Dexter: New Blood. Season Finale Spoiler

[Baitball Blogger]

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If there is a season 2 I won't watch without Michael C. Hall. And, unless he can survive a shot to the heart, that's not likely. It was a great run with a great actor. But it's one of those storylines that comes once in a lifetime. I'm not interested in following his son's journey. He was okay, but little grasshopper doesn't have enough gravitas to do a Dexter redux.

Dexter: New Blood, gave a great character a righteous send-off.

[Scrivener7]

1. When I read the interviews before the season, he was saying that he thought there

were a lot of loose ends on the series and he wanted to address them.

He sure did!

I thought they did a good job.

[hlthe2b]

2. I'd possibly watch a season 2 if (spoilers)

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Michael C. Hall appears as his sister character has this time around. But I agree the show is nothing without its lead actor.

[Solly Mack]

3. I won't watch a spin-off with Harrison, should there be one.

I was disappointed with several things about New Blood.

1. Killing Dexter off. Sure, serial killers can be murdered or die in custody or while being arrested. But Dexter's death was a tad too hokey for me. I'd rather Angela had shot him. Which is not without its own too neat and too tidy packaging. But it would have been what Debra herself should have done once she knew about Dexter. Angela looked like Debra somewhat and they both were in law enforcement. Both loved Dexter. But not both conflicted.

Mind zombie Debra had taken the role of mind zombie Harry as the voice inside Dexter's head - but without all the training reminders and survival advice. Instead, she was the same stridulant voice dead as she was while alive. Could be mind zombie Debra was how Dexter maintained his no-kill record for so long - but dead Debra seems to have forgotten she murdered LaGuerta to protect Dexter.

2. Hannah McKay. Seriously? Like she didn't kill a time or six while Harrison was in her custody? And she was just so good at it that Harrison never had suspicions? I'm supposed to believe she just stopped? Hannah's only "code" about murdering people was asking herself if they were a hinderance to her well-being or just simply in her way, making life less than comfortable. Or maybe they annoyed her.

3. How out of practice they made Dexter. Not saying his need to kill couldn't be controlled but his intelligence didn't wane. His instincts didn't simply go away. His "dark passenger" didn't simply go silent - contained, maybe - silent? Never.

4. 3 leading to 4 - Dexter didn't recognize Kurt Caldwell's "dark passenger" for how long? Dexter used to could see that in other people with a quickness.

While I get "Dexter" as a series couldn't last forever, some serial killers last well into old age and die of natural causes. I'd rather he faded into the unknown - however, most decidedly not in a hurricane, having buried his dead sister's stolen body at sea. Domestic oblivion, because that is what sometimes happens with serial killers. They aren't all brought to justice, one way or another, and some do escape to live out their life; unknown to their neighbors or families. That sucks, yes - but it is also a reality.

The unknown being out there is scary.

But the wrapped up in a neat package and tied with a bow isn't so much comforting as it is lulling.

That's just my 2 cents.

[IcyPeas]

4. I enjoyed the return of Dexter.

Not sure if I would watch it without Michael C. Hall though.