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Surprise, motherfucker. [DEXTER] is returning. Yay?
joshofalltrades
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Dexter is a television show on Showtime that's about a bad guy. He knows he's a bad guy, but he's not going to stop.
Dexter Morgan is a serial killer who exclusively kills other serial killers who have escaped justice somehow. But that isn't all he is. He's also a blood spatter analyst for the Miami police. His intimate knowledge of their investigation techniques, as well as detective skills and forensic experience, allows him to both escape being found at (at least, at the beginning of the show) and to hunt down his murdering prey.
You kind of get this weird feeling, somewhere around 4 or 5 episodes in, that you want Dexter to keep killing people. This is a credit to the show. It's not so black and white as you think it is going in, although I'm sure people will come in here now that I've posted that in the OP and say, "I've been rooting for him to get caught since Season 1!" Okay, guy, you don't count.
The show is based on this book by Jeff Lindsay. Apparently the first book is pretty good, and the show follows it fairly closely. The second season of the show is more of an adaptation distillation, but totally different from the second book. By the third season, the show has become something else totally apart from the books, and according to people who have read past the first book, this is a very good thing.
The show has won numerous awards. The list is too long, so if you want to see, go here.
Right now, the show is on Season 8. You can find trailers for it somewhere but don't go find them because all a Dexter trailer does is fake you out.
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New viewers be fucking warned!
New viewers be fucking warned!
We do not spoil anything from the prior season until the new season arrives. The DVDs do not come out for each season of Dexter until directly prior to the new season. So right now, you can freely discuss seasons 1-7 in this thread without using spoiler tags. This is a show where ruining something for a new person absolutely destroys the impact. There are many twists and turns and I will personally report anyone who reveals them and ignores this spoiler policy.
So to recap:
Seasons 1-7: Okay to openly discuss.
Season 8: I will fucking cut you.
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Typically when I watch the preview episodes, it's like... yeah okay, they're trying to hype me up to watch the next one, whatev.
But that particular episode just came out of nowhere like a bolt from the blue. The entire time I was just like... holy shit
Oh yeah, we just watched that one a bit ago. The bit with Trinity's daughter, my jaw was on the floor.
Season 6 casting spoilers
This excites me. I like that person! That one movie he did with that other guy turned out different than what I expected but it was still a good movie.
I am excited about this addition. He is surprisingly good.
As already mentioned, Colin Hanks and Mos Def have also been cast.
Jiminy Crickets!
You know, with specialists of different types getting together to pull one last job....then my brain said "Dex could be the...oh, I, uh, don't remember that role in most heist movies."
"So slay we all!"
Switch: nin.codes/roldford
Still is good. Season six in September!
But really, the worst Dexter is still better than 90% of other shows.
He was in "Lights Out" and will have a key role this season.
I really disliked the end of last season, and found it to be the worst of all the seasons of Dexter. But, even the worst Dexter is better than most TV, mind you.
But I do know that nearly everyone on the show's contract is up at the end of this season. I speculate that a whooooole bunch of this casting blitz is in anticipation of needing to replace some people.
And honestly, once the actors who decide to leave (or who Showtime decides will not be renewed) are sorted out, it could make it the best seasons ever. Some real tension when anyone could be gone...
Meaning, will likely continue to be a member of the cast after Season 6.
Don't spoil yourself on who it is if you don't want to know who will not be dead at the end of this year.
It's your new rack o' lamb, your new champagne. Hell, Dexter's your new fuckin' heroin, kid.
Also known as Daphne Millbrook in Heroes. Doesn't mean anything to me; I didn't watch that show, but...
Gotta say I'm okay with this development.I think the Dexter casting director has a thing for petite blondes.
Josh you have impeccable taste in shows and video games.
Dexter's over-the-top monologue is lost on me. I understand it's supposed to be like that, and we're supposed to find it funny sometimes, but I just don't.
Still, they've got the suspense factor pretty well nailed down. I don't care about his relationship with his dad, I don't care about his struggles maintaining a facade with his wife/kids. They somehow manage to keep me wondering how he's going to get into and out of trouble with every season, and they should be commended for that.
And I don't know why, but I find his sister smokin hot. She's kind of awkward, and attractive in a pretty unconventional way. Still, she's a foul-mouthed, rough around the edges cop that rocks my world.
EDIT: Also, the reason I came here to post... (Spoiler'd in case someone hasn't gotten to S4 yet):
In the beginning I really wanted his sister to get killed. So loud and annoying. She's grown on me though. You're going to enjoy season 4 very much. >.>
Good of you to be careful, but I think we're apparently okay not spoilering anything that came before season 5. Plus, Lithgow is featured as the bad guy even in the ads and promotional material, so that wouldn't be a surprise even if we weren't spoiling the big twists of past seasons (which I would still probably do, for the major stuff).
Anyway, I find Dexter and Deb's relationship to be full of awesome little moments. While I didn't like season 2 nearly as much as other seasons, the scene near the end where they eat steak and drink beer was both touching and hilarious.
Also, they've gotten kind of sloppy with Dexter's hunting. He's doing a bunch of stuff now that he wouldn't have done in the first few season: scenes where he's got no gloves, where he's around security cameras, where he leaves a paper trail, etc. I realize that at this point it's about plot movement and suspense, but those little details jump out at me because they did such a good job of pointing out his caution in the first few seasons.
Season 5 on bittorrent, here I come!
Not to mention
Honestly I think that your point about
starting season 1 again right now, don't know that I'll go all the way through but I felt like checking it out for a 3rd time.
totally forgot laguerta has a thing for dexter in the early going.
Yeah, that plot thread kinda trails off as time goes on. Kinda good, in that it got old after awhile, and kinda bad, because Dexter always needs a little extra scrutiny.
But yeah I really don't see Dexter as a bad guy, he is justified too many times.
In our real-life universe, he would be pure bad guy.
It's a lot easier to skate that thin moral line when you have writers to keep you likeable.
--LeVar Burton
It's kind of interesting how certain season killers get brought back (like Season 1) and certain guys like Miguel never get mentioned again.
When's season 6?
Probably best known as Alma Garret on Deadwood.
That guy is gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-IXnlkgUwQ&feature=player_embedded
Oh yeah. When we first met Dexter he was basically living for nothing but his obsession. Now he's had everything taken away for the sake of his obsession. Color me intrigued as to what he's going to do now.
My speculation:
Yeesh. I thought that (season 5 spoilers)
Man. Tough crowd.
I liked Jimmy Smits as Prado.
Seasons 2 and 3 were the worst so far IMO. Didn't care for the british pyro or the Prados. 4 was easily the best so far, fucking John Lithgowe stole the show.