Season 8 has been anticlimatic all season but i was still pulling for an amazing ending which never came. Still, i was optimistic that this final hour would be a redemption of sorts, a fitting end to the story of dexter morgan and his sister. This is how dexter should have ended according to a former writer. This ending felt alot more like the end of a season instead of the end of a series. The last episode of season 4 will take you breath away.
September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. The ending to dexter has been rated the worst in the history of television series several times. Season 2 after doakes discovers dexters secret he is killed by lila. How to think dexter the entire series will end quora. This is made more clear during season 2, during his affair with lila. Should have known what was coming when dexter appeared wearing his old uniform. Could dexter return in 2019 for a reboot of the hit series. But there have been genuine moments of greatness since then, so i dont think. Id like to offer two possible scenarios, neither of which involve capture and incarceration for dexter. Clyde phillips served as an executive producer and showrunner on dexter in the early years, helping shape the series for its first four seasons until he decided to leave the show in late 2009, at the end of the trinity killer john lithgow season, which ended with ritas shocking death. The last season was not horrible but it was a disappointment and left me feeling they should have ended it the season before. It turns out that the entire story takes place in the two to three. But most, like me, were either strongly disappointed or downright disgusted with it as it left us hanging and completely unsatisfied. My ideas episode by episode on how the final season should have gone.
Former dexter showrunner on how he would have ended the series. Dexters been unable to lie to rita about his midnight activities, which has her thinking that hes a drug addict. So first off dexter is one of the best tv shows that has ever been made. The series is very well written and sets you expectations very high which unfortunately will let you down in the last season. The eighth and final season of dexter was an abomination marring a oncerespectable tv series. This season started off strong, then took a turn for the worse. Last nights dexter series finale made us so angry we almost threw. In the season two premiere, dexter finds himself unable to kill again after the harrowing conclusion to the ice truck killer case, and strays from his personal code with disastrous results. Eight years and this is the ending we get this response was particularly funny to read with a lot of people claiming to say that we, the audience, ended up being dexters final victim with that horrible ending.
Dexter learns that his mothers killer is still alive. For a long time dating back to the third season, ive wondered whether dexter was actually a good show. As far as im concerned, all was forgiven by the season finale of s4, which proves that the writersproducers. Dexter s been unable to lie to rita about his midnight activities, which has her thinking that hes a drug addict. Dexters final season what should have been posted on august 31, 20 by kent 5 comments as i detailed last week my frustrations with the final season of dexter so far, i thought it would be only fair to offer up some solutions. Watch all 12 dexter episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more. How a former showrunner wouldve ended dexter, plus who will get the dexter spinoff. This is far from an indepth analysis, ill just throw some things out there. I finally get a chance to kill and i cant do it, then a second chance and he gets away. Weeds should have ended after season 3 when the neighborhood burned down, i think that was originally supposed to be the end of the show. Deb shouldve shot dexter and the series shouldve ended this season. Dexters na sponsor, lila, encourages him to confront the man as one of the steps to his recovery. Some say that after season five, when the storyline with lumen ended, the show should have drawn to a close. The show was still enjoyable up until the final season, but i never got past the fact that he should have been caught several times along the way.
The series ended in september 20 with a polarizing finale. When discussing how to approach the title character in season 2, jessica jones showrunner revealed what not to do when exploring later seasons of a series and how her work on dexter may have failed. Learn more about how dexter ended and how fans and cast. The second season of dexter premiered on september 30, 2007, and ended on. Then, she went over to visit lundy to talk about how their relationship ended and how he should have kept her in the loop that he was coming back to town, but he was way more interested in the trinity killer than her, which led her to denounce herself as stupid. The show should have ended right there in the interview room with saxon killing dexter. Completely designed to waste twelve episodes of tv in order to give us the shocking ending that it should have given us at the end of season 5 deb catching dexter in the midst of a kill, season. Here are all eight seasons of dexter, ranked from worst to best. Former dexter producer had a much better ending for the series finale.
The terrible end of our once beloved dexter the atlantic. Dexter and his big bads will always be fascinating characters to watch but since season 2, cop characters like deb, laguerta, and angel have undergone a steady decline to the point of being nearly unwatchable. Lila and dexs relationship intensifies, and he has some interaction with rita and the kids. Supernatural should have ended with sam going to hell.
If dexters instincts for selfpreservation did indeed prevail, then that would involve him killing or framing a man simply to avoid being caught, which would be something to hang on his conscience. Its hard to fully process ones feelings about the end of a television series thats lasted as long as dexter has. The question of what dexter was going to do about doakes, a decent and innocent man, was one i think the finale should have answered directly. Former dexter showrunner on how he would have ended the.
And now all my secrets are floating to the surface. Most dexter fans would agree that the show shouldnt have lasted for eight seasons. After 6 glorious seasons, how to get away with murder. The season follows dexter morgan, who is forced to deal with his past when he comes across dr. My god, that show should have ended at season five like it was supposed to. The british invasion is the twelfth episode and finale of the second season, and twentyfourth overall episode, of the american television drama series dexter, which first aired on 16 december 2007 on showtime in the united states. The final season was patchy, but at least the dexter finale would be worth the wait, right. This alternate ending might be one of the best seriesfinale ideas of all time. The dexterhannah relationship should have ended when she bit his lip. Dexter producer john goldwyn says that showtime wouldnt let the writers kill off dexter in the finale. The last five or six episodes were all building up to dexter actually valuing the people in his life and possibly getting to the point where he can put the need to kill behind him and actually work on overcoming his sociopathic condition. If they were not going to kill him or lock him up why end the show with hikmbeing a loner.
Former dexter producer clyde phillips reveals how he planned to end the series. As for dexter, i felt like he was sloppy with lila and doakes and the show should have ended with him getting arrested or killed after season 2. Hall, showtime gave the show two more new seasons to. Dexter should have ended with the last episode in season 4. This is how dexter should have ended according to a former writer, imo this is the best. While breaking bad finished with an incredible finale that tied up all loose ends providing viewers with a sense of closure showtimes dexter ended the series. How a former showrunner wouldve ended dexter, plus who. The bay harbor butcher secures his nefarious spot among the great television antiheroes in a taut second season. The second season of dexter premiered on september 30, 2007, and ended on december 16, 2007. The eighth and final season of dexter premiered on june 30, 20.
Evelyn vogel, an expert on psychiatry who returns to miami. The 3 most common complaints about how dexter ended. Dexter producer shares how it should have ended business. He devises a plan to get the police in another direction. The episode was written by daniel cerone based on a story by cerone and melissa rosenberg and was directed by steve shill. Californication went on a little too long but cant really figure out when it shouldve ended. I will miss the show and all the characters however i feel the show really should have ended 2 seasons ago. How dexter should have ended season 8 recut youtube. The first few seasons were so beautifully structured, and the show would have been remembered for being great. After shakespeare had macduff enter the castle with macbeths head and announce malcolm king of scotland, it would have been a mistake to go on for five acts more, extrapolating the yarn past its natural end. Weeds shouldve ended after season 3 and dexter shouldve ended after season 4.
With such the unique, large, and rabid fanbase that dexter has, i think the writers were in a no win situation. The series centers on dexter morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for miami metro police department who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cr. How dexter should have ended episode by episode in. This was the moment that worked best dexters last kill. While this last season tried to be an emotionally packed season, i feel that there were many missed opportunities.