Dexter (Season 5)

[BlueNGold]

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I think she came back because she felt more safe around Dexter. All those creepers at the airport looking at her didn't make her feel safe boarding that plane, so she stayed in Miami and I'm assuming is taking that cab to go find Dexter now that she knows his full name (which was incredibly stupid of Dexter to do BTW).

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Wow this season is on a crash course to become the worst ever and I really hated the 3rd season so that's saying something in my book. Like the 3rd season this one lacks any tension whatsoever.

There is nothing that interests me right now. I find the Stiles character incredibly annoying and shallow. The Laguerta and Angel storyline wouldn't even pass daytime soap opera standards and how many guys do we need to follow Dexter around? The only way I'm going to enjoy that one is if Weller dons the Robocop uniform and blows away Quint while he's banging Deb (yet another nails on the chalkboard storyline) so we get rid of both of them.

I've enjoyed one show thus far this season and it'a almost half over, this is not gonna end well. I could care less about those voodoo killers or the human traffickers or whoever Julia Stiles is mad with.

At this point the only thing that will salvage this season is Dexter goes on a rampage and kills Stiles, Quinn, Angel and Laguerta (I'm not picky about the order as long as he does it). Mazuka can live as comic relief. Even snuffing the nanny wouldn't be a bad idea.

In all seriousness all the secondary characters were always shallow to begin with but it's really starting to show thru now as they try to expand thier storylines to distract viewers from the fact that this season's main plot is really weak. No matter how they end this season it will be a letdownm because I'm just not invested in any characters or stories, I could care less what happens to Julia Stiles and the fact that she's here to the end of the season is not a happy thought. Even Michael C Hall looks bored.

I think that the show has already hit it's peak last year and next year should be the last year where the season is devoted to Dexter trying to avoid getting caught and going to the electric chair.

[jeremym480]

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I don't think this season has been as bad as Season 3. It certainly hasn't touched last season but, last season was TV Gold and it would be foolish of me to expect this season to top it (in the first few episodes).

I'm holding out hope that Dexter eventually kills Luman and puts that storyline to rest. Also, I'm hoping that Angel goes on a jealous rampage and kill's LaGuerta resulting in Dexter having to kill Angel. That's the only way I can see those character's being interesting to me.

I still think that this season has been Ok and has the potential to be really good. I just don't think it will top season 4. Next weeks episode looks intriguing though. So hopefully thing's will pick up from there.

[JayBee74]

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What was so bad about Season 3 with Miguel (Jimmy Smits)?

Unless something surprising happens (like Stiles going from 10 to 4 episodes) this isn't looking good.

[Beantown]

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What was so bad about Season 3 with Miguel (Jimmy Smits)?

Unless something surprising happens (like Stiles going from 10 to 4 episodes) this isn't looking good.

I actually just rewatched season 3 the other day and it was a lot better than I remembered it.

I'd only ever watched it on the initial run-through, which was before I had ever seen season 1 and 2, and it was so-so and since then I've just heard people talk about how bad it was...and I just don't see it. It wasn't as good as 4, or 1, but it may be just as good as the second season in my opinion.

EDIT: After thinking about it, I don't know if it is as good as the second season, because I just realized I may like the second season as much if not more than the first at points...so, yeah. It's the worst so far, but I don't think it's as bad as people say.

[jeremym480]

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When I sad "as bad as Season 3", I didn't mean that Season 3 was bad TV or anything. I'm just saying that Season 3 was probably my least favorite season of Dexter. Which is still better than most of the shows out there.

For me season 4 was the best followed by season 2 then 1.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Season 3 was horrible because it focussed way too much on the domestic Dexter which equals boredom. The Smits character turning into a serial killer in a matter of weeks was far fetched even for this show. They used the whole season to build up Smits and at least I thought he would have a match of wits with Dexter as the climax but he was dispatched quickly and easilty by Dexter in a matter of seconds at LaGuerta's house and was very anticlimatic.

The serial killer (skinner?) was used as filler and was as generic as they came and just seemed to be there just for something to fill up the last show which lacked any imagination and that's when they started making Rita really annoying and had Deb and Angel start relationships that ended up going nowhere.

All in all just a very lazy written season that also lacked any tension of seasons 1, 2 or 4.

[CMH]

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Well, with Season 3 even the writers said they made a mistake - the biggest one being that they ended the main storyline with two episodes remaining.

That showed too much weakness in the B plot because Dexter hadn't spent enough time looking for the new serial killer. It was rushed.

I fear that could happen this season. What I liked about Season 1 and 4, most especially, is that we knew who the killers were immediately. Season 4 was the soonest and Season 1 hit you just before the season mid-point when you see Brian at home. Season 3 tried to have a killer but again it was a B story to Smits wanting to be a killer. I think it was an interesting concept, but it played out the weakest of those three seasons.

Season 2 is another animal. I tend to see it like A Legend Of Zelda 2 or Mario Bros. 2. It was effective, but it wasn't the Dexter we saw in Season 1 or wanted to see in Season 3 and got to see in Season 4.

[Gizmo]

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WOW! Fantastic episode tonight. The whole bathroom scene with Dexter and Lumen was great and now we see the brilliance of writing with the Lumen character and how this story line will involve.

Quins' story line might have its up and downs but I think something big will come out of it at the end of the season.

[Mo]

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Quins' story line might have its up and downs but I think something big will come out of it at the end of the season.

Spoiler

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that dirty cop Quinn is working with, is involve somehow with Lumen and Boyd and traffickers/rapists.

[BlueNGold]

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Damn, that was an intense episode tonight.

I was literally on the edge of my seat watching that one scene where Dexter is chasing that guy down as Masuka, Deb and the 2 cops are coming around the corner. That was nuts.

At this point they're going to have to really deliver with the second half of the season though. It's been all build-up so far and they've set themselves up for either a huge payoff or a huge failure. Either way I'm looking forward to what's coming next because it looks like Dexter is finally going to start getting after that group that Boyd was involved with.

[iLLmatic]

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WOW! Fantastic episode tonight. The whole bathroom scene with Dexter and Lumen was great and now we see the brilliance of writing with the Lumen character and how this story line will involve.

Quins' story line might have its up and downs but I think something big will come out of it at the end of the season.

I was thinking the same thing about Quinn. And I think the Lumen angle has revealed signs of Dexter slipping up with his preparations and details. He's getting sloppy. We shall see.

[CMH]

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I'm down with this season. Back to the basics. Love how they incorporated some of those things with Dexter being in his old apartment, the blood slides in the air conditioner.

The episode upped the intensity of the season and I like Lumen's character even more. Very human. Not angle. No disguise. No desire to kill. She just wants peace. None of the other wanna-be or real serial killers Dexter has faced or interacted with have had that same motivation.

[jeremym480]

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I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that dirty cop Quinn is working with, is involve somehow with Lumen and Boyd and traffickers/rapists.

That's a good theory. I haven't thought of that.

[JayBee74]

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I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that dirty cop Quinn is working with, is involve somehow with Lumen and Boyd and traffickers/rapists.

I don't know-that's a reach.

I'm down with this season. Back to the basics. Love how they incorporated some of those things with Dexter being in his old apartment, the blood slides in the air conditioner.

The episode upped the intensity of the season and I like Lumen's character even more. Very human. Not angle. No disguise. No desire to kill. She just wants peace. None of the other wanna-be or real serial killers Dexter has faced or interacted with have had that same motivation.

I liked this episode. I think Lumen is growing on me.