges for 10 years straight, why would he be so willing to give up on life instead of focusing on that 10 year no kill streak and trying to out do it? You're sipping the "easy plot twist" juice the writer wanted to give you instead of putting in actual work

It’s not that I didn’t want him to face consequences (cause he does just not proportionate consequences to his actions) but the whole show missed the cat and mouse game and appeal of rooting for someone who is ultimately “the bad guy”

Dopo 9 stagioni, direi anche basta, che dici ?😅

Thank You

The best ending is the aged Dexter sitting on a beach somewhere, watching a sunset. He has a beer in his hand. From the left comes a grandson of one of his victims. He has a knife behind his back. CUT! ... because what happens next should remain as open as the end of "The Sopranos". Such iconic series heroes have a right to interpretation. 😇

I agree. I loved the new ending. The show has always had weak character writing and that's fine. It's not a deep show! I thought every time they stared a dumbass decision from the season 8 finale in the eyes and confronted it was excellent and fun. I loved how those wild decisions all caught up to him. Dexter always treated the women in his life like empty headed accessories, his new girlfriend being no different despite his cooling off from being hypersexual. Him gifting her the book on investigations was brilliant, Imo. Harrison was so fucked up and that actor was excellent. I loved the whe season. It was campy, over the top, and apologetic about the season 8 shenanigans. What a treat for the fans that have been there since season 1. I didn't think I'd enjoy it at all but it was some of my favourite tv in years.

such a shame he wanted to leave a steaming pile of crap on every one of his fans doorsteps. if he didnt like the character, he could do what any normal person would do, STAY gone from it. coming back just to stick it to the fans is kinda petty.

How do u know that?

A subsequent season could've been the trial and sentencing of Dexter, followed by an escape to run away with Harrison to California?

season 3 kinda sucks but season 4 is the best of the whole show. it’s a must see. no need to go past that.

romance and sex ? i think you're talking about season 2 not 3

Sure Walt wasn't caught but people still found out what he was doing. We get 8 seasons worth of suspense from Dexter covering up his secret life and then he just gets away with it, lameee.

​@@uselessdegenerate7565 Wait, did I misunderstand the ending? I thought Angela had already cracked the case, only reporting it was left. Well, even if we want his crimes to be exposed, that could still be done with him ending up shot by Harrison.

They could of shower the aftermath of his death in news

Superior my ass... Dexter and viewers deserved better.

There was a blindingly clear direction that could have been taken of "father and son bond through killing until they realize it's alienated them from everyone else" or "father fights off urges like he did for 10 years trying to give son a normal life" but they didn't. They screwed up the writing in new blood and retconned a lot of facts from the original series until they realized they did too much damage and wanted to end it with an easy to guess bs ending. Despite him using m99 and none of the bay harbor victims having tell of needle punctures, a single Google search says "oh yeah he didn't use m99 he used slow acting ketamine like he's forced to use in your location and here's some clear puncture wounds nobody noticed for 10+ years". Titanium screws and a note saying "he did it" is enough to tie him to a crime and put him in the finale situation, despite him being able to easily manipulate people and explain things. But yeah no, Deb died so I guess the entire justice system is dead as well and the only thing that makes sense is Dexter basically begging for death from his estranged son that was "ride or die", whom he had all the love for in the world wanting to protect his innocence in the original series. Hell yeah man, ruin his innocence even further by making him a part of assisted suicide oh and make sure you DON'T protect him because you're dead. Sounds like a good ending to me.

I never did like the idea of Dexter going to the Northwest in a self imposed exile. I wanted to believe he was going to start over by being a trucker killing people in different states by using his wood chipper

Same.

Exactly, episode 9 was the reason I knew Dexter needed to die, he never wanted Harrison to be like him, this was not the same Dexter from Miami, I think at the end he lost his mind. Such a tragic story for Dexter, I loved this character, one of the most fascinating characters I've ever saw.