Dave99

I kind of figure dex will hand them over. Then it becomes a replay of harry raising dexter by himself.

Deftones

yeah mother fuckers! I called it!



http://forum.dvdtalk.com/9874837-post4.html

gotta say, that was a worthy season of television and a hell of a cliffhanger ending.

Dave99

Not to mention their familiarity with "kyle butler" the guy who died days ago, yet was also just at their house when the swat team came in. You'd think that would come up in an interview. But I'm guessing the transfer of the case to the fbi means that detail gets lost so we can move on.

Groucho

Meh. The "shocking" ending would have been a lot more shocking if we hadn't had the cast and crew pimping it for months.

ElementZ

It was still shocking to me. Didn't expect that at all. WOW.

bigdave914

Season 5 opening:



Maybe?

Osiris3657

^ that would be a total cop out. After the episode they had that discussion with Hall and Lithgow and he was saying "how will Dexter handle this, is it going to be all about vengeance"

JohnSlider

He actually said with certainty that it will be interesting to see Dexter looking to get unobtainable vengeance.

riley_dude

A lot of questions. Do you not have Showtime?

Solid episode. Shocked about the death but as much as I like Benz, I really disliked the character.

Osiris3657

As much as I like the show, I can't wait to see how the series all ends...does Dex get caught and arrested? Is he killed?

How many seasons is the show under contract for?

mwbmis

I actually liked the character but didn't like what they did to her this year. Not that she didn't have a reason to be mad at Dexter, but I thought they played it wrong.

As for Benz, she was a pretty woman, but I found the face work that she had gotten prior to this year distracting. It made her look different and less attractive.

As far as game changers go though she was really the only character they could kill and was who I expected to die in episode four when it leaked that a major character would die.

What they do with Cody and Astor should be interesting. I can't see Dexter completely abandoning them.

riley_dude

The only purpose she was serving was to whine and Julie Benz really shown in previous work that she is worthy of more.

Jadzia

WOW.

Now I am wondering how Dexter reports Rita's murder. Does he cover it up or risk the police wondering why Trinity would kill Rita on his way out of town. I supposed Dexter could recall how he saw Trinity looking at the crime board at the station and that might explain the motive. But Deb is definitely going to be suspicious what with Dexter's tie in to the the Ice truck Killer, now Trinity.

johnnysd

It seems clear that Deb will figure out exactly what Dexter is next season, and I suspect the "big bad" will be Dexter himself. Will Dexter wind up in jail, or will the dark passenger win and Deb herself wind up on his table.

Jadzia

Dexter should have figured out that Rita was dead because she wasn't calling and bugging him while he killed Trinity.

mwbmis

I think we're in basic agreement. I like Julie Benz (at least before the face work), but I didn't care for what they did to the Rita character this year.

Michael Ballack

I loled, for real. But seriously, I went from shocked to sad. I keep picturing the baby in blood next to it's dead mother. I know it's just a show, but you gotta feel bad for those kids with the asshole drug addict father and now with their murdered mother. God damn.

asianxcore

As everyone has said in this thread......WOW

I had a really strong feeling that either



Neither of them are particularly interesting characters, with the writers really struggling over 4 Seasons to give them something more to do/make them interesting.

Also if anyone wants to chime in?

Poink

My take on the timeline:

Jeremy517

Da Thrilla

My mouth is still agape. Wow.

bluthswede6

Wow, great stuff. Anticipation for next season is pretty big. If it is the last, I hope this show goes out with a bang.

Throwing Copper

Exactly. I doubt they'll piss off people like The Sopranos did with Tony not being killed.

Dexter is a dead man if Season 5 is the last one, which Hall says it is.



Also, what "work or plastic surgery" did Rita have done before this season? It's been a while since I've seen the earlier seasons so I didn't really notice anything...

brainee

Would reporting the murder (and having it look like a Trinity killing) really be suspicious? The police already know Trinity's daughter shot Lundy and Deb to protect her father. And the daughter shot herself, based on Deb's policework, which might upset Trinity. So he goes after Deb's family - the police would look at it as a revenge killing. If anything, I would think Deb would be feeling responsible (not knowing the truth about Dexter and Trinity). Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how it shakes out next season.

grrr

While passing up opportunities to kill Trinity had become a running gag this season, I found myself talking to the television when Dexter left an unconscious Arthur Mitchell alone in his van so that he could go deal with a minor traffic violation. You're extorting money from a serial killer who knows your real name and you don't snap his neck before dealing with a $300 accident? I doubt the writers will consider it, but I wonder if Dexter might feel a bit of guilt for waiting so long to kill Trinity.