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I just started watching Dexter a couple of months ago. So I've seen the entire show, from S1 E1 to S4 E12 in 2 months, fresh on the mind.
My thoughts:
Season 1 was good. Enough to have me keep watching the show, but not as good as Lost (which IMO is the best show on TV). Season 2 was painful, but still good. Lila made me want to punch through the TV. I hated her character. Her face. Her fake accent. Her story. Her horse lips. When Dexter killed her I seriously cheered IRL. I thought season 2 actually had some good character development going on with Doakes, but after watching season 3 and 4, he didn't really fit the show and I'm glad he's gone.
Season 3: Miguel Prado was a very, very interesting character to add to the show, but I think they didn't apply him the best way that they could. And the finale was very boring...his kill should have been epic and it wasn't.
Season 4: by far the best season out of the entire show. John Lithgow was fucking sick in this season. I wasn't a fan of him before but now...holy moly. What an actor. I knew about 4 episodes in that we were gonna see some sick shit. It finally happened in the episode where Dexter is over at Thanksgiving. When they were saying what they were thankful for I was ready for Arthur to go apeshit. "Nobody said they were thankful for me." Good god I about blew a head gasket when he said that; I knew shit was gonna hit the fan soon after. Then Jonah wrecking shit in the house and Dexter almost killing Arthur...that was the best scene out of the entire show, period, no question. That was possibly the most dramatic moment I've ever seen on TV.
I LOVE how Dexter's dad is still in the show. They set him up with character with season 1 and 2, so that later on he fits perfectly into Dexter's subconscious. He adds lots to the show IMO. I love how Dexter will screw up and his dad will be off to the side shaking his head like "I taught you better than this." I hope he stays.
Rita dying was the ultimate end to what had to happen to Dexter. He can't be a serial killer and get away unharmed. He can't live with innocent people and have them stay out of his business. When you're a serial killer you have dangerous baggage and it finally showed this season more than any other.
I fucking hated Rita's character in season 1 and 2, but she got hot in season 3 and 4, so I didn't mind looking at her, but she was still annoying. Not nearly as much as season 1 and 2 though. I guess I will sorta miss her character but not as much as others in this thread. I think her death was what the show needed. Season after season Dexter gets off scotch free after killing 20 people. When was it gonna catch up to him? Now.
BTW I hope Lithgow wins the golden globe. Good god he deserves it. Absolutely phenomenal, scary, devastating performance by him. Every time he lost it and called a woman a cunt or started saying "you made me do it" to his victims I was grinning on the inside because I was witnessing an amazing performance. Only he could pull off something so fucked up.
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