Dexter Season 6 [SPOILERS]

His biological father's other son?

EDIT:

Kidding

I know, I was just working the whole thing out for myself QQ

I just finally watched this season.

Tbh, I liked them in this order-
1 > 2 > 4 > 6 > 5 > 3

I absolutely hated season 3, I thought it was HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE.
Season 5 was stupid as well, but not near as bad.

1 and 2 are pretty close but the twist in 1 won it, I just enjoyed the Doakes going after Dexter. Trinity Killer, well, he was just a twisted weird one, and I do like the twist in the middle of this season.

However, that all being said... Anyone else watch the beginning of this season, and immediately thought "End of the world? Oh god, not cylons!"

Okay so with how season 6 ended, anyone want to take a guess at what the basis for 7 is gonna be like? Fairly sure that the new "villain" is going to be that computer geek intern that was obsessed with Dexter and will turn killer in hopes to impress or aspire Dexter while simultaneously being a target for Dex's knife.

Biggest question though is what will Debra do? Will she turn a blind eye with her new-found love? Become his partner in crime? Turn him in? The possibilities are extensive!

Obviously spoilers if you haven't seen season 6. Stop reading now if you haven't :P

I wasn't that fond of this season, I felt that it could have been a lot more. Just to name a few things springing to mind:
-They should have explored Brian more. That was the best part of the season for me, "Hello, brother" (or something like it, been awhile). Sent chills down my spine! He disappeared pretty quickly, but I thought this was the freshest idea that they've had since season 4 ended.
-Debra being in love with Dexter. Really? I probably wouldn't have much of a problem with it if it hadn't felt as if it came out of nowhere. There were no real hints, it always seemed like a normal close sibling relationship (yes, I know they aren't related, but still).
-I feel that the tension is lacking in the last 2 seasons...I mean, when Travis locked Dexter up, he just escaped without a problem...when he was at the sea with the fire, he managed to survive without a problem too.
When Travis had done the painting on the wall and Dexter arrived, the other officers just HAPPENED not to have seen the painting, and Dexter just HAPPENS to arrive a few minutes sooner to erase it without anyone asking any questions. It kind of kills it for me.
-The Gellar being dead thing. I saw it coming really early on, and it did not seem that original to me.

Having that said, the acting was superb, especially Debra (imo) really shone in this season.

Regarding what Debra will do;
-I don't think that she will turn him in, especially since they went out of their way to make it clear that she loves him. She will probably feel really conflicted and have a state of disbelief for awhile and fall into a depression.
-Don't think she will become his partner in crime either, I don't know. I just don't see it happening, especially since Dex has had 2 partners in crime already.
It will be interesting to see how it turns out. Despite my criticisms, it is still one of the few shows on TV that I will actually watch :P

1 > 4 > 5 > 3 > 6 > 2 to me.

Reasoning in spoiler:

Watched the entire thing THREE times. Love the Dexter series. Actually one of two shows i actually watch. Other then that I don't really watch any TV at all. Great stuff. Can't wait for the new stuff.

If felt the same way, it would have been awesome if they kept him around and had his brother and father pulling him in their directions every step of the way.


Agreed. It just popped up. Debra is supposed to be the type of person who doesn't let others dictate her life and has a strong will. Even under the pressure of getting that new job, she shouldn't be so weak willed to believe her Psych on this. If they had pushed a relationship slowly over the past couple of seasons it wouldn't have been such an annoyance of mine.


Yeah, that was just silly. I mean, they could have gone in and seen the painting. It wouldn't have changed anything because Dexter could have played it off that it was because he saved everyone from the gas attack at the precinct and that Dexter was the next target. Instead they use a cheap gimmick to remove all the tension related to it.


Probably the only thing I disagree with. One of the few things I didn't expect at all. Kudos for spotting it, it never even crossed my mind.


Yeah, I liked Debra's acting too. I almost feel like she put some of the emotions of their real life divorce into it. Like all those times she was frustrated with Dexter, it just felt real. Yeah, also I have no clue what will happen in the next(last?) season. But am interested in seeing. She's not adverse to breaking laws to do the "right thing" but I can't see her being compliant either.

I think, since season six, seven, and eight (maybe nine?) were all purchased at the same time, the writers made a three-season (four?) story-arc. There's a LOT of setup going on in six.

Edit: Which makes me feel like the big-baddy was mostly backseat story.

1 > 4 > 2 > 5 > 3 > 6 for me.
The pacing in season 6 just seemed all over the place. I felt like we sped up and then stopped at a traffic light over and over. I also didn't find Travis particularly interesting.
This season was "bad Dexter" in my book. Though I still think bad Dexter is good TV!
It has been stated that the show will run through 8 total seasons, so the intern plotline and Deb stuff started here is the setup for endgame. We'll just have to see where they take it.

I didn't see it at all, I mean toasters couldn't kill him but a skinny nutcase can? Man what the frak yo....

I didn't doubt that the psycho could kill Gellar, it's just that I didn't expect him to be dead and a figment of his imagination the whole time. Guess it's just something I reserved especially for Dexter(with his dad and brother imaginations).


Also this!

Also, I didn't notice this on my first watch of the season, but on a second viewing I noticed Brian did a heck of a lot of physical things. Eating at least twice, throwing a bag over the boat, and of course the stabbing. I have to wonder if making Brian do all of that in his single episode was merely setting up the believability of the Gellar reveal, what with all the physical things they had him do.

I saw it because Gellar never interacts with anyone else but Travis. When they are in public places, noone pays attention to Gellar. It made it pretty obvious to me, so I was pretty disappointed when I found out that it indeed was the case.


Naw, I remember in this one episode where Brian supposedly hits the guy (in a farm/windmill like place? I can't even remember haha), the next thing it shows is Dexter holding the thing (I think this was the stabbing, but I can't recall exactly) that Brian supposedly hit the man with. I can't remember the specifics, but it made it pretty clear that it wasn't really Brian that did it. Dexter just sees Brian and the things Brian does are really done by Dexter in a response to that imagination.

Edit: holy necrobump!