I think the end of season six is a reboot for Dexter. I think he finally realizes that no one can love him for who he is, not even someone who had the darkness and was part of his serial killing ways. No normal human can accept his secret dark passenger.
Another possibility for Dexter is him coming to terms with getting past his dark passenger just as Lumen did. Not sure he can since his struggle began at such a young age and his whole darkness can never be removed so easily as bumping off the rapists of Lumen.
Hopefully Debra’s veiled comments in the finale about her knowing what Dexter does or did as the vigilante will be explored next season. I really hope she kinda suspects or knows what Dexter does but doesn’t want to confirm it outright because it’ll totally blow her mind and make her go insane.
I was really hoping the scene in the cabin would be the moment when Deb finally finds out about Dexter. I think that would have made this episode even better than last season’s finale.
I’m going to have to disagree with you all. While I wouldn’t say that there were any major surprises, that’s true of every show (outside of Breaking Bad). Overall, the gods didn’t have to intervene too much to pull off the ending – unlike the season where Doakes ended up as the Bay Harbor Butcher – and that’s really all you can ask of any show.
I thought it was a good wrap up to a great season. Hopefully 6 will stay up to the standards of 4 & 5. (2 & 3 were fairly lame, on the other hand.)
So was I. That would have been such an awesome moment and ended the series on a high point. The whole season I kept thinking that’s what they were leading up to, with two previous fake-out scenes of Deb *almost *catching Dexter in the act.
…Except for the scene where a roadside fruit seller figures out that Chase is headed to a deserted camp. Now, had they been on a lonely dirt road, I’d have bought that. On a 4 lane highway with tons of cars? No. It was obviously a major stretch of road because it had both a streetlight and lots of traffic. If the only thing in that direction was a deserted camp, then there’s no explanation for all the cars.
He also didn’t say that was where Chase was headed - Deb asked him “whats down that road /that way” - the answer was “an old campground” - Deb is who put it together beyond that.
and its not unreasonable for the vendor to know the area atleast that well.
At one point, Aster had a one-on-one conversation with Dexter, and there was something slightly odd about it. I’d have to watch the episode again to be sure, but I think you may be right about her. I think she’s going to have a larger role in the next season.
I didn’t say that the gods didn’t intervene, just that they didn’t put their hands in too much. I think it actually very plausible that there would be a witness to Chase having someone locked in his trunk. He’s always let others do the hard work, so he’s liable to make rookie mistakes of packaging and moving victims. That this happened right next to the camp, on the other hand, was implausible and entirely the gods intervening.
One other interesting observation about the finale. Contrast the way the writers handled Quinn’s character on-screen vs. Dexter. For Quinn we get little hints that he’s up to something–deleting calls from Libby on his cell, brooding quietly in the interrogation room, his “thank you” to Dexter that implies something more. But for Dexter, we get a constant voice-over of his inner character; almost nothing is left for the audience to figure out. One exception was the break-up scene, where he finally shows us how he’s feeling rather than narrating it–that IMO made the scene far more dramatic, and I really wish Dexter could surprise us like this more often.
Granted, the mind of a serial killer may be quite unusual, but is it so odd that we need so much voice-over? The choices in the finale with Quinn’s character and Dexter’s ability to use Lumen as a sounding board for his innermost feelings show that perhaps it isn’t. Of course, with Lumen off the show, the writers have deprived themselves of at least one of those–yet another reason her departure is problematic for the series.
Any idea how realistic it would be that a homegrown Miami cop wouldn’t be able to speak Spanish? In Chicago or NYC that would be a plus but in Miami I would assume it would be a requirement or that all kids learned Spanish in school.
I think the was a very weak season, even though I enjoyed it.
The writers are coasting – they aren’t making a a serious effort to make the plot consistent and logical.
AFAIC, the two biggest screw ups this season were the idea that they closed the barrel girl case without catching their suspect or even waiting for lab results; and that Laguerta could just designate Deb as the one who screwed and was responsible for the night club shooting. And there a bunch more holes, many pointed out by you folks in these threads. I don’t think any prior year caused me to do nearly as much head scratching.
Oh yeah – did Deb see Jordan’s body? The thing I found least believable about the last episode was that Dex and Lumen would take the time to take the body away when they knew police would be arriving fairly soon. I would think they would just pick up their shit and GO.
That was the biggest head scratch for me… they were making a huge assumption - she said she was calling it in and wasn’t specific about whether she was reporting a BODY… is she were, and they took it, how the hell was Deb supposed to explain that???
For all the holes… I still really loved it. I loved that Dex got to be seen and to connect, if only for a short while.
Because he got to be a real hero for someone at last, up close and in person, what he did really made a difference, the way he imagined it in the last episode of the first season…
I thought Deb’s speech about her duty as a cop was a bit off also. She says she can’t just let them go and then she just let’s them go. Was that supposed to be a 5 second cliffhanger?
Hubby and I were both entertained, but we agree–worst homicide department EVER!
We were both confused by “the girl who broke the barrel girls case.” Um–as far as the department knows, ALL of those perps are missing, not dead. (Well, okay, Deb knows Chase is dead.) They have no other bodies.
Oh wait, yes they do. Emily. Um–the cops are going to find her bludgeoned body dragged into another room, with evidence of Chase and someone else being there and putting up a fight. Sooooo… ???
And isn’t Trinitiy still on the loose as far as they know?
Entertaining season, though a bit flimsy when it comes to these things.