# Dexter coming back in 2021
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971 "2020-10-14T22:53:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/1 "2020-10-14T22:53:34Z")
10 episodes
[‘Dexter’ Revived at Showtime for Limited Series – The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dexter-revived-at-showtime-for-limited-series)
and yes I know a lot of people disliked the last season and the ending so please spare me those comments
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/2 "2020-10-15T06:30:22Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> and yes I know a lot of people disliked the last season and the ending so please spare me those comments
I agree that there’s no reason to single out Season 8 - Seasons 5, 6, and 7 were bad, too.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/3 "2020-10-15T11:29:57Z")
Will Dee-Dee be coming back, too?
🤣 🤡
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### Author:  [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/4 "2020-10-15T12:08:13Z")
She’s dead now, isn’t she? Unless this is a prequel
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/5 "2020-10-15T12:13:54Z")
This looper article gives a nice overview of the eight seasons. There were so many plot twists and killings it became very confusing. I’m not sure even Dexter fully understood his entire life story.
Obviously there are spoilers for the old show.
> **[We Finally Understand The Ending Of Dexter - Looper](https://www.looper.com/161720/we-finally-understand-the-ending-of-dexter/)**
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> Dexter turned the twisted tale of a serial killer with a moral code into a massive ratings hit for Showtime -- and an influential series that prompted a slew of similarly lethal anti-heroes on TV. Now it's time to conduct an autopsy on the show's...
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/6 "2020-10-15T13:00:45Z")
is there any big name show that people liked the ending? GOT, Sopranos, Dexter, etc I guess I am a rare guy who was OK with those endings. Not great, but they were OK to me. They could have been better but they could have been worse.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/7 "2020-10-15T13:21:01Z")
_The Mary Tyler Moore Show, MASH, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Friends_ and _Frasier_ spring to mind.
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### Author:  [@JustSaying3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustSaying3)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/8 "2020-10-15T13:39:39Z")
And Newhart!
But all these examples are shows that didn’t have to wrap up a story the same way. Ugh, except for Ross and Rachel. Lol.
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### Author:  [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/9 "2020-10-15T13:48:37Z")
Breaking Bad, Spartacus, Justified, The Wire, The Good Place, Black Sails of the top of my head.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/10 "2020-10-15T13:59:23Z")
Person of Interest (yes, the final season was shorter than it should have been, but the resolution was excellent).
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/11 "2020-10-15T14:51:40Z")
at least nobody had a petition to ask for the last Dexter season to be redone. 🙂
they went way overboard on MASH final, 2.5 hours. I could see 1 hour at most.
I always assumed they filmed in Miami but it was LA. Guess they had all they needed in LA
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/12 "2020-10-15T16:58:39Z")
So that’s what this thread is about? Well, dammit. I thought it was @C_K_Dexter_Haven who was coming back to the SDMB.
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### Author:  [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/13 "2020-10-15T17:48:41Z")
I just don’t get why. That’s not to shit on _Dexter_, it was a good enough show. And I understand that 90% of the film and television industry today is composed reboots, revivals and “reimaginings”. But even by that standard this feels kind of pulled out of a hat. Is there a significant _Dexter_ fanbase out there desperate for this to happen?
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/14 "2020-10-15T17:56:44Z")
I think it’s a response to the vast number of shows. Supposedly there are over 500 shows among all of the broadcast, basic cable, premium cable and streaming channels or services. It’s really hard for any one show to get attention, so a reboot of a known series is going to get at least some attention from the curious. It’s the same reason all of the movies seem to be sequels or reboots.
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/15 "2020-10-15T18:38:02Z")
success has many fathers, failure is an orphan. They figure a reboot is much less risky than something new. HBO is easily #1 for pay networks so the others have to do more to get viewers.
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### Author:  [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/16 "2020-10-15T20:23:01Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> is there any big name show that people liked the ending? GOT, Sopranos, Dexter, etc I guess I am a rare guy who was OK with those endings. Not great, but they were OK to me. They could have been better but they could have been worse.
**Breaking Bad**. Widely praised as one of the best series finales _ever_. The ending to **Six Feet Under** is also highly regarded.
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### Author:  [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/17 "2020-10-15T20:33:43Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> is there any big name show that people liked the ending? GOT, Sopranos, Dexter, etc I guess I am a rare guy who was OK with those endings. Not great, but they were OK to me. They could have been better but they could have been worse.
I’ll reiterate that Breaking Bad’s finale was extremely well received. In older shows, Star Trek: TNG and Babylon 5 both had well-liked finale episodes.
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### Author:  [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/18 "2020-10-15T21:08:14Z")
Cheers had a decent ending. And let’s not forget MASH which set the gold standard for series finales.
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### Author:  [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/19 "2020-10-15T21:15:44Z")
I’ll be really happy if in this ‘extra’ season Dexter realizes that the Dark Passenger is in fact his father and that his father’s influence on his early life is the entire reason Dexter is a serial killer . . . I expect to not be happy.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971/20 "2020-10-16T02:53:50Z")
> [@Odesio](#):
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> Cheers had a decent ending. And let’s not forget MASH which set the gold standard for series finales.
I not only didn’t forget it, I already posted it.
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