Dexter Discussion Thread *Spoilers*

[Dark Passenger]

I'm personally pretty happy Astor and Cody have been out of the story for the better part of the season. Harrison is no bother because of Super Nanny so it's no big deal. The kids don't bother me at all.

As far as the Liddy/Quinn/Deb/Dexter thing, I see someone finding out about Dexter's Dark Passenger, either Quinn or Deb. Liddy has seen it already sort of, though he's not 100% sure exactly what they're up too.

I really hope Lumen makes it. For some reason she's grown on me although I'm not sure how I feel about the romantic involvement.

 

[die]

I think the stuff with Harrison (who looks like a mini-me for Donnie Wahlberg) this season has been pretty good. I like that Dexter is worried to death that he'll be like him. I liked stuff from earlier seasons where he imagined his unborn son as a psycho. Alot could be done with that, maybe he'll show some serious signs?

Since we're talking predictions, I predict Quinn will see the Dexter/Lumen footage and not tell anyone. I don't think they'll kill Quinn off.

There's gotta be an advancement to the Deb/Dexter storyline, so something will have to be revealed there.

just a funny thing I noticed, on the Showtime message boards, they call Weller's character Robocop, too.

 

[barryo]

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just a funny thing I noticed, on the Showtime message boards, they call Weller's character Robocop, too.

...................showtime message board is a bunch of copycattin' freaks................

 

[Devil_666]

Reality: Most people don't know who the hell "Peter Weller" is. But almost everybody knows who "Robocop" is. Weller is like Barry Corbin, another guy almost no one recognizes by name but if they see his picture or you name a movie he's in (e.g. He's the general in WarGames) they're like "Oh yeah".

 

[Kamandi]

It's criminal how overlooked Buckaroo Banzai has been over the years. Weller's other great film.

 

[Kamandi]

I really hope Lumen makes it. For some reason she's grown on me although I'm not sure how I feel about the romantic involvement.

Julia Stiles has been one of my celeb-crushes since she played Nicki in the Bourne films, so I hope they keep her around for a while.

 

[316what]

Why wouldn't the kids stay with a man that has been more or less raising them for years, and instead go with two old people that may be blood relatives; but they barely know.

It doesnt make sence that they went with them becuase Astor has a problem. Astor has a problem becuase the writers wanted an ecsuse for the kids to be off the show.

Rarely do step-parents retain custody after a biological parent dies. Most of the time the children go live with other relatives.

 

[Dark Passenger]

Let's not forget the survailence equipment is registered to Quinn. That can come back to him and bite him in the butt. Dexter might not like it too much.

 

[ShadowX81]

Rarely do step-parents retain custody after a biological parent dies. Most of the time the children go live with other relatives.

In this case staying with Dexter makes the most sense. They have no other parent, they hate Rita's mom, and they barely if at all know thier other set of grandparents. This definatly would fall into the catagory of a rare case.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

In this case staying with Dexter makes the most sense. They have no other parent, they hate Rita's mom, and they barely if at all know thier other set of grandparents. This definatly would fall into the catagory of a rare case.

Maybe, but I'm sure it wouldn't happen until after a custody battle in court.

 

[Dark Passenger]

In this case staying with Dexter makes the most sense. They have no other parent, they hate Rita's mom, and they barely if at all know thier other set of grandparents. This definatly would fall into the catagory of a rare case.

I'm beginning to wonder why you watch the show.

 

[ShadowX81]

I'm beginning to wonder why you watch the show.

And im honestly wondering how im the only one that finds the drama of Dex having to keep his dark passenger and home life seperate to be exciting. You remove the kids, and everything outside of work becomes unconstrained serial killer stuff all the time.

 

[Dark Passenger]

And im honestly wondering how im the only one that finds the drama of Dex having to keep his dark passenger and home life seperate to be exciting. You remove the kids, and everything outside of work becomes unconstrained serial killer stuff all the time.

We have seen Dexter juggle his life as a serial killer and life with Rita and the kids for 4 seasons already. It's time to move on in a new direction.

 

[ShadowX81]

Which judging by people's reactions to this season has clearly been the right one............

If you take away the element of Dex balancing his personal life, you are left with a giant void of time which the writers have no choice than to use up with largely meaningless filler like Angel and Laguerta and Santa Muerte.

 

[Dark Passenger]

Which judging by people's reactions to this season is clearly the right one............

If you take away that element, you are left with a giant void of time which the writers have no choice than to fill with meaningless trite like Angel and Laguerta and Santa Muerte.

Really? What exactly are peoples reactions to the season? I have read nothing but positive reviews and the last 2 episodes are very highly anticipated.

The show has ALWAYS been about the other characters and their "meaningless trite"... Remember Masuka's paper for the magazine? Batista's marital problems? Doakes sleeping with the cop's wife? Paul Bennet? Laguerta Sleeping with the Haitian chicks husband?......

 

[die]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, people tend to completely disagree over what the show is about.

Is he just a cold-blooded heartless killer? or is he a cold-blooded killer who has actually learned to care for his closest friends and family?

I can't believe that some people watch the show and don't see the self-discovery taking place. How he's learned that he is way more human than he ever thought he was or could ever be. I think certain people come & go in his life and he changes, but he grows from the experiences.

To me, this is one of the most telling quotes:

"I'm not the monster he wants me to be. So I'm neither man nor beast. I'm something new entirely. With my own set of rules. I'm Dexter. Boo."



Clearly this season, he feels like he's found something in Lumen closest to what he's been searching for. We've seen how it seems to provoke a serious emotional response when children are being threatened and how sick to his stomach he looked over the rape videos, but some people will just think Dexter is just fooling everybody and is ready to cut them all up at any second.

 

[ShadowX81]

And all that crap (which I remember people complaining about back then. except for Paul Bennet, that was largely part of Dexter's life) was done when Dexter's home life was taking up screen time. Youe eliminate that and thats even more time to fill.

IM not going to get in this debate again because it is something ive been over here a couple times already.

Things may be good here, but over on IMDB up until the last couple episodes the reactions have largely been negative with people complainging about the main plotline taking a back seat to secondary character's side stories.

 

[316what]

In this case staying with Dexter makes the most sense. They have no other parent, they hate Rita's mom, and they barely if at all know thier other set of grandparents. This definatly would fall into the catagory of a rare case.

Dexter and Rita were married maybe 2 years.....you'd be hard pressed to find any court that would award him custody over either sets of grandparents. Astor's and Cody's feelings towards Rita's mom would be irrelevant due to her age.

By rare case, I meant there were no living grandparents. Then if Rita had any siblings, that would be the next course for the courts. Dexter would stand a better chance of gaining custody in this scenario.

Maybe, but I'm sure it wouldn't happen until after a custody battle in court.

Agree....and in the end the custody battle would only hurt the children.

 

[die]

Things may be good here, but over on IMDB up until the last couple episodes the reactions have largely been negative with people complainging about the main plotline taking a back seat to secondary character's side stories.

Not sure how familiar you are with the discussion boards at imdb & aintitcool.com, but half the people that post at each hate everything religiously.

 

[Dark Passenger]

And all that crap (which I remember people complaining about back then. except for Paul Bennet, that was largely part of Dexter's life) was done when Dexter's home life was taking up screen time. Youe eliminate that and thats even more time to fill.

IM not going to get in this debate again because it is something ive been over here a couple times already.

Things may be good here, but over on IMDB up until the last couple episodes the reactions have largely been negative with people complainging about the main plotline taking a back seat to secondary character's side stories.

Never mind man. I remember you now. We argued over the Bloodslide box in my other thread.