I sure hope they do not take a page out of the "Six Feet Under" book and have Rita's death be not real. The feeling of seeing Rita dead reminded me of "Six Feet Under" when Nate died in surgery only to be brought back to life in the first episode of the next season.
Spoiler tag? When people come in to this thread, they should know beforehand that there are bound to be Dexter spoilers within. But I don't expect to have other shows tainted for me by surprise.
My bad. Sorry. I refrained from posting anything about last night's episode because I cannot figure out whether I have access to the spoiler tag or how to use it. I just did not think about posting something about another show, especially because it went off the air 4 years ago. Sorry if I ruined anything for you.
Honestly, if anyone looks in this thread without having watched the finale... they should expect to find out what happened. While I saw this thread consistently on the top of the Hangout the past 2 days, there was NO way I would click it until I watched it today.
just finished watching it and I was shocked at the ending really didnt see that one coming its sad and intriguing i havent read any of the books is that what happened in the books or was it a case if julie benz wanting out of the show to pursue movies or something?
I didn't mean to sound harsh, if I did. In my case I didn't get into Dexter until about a year and a half ago I guess, so I'm new to Michael C. Hall. His involvement in Six Feet Under has me interested to check that series out as well, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. So although it's an "old" show, I didn't really know about it or have any interest in it until very recently. And to use the spoiler tags, just type (SPOILER) Whatever your spoiler is goes here. (/SPOILER) but replace the parentheses with brackets ---> [ ] In other words, it's the same exact format as the quote tags.
I haven't read the books either, but I doubt it was in there. As far as I've read online, nobody was expecting this outcome. If it were in the book, I'm sure some people would have seen it coming.
unless she is back next season in flashback or sort of like how Harry is it doesnt look like she left for the movies just checked her imdb page there is one film in 2010 and a possible (rambo V ) in 2011 the one thing i love about dexter is that its only 12-13 episodes per season so everything is pretty packed in, there are hardly any "filler" episodes bad thing is that it is only 12-13 episodes...man sept is a long ways away for season 5
Give me a break. Six Feet Under has been over for years. You can't seriously expect to be shielded from spoilers at this point.
People complaining about the realism now must just be in a mood because reality hasn't been a factor with this show since season 1. I can't believe those of you complaining about Dexter in the trunk can't just assume he'd take peek around before popping out. Arthur was a wanted man with his face plastered all over, he's not going to be driving on major roads.
i dont know if his face was all over since they had just figured out that he was the trinity killer. there have always been suspensions of reality in all of this i mean he is still dumping body bags in the ocean when those bags were found before and seemingly no one else see his boat out there the family doesnt mention that "kyle butler" was there just before the cops come and somehow he makes it into the garage before the police break the door down maybe the issues with kyle butler is resolved next season
I mentioned this before but I think it's worth bringing up again. The way the FBI showed up and literally cleaned out the police station of all things related to the Trinity case makes me wonder if the writers have already moved past the Trinity/Kyle Butler story. My theory is that when Arthur came to the police station to confront Dexter he was seen (and will be remembered) by Batista and maybe other police like Quinn. He walked around the station and saw the Trinity case bulletin boards and presentations left up. I think it could easily be concluded that he came into the station as a taunt against the cops, checked out their progress, mislead them (by setting up that trucker) and then singled out a cop to use as his next target just to throw it in their faces. He even grabbed Dexter's badge and read his name out loud. If anyone else saw/heard that it would look very much like the two were strangers and Arthur was making it a point of learning Dexter's name. They can tie Rita's killing to Trinity that way and leave it at that. I think only Deb (and maybe Quinn) will be the wiser. I will be a little disappointed if they just sweep Arthur's family and the Kyle Butler stuff under the rug but I think with everything that just went down the writers could easily get me to forget/forgive that by jumping right into the whole Rita murder aftermath and Deb discovery issues in episode one of a season 5. Also, any chance that the Batista/Laguerta marriage and talk of moving in together was a setup for them to be legal guardians for Dexter's baby?
As I said in my earlier post, Dexter has to cover up Rita's death by making it look like she disappeared (or at the least wasn't killed by Trinity). If the police investigate Rita as a Trinity killing, Trinity's family would quickly identify Dexter as Kyle Butler.
I really think they've planted the seed for something big to happen with this. I like your theory, never crossed my mind, but I also think one of those two are getting past season 5. Dexter will be heavly involved in their storyline next season IMO.
Why would they? It has already been established that the family knew nothing of the killings. They won't be involved with the investigation and they surely won't know details about Rita's killing. They also won't be looking at pictures of Miami Metro personnel. Kyle Butler can easily remain a mystery figure who is never identified. My money is on the family never being seen again (because the FBI has the entire case now) and that Rita's killing is attributed to Trinity "taunting" the police by investigators. Making Rita disappear would make more trouble for Dexter.
One of the most prolific serial killers in US history kills the wife of a member of the Miami police force. The publicity/media coverage of this would be massive. It is way beyond credible that a member of Trinity's family would not recognize Dexter as Kyle from that media coverage.
We'll have to wait and see until next season but it's hard for me to see how this isn't a closed issue. If they wanted it to be an essential storyline then why did they take 5 minutes out of packed episode to show us the FBI come in and literally pack up the Trinity case and take it out of Miama Metro? It's a done deal. I can promise you Dexter isn't going to dispose of his own wife. It doesn't even make sense considering husbands are always the main suspect when their wife disappears. The whole issue with Trinity coming into the police station will make this easy to pin on him.
This is a nice wright up about Dexter's season finale by Lance Zierlein... I'll label as a spoiler for those who might not have seen the finale yet. Spoiler 'Dexter' season finale: Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert! Holy. Effing. Crap. What an unbelievable ending to Dexter. Since you have already been warned that this has a spoiler I'm not holding back on what took place. One of you guys posted a question on the blog on Saturday asking if I was excited about the Dexter season finale and "excited" wasn't the word. It is more like I was nervous. I was nervous because I could feel that something really big (and bad) was going to happen. They couldn't have this great season with John Lithgow as the perfect casting for a serial killer without going big in the finale and I knew that "going big" was going to make me uncomfortable. Let me say right up front that there are certain characters and story-lines on my shows that I can do without. If Entourage killed of "E" in the first scene of the next season, I would be happy. On Dexter, if LaGuerta and Batista had given each other STDs and been transferred out I would have been happy. That storyline is a snoozer to me. As far as characters I can do without on Dexter, his wife, Rita ranks right at the top of the list. Sure, I enjoy how the "changes" she's made since she was first on the show and I appreciate her "hard work" in those areas, but she is on my nerves all the time. I was down with Lila. The actress who plays her, Jaime Murray, is hot and unafraid to do what she needed to for the show (get me?). I wish Dexter hadn't killed her off because they could have brought her back now that RITA MORGAN IS DEAD!!!! WTF?!?! I know I just spent the last paragraph telling you that I don't like here annoying character, but damn..... did you have to have Trinity bleed her out in a bathtub and leave Dexter's baby in the blood on the floor? I had the exact same feeling watching the end Dexter that I had watching the end of Se7en when I realized that Brad Pitt was not going to like what was in that box. On Sunday I kept saying, "no..... no..... no..... no" as Dexter answered Rita's phone and then started to head towards his baby's crying. I knew that we were about to get a head in a box (so to speak). Killing Dexter's wife off is what makes this show so good though. Sure, we are used to tidy little endings so we feel better when we leave the theater or turn the TV off, but how much more intense was it for the killer who always wins to have the table turned on him? We aren't used to dark endings like the one we got with Dexter's season finale but that just adds another layer to his character and it sets up what could be the darkest season ever for any television show next season! The last paragraph is right on!!!
