DEXTER

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dave29

Discussion Starter · Sep 30, 2008

what did you guys think of the first episode? i thought it was alittle "blah" compared to the series premiers the previous 2 years

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gulfwarvet

· #2 · Oct 1, 2008

i have it recorded, but haven't watched it yet. but this wouldn't surprise me any if it is a little blah at first considering almost all the other premiers wasn't all that great.

best guess for the blah would be from all the writer's strike aftermath. i'm sure once the season takes off it will get interesting real fast again.

joshjr

· #3 · Oct 1, 2008

It was not that great of a start but I am not worried.

jsherm007

· #4 · Oct 1, 2008

yes, agree it could have been better! but i feel another good season that'll be a slice above the rest!

Steve

· #5 · Oct 1, 2008

There was a great article in Sunday's New York Times about "A Warmer, Fuzzier kind of Serial Killer". You can read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/arts/television/28jens.html?scp=2&sq=dexter&st=cse

Also their review of the first episode here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/arts/television/27dext.html?scp=1&sq=dexter&st=cse

/steve

DBSooner

· #6 · Oct 1, 2008

jsherm007 said:
yes, agree it could have been better! but i feel another good season that'll be a slice above the rest!

I see what you did there.

I thought it was ok. It pretty much set up everything for the season.

Since were talking about Dexter I must say that Deb is becoming very annoying now.

Lee L

· #7 · Oct 1, 2008

Hey, at least they gave us a quick what happened last year unlike most every other show out there.

I thought it was pretty good. Definitely some setup. It looked for a while like they were going to let up on Dexter being in constant jeopardy, but I guess not. THen again, for someone as careful as he has been, getting the guy in a house with kids all around and the locks and whatnot on only going in there once was not too smart.

dave29

Discussion Starter · #8 · Oct 2, 2008

joshjr said:
It was not that great of a start but I am not worried.

agreed

rudeney

· #9 · Oct 2, 2008

Becoming sloppy and careless is a natural progression. All of his life, he has been a sociopath but now he is beginning to develop a conscience and a personality. He is becoming socialized. My guess is the series finale will involve him finally realizing all this and thus shedding his need to kill, but of course it will be too late as he will have been caught. Either that or the screen will go blank for 10 seconds with Journey playing in the background.

thxultra

· #10 · Oct 3, 2008

I liked seeing Dexter finally screw up. This is still one of the mot interestign shows on TV. Last season was really great I can't wait to see what the writers have come up with for this season.

mikeny

· #11 · Oct 5, 2008

I liked the first episode. Julie Benz did a very professional job.

It should be a great season. Dexter needs to find Freebo now. Looking forward to tonight.

thxultra

· #12 · Oct 6, 2008

I was surprised to see Dexter let the dea agent go. It will be interesting to see how well his little secrete is kept. Was a great show last night and will be interesting how the baby with Rita plays into the whole story as well.

Supervolcano

· #13 · Oct 6, 2008

thxultra said:
I was surprised to see Dexter let the dea agent go.

Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits) is the assistant district attorney, not a DEA Agent.

thxultra said:
It will be interesting to see how well his little secret is kept.

Apparently not too well if you kept watching after the show and saw the preview of next week. They showed a clip of Miguel's best friend, Miguel, and Dexter in the same room. Dexter said something like "You didn't tell him did you?" and Miguel said "Heeeeeey, it's all good!!!" as if to say the guy is his best friend and there's nothing to worry about with him.

thxultra said:
Was a great show last night

VERY!!!
I love this show!!!

thxultra said:
and will be interesting how the baby with Rita plays into the whole story as well.

One too many daydreams of how he's going to raise his new son (like they already got into in this episode) is going to force Dexter to perform an abortion without Rita's knowledge after he heavily sedates her.

Then she'll do her OWN investigating, and just when she gets to the point of figuring out it was Dexter, he'll have to kill her too!!!

Then that evil mother of Rita's will get custody of the 2 kids, conduct HER OWN investigation into her daughters death, and just when SHE gets close to figuring out it was Dexter, he'll have to kill her too!!!

In season 8, after Dexter watches the kids go from foster home to foster home, he'll decide he made a mistake by killing Rita and finally adopt them.
:sure:

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dave29

Discussion Starter · #14 · Oct 11, 2008

Supervolcano said:
One too many daydreams of how he's going to raise his new son (like they already got into in this episode) is going to force Dexter to perform an abortion without Rita's knowledge after he heavily sedates her.

Then she'll do her OWN investigating, and just when she gets to the point of figuring out it was Dexter, he'll have to kill her too!!!

Then that evil mother of Rita's will get custody of the 2 kids, conduct HER OWN investigation into her daughters death, and just when SHE gets close to figuring out it was Dexter, he'll have to kill her too!!!

In season 8, after Dexter watches the kids go from foster home to foster home, he'll decide he made a mistake by killing Rita and finally adopt them.
:sure:

you should have applied for a job during the writers strike:lol:
anyway, i thought the last episode was very good..... other than the daydreams about dexter jr

dave29

Discussion Starter · #15 · Oct 27, 2008

oh yeah!!!! its starting to get good now. excellent episode last night........

Supervolcano

· #16 · Oct 28, 2008

dave29 said:
oh yeah!!!! its starting to get good now. excellent episode last night........

Miguel's brother, Ramon, just isn't gonna give up.

And with the way it's going, since Miguel agreed with Dexter that Ramon can't be trusted, I'm pretty sure they are setting Ramon up to be the season 3 finale in one way or another.

Now that I say it, I don't think Dexter has dug into Ramon's past yet to see if killing him would meet Harry's Code.

We know how close Ramon is to Miguel, and we are slowly finding out that Miguel isn't exactly an angel who plays by the book, so you have to wonder what sort of shady past BOTH of them might have.

Either Dexter has to frame or kill Ramon.
Just like Doakes last year.
But the twist this year is Miguel, and how Dexter will deal with him.

God I love this series!!

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DBSooner

· #17 · Oct 28, 2008

Miguel is the one I would keep a close eye on.

Grentz

· #18 · Oct 28, 2008

DBSooner said:
Miguel is the one I would keep a close eye on.

Agreed, just seems like something is gonna pop out of him one of these days and cause quite a stir :lol:

dave29

Discussion Starter · #19 · Oct 28, 2008

DBSooner said:
Miguel is the one I would keep a close eye on.

he and ramon may end up dead

DBSooner

· #20 · Nov 3, 2008

The best episode of the season so far!

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