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Dexter
Jackie wrote: "DDD has been on my To Read list for a long time, I have to find it at a used book sale and so far, haven't been lucky enough ot get my hands on it. I am a HUGE fan of Six Feet Under, my family..."
I loved the character of Brenda on SFU, and now I think she is incredible on Bros and Sis. It is so awesome to see her to from her Brenda character to her Sarah character - they are SO different. She is fabulous. Love her too.
Another reason why I started watching B&S. Brenda was a looney, and her brother too, LMAO, but I really liked the both of them. She's such a different character on B&S. I love when you see such diversity in roles, it shows just how good they really are. I had no idea she was Austrailian, I saw her on a late night talk show about a year or two ago and when she spoke, I couldn't believe it. Her american accent is flawless.
How do you feel about Dexter and his family issues?? And Deb got shot!!!
Deb will be OK, but her and Anton are over. I liked Anton. The FBI guy is dead.Dexter's family issues? I want him to kill Rita, if he doesn't then I will. She's too controlling. but what really pisses me off is how Dexter has to get up at night and take care of the baby. He is working and she's not. She's had 3 kids, she hasn't figured out you nap when the baby naps? She's just really annoying and Dexter would be better off without her, but he doesn't see it that way. I think Dexter is evolving into a human.
Jackie wrote: "Deb will be OK, but her an Anton are over. I liked Anton. The FBI guy is dead.i'm thinking Anton will stick around. i agree the F.B.I. agent Lundy is dead - and as he didn't share his suspicions about the bathtub killer, that info is lost - well, until someone listens to his recording. as Anton doesn't know Brenda and Lundy hooked up again, and Brenda will be recovering from gun shot and in shock over Lundy's death, i think they will likely stay together a little longer.
and yeah Jackie, i'm with you in wishing Rita would do some horribe crime so Dexter could kill her without violating his code! even her voice irks me.
That code is probably the only thing keeping him from killing her. That's all right, Dexter, send her to me...Did you ever watch Angel? She was Darla, I hated her then too, LOL
Deb is going to tell Anton, I just know it! She's not an accomplished liar like Dexter, LOL Anton was already feeling the vibes.
I love Anton and want him to stay around. He's hot. I'd never have cheated on him and especially not with a man old enough to be my grandfather. Deb is crazy.
Lundie had to go, he had his suspicions and it wouldn't be long before he got Trinity. And that's the end of this season...so he had to be gone.
I never liked Lundie all that much, so no loss there. It's a freakin miracle that he didn't catch Dexter's scent. If he hung around, Dexter would have had to kill him anyway, LOL
i did watch Angel (and Buffy. and Firefly, but best not to get me going on Josh Whedon - especially in a thread totally non-related) i remember the character Darla, but i had not realized it was played by the same actress. and as for Lundy (Lundie) not catching Dexter's scent - i am reminded of a comment Dexter made in season one or perhaps two, regarding Doakes and how surronded by hundreds of cops every day, Doakes was the only one who just knew in his gut that Dexter was not at all what he seemed.
poor Doakes.
I hated Doakes. Don't mess with my Dexter, LOLSoon as I heard Rita's voice I knew it was Darla. She does look different than Darla.
given, Doakes was an unlikable character. the writers didn't even try to make him likeable. but he was a great nemesis for Dexter. and your Dexter can handle himself.
He was a good actor, whoever his is. I thought it was fabulous. Just like the Victor character, you knew he had to go, LOL What did you think of that crazy 'B' Lila? What a nutjob!
And Jimmy Smits as Victor was phenomenal! every year Dexter tops itself, I only hope they can do it again, because last season was spectacular!
i loved the crazy Lila. i wish they hadn't killed her off. not that i want her around - one season was enough - but i think the writers could have done some interesting stuff if she were still alive and Dexter didn't know where or when she might pop up. i just think that by killing her they lost a possible story line.
and your so right. i don't know how the writers will keep topping the previous season. i know one of the story lines from the novels involves Cody. Dexter discovers that Cody - traumatized by things that happened to him by his father - is torturing / killing small animals. Dexter takes on his father's role - passing on 'the code' and how to survive in the world.
I would have liked a bit more cat and mouse between them, it could have lasted a long time as a sub-plot. Again, we know she had to go to preserve Dexter's secret but it would be fun to have her show up, taunt him and disappear again. Just to mess with him, never really going to tell anything, just keep him on a hook.
I wish i had Showtime! I've seen season one, and my daughter watches it. She said it's good this season.
Lori wrote: " I wish i had Showtime! I've seen season one, and my daughter watches it. She said it's good this season."i guess you don't download off the internet? pirating that's the only reason i get to see it!!
I don't know how! Can you just go to Dexter.com and watch episodes?
Lori wrote: " I don't know how! Can you just go to Dexter.com and watch episodes?"Lori - i know you can find some shows on the network website - NBC, Global etc. and you can watch them without downloading. it's called streaming. it's much the same as watching you tube. i have no idea if episodes of Dexter are available by this method.
downloading requires a little more. you need to download a program like bit torrenz before you can start and then you have to download a codex program in order to play it /hear it.
you need to get a geek friend to hook you up and get you started!
I knew Deb would tell Anton! Stupid bitch! Not for telling, but for cheating on that fine specimen of man.
Jackie wrote: "I knew Deb would tell Anton! Stupid bitch! Not for telling, but for cheating on that fine specimen of man."i've not watched it yet. there is a bit of a time lag between airing and when i see it.
so Jackie, i get that Anton is 'a fine specimen of a man' but she gets no sympathy for having lost her soul mate? at least he was soul mate-ish when it comes to career matters - and let's face it Deb(i keep wanting to call her Brenda)is alllll about her career. i mean seriously what else do we know about her. she swears. a lot. and she likes sex. ummmmm, that's about it.
so theirs was the classic professor / student relationship. and of course she's still working through her father issues. so the relationship made sense to me - on those levels anyway.
now Deb working through her father issues - that should be interesting - when she starts to put 2 and 2 together and gets ....
a) a rude awakening
b) a glimpse into the man her father was
c) suspicious about Dexter
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
She's in for a surprise if she find out who Harry really was. Her acting in the parking lot was spectacular. I don't think she gets credit for being such a good actress. I saw her in that otherwise horrible movie "Quarantine" and she was so good, I could feel her fear. If, and that's a big if, Lundy was her soulmate, then break up with Anton FIRST. That's all I'm saying. He's a really nice guy who doesn't deserve to be shit on.
I went to a Dexter web site, but all you can get is recaps. When did John Lithgow join the cast? He makes a really good bad guy. Have you seen Raising Cain, or Ricochet? Both are awsome movies with JL being the bad guy.
Lori wrote: " I went to a Dexter web site, but all you can get is recaps. When did John Lithgow join the cast? He makes a really good bad guy. Have you seen Raising Cain, or Ricochet? Both are awsome movies wit..."
Lithglow is the current season guest star, and if the writers stay true to form, he will go down by the end of the season. Dexter is a little different than a lot of series, in that they don't do the cliff hanger at the end of the season. they tend to wrap the story line up and start fresh the next season.
and your are s000 right about Lithglow making a good bad guy. there is something about him - i mean besides acting the part. there is something just in the way he looks.
Jackie wrote: "She's in for a surprise if she find out who Harry really was. Her acting in the parking lot was spectacular. I don't think she gets credit for being such a good actress. I saw her in that otherw..."i finally am caught up with you Jackie - and i couldn't agree more with you regarding the fine performance by Deb in the parking lot.
Dexter did a good job too. i mean he was surprised how much Deb getting shot hit him, but he didn't over act it. that would have been so unbelievable. he found a good balance that felt beleivable for his character.
i thought the ending was really interesting too - a nice twist - makes the Trinity killer more interesting to Dexter - a role model of sorts. how to balance home/family and the dark passenger.
I was surprised to see Trinity have a family, I assumed he was a loner. And a happy family man at that! This is really going to be very interesting!It's strange how you always hear family and neighbors say they never never about someone's dark side, I never bought it, but after watching Dex with Deb and rita and the kids, and now Trinity and his family, it's believable.
I love this show, they bring so much to this series. It is far beyond the usual serial killer stuff. And they way I get pulled in, to love Dexter and not really mind what he does. How crazy is that, LOL
Thank you Sooz, if i get time to get around to it & your available i'd like that very much.
Lori wrote: " Thank you Sooz, if i get time to get around to it & your available i'd like that very much."later today - i'll message you with the websites and instructions on what to do. :)
so that last episode wasn't exactly action packed - i guess that's why there's been no activity on the message board. it was more about relationships i guess - Deb's partner and his journalist girlfriend, Dexter in marriage councilling. (there's a sentence i never expected to be writing) Dexter worming his way into Trinity's life. Angel and LaGuerta's romance. still the plot moved forward - with Dexter making nice with Trinity and Deb figuring out that Trinity was the shooter AND on the cusp of figuring out her father's secret lover - Dexter's mom! i am more and more impressed with the Deb character. she's smart and tough - but not unrealistically so, and just messed up enough to be interesting. she's really grown alot since first season. but what is with Angel and LaGuerta? it seems kind of pointless - couldn't the writers come up with anything better for these characters to do this season?
Just saw Dexter last night..good episode!! Things are heating up!! The ending for this season is really explosive! Trinity's home life is not what it seemed! He has another child following in his footsteps. That was a surprise! And Dexter is totally confused about his family life and what that future has to hold.
Great episode! Trinity's relationship to the reporter (can't remember her name), sure didn't see that one coming. I love this show, for things like that, the unexpected surprises.
i am so impressed with the writers who contine to create excellent twists. my biggest concern after season two, was that the stories would become repeatitive; that the writers would run out of inventive suspenseful stories. i am delighted to be wrong. the unexpected - yet well constructed and believable - surprises have made every season excellent watching. like you Jackie, i did not see that one coming at all.i am eager to see what happens next.
Is this Sunday the last episode?It's so long til the next season, I'm torn between holding off to make it last longer, and watching that happens!
It was the final epidode and it had a great twist at the end!! I never saw that one coming.
I did, 13 minutes in and I knew they were finally going to kill Rita off.I think last season was better. I liked this season but it had nowhere near the GASP factor as last season.
I didn't see that ending coming. Great series.
I hope it's a nightmare and Rita's not really dead, I love Julie Benz! I also kind of wish John Lithgow got away (for now) because he's been a great addition and I could see more story possibilities with him out there.All that said, it was a shocker!
I love Julie Benz too but they made her character so impossibly needy and pathetic; I couldn't take her anymore. Throughtout the season, I was posting on Facebook for Dexter to kill her and get it over with. I also can't stand Aster, hope she goes with the grandparents. Cody I would miss though.
Anyone keeping up?? Dexter has a new friend. Will she become a love interest or just a partner in crime? It looks like this season is going to be about finding this raping, murdering group of pervs. Why is there always someone investigating poor Dexter? How does he keep getting on someone's radar? I would love to hear what you thinking........
Absolutely. I'm really loving this season. Just when I thought, how can they do 'serial killer killing serial killers' differently, they go and do it. I'm finding this season highly interesting, it may top Season 3 as the best season yet (IMO, of course).
I don't want to see a Lumen-Dexter hook up. Maybe in time but not now. It doesn't feel right. Dexter doesn't even care about relationships of a sexual nature. Remember he only dated Rita to appear normal. He doesn't have to do that with Lumen. They can appear to be a couple and still not be. I don't think Lumen can be part of a sexual couple anyway. Again, not now, maybe in time.
But I do hope they form a close relationship. It would be awesome for Dexter to teach her the code and all that and go hunting together.
I was thinking the same thing about being on the radar. Doakes, OK, I can go with a cop's instincts...once. But not again. Dexter hasn't done anything for Quinn to be investigating him. Where did that come from? And I also don't get how he got it in his head that Dexter is Kyle Butler. We know it, but how does he?
Well, all that's going to come crashing down on Quinn's head anyway. That sleazy cop is going to blackmail him and Deb will find out. I hope she kicks his ass.
So...I was wrong about Lumen. She shagged Dexter!
The last episode certainly tied things up neatly. But looking the other way?? I'm wondering how that is going to play in future episodes?I'm wondering if Luman will reappear at some point. This show is always suprising me.
I don't think Lumen will be back. Even though she had her dark time and need for revenge, it's over. I don't think any sane person could knowingly be with a serial killer. No matter what his reasons are. If she does reappear, it'll be tell everything that happened because her conscience gets the best of her.I was more surprised that Dexter let Quinn go, he could have tied him to Liddy's murder, nice and neat, kill two birds with one stone. I think he did it for Deb. And there's the added benefit of Quinn owing him.
Another surprise was Deb letting the 'vigilantes' go, without even seeing them. I know why she did it. It was just surprised that she could override the cop in her.
Another great season!
I don't know how Luman could murder those men and not have it change her in a profound way. I don't think her trauma and revenge can just null each other away.The interactions between Quinn and Dexter could be quite interesting next season.
Lumen is forever changed, that's for sure. I just think she's done. It's not like she was a real serial killer or has a need to kill once her revenge was completed. I really wish she stayed around. I liked that someone really knew Dexter and cared about him anyway. I hoped they could have had something permanent.Oh yeah, I think Quinn and Dexter next season will be great. It can go any way at this point.
Next season...oh what a long wait we have, Kathy!
If the kids come back..the oldest daughter knows about Luman. No one else knows that she was in the area. It is a loose end. So many twists and turns are available for the writers. It is a long wait!
Good point. Though I doubt Aster will put it together into anything other than what Dexter told her, that's she's a friend he helped and she left.What a change in Aster! I couldn't stand that bratty kid last year, now I like her. Dexter has to be careful with the kids around. If nothing else, the danger he could put them in.
9 months away. I don't think I can take it! I say this every year, and somehow I survive the wait, LOL
I HOOKED TOO. DEXTER'S GREAT- THE BOOKS ARE INTERESTING AS WELL AND I HOPE I GET HIS NEW ONE FOR CHRISTMAS- ITS ON MY LIST!! HEHEHE. :-)
Anissa, how to do the books compare to the series? Does the series follow the books closely? How many have you read?
I am a HUGE fan of Six Feet Under, my family owned a funeral home, so you can just imagine how I related to so much of it. The characters had parts of my family, strange, and cool at the same time. One of the reasons I decided to try Dexter is because of Michael C Hall. He is a fantastic actor. The difference from David to Dexter is incredible.
I can hardly wait til you catch up. Wait til you see Season 3, I was completely blown away by it. Each season is better than the previous one, if you can believe it!