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Old 10-16-2012, 12:39 AM   #31
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I'll finally start watching this, since people keep talking like I've missed something.
So am I understanding this right - I'll better watch only season 1? Are they all tied together or can I just watch the best episodes?
what order 66 said

season one is great TV. if you don't absolutely love it i wouldn't try any more of them

i wasnt a huge fan of season 2 or 3 but compared to this season they're on another level. this stuff really fucking sucks. it's like someone edited good episodes of dexter to take out all the plot and just stuck awkward scenes together...? very little really happens, just talking.

the first episode of this season got my hopes up... oh man

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:40 AM   #32
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i know i'd said i'd ride it out because i'm invested but what. the. fuck.

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 04:48 AM   #33
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Have they explained where Harrison is and I missed it? I know the guy is a serial killer and all but, worst parenting ever.

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 06:06 AM   #34
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i still lol at the russian mob story every time that "menacing" big boss appears

you get that he's supposed to have this nicholson on departed vibe, but the actor\writing really really doesn't deliver

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 07:42 AM   #35
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Have they explained where Harrison is and I missed it? I know the guy is a serial killer and all but, worst parenting ever.
half the cast is all but written out of the season

every season of the show has had a big bad of some sort, another killer that Dexter has had to contend with. Who is that this season? The mob? WTF?

seven seasons in is not the time to abandon the formula that made the show successful.

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 08:49 AM   #36
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i thought it was going to be that intern from work but i guess not

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 08:49 AM   #37
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Have they explained where Harrison is and I missed it? I know the guy is a serial killer and all but, worst parenting ever.
batista's niece or whatever looks after him. chick whos dating the psycho/dorky intern

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 08:50 AM   #38
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[quote=scottytheoneand;3923025]half the cast is all but written out of the season

every season of the show has had a big bad of some sort, another killer that Dexter has had to contend with. Who is that this season? The mob? WTF?

seven seasons in is not the time to abandon the formula that made the show successful./QUOTE]

i dont really have hope for the la guerta storyline but maybe something will come of it...?

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are they going to find out about the murder on dexter's boat?

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 09:07 AM   #39
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uh
isn't that guy with the creepy mask the new serial killer?

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 09:08 AM   #40
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i mean they introduced him very haphazardly and in a casual way
but they made it clear he's a serial killer

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 09:08 AM   #41
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i guess?

he doesnt seem very like sophisticated killer type, more like a couple episode thing but maybe not... weak

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 09:09 AM   #42
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that creepy maze thing was sort of interesting but we dont know shit about the character so it feels pretty hollow

it seemed more like a plot device to get deb to be ok with what dexter does than the intro of a big bad

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:23 AM   #43
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yeah that sounds about right
but see, the kind of 'big bad' train of thought confuses me because this show is so sub par at the moment, nothing is really 'big' anymore. plus i'm thinking, the writers must also know (at least i hope so) that the multitude of COOL SERIAL KILLAZ in miami is getting a little ridiculous so maybe they're toning it down a little

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:59 PM   #44
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they cant get enough development going to pull off a big bad without it being a lol fest. remember season 1 development? even season 3 which most people don't like much? that shit developed, yeah there was bad acting, but there were good scenes. there's like none now, maybe one an episode, it's sad. seriously someone stick a fork in it

 
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Old 11-12-2012, 11:44 PM   #45
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well this season is turning out sort of interesting, actually.

there is some cheapness with the plot development but the last 2-3 episodes have been "good" imo

not first season worthy by any means, but worth seeing

anyone else still watching?

 
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Old 11-13-2012, 01:20 AM   #46
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right now i'm contemplating watching the newest episode or going to sleep

i actually would've dug this season but all this russian mafia bullshit... why is it there? why not just make it about dexters fucked up love interest and dealing with deb. it's one of the last seasons so why dick around with all these dumb subplots

i'll watch it to the end but i hate how they shoehorn tv tropes in this like its CSI miami or something

 
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Old 11-13-2012, 01:41 AM   #47
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yeah the russian shit is stupid and brings the overall quality down

 
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Old 11-13-2012, 06:42 AM   #48
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I'm watching. will watch til the series is over.

Russian Mafia is stupid plot for sure

 
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Old 11-13-2012, 03:35 PM   #49
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right now i'm contemplating watching the newest episode or going to sleep

i actually would've dug this season but all this russian mafia bullshit... why is it there? why not just make it about dexters fucked up love interest and dealing with deb. it's one of the last seasons so why dick around with all these dumb subplots

i'll watch it to the end but i hate how they shoehorn tv tropes in this like its CSI miami or something
It's all going to come back together at the end I'm sure.. I mean remember the Trinity year had Rita, marriage, baby, and a whole other nest of subplots going on.

Jordan Chase had Lumen... this is nothing new.

 
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Old 11-13-2012, 05:15 PM   #50
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yeah i know it'll ultimately have its place but russian mafia bad guys is the most played out tv trope ever. may as well have a mustache twirling dude in a top hat tie deb up to a train track or something.

 
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Old 11-14-2012, 12:12 AM   #51
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I'm actually digging this season more than any since Trinity if only because it seems like the writers finally seem to remember things that happened in the previous seasons that seemed like big loose ends and are treating them as such. I never was satisfied with the way Dexter managed to slip out of the whole Bay Harbor Butcher thing in season 2, so I'm glad they're revisiting it. I also like that they brought up how odd it was that all the barrel girl murderers from season 5 disappeared at the same time. There's also been specific callbacks to kills we've actually seen on the show in prior seasons. It just seems to me like this is the first season since season 2 where the writers have some understanding of the world they've created for the character and realize just how sloppy a killer they've actually made him.

 
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Old 11-14-2012, 12:27 AM   #53
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they pretty much have to reference the past since its the second to last season. so i expected it from the beginning (though i do appreciate how they're not shoving it all into the last season)

i got done watching the last episode and plot-wise its paid off really well. but like the last two seasons i feel like it went too off course in places. maybe ten years from now they'll make an abridged edition of this show lol

 
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Old 11-14-2012, 01:41 AM   #54
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it's pretty good now, but the second and third episodes were almost soap opera level. i'm surprised and glad. that russian mafia shit is horrible but maybe it'll turn into something good... deb found out and accepted and then encouraged dexter in only a few episodes, which seems really soon, but it's pretty cool how it's ended up with her knowing. we've waiting for that since the first season

i dont see how dexter gets out of the bay harbor butcher thing. laguerta knows

 
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i think dexter should admit right away he's fucking hannah so deb will spend the rest of the series in a padded room eating crayons

 
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Old 11-14-2012, 02:18 AM   #56
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he's certainly in a bind. maybe she'll kill him

 
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Old 11-15-2012, 11:19 AM   #57
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it's almost hilarious how much i don't give a fuck about any character on this show anymore

this season is sternly walking the fine line of not royally fucking things up and keeping things very mediocre and unexciting. i wish it would just end so i could stop watching it. im so disappointed in myself http://forums.netphoria.org/wwwboard/icons/icon9.gif

 
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Old 12-07-2012, 09:21 PM   #58
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heh

http://www.theonion.com/articles/coy...s-in-se,30614/

 
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Old 12-07-2012, 11:09 PM   #59
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is this really the finale coming up? jesus christ

maybe dexter will kill laguerta, thus transforming himself completely into just another serial killer and then next season deb will tell on dexter and he'll go to jail

THE END

 
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Old 12-10-2012, 01:41 AM   #60
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i think the season finale is next week. i've mentally tapped out of the show i think the only reason i keep watching is because rumor has it doakes will come back in the end. yes i know sounds ridiculous but the episode is called 'surprise motherfucker' so... obvs shit will go down. doakes being alive is too hilarious to be true but the show is too ridiculous to cancel out

 
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