Dexter Discussion Thread *Spoilers*

[crows]

Harrison being slaughtered by one of these savages, whether this season or another would put Dexter into a whirlwind...

That could set up things nicely for his downfall. Cha-ching.

you're talking about killing Baby Harrison?

That would be Cruel and dark and...great, I mean, that would be the most terrible thing that could happen, and it would bring emotions out Dexter thought he was not capable of having, I mean, That could put Dexter in an unstopabble journey into darkness, I could see him becoming crazy, letting go, which we have not really see him do, like ever...

but I don't know if people (the audience) would accept that, I could see the complains already,
still, that would certainly turn everything on its head... never thought about that..

I think it would be awesome for Dexter to kill Travis savagely right in front of Harrison. Would be cool for Harrison to see what Dexter is at an early age. Like what he tried to prevent with the Tooth Fairy's son. The series could go anywhere from there.

This could be good too, but like, where would this go? Harrison becoming Like Dexter, That could mean Dexter starts to teach Harrison the Code and having time pass or something? I don't know, I don't know about Harrison seeing Dexter kill because again, Harrison would be like Dexter without the code...

 

[Droog Alex]

you're talking about killing Baby Harrison?

That would be Cruel and dark and...great, I mean, that would be the most terrible thing that could happen, and it would bring emotions out Dexter thought he was not capable of having, I mean, That could put Dexter in an unstopabble journey into darkness, I could see him becoming crazy, letting go, which we have not really see him do, like ever...

but I don't know if people (the audience) would accept that, I could see the complains already,
still, that would certainly turn everything on its head... never thought about that..

Travis, killing, sacrificing Harrison... in some ritual, would enrage Dexter, his dark passenger, a man who everything he loved...

Rita, taken from him.
His only son...take from him.

He thought he could protect his family during the Trinity season... it did not work.
He thought he could shelter Harrison... he couldnt.

Would set up an amazing psychological component that could derail his obvious, meticulous work...

Then, from there, Deb can find out more about him, as his dark passenger turns into a fury that leaves him exposed a tad more, slipping and as the sis finds out, does she think he is a victim of his recent and past mishappenings in life (born into blood, Harrison born into blood, Harrison dying...), or does she realize and finds out that he has been a monster his whole life?

BANG!

 

[Calcifer]

I rally can't see them killing off a little child, as interesting as the result may be.

 

[crows]

Travis, killing, sacrificing Harrison... in some ritual, would enrage Dexter, his dark passenger, a man who everything he loved...

Rita, taken from him.
His only son...take from him.

He thought he could protect his family during the Trinity season... it did not work.
He thought he could shelter Harrison... he couldnt.

Would set up an amazing psychological component that could derail his obvious, meticulous work...

Then, from there, Deb can find out more about him, as his dark passenger turns into a fury that leaves him exposed a tad more, slipping and as the sis finds out, does she think he is a victim of his recent and past mishappenings in life (born into blood, Harrison born into blood, Harrison dying...), or does she realize and finds out that he has been a monster his whole life?

BANG!

I rally can't see them killing of a little child, as interesting as the result may be.

I know Droog Alex That would be, wow, I could see dexter starting to not care about faking human emotion, I could see him being mean to the people around him, everyone starting to see the real Dexter, maybe Dexter not caring about anything anymore but killing, maybe even forgetting about the Code

but yeah, I could see this turning into a poopstorm, if they killed the boy I could see people protesting the show and people sending letters to Showtime.... could be a mess

it would no doubt be really interesting, but I think it would be too dark Even for Dexter (the show)

 

[Droog Alex]

I know Droog Alex That would be, wow, I could see dexter starting to not care about faking human emotion, I could see him being mean to the people around him, everyone starting to see the real Dexter, maybe Dexter not caring about anything anymore but killing, maybe even forgetting about the Code

but yeah, I could see this turning into a poopstorm, if they killed the boy I could see people protesting the show and people sending letters to Showtime.... could be a mess

it would no doubt be really interesting, but I think it would be too dark Even for Dexter (the show)

The world is a dark place. Kids die everyday... and in Miami, apparently, per the show, there's a new serial killer on the prowl eveyr year.

And not necessarily, was i implying that, " I could see him being mean to the people around him, everyone starting to see the real Dexter, maybe Dexter not caring about anything anymore but killing, maybe even forgetting about the Code" as blackmask stated...

It's more like, with with all the themes especially explored, how would Dexter cope, how would others try to cope with him, and he could co-exist with a life of tragedy, yet he still has all these urges and the innate feeling of wanting to feed his dark passenger...

How now, more than ever, he is more "human," losing a wife he LOVED - something he maybe has said once on the show - and now, losing the most cherished thing he has ever had... HIS SON.

If special interest group and/or the public protest a child dying on a show, we should just end civilization now. Seriously, it's time these networks, radio personalities, et., say F-U to these dopes with letter-heads, who think they can protest anything they want, based on their level of offended-ness.

Seriously, its a pay-channel, that you have to seek Showtime, a highly rated show and one that its in what season already? If people get offended now, after all the killings, the portrayals of priest, and many other monsters that have appeared, and the fact that there is a man killing/vigilante...

C'mon.

 

[Morbach]

that's just ____ed up if they kill little Harrison

 

[Dark Passenger]

that's just ____ed up if they kill little Harrison

Would it be better if Harrison was a zombie?

 

[Morbach]

Would it be better if Harrison was a zombie?

why would he be a zombie?

 

[Droog Alex]

that's just ____ed up if they kill little Harrison

Yeah, and it wasnt f'ed up that they killed his mommy, while he was there, and left him in her own pool of blood. Yeah -- limits people, we need limits...

 

[Dark Passenger]

why would he be a zombie?

It's acceptable to kill a kid if he/she is a zombie.

 

[Morbach]

Yeah, and it wasnt f'ed up that they killed his mommy, while he was there, and left him in her own pool of blood. Yeah -- limits people, we need limits...

wow dude. relax.

 

[Droog Alex]

wow dude. relax.

I'm relaxed... we are just talkin'. Maybe you should relax...LOL. No one is pissed, angry, mad... I know it's hard determining emotions via a board, unless you use emoticons, but no need for the 'relax' comment. I'm chill...

 

[Morbach]

I'm relaxed... we are just talkin'. Maybe you should relax...LOL. No one is pissed, angry, mad... I know it's hard determining emotions via a board, unless you use emoticons, but no need for the 'relax' comment. I'm chill...

I thought you were kinda snapping on me It's cool, I gotchu.

 

[Droog Alex]

I thought you were kinda snapping on me It's cool, I gotchu.

Wasnt at all... if anything, I thought I was obvious with my sarcastic, "Yeah -- limits people, we need limits..." comment.

 

[Calcifer]

Yeah, and it wasnt f'ed up that they killed his mommy, while he was there, and left him in her own pool of blood. Yeah -- limits people, we need limits...

It wasn't that ____ed up! ..an epic end to the season yes but nothing we are not used to seeing, Harrison being killed off is completely different, he is a little kid for crying out load! Killing off a child would be a first for the series and I frankly think It would be too dark.

..and personally If it did happen and Dex did go off the wall as a result, I don't think I'd enjoy watching him like that for the next season, I want to see dex back on his game he's been seriously sloppy the last two seasons.

 

[Droog Alex]

It wasn't that ____ed up! ..an epic end to the season yes but nothing we are not used to seeing, Harrison being killed off is completely different, he is a little kid for crying out load! Killing off a child would be a first for the series and I frankly think It would be too dark.

Season 1 -- Mike Donovan
He raped and killed young children.

Victim's last words: "I couldn't help myself, I couldn't please you have to understand"

Season 2 -- Roger Hicks
He raped and killed them out of a general hatred for women.

Season 2 - Santos Jimenez
He killed Dexter's mother in front of Dexter and his brother

Season 3 -- Nathan Marten
Dexter kills him because he feels that this man threatens "his children" (a first for Dexter).
Dexter's last words to victim: His thoughts "but maybe there is another code a code that says you've stepped uninvited into my world..and that's a place where I decide who gets to live and who doesn't" ThenTo Nathan- "I am not like you"

Season 4 -- Benito "Benny" Gomez
He bludgeoned a man to death in front of his son. Beat his girlfriend to death.

Season 4 -- ZOEY KRUGER
She faked a home invasion so that she could kill her husband and daughter; she framed drug dealer, Darius Rey, who later died under fishy circumstances.

Dexter's last words to victim: "I don't want to lose them.. i don't.. thats the difference between us!"

Season 4 -- Arthur Mitchell, AKA: The Trinity Killer
Killed Always a boy then a woman and then another woman finished with a man always in the same fashion

Among many of the OK reasons to kill, on a cable TV show, you have to pay extra for, that if you are watching already... and still not offended, well then... I dunno. Tune out. LOL.

 

[Calcifer]

Season 1 -- Mike Donovan
He raped and killed young children.

Victim's last words: "I couldn't help myself, I couldn't please you have to understand"

Season 2 -- Roger Hicks
He raped and killed them out of a general hatred for women.

Season 2 - Santos Jimenez
He killed Dexter's mother in front of Dexter and his brother

Season 3 -- Nathan Marten
Dexter kills him because he feels that this man threatens "his children" (a first for Dexter).
Dexter's last words to victim: His thoughts "but maybe there is another code a code that says you've stepped uninvited into my world..and that's a place where I decide who gets to live and who doesn't" ThenTo Nathan- "I am not like you"

Season 4 -- Benito "Benny" Gomez
He bludgeoned a man to death in front of his son. Beat his girlfriend to death.

Season 4 -- ZOEY KRUGER
She faked a home invasion so that she could kill her husband and daughter; she framed drug dealer, Darius Rey, who later died under fishy circumstances.

Dexter's last words to victim: "I don't want to lose them.. i don't.. thats the difference between us!"

Season 4 -- Arthur Mitchell, AKA: The Trinity Killer
Killed Always a boy then a woman and then another woman finished with a man always in the same fashion

Among many of the OK reasons to kill, on a cable TV show, you have to pay extra for, that if you are watching already... and still not offended, well then... I dunno. Tune out. LOL.

I am aware of all of those kills thank you very much! Now just to be clear my only problem here is with the killing of children, yes we have heard of children being killed in the show and there was a shot of some child corpses in the first episode but the difference with Harrison is that he is a series regular, a little kid who we have watched being told bed time stories, having fun in the playground etc, killing him off still seems wrong to me even after seeing many of the horrible things the show has done so far.

 

[Droog Alex]

You said...

Killing off a child would be a first for the series and I frankly think It would be too dark.

One of your points, and combated that...

Then, you say personally,

my only problem here is with the killing of children

Why?

Because:

he is a series regular, a little kid who we have watched being told bed time stories, having fun in the playground etc

And it would effect YOU! It wouldn't me, and many others.

But lets not act like children have not been done harm in this show, whether implied, or actually shown (i.e corpses, Trinity burying some kid et).

It has happened... And quite frankly, if it does again, so be it. I won't be offended. All I can say to people like that is: "dont watch."

Or, "tune it off...," "don't support," instead of paying monthly for Showtime, willingly, tuning in every Sunday, willingly and actively seeking for shows like this.

Now, all of this is moot, especially if it doesnt happen. LOL. But, lets not be hypocritical here and act like there has not been a precedent or that it's sooooo morally wrong to this (kill off Harrison), or do harm to children on the show, when it's happened in the past and no one has batted an eye. It doesnt make it wrong just because HE is a "regular" or we've seen him go to bed. It is more shocking, yes. And more effecting to the audience because of the connection, but all the more reason why it would be so polarizing and very effective in trying to show a human side of Dexter, something this show has centered around, one of the many vital elements the writers have tried to surround the man with the dark passenger with.

 

[pixletwin]

It makes no narrative sense whatsoever that Dexter go off the deep end like that. It makes no narrative sense to kill Harrison. In fact, it sounded so much like fan-fiction written by a 14 year old that it made me laugh.

 

[Droog Alex]

It makes no narrative sense whatsoever that Dexter go off the deep end like that. It makes no narrative sense to kill Harrison. In fact, it sounded so much like fan-fiction written by a 14 year old that it made me laugh.

Just like a lot of the writing on the series... LOL. Most of it brilliant, some very hacky. 'Cause we all know, everything ever put down on paper for this show has always been on point. LOL.