I just started writing this review out of anger, because I still can't believe that I wasted 96 hours of my life on this piece of garbage. (Well, 48 to be exact) Dexter used to be so bad-ass once; it started with the premise of a serial killer who only kills bad guys to satisfy his thirst for blood. The first season was alright, with one really cool revelation at the end which added so much to Dexter's depth as a character. The 2nd expanded on that idea and was much better than the last. The 3rd, while a step back, was still great television and the 4th had one of the cruelest endings I had ever witnessed...
Then came those awful four seasons. The 5th starred Julia Roberts who's not anyone's favorite person in the world, grew into something okay and then ended dreadfully. Really, why the hell would Debra let two serial killers get away just because they were avenging some bad people? So why doesn't Dexter come out and go "hey Deb, while you're at it, I've been killing bad guys for 20 years apart from this, we cool?" but of course there's always a next season for that. The 6th season, which was very negatively received, had nothing! It just used shock horror, mutilated bodies and statue bodies to cover the void Dexter was starting to create. What the hell was that stupid revelation where we find the bad professor is dead and it's all his student's work? Why the hell would we see the psyche of another serial killer for six whole episodes? When did this show become "Dexter and Tom Hanks' Son"? And of course there was that EXCITING cliffhanger (that could have happened 12 episodes ago), and of course Showtime announced there would be two more Dexter seasons, so, no, nothing was going to happen again. The 7th season actually started nicely, with tension but then turned to the same sleeping pill Dexter had been for the previous 2 years. Introduction of Hannah didn't help either, her character was flat, boring and just played badly. I can't think of any other reason for her character to be there except for the actress to get naked, which she didn't do anyways. So this season ended so predictably that I didn't even think about Dexter for one whole year. Then the last one came; weird characters popped up: First was Zack, who was a bad guy for 3 episodes, a nice one for 10 minutes and then had his head opened up, but left some clues for Dexter. Great storytelling indeed. Then there was the bad guys who were all treated by Evelyn and apparently one of them ate people now and the other was into feet. Of course each of them lasted for 5 to 20 minutes each. So again, great job. Then came the Ryan Gosling lookalike who popped his eyes open to scare people and nothing more. Let's see what else, Evelyn talked a little, played videos and died, Deb did drugs, healed, kissed that pretty cop and died. Dex killed some bad guys, dropped Deb, drove into the storm and didn't die.
And what a storm that was! CGI effects that even made a film like Disaster Movie look like Citizen Kane, and of course every time a black smoke comes over Miami the whole town goes insane, and of course nobody learned that Dex was a serial killer, and of course Harrison will be better off with Hannah than with whoever the hell is taking care of Astor and Cody, and of course Astor and Cody won't even get a goodbye call from Dex since he never loved them and of course that pretty cop will let Dex off the hook after he so calmly killed a prisoner because he caused his girl to go under a surgery and then die and of course some idiots will call this series the greatest television show of all time and never watch Breaking Bad or The Wire or for that matter even According to Jim which I personally hate but would rather watch 100 times rather than this vulgar garbage and of course...
I gave this show 4 stars because of its great first 4 seasons, now I would've advised you to watch those 4 seasons but then you would be so drawn to the show that you'd start watching the rest as well and then you'll feel as crappy as I do now. So please don't watch this. It's for your own sake.
Then came those awful four seasons. The 5th starred Julia Roberts who's not anyone's favorite person in the world, grew into something okay and then ended dreadfully. Really, why the hell would Debra let two serial killers get away just because they were avenging some bad people? So why doesn't Dexter come out and go "hey Deb, while you're at it, I've been killing bad guys for 20 years apart from this, we cool?" but of course there's always a next season for that. The 6th season, which was very negatively received, had nothing! It just used shock horror, mutilated bodies and statue bodies to cover the void Dexter was starting to create. What the hell was that stupid revelation where we find the bad professor is dead and it's all his student's work? Why the hell would we see the psyche of another serial killer for six whole episodes? When did this show become "Dexter and Tom Hanks' Son"? And of course there was that EXCITING cliffhanger (that could have happened 12 episodes ago), and of course Showtime announced there would be two more Dexter seasons, so, no, nothing was going to happen again. The 7th season actually started nicely, with tension but then turned to the same sleeping pill Dexter had been for the previous 2 years. Introduction of Hannah didn't help either, her character was flat, boring and just played badly. I can't think of any other reason for her character to be there except for the actress to get naked, which she didn't do anyways. So this season ended so predictably that I didn't even think about Dexter for one whole year. Then the last one came; weird characters popped up: First was Zack, who was a bad guy for 3 episodes, a nice one for 10 minutes and then had his head opened up, but left some clues for Dexter. Great storytelling indeed. Then there was the bad guys who were all treated by Evelyn and apparently one of them ate people now and the other was into feet. Of course each of them lasted for 5 to 20 minutes each. So again, great job. Then came the Ryan Gosling lookalike who popped his eyes open to scare people and nothing more. Let's see what else, Evelyn talked a little, played videos and died, Deb did drugs, healed, kissed that pretty cop and died. Dex killed some bad guys, dropped Deb, drove into the storm and didn't die.
And what a storm that was! CGI effects that even made a film like Disaster Movie look like Citizen Kane, and of course every time a black smoke comes over Miami the whole town goes insane, and of course nobody learned that Dex was a serial killer, and of course Harrison will be better off with Hannah than with whoever the hell is taking care of Astor and Cody, and of course Astor and Cody won't even get a goodbye call from Dex since he never loved them and of course that pretty cop will let Dex off the hook after he so calmly killed a prisoner because he caused his girl to go under a surgery and then die and of course some idiots will call this series the greatest television show of all time and never watch Breaking Bad or The Wire or for that matter even According to Jim which I personally hate but would rather watch 100 times rather than this vulgar garbage and of course...
I gave this show 4 stars because of its great first 4 seasons, now I would've advised you to watch those 4 seasons but then you would be so drawn to the show that you'd start watching the rest as well and then you'll feel as crappy as I do now. So please don't watch this. It's for your own sake.