dino88

"Venus" by Frankie Avalon. It was a song from his childhood. The same song he played right before he was going to kill the kidnapped boy.

Larry C.

The ending was crazy good. I was waiting for them to show Dexter waking up from a bad dream and cop out. I should have known better the writers for this show are the best.

grrr

Dexter's not going to die. It's more likely that he gets an ending that finds him in the same position he was at the beginning of the series: alone, hiding in plain sight, and virtually friendless. The difference will be that he finally accepts his own nature and is content living two lives for the rest of his life.

Blu Man

Fantastic episode. They really did a good job on everything, from the acting to the directing to the editing. Rita always annoyed me a little bit, but she was a major part of the show and I'm sad to see her go. Next season is going to be fantastic, definetly going to be different from now on however.

Quake1028

Speechless.

lacubs

can anyone tell me how the book ends , thanks

CKMorpheus

Which one? They are all (except for season 1/book 1) completely different from the show, entirely.

dino88

Yeah, you're going to have to specify which book. And if you would, please ask this in the book forum, so as to avoid spoilers for those of us that haven't read the books.

lacubs

thanks , didnt know that

DarkestPhoenix

Yes, but it will be sweet to finally see disastrous dating Dexter again in the shows to come.

Some people get butt-hurt about book plotlines, so I'll spoil:

DarkestPhoenix

How is it unobtainable? Because he already killed him and couldn't confront Arthur?

If anything, more like "pre-paid" vengeance.

DarkestPhoenix

Exactly. And that would be awesome. It's like some writer said on Lost, I think, where an actor read a script and was bummed they'd been killed.

"It's Lost. Nobody ever really dies."

Also,

dino88

It wouldn't make sense for Dexter to talk to Rita. Dexter's dad knew about his dark side, whereas Rita didn't have a clue. Unless, of course, you're thinking she will help with the grocery list.

DarkestPhoenix

Dexter says something like "I have a family, too" and Lithgow kind of raises his eyebrows as if to say, "Do you?"

Then, right before Dexter kills Trinity, he says, "It's already over. It's already over." Meaning, he's already killed Rita.

I'm glad that conversation makes a little more sense, because when I first watched it, I was like, "What the fuck are they talking about? The writers choked on a dick with this scene."

DarkestPhoenix

It's already over.

DarkestPhoenix

I think Wikipedia provides a synopsis of pretty much every book out there.

DJariya

Some interesting news, Clyde Phillips, who was Dexter's Executive Producer and showrunner, just quit the show to spend more time with his family.

Showtime just hired Chip Johannssen, who was a Producer on 24, Dark Angel and Moonlight, as the new showrunner for season 5.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...7042ac1ef7be94

DeputyDave

Too bad Dexter's brother isn't still alive. We could have Showtime's version of Two and a Half Men. Only funny.

Wazootyman

Just because she didn't know about it doesn't mean Dexter's subconcious wouldn't inject in her commentary.

But with that said, I don't want it to happen. I feel it would be kind of a cop out--"We killed her, but she's still here!." Next season Dexter can question his motives and actions with relation to how Rita would have thought, but I don't want to see a three way with him, his dead dad and his dead wife.

vman69

Maybe Trinity tells Rita exactly what Dexter is before he kills her.As for how the show will end imho: Astor will become a cop and Cody will become the same thing Dexter has become.He'll kill Dexter as revenge for not stopping Trinity from killing his mom.

dino88

I'm not sure how this would matter, since Dexter would have no clue what Rita was told.

I think the show will end with Dexter marrying his sister...oh wait.

Coral

But at that point, does Trinity really know who Dexter really is? Isn't he still under the impression that Dexter was just a corrupt member of the Miami Police Department who's looking for shakedown money?

I don't like the idea of Rita being a ghost to Dexter. Harry is enough. Although they missed an opportunity by not having Brian (Dexter's brother/Ice Truck Killer) as a ghost. It would fit in nicely with Michael C. Halls career of having his character talk to his ghost father and brother (ala Six Feet Under).

The saddest part of this episode I found was watching baby Harrison sitting there in blood crying when his mom is only a few feet away from him dead. It's always sad when a baby loses his/her mother, and even worse when they witnessed her murder (even if he doesn't remember it growing up).

I'm looking forward to how they're going to explain Rita's death to everyone else. Will Dexter let it be known that it was Trinity who did it, or will he fear that information could lead to a discovery about him forcing him to cover it up? Will they continue S5 from the next day, or will they fast-forward a month later? If it's the next day, we'll probably see her balling her eyes out when she finds out about Rita - since Deb always seems like a wreck.

Holysmoker

This isn't Medium. Harry's not a ghost. We all realize that right? Dexter doesn't "see" dead people.

Groucho

I could definitely see Cody or Harrison pulling a Murdoch when they get older.

orangecrush

I didn't know that a major character was going to die. I was shocked by Rita's death. It was actually a very disturbing way to end the season. (In a very good way)