I was texting back and forth with my brother, so cautiously optimistic of this episode. It was a very, very good episode for most of the runtime. Then that last scene. **** that.
This show is no longer smart enough to have an open ended finale like that. I would have been cool with him dying at sea, killing himself after dropping Deb in, or meeting them in Argentina after faking his death (by far, my least favorite option of the three). But that Man of Steel lumberjack **** was just weak.
Which is a shame, because as bad as this season has been, this episode was shaping up to save it. It came close, but ultimately missed. But overall, it was a good finale, but that last scene just truly weakened it.
This episode had some stuff I genuinely loved. The scene with him pulling the plug on Deb was tough to watch. And the scene with the cops watching the footage of Dexter killing Saxton was fantastic. Quinn's reaction was what it should have been, and Angel going along seemed about right.
But the last few minutes just erased all the good will this episode built up.
Dexter just strolling out with Deb's body was where I thought "uh oh, this reeks of Dexter at its worst." Then the CG storm, and the CG streets of Argentina. I was expecting an almost TDKR meeting up of Hannah and Dexter, but (thankfully) that didn't happen.
If they had just let Dexter die at sea, or hell, even let THAT part be open-ended, I'd have a much different opinion of this as a finale. I like this as a season finale, but that last scene was a terrible series finale.
