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| Dexter: Season 6 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 28 2011, 09:43 PM (2,272 Views) | |
| aimees76 | Dec 7 2011, 03:31 PM Post #21 |
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I totally didn't guess it. I was so shocked I didn't even get what the reveal was when it was revealed. LOL. I was like - wha? - and I rewound and watched it again. Then I was like - wha? - lol ... I had to think over every scene with Gellar and remind myself that Dexter didn't actually see him, but I thought he had seen him that last time at the church so I was kind of stuck on that. So yeah, they slipped that one by me for sure. |
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| Kenny | Dec 7 2011, 04:15 PM Post #22 |
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That's when I first realized Gellar was dead. The writers are always trying to make parallels between Dexter and the "big bad" of the season, so I figured the parallel between Dexter and Travis would be that they both have dark passengers in the form of hallucinations of loved ones who influence the crazy decisions they make. After the restaurant episode, the twist was obvious. Travis was the only one who ever saw Gellar. The waitress didn't acknowledge him. We never saw him actually making a kill. People who knew him said they hadn't seen him in years. He always managed to slip out of sight just as Dexter was closing in on him. At one point he literally disappeared into the shadows at the church, LoL. I can't believe more people didn't figure it out sooner. |
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| Kevc1980 | Dec 8 2011, 11:56 AM Post #23 |
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I have several friends that were completely shocked by the Gellar reveal...I probably never would of guessed it, if I didn't read online sites..Great twist, but still kind of a lackluster season so far..I'm hoping they bring out the big guns in the last 2 episodes.. |
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| Kevc1980 | Dec 12 2011, 02:21 AM Post #24 |
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This hasn't been my favorite season, but the finale looks to be pretty amazing... |
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| Southofsoap | Dec 12 2011, 03:53 AM Post #25 |
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Watching tonight felt like a chore. Unless something amazing happens in the finale, I won't be checking out season 7. The only part remotely interesting part is the intern working for Masuka. He most probably is just a plot device as a roadblock to Dexter, but maybe he is next season's baddie? |
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| Kenny | Dec 13 2011, 03:40 AM Post #26 |
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If the show actually plans to go there with this Deb/Dexter incest shit, then it has jumped the shark in a bigger way than I ever thought possible. |
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| Kenny | Dec 13 2011, 05:03 AM Post #27 |
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Meanwhile, in the middle of a public square, without disguising himself and with complete disregard to the security cameras that were surely there and in all the surrounding areas, Dexter actually had the time to desecrate a giant angel statue and attach a decomposing hand to it without anyone seeing him? That's asking me to suspend my disbelief a little too much. At the very least, he would've been caught on a security camera or someone would've seen him. I can't believe he was actually willing to risk all that just so he could "send a message" to Travis. Speaking of which, how stupid must Dexter be to make a video message for Travis and send it to his phone when he knows the police are looking for him? "Hey Travis, you sick fuck. Come meet me on my boat. I'm ready to kill you." What if the cops caught Travis and they saw that video on his phone?! How the hell would Dexter explain that to Miami Metro? This show gets dumber with every episode. |
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| Kenny | Dec 13 2011, 05:26 AM Post #28 |
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Oh, there's also this quote from next week's episode: "The picture was taken about 7 miles off the coast. I think it's the Lake of Fire." Do they actually expect us to believe that Dexter, in his drugged and discombobulated state, managed to swim seven miles back to shore after Travis left him to die in the explosion? So stupid. |
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| JDB | Dec 13 2011, 12:21 PM Post #29 |
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I thought to reference to Travis would know where all the cameras was so no pics was some sad CYA writing, which became even more pointless with Dexter sending him that video. The new blood running the show needs to stop trying to put their stamp on it and rewatch the first season "I'm a very neat monster" and remember theirs a reason why Dexter uses all those garbage bags for his kill room, and dumps little pieces of his kills into the ocean -it isn't just aesthetics. So far the show is handling the Dexter/Deb incest plot poiint/storyline better than when 'Uncle Fucker' was going on at Days, but that's like finishing next to dead last and shouting VICTORY! I hate seeing revisionist plot points creep in like Deb saying 'she used to go in Dexters room and sleep and he didn't even know I was there' -yeah right. in the early seasons it touched what the first book did Deb knew something was off about him, didn't know what, and tried not to think about it. Now we got her super cop instincts were fucked up cause she was repressing the urge to fuck him??? Their real life situation of the actors makes it extra 'shark jumpy' to me. They have a few different ways to play it: Dexter doesn't find out and it stays a Deb story for inner conflict, Dexter finds out and they have some big blowout fight (it's past damn time Deb learns the truth), with better writers you could spend a whole season just dealing with the fallout, they become the biggest train wreck 'couple' on TV, or a hail mary the shrink is really doing work for Maria to make Deb even more of a basket case and force her out by fucking with her head. I didn't catch the Gellar twist, but it didn't impress me much either. They should have stopped trying for laughs after the reunion blow job bit. According to Showtime Dexter is on to season 8, Deb needs to find out already. |
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| aimees76 | Dec 14 2011, 12:03 PM Post #30 |
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I think it's kind of funny that the first time I have said "eww" since the first season of this show, was when Deb and Dexter "kissed" in her dream. Just kind of ironic, given the premise of the show, lol. |
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| Kenny | Dec 14 2011, 12:55 PM Post #31 |
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Here's a preview of the season finale from "jkrishan," a reliable poster at IMDb. Spoiler: click to toggle
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| Kevc1980 | Dec 14 2011, 02:42 PM Post #32 |
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I skimmed that, but stopped right before the end..I don't want to know of the bombshell..I have a feeling we are in for a huge cliffhanger..Can't wait..I will watch Dexter to the end... |
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| Bright Eyes | Dec 14 2011, 03:58 PM Post #33 |
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Why Kenny wants to ruin our lives by posting these insipid spoilers, I'll never know. ENABLER!!! I have successfully refrained. :) |
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| JDB | Dec 15 2011, 09:31 AM Post #34 |
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The spoilers don't really spoil that much, Spoiler: click to toggle the only 'bombshell' ending that wouldn't disappoint me is Deb finds out the truth about Dexter being a killer, I just hope the 'bombshell' hinted at isn't Deb realizes she doesn't really want to be with her brother, or worse the show ends with her confessing her 'wannajumpyabro' feelings to him. If it involves the stalker/nerd -it better be one hell of a reveal, on the level of 'who is keyser soze?' from the usual suspects, to really make this a better season instead of middle of the road. Edited by JDB, Dec 15 2011, 09:40 AM.
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| Kenny | Dec 19 2011, 12:34 AM Post #35 |
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Finally! Deb knows Dexter's a killer! Unfortunately, tonight's cliffhanger doesn't really mean anything because it will be resolved within the first five minutes of Season 7. Once Dexter finishes soiling himself, he'll be like, "Deb, I didn't want you to see this. Travis kidnapped Harrison and tried to murder him. I had no choice but to kill him to protect my son." Deb will be freaked out, but deep down she'll realize Travis had it coming (just like Jordan Chase did when she let his killers go last season) and she'll help Dexter cover up the crime. She won't have any clue that this is something Dexter does regularly ("vigilante justice") and that he gets off on it. His dark passenger will remain a secret until the next season finale when Deb finally learns the whole truth. Until then, the show is going to continue spinning its wheels. Meanwhile, Deb admitting that she's in love with Dexter made me want to vomit all over the TV. I don't care that they aren't blood related. The fact that they consider each other brother and sister is enough to make it disgusting and incestuous. I can't believe the writers are serious with this shit. It's not even "jump the shark" bad -- it's a whole new level of awful. Also, can I just say how stupid it was for the officers to wait for Dexter to arrive before entering the house, giving him a chance to alter the painting? They've never waited on him to survey a crime scene before, so why did they do it now? So contrived. |
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| Kenny | Dec 19 2011, 12:48 AM Post #36 |
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I watched tonight's finale with my mom, who only casually follows the show and usually doesn't pay it much attention, and when it got to the part where Deb burst into her therapist's office and confessed that she's in love with Dexter, my mom was like, "What the hell did she just say?! Did she says she's in love with her brother?!" She couldn't believe it, LoL. She was so grossed out that she got up and left the room and totally missed the "cliffhanger" ending. |
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| Kevc1980 | Dec 19 2011, 01:04 AM Post #37 |
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Deb admitting she loves Dexter is just bizarre. But I"m in absolute shock that Deb finally saw Dexter kill someone..FINALLY..Thank you writers..my heart is still racing..Amazing cliffhanger.. |
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| Mateo | Dec 19 2011, 04:21 AM Post #38 |
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Yeah, I'm not sure how to feel about this at all. On one hand I'm thrilled that Deb finally saw Dexter, but on the other I'm absolutely appalled at the "I love Dexter" reveal. Forget the fact that although not blood related it just gross, I don't buy it for one minute. It just seems like a ploy from the writers to try and shock us. Don't like it one bit. It should be interesting to see how they develop the Deb seeing Dexter bit, but if it's anything like how they've handled this season, I don't have much hope. In a way it did feel a bit anti-climatic. We've been waiting so long and this just felt odd, probably because of Deb's other revelation. I wish they would have revealed this last season when Deb almost caught Dexter and Lumen.. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll bring in some new blood for the writing team, again, and they'll drop the incest thing, but who knows. Jennifer Carpenter tweeted last night that quite a bit of the ending hit the cutting room floor before making it to air. She mentioned that it wasn't easy to see some of the stuff get cut. Edited by Mateo, Dec 19 2011, 04:21 AM.
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| Kenny | Dec 19 2011, 11:45 AM Post #39 |
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Dexter Boss Answers Burning Finale Questions, Talks Season 6 Criticism, Teases Season 7 The following story contains major spoilers from Sunday’s Dexter season finale, so steer clear if you have yet to watch the episode. Everyone else, read on… Though the reviews of this season’s Dexter have been mixed, there’s one thing nobody’s debating: the impact of the one-two punch the Showtime hit delivered in Sunday’s finale. Not only did Deb admit that she was into her adoptive brother, but she also got a good look at his “dark passenger.” Will the series really “go there” with the semi-siblings? Can they, now that she knows his secret? To find out, TVLine rang up exec producer Scott Buck… TVLINE | Was Deb developing romantic feelings for Dexter always part of the show’s grand plan? It was something we realized very early on. It was not necessarily a plan, but it was something we all felt was in the DNA of that character. It just sort of made sense when we started to examine why she was the way she was. It wasn’t necessarily something we were always working towards, but when we examined it it seemed — at least on some sort of subconscious level — like that’s the direction it had always been going. TVLINE | Was there a debate in the writers room about whether to go there? You must’ve known it would be controversial. It came up several years ago. We thought about it, then dismissed it, but it would always come up again year after year after year. So it just felt like there was this big story there that we were denying. TVLINE | And why now? It just seemed so inevitable. There was no particular reason why this year, except that it felt like we had been ignoring it. TVLINE | The fact that Deb knows Dexter’s secret — well, part of his secret. She only saw him kill one person. And one murder does not a serial killer make. Correct. [But] Deb has absolutely without a doubt seen Dexter commit a ritual kill. We’re not teasing the audience or jerking the audience around. TVLINE | Deb came close to discovering Dex’s “dark passenger” in the Season 5 finale. Why not pull the trigger on it then as opposed to postponing it for another season? I wasn’t running the show at the time so I didn’t have the opportunity to pull the trigger. But again, it was because of things like that that it felt like we had teased the audience to a point that was not quite right anymore. It felt like time to be more honest with the situation. TVLINE | The episode hinted at the possible departure of Desmond Harrington’s Quinn. Will he be back? Yes, absolutely. TVLINE | Do you pay attention to what critics are saying and writing? I’ve seen some but not all. TVLINE | So it probably doesn’t come as a shock that it was a polarizing season. I wanted to throw out some of the bigger criticisms. First off, many felt Travis (Colin Hanks) wasn’t a scary enough villain. He seemed almost cartoonish at times. How do you respond to that? We never meant for him to be cartoonish. We meant for him to be complicated in a way so that you might have mixed feelings for him. You would generally feel sympathy or empathy for this man before fully realizing who he was. And once you do realize who he was, does that really make the issue that much different? Is he really that much more in control then if Professor Gellar had been real. TVLINE | Do you feel like your villains are doomed to disappoint after Trinity (John Lithgow)? I don’t feel that way. Obviously, John was fantastic and set a very high standard for us. But there are all kinds of villains out there. They don’t need to all be scary in the same way. TVLINE | There were a fair number of viewers that saw the Gellar twist coming. Was that ever a concern? I really wasn’t that concerned, because if people guessed the twist, it really wasn’t the major arc of the season. Dexter has always been a show much more about character. It was always more interesting to see how this revelation affects Dexter, rather then, “Oh, I guessed it.” It didn’t seem that important an idea that it had to be so completely hidden from the audience. TVLINE | Finally, the reaction to a possible Deb-Dexter romance seems more negative than positive. There’s a genuine ick factor there. Will that impact how far you take the storyline in the final two seasons? No. I’m not aware that there’s an ick factor, but that’s certainly not going to affect where we go with that story. TVLINE | Safe to say Season 7 will pick up right where Season 6 left off? I think we’ll most likely be picking up exactly where we left off, or somewhere close to there. |
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| Kenny | Dec 19 2011, 12:02 PM Post #40 |
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I'm glad to hear him say this. I don't want them to chicken out next season and have Deb think this is a "one time and done" thing for Dexter. I want her to discover the whole truth at once. Translation: "We don't really care what the viewers think. We're doing it anyway." |
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