Dexter Season Finale ***Spoilers***

[El Peefs?????]

After looking through some of these lists and from the TV thread, Dexter is clearly one of the more popular shows. Because of DVR and it being on a premium channel, people watch it at different times. The TV thread becomes a scary place if you havent watched news episodes haha.

So what a last episode, ya? I absolutely loved this season, Lithgow was terrific. There are really a lot of directions Dexter can go now. Hes really built himself quite a mess here. I think season 5 is going to be much darker.

Regardless of what Dexter does, calls the police or cleans up Rita himself and she ends up 'missing' he is linked to Trinity now. It seems inevitable that Kyle Butler will be exposed as well. Now Deb knows exactly who he is, combined with a life long of seeing all of his.. oddities. I wonder if hell completely abandon his facade life at some point next season. It seems unlikely hell be able to continue being Dexter Morgan; Miami forensics.

[thule]

I couldn't believe how this episode twisted. By the end I was just trying to keep my breath. I can't believe Rita is dead. I didn't even think about the cleanup.

What happens next season. How to he continue to kill without anyone to watch the kids. The baby won't be old enough to sleep through the night and alister isn't going to be babysitting overnight I wouldn't think.

There is going to have to be a babysitter introduced I would think, unless debra and dexter move in together which would be wierd imo...but being as they are the only family it would make sense.

Hell maybe deb and dex hook up because they are no longer bro and sis...as sick and twisted as that seems both have had spouses die, however I'm not sure how that'd go over at the office haha. IK this idea is rediculous but still funny to think about.

Also a side note dex and deb are married in real life.

[Paranoidmoonduck]

I never read the books, nor do I know how closely the show has bothered to follow them, but...

I really doubt that it takes a turn where Dexter has to abandon his identity. Too much showtime invested in building characters other than himself and too much mileage left in developing them further. Debra 'knowing who he is' doesn't really mean much. The way they write her, the idea that she'd actually wind up suspecting him is pretty ridiculous. The suspicious character is going to be Quinn, who I'm betting won't live to see season 6.

[Nalej]

Exactly. Quinn is looking more and more like Sgt. Doakes to me.
I didn't see Rita dying... great twist at the end.
I can definitely see Debra moving in with him to help take care of the kids
I wonder if they'll introduce a new chick for him?

Trinity was great and by far my fav season so far

[vidae]

Amazing season overall but really awesome season finale. I NEVER saw that ending coming. I kept thinking about what could happen and never did I think Rita would be dead at the end of the episode. Just amazing. John Lithgow was brilliant in his role as Trinity. Perfect casting.

I've read all the books so there are a few ways I could see them taking the next season, but I won't spoil that for anyone who wants to read the books.

Only click this spoiler if you want something from the books revealed, otherwise just skip it:

In the books he discovers that Astor and Cody have the same dark passenger in them that he does, and he intends to teach them the code of Harry.

Trust me though, there are a lot of possibilities. They have some great material to work with.

[tjsunstein]

Wow. I knew something was gonna happen at the end of the episode but as time kept getting closer to the end*, there were limited options I saw and Rita definitely wasn't one of them. I'm basically shocked.

[Brent]

I liked Rita, I was kind of pissed they killed her off but it was a pretty ******* sweet twist.

[Boston]

Wow, that was a dark turn, even for Dexter. I'm still trying to come to grips with it.

[El Peefs?????]

One thing that I dont think will be an issue next season is the kids. I highly, highly doubt we see a whole lot of Astor or Cody from now on. Dexter had been there step dad for all of a couple months. They made a point to show in this episode that both of their biological grandparents are alive. They will probably end up with custody, mostly removing those two characters.

[vidae]

I like the family dynamic that he has to deal with personally.

[El Peefs?????]

I liked it myself, but I dont think its a necessity. He is going to have a load of stuff to deal with next season, including still his baby.

I just hope they don't decide to try and sweep all the legal suspicion/trouble he should be in under the rug. That is really the only way i can see season 5 being bad.

[Brent]

I just hope they don't decide to try and sweep all the legal suspicion/trouble he should be in under the rug. That is really the only way i can see season 5 being bad.

I dont know if you have noticed but he gets out of everything. No matter how ****** a situation gets, he either figures it out or luck turns his way.

[Vox Populi]

Amazing season overall but really awesome season finale. I NEVER saw that ending coming. I kept thinking about what could happen and never did I think Rita would be dead at the end of the episode. Just amazing. John Lithgow was brilliant in his role as Trinity. Perfect casting.

I've read all the books so there are a few ways I could see them taking the next season, but I won't spoil that for anyone who wants to read the books.

Only click this spoiler if you want something from the books revealed, otherwise just skip it:

In the books he discovers that Astor and Cody have the same dark passenger in them that he does, and he intends to teach them the code of Harry.

Trust me though, there are a lot of possibilities. They have some great material to work with.

For the people who read his book spoiler...

I really doubt that happens, especially because of how he found Harrison "born in blood" at the end as well.

Hes probably thinking he has to tech Harrison that stuff, no way he tries it on Astor and Cody too. No way theres going to be 3 mini dexter morgans running around eventually lol.

[El Peefs?????]

I dont know if you have noticed but he gets out of everything. No matter how ****** a situation gets, he either figures it out or luck turns his way.

Which is fine, I want to see him figure that out. What I don't want is for the next season to start and that whole situation just, for the most part, not be there. Like he resolved everything between seasons when we werent watching. You know the whole '1 year later' thing. That would be overtly disappointing.

[A Perfect Score]

Wow. What a finale. As I was watching it, I couldnt help but think as Trinity drove away in the Mustang, he was going to meet Rita, either to kill her or for other reasons (ie. They already knew each other in some way or another). This was not an ending I saw coming, but I assumed it would have to do with Rita.

Not really sure where the series will go from here. I can honestly say I am not a fan of the books, and Ive stated on numerous occasions that if you put the character of Dexter in a more talented writer's hands (Lindsay, the original author, leaves alot to be desired), you could have had some extremely compelling novels. That said, I do think that sometime in the near future, there is going to be someone who finds out what Dexter is and doesnt die in the end.

I agree about Aster and Cody, I dont know how much involvement they will have in the series future, but Harrison will definitely be there. I think Dexter calls the police and deals with alot of suspicion, particularly from Quinn, as to why Trinity broke the cycle, and especially pertaining to Rita.

By the way, dick move by Trinity. Couldnt he of just died? I really liked Rita haha.