Board 8 > Just started watching Dexter. Question about season 1. Spoilers.

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Moonroof
02/08/20 8:46:56 PM
#1:


With Rudy being Dexters brother, that means Rudy killed his biological father (to get the double date getaway weekend with Dexter).

Did they ever explain why their biological father didnt want them? Like, was he out of the picture since their birth or was it only after the bloody incident where the mom died?
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GildedFool
02/08/20 9:15:48 PM
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He was a drug addict in prison.

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Waluigi1
02/08/20 9:38:57 PM
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I don't even remember Dexter having a brother <_<

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Moonroof
02/10/20 11:05:51 AM
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Just saw the episode where Doakes confronts Dexter at the Everglades cabin area.

Dexter had nothing to worry about because all the evidence would have been inadmissible. Doakes performed an illegal search when he found Dexters blood slides. And another illegal search when he put a GPS on Dexters boat.
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kevwaffles
02/10/20 11:56:55 AM
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I'm pretty sure going to trial and being acquitted on a technicality while having everyone know he's a serial killer wouldn't exactly be "nothing to worry about" for him.

And that would be the absolute best case scenario. GPS tracking especially is a pretty nebulous legal area from state to state afaik. And just because Doakes were to get the ball rolling with illegally obtained evidence doesn't mean a more thorough investigation wouldn't turn something else up.

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Moonroof
02/10/20 12:11:41 PM
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Good points. Im just saying Dexter could have figured out a way to get around it all. Especially at that point, with the investigation focusing on Doakes as the prime suspect and not Dexter.
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Aecioo
02/10/20 12:16:45 PM
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MartinFF7
02/10/20 12:19:33 PM
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Nah I always say, stop after season 5. A very particular point in the season 5 finale.

I always liked season 5 even if most others didnt...

But stopping after season 4 prob would be best, yeah.
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Aecioo
02/10/20 12:37:49 PM
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MartinFF7 posted...
Nah I always say, stop after season 5. A very particular point in the season 5 finale.

I always liked season 5 even if most others didnt...

But stopping after season 4 prob would be best, yeah.

5 is alright, but it's the start of the nosedive

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Moonroof
02/10/20 12:38:15 PM
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I heard the first two were great. The next two were good. Then it gets bad.
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RyoCaliente
02/10/20 12:43:21 PM
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1 is pretty good, 2 is good, 3 is okay, 4 is really good, 5 is good, 6 is bad, 7 is pretty good, 8 is really bad.

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kevwaffles
02/10/20 12:47:57 PM
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Yeah, S7 was surprisingly good compared to everything else in the latter half.

Then S8 was basically The Room of television seasons.
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SeabassDebeste
02/10/20 12:54:55 PM
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watch through season 4, then skip to season 7 for the best experience
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Waluigi1
02/10/20 1:17:18 PM
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It's all good.

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mnkboy907
02/10/20 1:48:51 PM
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As someone who mostly enjoyed Lost's and Game of Thrones' final seasons (meaning I probably have low standards in general), Dexter most certainly is not all good.

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Johnbobb
02/10/20 1:56:19 PM
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I'd definitely stop after season 7

it wouldn't kill you to watch season 5 and 6 but they're not super necessary

DEFINITELY end with season 7 though because the season 7 finale is a damn near perfect way to wrap the show

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kevwaffles
02/10/20 1:59:11 PM
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Honestly, I always recommend people watch S8 if they make it that far because it is such a glorious train wreck.
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Moonroof
02/14/20 11:36:39 PM
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These characters suck.

Dexter is the only good character, but the reality is that even he is bad. It made little sense that he killed his brother his only true blood, and the only person who both knew and accepted him for whom he really was (though it was messed up that his brother put Dexter in such a trying situation).

Rita was cute in season one. She then turned into slightly annoying in season two, followed be utterly abhorrent in season three. She is constantly negative and her soft, drawn out tenor grates my ears.

That brings me to Deb. The incessant cursing never appealed to me though I could see how some people might find it endearing. And she only gets worse and worse. She is constantly a pity party, a walking woe is me cliche. And she literally bangs every single guy who gives her attention that isnt named Matsuka.

I dont know if I can make it to season four.
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red13n
02/15/20 12:01:13 AM
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kevwaffles posted...
Honestly, I always recommend people watch S8 if they make it that far because it is such a glorious train wreck.

If your going to invest 7 seasons into this abomination at least watch the final wrecking of the train.

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ChaosTonyV4
02/15/20 1:50:27 AM
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Moonroof posted...
I dont know if I can make it to season four.

Lol damn, RIP

He had to kill Rudy because Rudy put everything at risk. If Rudy ever got caught, he had no guarantee they couldnt tie him to Dexter.

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Aecioo
02/15/20 1:53:27 AM
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Moonroof posted...
These characters suck.

Dexter is the only good character, but the reality is that even he is bad. It made little sense that he killed his brother his only true blood, and the only person who both knew and accepted him for whom he really was (though it was messed up that his brother put Dexter in such a trying situation).

Rita was cute in season one. She then turned into slightly annoying in season two, followed be utterly abhorrent in season three. She is constantly negative and her soft, drawn out tenor grates my ears.

That brings me to Deb. The incessant cursing never appealed to me though I could see how some people might find it endearing. And she only gets worse and worse. She is constantly a pity party, a walking woe is me cliche. And she literally bangs every single guy who gives her attention that isnt named Matsuka.

I dont know if I can make it to season four.

Deb actually gets better as the show goes on but yeah early deb is is a walking trash mouth that uses cursing to hide her bad acting

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kevwaffles
02/15/20 9:04:58 AM
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Jennifer Carpenter does become somewhat better of an actor as well as time goes on.
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Corrik7
02/15/20 1:42:21 PM
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Moonroof posted...
I heard the first two were great. The next two were good. Then it gets bad.
Yeah, season 3 is probably the peak of the series.

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Corrik7
02/15/20 1:43:54 PM
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Also Rita is amazing and if you don't like Deb then you might as well not even watch the show. The show is just as much about her as it is Dexter. Deb is awesome.

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PerfectChaosZ
02/15/20 5:16:58 PM
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Deb and Rita are great! Most of the characters are really good. Dexter is the best character tho. The true finale is the end of Season Four but if you want to see a downward spiral for morbid curiosity keep watching. Some parts are okay except for the very end of Season 8 the technical finale which is the worst finale of any show and that poisons the rest of the show.
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red13n
02/15/20 7:51:27 PM
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The characters themselves are mostly fine. The problem is they choose to always return to the status quo and refuse to allow any development. Everytime you think something interesting will happen to anyone or anything will change they pull it all the way back and end up at the start. After so many seasons of it you realize all the hooks they put in front of you are just fake and the show will never redeem itself.

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kevwaffles
02/15/20 8:19:42 PM
#27:


Well I wouldn't say that's true everytime, but it happens a lot more than it should and often in extremely glaring fashion.
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