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TensionWheelsCoolHeels · 29/09/2013 23:25

Wot? No posts?

Just finished watching - they should have just finished it at the bit where Hanna & Harrison walked away. It would have left a bit of mystery, uncertainty. Definitely an anti-climax. I think ill miss Batista most.

Blondeshavemorefun · 30/09/2013 00:24

I am so :( and

What a crap ending - so he technically kills debs - dumps her body over the boat - then abandens Harrison and Hannah incase he ever hurts them or others hurt them coz of him

He pretends to drown and works as a wood trucker man

And no more urges to kill people

anon2013 · 30/09/2013 00:42

terrible ending!. Told a friend to not watch it and make there own ending up. Bad acting, bad plot just bad.

PrincessLayer · 30/09/2013 01:03

And, as the final episode finished, I thought to myself...."8 years....8 fucking years and this is the best ending they could come up with...."

aliciaflorrick · 30/09/2013 06:24

Wish I hadn't watched Season 8.

Why would Dex throw Debs overboard like all of his victims?

I knew the American audiences had hated the ending and the screenwriters have been trying to justify themselves all week, but that really was an utter pile.

aliciaflorrick · 30/09/2013 06:27

It made the ending of Lost look good.

hudyerwheesht · 30/09/2013 07:06

I actually justified it a bit to my fuming DH, saying its not the kind of show to have them walking off happily ever after all warm and fuzzy like, being the dark drama that it is BUT having said that...

WTAF?! Nobody gets a decent ending.
Harrison orphaned and left to be raised in a strange country with someone he's known for, what, six months who is technically a fugitive.
A watery grave for Deb, a heartbroken Quinn and Dexter himself a loner bloody lumberjack with no son, family or friends.

For 8 fucking years the audience has been made to root for Dexter- despite what he was you always wanted things to work out for him - and this shit is the ending you give us, Asswipe Producers?
Would've been a much better ending to have him appear in Argentina at the last second. Corny, but, the audience would have thought him faking his death would have been the twist and wouldn't have seen it coming and at least it wouldn't have been so fucking depressing.
(Disclaimer:I know it's not real, etc and may be overthinking a bit but I'm pissed off)

aliciaflorrick · 30/09/2013 07:50

But I didn't want him to walk off happily ever after, I wanted La Guerta, and the black cop back in season 1 to have been proved right. I wanted Dexter to be caught, I wanted to see the confusion on all his colleagues that they had been working with the Bay Harbour Butcher and he'd outwitted them all. I wanted to see their devastation.

I did not want Debs to die.

What was the point of Masuka's daughter in this series? Why bother bringing her in?

Grr.

limitedperiodonly · 30/09/2013 08:58

It was bad. But I do feel like I've achieved something by sitting through eight series. I have low goals.

Just niggly practical things:

Does Hannah keep a syringe full of horse tranquiliser cocked and ready in her pocket at all times? What else does she have in her travel kit? I can barely remember to take a pair of warm socks for the plane.

How would Hannah manage to get out of the country with Harrison? He's not hers, he has a different surname and because he's bloody irritating he'd say to the first person who asked: 'This is my daddy's friend and we left Daddy at home to tie up some loose ends. BTW watch out when you're going through her pockets and whatever you do, say no, if she offers you a cup of tea.'

Why did they only have a carry-on bag each? Is Harrison the only child in the world who when told: 'Just choose something small for the flight', obeys you, rather than picking up a giant teddy, a family-sized bag of Haribo, some porn and having a screaming fit at the till?

Nice dress and shoes, Hannah. Not wildly practical for travel. Especially with a small child.

Wasn't Deb's ventilator fixed to an alarm? I know the hospital was in panic and someone might not come, but when he disconnected it, it didn't even go off. Last time I was in hospital I couldn't wait to get home for a rest from the binging and bonging.

How did Dexter get off his boat and swim miles to shore in a hurricane with a nasty biro injury in his shoulder?

Blondeshavemorefun · 30/09/2013 08:59

Should have been caught and then maybe gone year into the future and fried in the chair

EauRouge · 30/09/2013 09:09

Do life support machines usually have a massive obvious switch that says 'OFF'?

aliciaflorrick · 30/09/2013 09:23

I presumed Hannah had the horse tranquiliser in the bag that Dexter gave her as she got on the bus, you know when he said some snacks and other useful things, and gave her a deep meaningful look in the eyes.

It was a really pretty dress though.

limitedperiodonly · 30/09/2013 09:28

You're right alicia. But if it had been me, I'd have stabbed myself rootling about for it.

anon2013 · 30/09/2013 10:01

Still in disbelief. If Debs had been shot/killed at the end of the last episode and then Dexter broke into the station and killed Saxton in front of Quinn/Batista who then let him go then it might've made sense.

I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok?

TheFabulousIdiot · 30/09/2013 10:51

Ah - hoorah - I can talk about it now?

I actually think it was a good ending. Am I alone?

The whole of this (and part of the last) series really pissed me off because Dexter was being so out of character, doing things that went against the code, falling deeply in love etc.

To have him lose the one person he really loved, who really knew him (Deb) was the thing that set him free from this whole idea that he could run off into the sunset with Hannah and not be the same old Dexter.

He needs to kill. I imagine that he is still killing (Though now without the cover of his job as a forensics expert!?) and he now doesn't have to worry about Deb or Harrison.

I cried over the fact that he decided to leave Harrison with Hanna - a totally nuts and stupid and heartbreaking thing to do but logically Harrison could have a better life so long as Hanna doesn't get caught.

TensionWheelsCoolHeels · 30/09/2013 10:58

I think it would have been more logical that Saxon got to and killed Jamie & Harrison, Deb knew Dexter would kill Saxon but by some bizarre twist Quinn (as in worked something out and acted on it) actually stumbled across dexter's kill room while he was mid chop. Deb couldn't protect him from the consequences but smuggled a lethal syringe to him so he would kill himself by his own syringe. Now that would have been ironic/poetic justice. I wanted to see Batista slowly realise what and who Dexter is/was. Overall it was a piss poor ending. I think the view on that is unanimous.

FatPenguin · 30/09/2013 11:00

I was disappointed with the last episode. Disappointed with the whole series tbh. I think they really lost it after Trinity, it just wasn't the same.
I think Dexter should have gone to Argentina with Hannah and Harrison - it upset me to think of Harrison with no parents (yes I get into it too much).
Oh well. Walking Dead is back 18th Oct they better not disappoint

TensionWheelsCoolHeels · 30/09/2013 11:01

Here's hoping Hannah doesn't get too stressed with a boy acting out 'cos he misses his dad, and reaches for the 'special herbs' to deal with his behaviour...

limitedperiodonly · 30/09/2013 11:48

Good points fabulousidiot I want to like it and you've helped.

I liked his chilling look at the end. I suppose he is still killing and getting away with it, because even though he hasn't got as many resources at his disposal any more, if you don't have any connection to someone and you're careful, you probably won't get caught.

What a shame that with the only person I wish dead, there's such a strong motive the police would be at my door the next day whether I had anything to do with it or not. Mind you, there'd be a lot of us helping the police with their inquiries.

I prefer bleak endings to happy ones.

It's just that was full of more 'and one bound he was free' moments than probably the whole previous seasons put together.

TheFabulousIdiot · 30/09/2013 11:50

"Does Hannah keep a syringe full of horse tranquiliser cocked and ready in her pocket at all times? "

Didn't Dexter give her his bag and say it had 'some things she might beed for the journey'

TheFabulousIdiot · 30/09/2013 11:53

I would think, that he's drifting from job to Job and maybe, just maybe, he will drift into Harrison's life at some point. Honestly the thought of Harrison not being with his dad really upset me. I would rather he be with Dexter than with Hannah but I suppose Hanna only killed because she had to, she isn't a killer like Dexter - with a drive to murder people.

I just wonder how will Dexter kill the right people now, without the benefit of working in a police environment where he could find people who deserved it.

*I am Dueling by the way - Just name changed.

limitedperiodonly · 30/09/2013 11:54

by some bizarre twist Quinn (as in worked something out and acted on it) actually stumbled across dexter's kill room while he was mid chop.

The older I get the more I realise there are more Quinns in the world than Holmeses.

Apologies to any police officers who can do the job. I know you're out there and I'm grateful.

TensionWheelsCoolHeels · 30/09/2013 11:57

Limited, you could just picture Quinn with that confused look, shouting WTF while waving his gun in all directions. I might just have swung the sergeant's promotion he was so keen on...

TensionWheelsCoolHeels · 30/09/2013 11:58

It. It might have swung...

limitedperiodonly · 30/09/2013 12:03

I wondered whether he might kill the wrong people now.

Someone pointed out the bag of tricks Dexter gave Hannah. I forgot about his meaningful words.

I think Batista probably did realise at the end. So did Quinn, but Batista was a bit more thoughtful about it. I suppose he would come to realise that Dexter and Deb were responsible for LaGuerta's murder.