What did you hope would happen after Rita's death in the Season 4 finale that Season 5 didn't quite deliver on?
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Missed Post-Season 4 Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
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Re: Missed Post-Rita Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
Well, for starters they changed the costumes. This is okay, as the same spandex they were wearing every episode must have been starting to chafe. It's okay, as the Turbo costumes were much better and more "sci-fi" than...
Oh, wait. We're not talking about Rita Repulsa, are we..?
Mark
Well, for starters they changed the costumes. This is okay, as the same spandex they were wearing every episode must have been starting to chafe. It's okay, as the Turbo costumes were much better and more "sci-fi" than...
Oh, wait. We're not talking about Rita Repulsa, are we..?
Mark
Re: Missed Post-Rita Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
Dexter needed to go off the deep end, and become increasingly unable to channel his urge to kill into only Code-worthy specimens. He'd already killed two or three people off the Code (where's that handy chart) before he ran into the jerk in the bathroom. That should have only been the beginning.
The "lesson" of Rita's death to him should have been that the Code doesn't protect him from shit coming down on him. Isn't that what the Code is for - to protect him from the bad consequences of his actions? It doesn't work. Lose the Code.
However, the season where he spirals downwards probably needs to be the final season and before that, we need to have the season where Deb Finds Out the Truth. So the timing was off.
Dexter needed to go off the deep end, and become increasingly unable to channel his urge to kill into only Code-worthy specimens. He'd already killed two or three people off the Code (where's that handy chart) before he ran into the jerk in the bathroom. That should have only been the beginning.
The "lesson" of Rita's death to him should have been that the Code doesn't protect him from shit coming down on him. Isn't that what the Code is for - to protect him from the bad consequences of his actions? It doesn't work. Lose the Code.
However, the season where he spirals downwards probably needs to be the final season and before that, we need to have the season where Deb Finds Out the Truth. So the timing was off.
Re: Missed Post-Rita Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
Dexter should've gotten more reckless in the first half of the season. He got himself under control too fast. Maybe if it was the last season the writers may have gone that way but they had to put all the toys back in the box to keep the show going. Or at least that's wht they thought they had to do. They could've used it to change the show's format. Get Dexter on the run or something.
Dexter should've gotten more reckless in the first half of the season. He got himself under control too fast. Maybe if it was the last season the writers may have gone that way but they had to put all the toys back in the box to keep the show going. Or at least that's wht they thought they had to do. They could've used it to change the show's format. Get Dexter on the run or something.
Re: Missed Post-Rita Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
They should have followed the Dexter goes bonkers thread more strongly than they did. As it stands, it's covered in the first episode, and then cast aside. Even the potential repercussions (the guy he murders in cold blood in the bathroom just for insulting his dead wife) were forgotten.
They should have followed the Dexter goes bonkers thread more strongly than they did. As it stands, it's covered in the first episode, and then cast aside. Even the potential repercussions (the guy he murders in cold blood in the bathroom just for insulting his dead wife) were forgotten.
Re: Missed Post-Rita Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
They are thinknig of having Dexter on the air for a few more years, not just one more season like everyone thinks it should be.
They are thinknig of having Dexter on the air for a few more years, not just one more season like everyone thinks it should be.
Re: Missed Post-Rita Opportunities **SEASON 4 SPOILER** (Dexter)
Sorry. I tried to change the thread title but it doesn't seem to affect it in the forum format.
Sorry. I tried to change the thread title but it doesn't seem to affect it in the forum format.
I was in the forum, so I jumped in and fixed it for the mods.
Joe, this sort of thing from you is getting tiresome.
Joe, this sort of thing from you is getting tiresome.
I haven't seen season 5. But seasons one through four were about Dexter choosing between someone (brother; lover; friend; hoped for mentor; seasons 1-4 respectively) for his killing self and the people in his regular life, (Deb, Rita/Astor/Cody/Doakes; Harry, in the form of his Code; Rita/Cody/Astor/Jonah, seasons 1-4, respectively.) He always chose the people he loved. The story was getting a little old, because he didn't move on. The series has been repeating the same story, very satisfying first time, but progressively less interesting. Except that his unfailing success in murder is getting more and more far fetched.
The problem with killing Rita is, in season five, when faced with going back to his killing ways or moving on, Dexter now has less to choose between. The sudden appearance of fabulous grandparents on Paul's side means Astor and Cody are leaving, and Harrison, as a baby, is a huge sacrifice. Being a single father is rough.
So I would have hoped, Deb finds out, and Dexter is arrested, killed or suicided. I haven't religiously avoided spoilers but although I don't know what season 5 really has, other than a cast list, I'm pretty sure this wasn't addressed. So, I hope they retcon Paul's parents into a grave or the slammer or California. And Dexter starts trying to teach Astor and Cody the Code (albeit modified.) Then he starts coming to terms with the fact that Harry was crazy and emotionally abusive. And Deb, trying to help with the kids, finds out about Harry's abuse. It is past time for Deb to be more than a 4F character. (Foul-mouthed Fool but Free with her Favors.)
The problem with killing Rita is, in season five, when faced with going back to his killing ways or moving on, Dexter now has less to choose between. The sudden appearance of fabulous grandparents on Paul's side means Astor and Cody are leaving, and Harrison, as a baby, is a huge sacrifice. Being a single father is rough.
So I would have hoped, Deb finds out, and Dexter is arrested, killed or suicided. I haven't religiously avoided spoilers but although I don't know what season 5 really has, other than a cast list, I'm pretty sure this wasn't addressed. So, I hope they retcon Paul's parents into a grave or the slammer or California. And Dexter starts trying to teach Astor and Cody the Code (albeit modified.) Then he starts coming to terms with the fact that Harry was crazy and emotionally abusive. And Deb, trying to help with the kids, finds out about Harry's abuse. It is past time for Deb to be more than a 4F character. (Foul-mouthed Fool but Free with her Favors.)
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