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Old 09-30-2012, 02:27 PM   #1
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Default dexter season 7 starts tonight

will it be even better than last season?? dunno thats alotta quality to live up to

 
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Old 09-30-2012, 02:28 PM   #2
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Old 09-30-2012, 03:02 PM   #3
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What's the deal with this show, again? It peaked around the season 3 or 4 finale, right? I hear conflicting things. The "Lithgow season" is supposed to be the best. What would you say is the best stretch to watch? I saw the first episode and a random one from season 5 and was not impressed, but my friends are incessant in their persuasion

 
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Old 09-30-2012, 03:06 PM   #4
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I mean every season/episode is completely retarded but it gets progressively more so
I had to bail during the lithgow season because it was starting to drive me nuts
Apparently the 6th season feature Colin hanks of all terrible actors as the main big bad which makes me glad I quit

Karl Connor summed up the best part of the show in his second post anyway

 
Old 09-30-2012, 03:30 PM   #5
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i would at least try to get through the first two seasons, just to try it out. even if you decide to quit right there, its genuinely good tv.
after that things get spotty. season 3 was unneccesary, but season 4 (the john lithgow season) is arguably the best one.
season 5 and six was when it became a self parody. just kind of ridiculous all around even if the show was never cutting edge reality to begin with. but if you make it that far youre invested with the characters enough to kind of tune the badness out.

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Old 09-30-2012, 03:31 PM   #6
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The first season and the Lithgow season were the best. The third season and last season were the worst. I have *some* hope for this season just because they finally played the card we'd all been waiting for in the last season finale, but I bet momentum fades out quickly. Won't be as bad as the last two seasons of Weeds, though.

 
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Old 09-30-2012, 03:33 PM   #7
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I started typing my above post before Order 66 typed this:

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i woud at least try to get through the first two seasons to try it out. even if you decide to quit right there, its genuinely good tv.
after that things get spotty. season 3 was pretty unneccesary. season 4 (the john lithgow season) is arguably the best one.
seaon 5 and six was when it became a self parody. just kind of ridiculous all around even the show was never cutting edge reality to begin with. but if you make it that dfar youre invested with the characters enough to kind of tune the badness out.
Yeah, pretty much. I tend to defend the 5th season a little bit more than most (in that I think it's definitely a whole level above 3 and 6) but otherwise spot on.

I think 3 is the worst because its the one season that if you completely deleted it from the show, you wouldn't know it was gone. 4 could start literally the day after 2. Same is kinda true of 6 minus the season finale big reveal. Mos Def was paaaaaainful.

 
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Old 09-30-2012, 05:51 PM   #8
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season 1 is the best by far. some great moments, like the one in that hotel (avoiding spoilers...)
season 4 is good
two and three above average
last two are pretty bad but, yeah, i'm invested so i'll watch. five kinda pissed me off tbh. i mean in theory the plot should have appealed to someone like me (wish fulfillment) but i found it to be shallow and the ending was shit. the acting gets worse throughout all seasons; less so with the main character than everyone else, but still. six is just... bad

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Old 09-30-2012, 06:06 PM   #9
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The first is based on a novel so it has an interesting plot, I think following seasons rely on characters and it gets a bit soap opera-ish.
I skipped season three on the advice of others, I watched the first couple of episodes and then couldn't stand it. Watched season four a couple of years later because it had John Lithgow in it, and enjoyed it, season five was awful. Might watch season six or seven if someone convinces me it's not a total waste of time.

 
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Old 09-30-2012, 06:59 PM   #10
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Might watch season six or seven if someone convinces me it's not a total waste of time.
Six is pretty meh but it ends with the event we all knew the show would have to have at some point, and the promos for seven make it look like the fallout from that will be the main plot. So that's... something.

 
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Old 09-30-2012, 11:56 PM   #11
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Good to know. If I ever sit down and watch this I will skip season 3. How was tonight's?

 
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:02 AM   #12
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dling now from piratebay. might have to wait til tomorrow to watch it though

 
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:09 AM   #13
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man dexter did end up fucking deb. never wouldve thought

 
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:29 PM   #14
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JUMPED THE SHARK

 
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Old 10-01-2012, 05:49 PM   #15
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How was tonight's?
It was pretty OK actually. The "this season on Dexter" thing at the conclusion actually made it look pretty good but those can be deceiving.

 
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Old 10-01-2012, 05:49 PM   #16
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man dexter did end up fucking deb. never wouldve thought
Yeah, man. I know its Showtime, but I can't believe they showed the penetration on the sodomy.

 
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Old 10-01-2012, 09:44 PM   #17
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excellent episode. looks like they're really going through with this and it's not some bullshit false alarm.

 
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Old 10-03-2012, 09:48 AM   #18
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excellent episode. looks like they're really going through with this and it's not some bullshit false alarm.
I'm probably wrong but it felt like the ending of the episode didn't actually happen. Some sort of nightmare or hallucination or something.

 
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Old 10-03-2012, 11:23 AM   #19
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maybe.

and what's with that guy cancelling dexter's credit card?

 
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Old 10-04-2012, 07:09 AM   #20
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I didn't get the cancelled credit card thing either

end of the first episode was good. Overall I'm glad they went in the direction they did this season. the series has lasted a couple seasons too long. watching everything fall apart for Dexter would be interesting.

Also, last season they turned Deb into a sniveling mess. I hated that. Maybe now she'll grow some balls.

 
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Old 10-07-2012, 09:29 PM   #21
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Bumping this thread


Kind of like this season. They found a way to do something different. Deb is still annoying.

 
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Old 10-11-2012, 11:34 AM   #22
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hey why did the discussion stop

i got around to watching the first two episodes last night.
excellent first episode, fairly thrilling because it was unusually fast paced. i wasn't expecting them to draw out the serial killer confession at until the show had reached mid-season, at least. i was all like http://forums.netphoria.org/wwwboard/icons/icon11.gif so i played the second episode straight away and boy, did the crappiness just come slapping in my face. again with the waddling secondary plots (russian mob? jesus), horrendous writing and holes in the story (i.e how his child is only occasionally and conveniently brought up in the show).
this will probably be another awful season with maybe a few redeeming final episodes

 
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Old 10-11-2012, 12:01 PM   #23
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yeah i was about to post, the second episode went back to suck

 
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Old 10-11-2012, 12:57 PM   #24
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i like when the russian mob boss asked 'what about the dead cop?' over the phone. like a professinal hitman would talk like that. anyway i think the season is ok despite the russian stuff. what are the chances they'd cross paths with that black cop. whatever

 
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Old 10-11-2012, 12:58 PM   #25
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and is it just me or does desmond harrington look more emaciated every season

 
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Old 10-11-2012, 02:23 PM   #26
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this new relationship between dexter and debra is so badly executed it's astounding.
"i call it my dark passenger"
"lol you named it lol"

 
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Old 10-11-2012, 04:10 PM   #27
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and is it just me or does desmond harrington look more emaciated every season
anorexia nervosa

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:17 AM   #28
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episode 3 is god awful

it's like 50 minutes of "next time on dexter..."

there's no substance at all. the sub plot is ridiculous. if you're going to have people being double agents they have to you know, go through time to feel out who they can trust, not just be like hey so they want me to fuck you over but i liek you

i mean they need to tease those things out

what the hell is this really what dexter has become

not only is it a soap opera, it's a really bad one

1st season 4 lyfe

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:27 AM   #29
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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?

 
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:35 AM   #30
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like i said earlier in the thread i'd try the first two seasons and if you like it then keep on. if you think its pretty meh then dont waste your time with the rest. watching the first season wouldnt hurt if youve got nothingnbetter to do

 
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