Dexter finale series#
Fair enough, leaving Dexter staring soulfully into the camera from his new hideout as a lumberjack does indeed reek powerfully of a cop-out, but how could the series have possibly have finished it off in a way that would be satisfying to viewers? Is there a single outcome in which the loose ends accrued throughout the last six seasons are unanimously taken care of? But that anxiety seems to boil down with frightening consistency to our tendency to nitpick, be it about the quality of the writing, or the neatness with which all loose ends are tied up. We emotionally connect to characters and it's stressful and unpleasant to count down the last hours we'll spend with them before we inevitably re-watch the series about a year down the line (looking at you, Sex and the City). It could be human nature that forces our hand when it comes to finale-hate.
(Le sigh, can someone please bring back the Trinity Killer already? I said it once and I'll say it again, I demand a prequel/sequel/special right meow.) At the same time, Sons of Anarchy's violent and jumbled return has heralded hours of heartbreak and ruined nights for this here entertainment writer - since the FX series only has one season to go before it bows - which forces the question: Do the shows we love struggle to finish, or are we acting out because we can't handle them being over? Do we simply love to hate endings? Really Showtime? That's all you got? And to think, this came from the show that once featured John Lithgow naked in a literal bloodbath.
For those of you who didn't catch the series' final episode Sunday night (and we'll put the requisite spoiler alert here): Dexter leaves Miami and becomes a lumberjack and Deb (FINALLY) dies.
Dexter finale update#
In other, non- Dexter news, Hall gave a small update on God Fearing Man, a TV project based on one of Kubrick's unproduced scripts.The Internet unanimously agrees: The Dexter finale was a bit weak. Though I'd really like to do all 3 to all 3. Though I imagine he's got a pretty serious itch he's aching to scratch.Īlso on the Dexter front, Hall admitted he'd "love to see an extensive blooper reel," named Louis Greene as the character he liked the least, and indulged in a round of Fuck, Marry, Kill for Lila, Lumen, and Hannah: It's tough, because I fucked all three and killed one of them. staring at the wall in a prison of his own making, and I think his self-imposed exile from the world continues. Though I don't think the writers imagined that Dexter was dead, to be honest.įor his part, he has some thoughts on where Dexter would be "right now." When we left him, he was. I don't think your interpretation is necessarily invalid. Hall was diplomatic but blunt when addressing that particular explanation: I'm reluctant to answer that definitively, because. Some fans hated that ending so much, they constructed elaborate theories to explain it - like the one where Dexter actually dies in the hurricane and the whole lumberjack scene is actually purgatory. Hall has previously said that the ending was "narratively satisfying - but it was not so savory," which seems like a diplomatic way of saying he didn't really like it either. It's tough to tell exactly what he means by "sadness." Is it sadness because he didn't like the ending, sadness because he felt bad for Dexter, or sadness because he knew this meant Showtime would inevitably try to get him back for a sequel or spinoff? Of course, Dexter is also a pragmatist and a self-preservationalist so he didn't do himself in. anything he touched would eventually be destroyed and so he felt he needed to let it all go. given what he'd been through, and his attempts to have his cake and eat it too in regards to indulging his compulsion to kill AND have a more authentic life, his self-imposed exile did resonate. One Redditor asked for Hall's "initial reaction when read that Dexter becomes a lumberjack would be the final scene." Hall's response: Probably sadness. Hall was ostensibly on Reddit to promote his run on Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, but inevitably a lot of the questions turned to Dexter. We don't need to warn you that spoilers follow, do we? Well, just in case: Spoilers for the Dexter finale follow.
Dexter finale full#
Hit the jump for his full comments, plus more highlights from the Michael C Hall Reddit AMA including his response to one crazy fan theory, an update on his Stanley Kubrick-based project, and a Dexter-riffic round of FMK. In a Reddit AMA, Hall reveals that he felt "sadness" when he read about Dexter's fate, though he goes out of his way to justify it. We already know what all of you thought of that Dexter finale.