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UnfairRepresent
07/04/20 4:15:13 PM
#1:


Despite all it's fame I've actually never seen it. I've heard it's great and a lot like House.

But then I heard every episode is 2 hours and I'm like "Hmmmmmmm........." there's a lot of stuff fighting for your free time these days, is Dexter worth it?

Without Spoilers, what's CEs view on the show?
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R1masher
07/04/20 4:16:44 PM
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I tried years ago, couldnt relate or get into it... maybe its his face

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InTheEyesOfFire
07/04/20 4:17:50 PM
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Its all right until after the great 4th season then just tanks. I didnt mind the over all end to it though. Yes, I watched through it all when I had lots of time back then.

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MabusIncarnate
07/04/20 4:18:10 PM
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The episodes are a hour, it's a great show that drops off hard in late seasons, but if you want to know what happens you kind of need to trudge through. In my opinion, yes it's worth it, i've watched it through twice. It does have a couple stinker seasons for sure though.

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UnfairRepresent
07/04/20 4:20:47 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire posted...
Its all right until after the great 4th season

Lol that explains why she gave me Season 1 - 4 on DVD despite owning all of it.
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ScionTC_07
07/06/20 1:43:02 AM
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its worth a watch for sure

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MrToothHasYou
07/06/20 1:46:55 AM
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Season 5 is not as bad as it has a reputation for, and season 4 isnt as good as everyone claims it is, it just has a really good main villain. The last two seasons are pretty terrible and the series finale is one of the worst in all of television history, however.

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nfearurspecimn
07/06/20 1:47:41 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Lol that explains why she gave me Season 1 - 4 on DVD despite owning all of it.

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pegusus123456
07/06/20 2:04:58 AM
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MrToothHasYou posted...
Season 5 is not as bad as it has a reputation for, and season 4 isnt as good as everyone claims it is, it just has a really good main villain.
I agree with this. People remember the fantastic villain in season 4 but forget all the atrocious sideplots. Season 6 is alright, but it ends so horribly that I quit watching the show and never made it to the truly atrocious seasons.

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Evthean
07/06/20 2:09:09 AM
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pass on it

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07/06/20 2:09:18 AM
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Ermac
07/06/20 2:13:00 AM
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I love it, one of my favorites. Its based on a book, but they continue past where the book ends which is why the writing gets bad later on

Like really bad. But the first 4 seasons are great

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MabusIncarnate
07/06/20 2:16:37 AM
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Ermac posted...
I love it, one of my favorites. Its based on a book, but they continue past where the book ends which is why the writing gets bad later on

Like really bad. But the first 4 seasons are great
I liked season 6 a lot.. I feel like it was "that season" that redeemed it a bit followed by more disappointment.

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Solid Snake07
07/06/20 2:18:05 AM
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The first two seasons are pretty good. 3 and 4 are okay. Each season is pretty down hill from there

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pegusus123456
07/06/20 2:23:12 AM
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Ermac posted...
I love it, one of my favorites. Its based on a book, but they continue past where the book ends which is why the writing gets bad later on
Thaaaat isn't the case. I'm pretty sure it's only the first book that they used. Later books reveal that the Dark Passenger is an actual demon and that Rita's kids are also sociopaths. Which doesn't happen in the show.

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SuperExcitebike
07/06/20 3:11:37 AM
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It's a show worth watching. I'm never going to tell someone to stop watching a show at X season. You have to take the bad with the good

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Total_Lost2
07/06/20 3:14:28 AM
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I quite liked the later season except for the incest story. Hell, I thought season 3 was the weakest outside of possible the last one.

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Schwarz
07/06/20 3:15:01 AM
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Y'know what, watch season 1 and stop. It's a great standalone story.

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UnfairRepresent
07/06/20 3:23:06 AM
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Schwarz posted...
Y'know what, watch season 1 and stop. It's a great standalone story.

Lol I watched series 1 of Heroes and thought it was good and then everyone on Earth told me to stop there
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pfh1001
07/06/20 3:27:30 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Lol I watched series 1 of Heroes and thought it was good and then everyone on Earth told me to stop there


With good reason.
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BipBapBam
07/06/20 3:38:42 AM
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Like everyone else said, the first 4 seasons are really good, then it just kinda drops massively in quality.

5 had a really good start because of 4's great ending, but when its actual plot starts happening it just bores me
6 was okay, but had a really stupid plot twist that made no sense, amazing ending though
7 was the only actually good post 4 season imo and has the absolute best ending to the series, again imo
8... was a mistake. Don't watch it. If you do, go in with the lowest expectations possible. It's a fucking trainwreck.

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Jetblackmoon
07/06/20 4:33:58 AM
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You'll end up having fond memories of the show if you stop at season 4. If you go further then that, you're gonna have a bad time.

I still hold the opinion that Dexter has the worst ending of any show I've ever watched.

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loafy013
07/06/20 7:27:15 AM
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Overall, I enjoyed it. But my experience got tainted by the ending. I had heard it was bad, but man. The last ten minutes or so pissed me off so much. I mean, lets take all character development over the entire run and undo do it all, putting Dexter back to how he was at the start of the series

I have heard to stay away from the later books. He starts teaching other people to be serial killers, and the "dark passenger" is an actual supernatural entity.

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BlazinBlue88
07/06/20 8:09:41 AM
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Jetblackmoon posted...
I still hold the opinion that Dexter has the worst ending of any show I've ever watched.
Agreed. I can stomach a lot but not the ending to Dexter.

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UnfairRepresent
07/06/20 4:22:45 PM
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I'm impressed if it's worse than Mass Effect 3
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ChrisTaka
07/06/20 4:24:13 PM
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Dexter's mom is thicc.

EDIT: Oh wait, wrong Dexter.

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Romulox28
07/06/20 4:37:49 PM
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seasons 1, 2, and 4 are the only good ones of the entire show. the rest are hot garbage, and after season 5 each season is worse than the last

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ThyCorndog
07/06/20 4:38:14 PM
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ScionTC_07 posted...
its worth a watch for sure

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Bad_Mojo
07/06/20 4:39:33 PM
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Zikten
07/06/20 4:41:10 PM
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just as a warning....the series finale is possibly the worst series finale in tv history. the show is good and I enjoyed it. but the ending is horrible

even the main actor said it pissed him off
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EmbraceOfDeath
07/06/20 4:42:41 PM
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BipBapBam posted...
6 was okay, but had a really stupid plot twist that made no sense, amazing ending though
If you're referring to the main plot twist for the season, it made sense just fine. I actually guessed it reasonably early in the season based on the clues you're given.

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Allanon23
07/06/20 4:44:09 PM
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Zikten posted...
just as a warning....the series finale is possibly the worst series finale in tv history. the show is good and I enjoyed it. but the ending is horrible

even the main actor said it pissed him off

This.

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KLouD_KoNNeCteD
07/06/20 4:46:03 PM
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Dexter is awesome but they really fucked up the last season.
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Tired-Insomniac
07/06/20 4:49:20 PM
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I have fond memories of the first two seasons cause I started watching the show in summer 2010 when that's all Netflix had of the series.

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Giant_Aspirin
07/06/20 4:51:12 PM
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i loved S1 - S4. i heard it tanked after S4 so i didnt bother.

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YoungMutual
07/06/20 4:51:26 PM
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Just pretend it ends at 4 and you'll be fine.

BTW people tend to not rate 3 as highly as 1, 2 and 4 but it had a very interesting dynamic that made it original and sets it apart from the rest.

Also people may like 5 at times but I think it shits upon what 4 tried to setup for the rest of the series, so I don't recommend it.

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KLouD_KoNNeCteD
07/06/20 4:55:10 PM
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Maybe I'm in the minority but I thought season 7 was one of the better seasons.
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YoungMutual
07/06/20 5:00:09 PM
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KLouD_KoNNeCteD posted...
Maybe I'm in the minority but I thought season 7 was one of the better seasons.
Part of what made season 8 so bad was 7's promise that the quality was getting better

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PsychicHippo
07/06/20 5:14:26 PM
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It's the type of show where you could watch the first episode of a season and the last episode of a season and miss absolutely nothing in between. It is sloooow going. But like others have said, season 4 with John Lithgow is pretty good.

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UnfairRepresent
07/06/20 5:16:05 PM
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PsychicHippo posted...
John Lithgow

I'm sold
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AlephZero
07/06/20 5:20:29 PM
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Seasons 1-3 are really good, Season 4 is amazing, Seasons 5-6 are mediocre, Season 7 isn't great, Season 8 is almost unwatchable. The series finale is one of the worst finales of all time.

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Were_Wyrm
07/06/20 5:22:07 PM
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It's worth watching for The Justice Friends alone, everything else is a bonus.

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07/06/20 5:22:30 PM
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BipBapBam
07/06/20 5:52:12 PM
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...
If you're referring to the main plot twist for the season, it made sense just fine. I actually guessed it reasonably early in the season based on the clues you're given.
No it doesn't. Some of the stuff that happens beforehand makes no sense after the twist.

*S6 spoilers* Like how he knocked himself out and kidnapped himself. Not to mention that after the twist, he's just always evil 100% of the time instead of swapping personalities back and forth.

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UnfairRepresent
07/06/20 9:05:25 PM
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So I just saw episode 1 and was disappointed.

It was really boring and all the characters were 2 Dimensional with a lot of bad acting.

I'm guessing that's just because it was the pilot right? and it picks up?

Also Dexter's dad is an idiot and evil. But the show's writing/filming/music was acting like he great a guy. Its jarring.

I really hope the show doesn't try to make you sympathize with Dexter, that will not work. Just look at God of War. The story fell apart when they tried to make Kratos a sympathetic character and not just a fucked up force of nature.
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UnfairRepresent
07/06/20 10:00:05 PM
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"I'm attracted to your brother, as such I don't want you to succeed as a cop"

wat

"Man you're too emotionally invested in this case and have a clear conflicted of interest. I should take you off it."

"aww but I really wanna."

"Okay" :D

wat

This police lady is the worst....

People gave Cuddy in House crap but this lady has done more stupid shit than Cuddy ever did inside 2 episodes lol
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UnfairRepresent
07/07/20 12:48:33 AM
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Oh hey it's Tasha Yar!

Never would have predicted that was Dexter's canonical first murder
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jumi
07/07/20 3:43:01 AM
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Skip the last season.

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UnfairRepresent
07/07/20 7:04:54 PM
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"He might be a crack-addicted, wife-abusing yahoo but he refuses to abandon his kids....... that might not be a good thing."

Okay that's a fucking great line
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