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I READ THEM ALL EXCEPT THE NEWEST ONE TITLED "DEXTER IS DELICIOUS" THEY ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THEN THE TV SHOW. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY BUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIE AND SO FOURTH (THE TV PRODUCERS SWITCH CHARACTERS AROUND A LOT) BUT BOTH TV SHOW AND BOOKS HAVE THEIR OWN ELEMENT AND THEY ROCK. YOU GOTTA READ THE BOOKS. :-)
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That sounds good. If they were just like the series, there wouldn't be much point in me reading it.
I look for them when I go to book sales but so far no luck.
This season has been crazy! I was surprised about Gellar being dead all along.
The Brian episode was great.
SISTER’S ACT | Is Deb actually buying what Dexter is selling in first few minutes of Season 7? “He hopes so… In that moment,” Michael C. Hall said with a laugh. Added Jennifer Carpenter, “She’s just taking one step at a time; she takes one step forward and is sent 10 back.”POWER PLAYER | Look for Season 7′s Deb to embrace her position of power a bit more than in previous years. “She actually needs [her authority] now. It’s the one card she has to play,” Carpenter teased. “At any second — if Deb lives after what you just saw [in the promo] — she could tell someone to put cuffs on him.” Long story short, “It’s like Dexter and Deb are just fish swimming [in opposite directions] for awhile.”
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE | Showrunner Scott Buck says the theme of Season 7 is “really the simplest theme of all: What are the consequences of love?” And fret not, this isn’t your cookie cutter tale of the “L” word. “When told through the perspective of Dexter, it’s something completely different.”
BLOOD, LUST | Carpenter might be alone in these sentiments, but she was not as taken aback by Deb’s seemingly sudden affections toward her “brother.” “There was certainly a fascination that I thought Deb had with Dexter [early on], so it didn’t feel like it was so bizarre to play that last season.” However, she added, “I think him stabbing somebody trumps those thoughts.”
ANOTHER WORLD | New Dexter import Yvonne Strahovski was on hand for today’s festivities, and she had an adorably difficult time discussing the differences between working Chuck and Showtime’s dark drama. “Just in general, the energy on the sets are very different,” she said. “There were…loud, different characters on Chuck,” she laughed. “It’s different, but it’s really great.”
DADDY’S HOME | Praise Jeebus! James Remar’s Harry will appear in Season 7 — and in a major way. “We’ll actually see original flashbacks from when Dexter was a child, and we’ll also continue to see him as Dexter’s subconscious.”
PARENT TRAP | “As Harrison gets older and becomes more receptive, it becomes a dicier proposition everyday,” Hall mused of the lad having such a bad dad. What’s more, little H’s Aunt Deb “now has a sense of what she’s dealing with with her brother, and that changes things as well,” he teased. “So, Dexter has someone that is really encouraging him to really face what he’s trying to pull off as a parent.”
2 minute trailer for the new season which premieres on Sept 30th on Showtime: http://www.yidio.com/news/watch-first...
Showtime boss reiterates that Dexter ending in two seasons is the current plan
PREVIOUSLY ON... | On the heels of uncovering some seemingly latent romantic feelings for her adoptive brother, Deb walked in on Dexter murdering the season's Big Bad Travis. COMING UP NEXT | Early on, Dexter will (almost completely) come clean to his "sister" about his Dark Passenger. Also, look for the Bay Harbor Butcher to once again pique interests, while a mysterious new lady (played by Chuck's Yvonne Strahovski) catches Dex's eye.
TVLINE BONUS SPOILER | In devious undercover intern news, Dexter is going to learn the hard way why it's so vital to password protect your computer.
RETURN DATE | Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c (Showtime)
Where is this all going to go now that Deb knows that her brother is a serial killer? The writers are very clever but this one I'm not sure about. Any thoughts???
I've been getting bored of this show. It's the same thing over and over. I think Deb needs to lock him up, or he needs to kill himself.
Tonight was great. Though I was wondering did they save the girl at the end
I didn't watch it yet. I'm glad you said it was great, makes me want to see it now.
Deb was really getting on his case and dex was having halusinations on the job lol.
Deb is really compromising herself since learning about Dexter's extra curricular activities. I'm really surprised about that, I didn't think it would be this easy for her to go back on everything she believes in. It's kind of disturbing.And now LaGuerta is onto Dexter. She'll be dead soon, lol
Do you think that Dexter might kill Deb? That would be a shocker. He did kill his wife. Also what's with the "in love stuff" Deb is bringing up with her brother? That's a bit creepy.
He would never hurt Deb and he did NOT kill his wife, The Trinity Killer did. The 'in love' stuff started last season, Deb went to see a therapist who pretty much put that idea in her head. I agree it is creepy....and gross.
I agree, Jackie that shrink put idea in her head, but since they share no DNA I can see how she could confuse "in love" with loving. Especially with her fucked up father steering her fake brother's "dark passenger". Sometimes i think father was more fucked up than Dexter and basically programmed him to take out bad guys he couldn't as cop. Deb idolized her father. You know what they say about girls marrying their fathers... I loved the scene with Deb and Aster sharing the joint and how they (Deb and Dex) both handled kids given their own lack of parenting. I think the greatest thing about show is how the layers of their characters keep peeling back as they evolve into who they are as adults and the mirroring of Aster and Cody as orphans.
I am also loving the Hannah romance because it is the most naked we have seen Dexter (metaphorically). This has been a much better season than I expected and I'll be bummed when it's over.
I hate LaGuerta and would love to see her taken out by Deb in an "accidental" friendly fire type shooting.
I agree 100% with everything you said Courtney :)
Wow..all this time I thought that Dexter killed Rita and made it look like Trinity did it. Thanks for setting me straight!! I feel better knowing that he didn't do it. I remember him being so stressed about his double life at the time..but it would have broken his code to kill her.
Dexter feels guilt for Rita's death because if he killed Trinity early on when he had the chance, Rita would still be alive. But Dexter wanted to know how Trinity juggled his own double life and was intrigued, thought he could learn something from him. Dexter blames himself, but he didn't actually do the deed.
Sad but true, Jackie! No doubt, Holli! xo
Last night was crazy. He should have killed Hannah, she knows his secret, does he really think she won't tell?And the previews for the season finale? Wow. This week better hurry up.
I'm looking forward to the finale too. I'm hoping it is as exciting as the previews.
I can't wait!!! It's been a great season....
That was a stupid finale. Deb not letting Dex kill LaGuerta, but then she does it? WTF? It makes no sense. The bullet is from Deb's gun, how stupid is she these days? Dex had a good scenario going with Mama-killer's gun.More stupidity, LaGuerta goes after Dex and Mama-killer without calling for backup? I would think after so many years on the job, it'd be automatic to call in your location as well as request back-up.
I loved the finale because it was all emotion driven with the characters... no one was using reason (besides Dexter and even HE was in a way with killing LaGuerta). I thought it was fantastic!
I agree Holli, it was all emotion driven. La Guerta was going in on a hunch and set herself up for getting killed. I don't know how they are going to get around the fact that it was Deb's gun. Deb is going to have a real hard time with being the killer. Left the audience with a lot of questions. Can't wait till the next season!!
In that context, emotion, I can see why they did it. It's still crazy though and there will be a lot of fallout from it. Is it true that next season is the final season?
Yes, next season is the final one. Kathy, I'm in agreement with you... LOTS of questions!!!
“Born in blood, both of us. Harry was right. I thought I could change what I am, keep my family safe. But it doesn’t matter what I do, what I choose. I’m what’s wrong. This is fate.”Dexter Morgan first uttered that sad sentiment during Dexter‘s Season 4 finale, when, in his mind, they applied only to himself and the Showtime saga’s now-infamous Big Bad, Arthur “Trinity” Mitchell. In retrospect, however, said musings represented so much more, foreshadowing the tragic future ahead for the Dark Passenger and his sister Deb.
Following Dexter‘s seventh season finale, Deb too had seemingly been “born in blood”; the do-good detective of yesterday dead and gone, replaced by a well-meaning-but-lost murderer with a badge. Once again, our titular anti-hero found that he couldn’t “keep his family safe” and that no matter what he does, those he loves ultimately pay the price for his dark deeds.
Here, showrunner Scott Buck discusses Deb’s ultimate sacrifice and how it will impact the conflicted cop — and her relationship with Dexter — in Season 8. He also reveals the reasons behind the ill-fated LaGuerta’s ouster, why Hannah likely isn’t gone for good and what will happen if Showtime opts to keep the ratings-rich Dexter around beyond its proposed final season.
TVLINE | Has Deb now been “born in blood” — in a shipping container — just as Dexter was as a child?
That’s interesting, I hadn’t thought of that. But you could certainly say that, yes
TVLINE | What will Season 8 Deb look like? How will killing an innocent – and someone she cared about — affect her?
It’s certainly going to be different from Season 7. What’s so different about this kill, as opposed to anything that Dexter does, is that it was done of out love; it was done to protect someone she cared about.
TVLINE | Will Deb’s actions help bond her to her brother? Or will it ultimately splinter their relationship?
It certainly bonds them, but some of the things that can bond people together are not positive. It’s less a bond out of love than a bond out of tragedy. And that will affect their relationship in the coming year.
TVLINE | Talk about Deb running into a then-dead LaGuerta’s arms after killing her. You’ve said that the choice to do so was Jennifer Carpenter’s.
The way I scripted it was simply that Deb shoots [LaGuerta] and then Dexter and Deb share a look. We would then cut to them walking through the New Year’s Eve party. But this actually added a really nice transition. We did it that way in all the takes, so there were no alternate endings.
TVLINE | You’ve said that Season 8 will really explore Dexter’s origins. Can you elaborate on that?
We will expand what we already know, and see that there’s actually a lot more to it than we had imagined. I can’t get into it too much without giving things away. But there’s part of the story that we haven’t told yet.
TVLINE | Any idea yet where you’ll pick up next year?
We’re still in the process of writing and creating, so we don’t know that just yet.
TVLINE | With the through-the-roof ratings you’ve had this season, has there been talk of a Season 9? Or are you still going into 8 as if it’s the end?
That’s a question that I don’t get to decide, unfortunately; it’s a Showtime question. We’re approaching this last year as though it’s the finale, and if something changes then we can alter our course.
TVLINE | I have to assume that Angel will be hit pretty deeply by LaGuerta’s demise. Perhaps even un-retiring?
We have no intention of losing [series regular] David Zayas or Batista. He’ll be back with us. LaGuerta’s death will have a huge impact on Angel. This is not just a coworker and a friend, but someone he was once married to and has very deep feelings for. How he puts this in perspective and deals with it is going to be a large part of his character’s journey next season.
TVLINE | Regardless of how well Deb and Dex are able to fake LaGuerta’s murder scene, someone has got to find the timing of her death pretty suspect. My mind immediately jumps to Matthews.
Right. We hope to definitely bring back [Geoff Pierson as] Matthews… We’re still making deals right now.
TVLINE | How will her murder take a toll on Miami Metro?
It’s going to have a huge impact. This is a character who’s been with us since the very beginning and has always been a very strong, central character to the show and to Miami Metro. So, you’re definitely going to feel a vacancy there.
TVLINE | Talk about the decision to have LaGuerta be the one to uncover Dexter’s secret.
What was interesting about it was that [LaGuerta] was never really highly respected for her detective work, but rather for her ability to be politically smart. So, it seemed interesting to show that that wasn’t quite true and that she’s a much smarter detective than anyone had imagined. Essentially, that was the reason.
TVLINE | How did Lauren Vélez take the news of her impending departure?
We told her perhaps half-way through the season. Everyone’s always disappointed or sad to leave a show that’s been so important to them for so many years, but she was very excited to play such a vital part in the season. And she was fantastic!
TVLINE | Let’s talk about Hannah, who developed into such a great character. Since she’s still out there somewhere, is it possible that Yvonne Strahovski might be back? That Hannah and Dexter could eventually have something real?
It’s definitely possible, sure.
TVLINE | Does that mean there wasn’t any truth to the discussion she and Dex had in prison: that together, one of them would have to end up dead or behind bars?
I think they absolutely believed everything they were saying in the moment, but things can always change.
TVLINE | Was the plant that Hannah left for Dexter a goodbye or an “I’m still around” warning sign?
It was a black orchid, so it was meant as a rather ominous goodbye.
TVLINE | I have to imagine that this is it for Dexter romance-wise. Either he reunited with Hannah or he goes solo.
I don’t know that Dexter can easily move past Hannah. Even though he’s had other relationships in his life, this was the only truly honest relationship he had; the only instance in which he felt he was in love with someone. Who knows, years later he might be able to move past it, but I don’t think in this upcoming season he’s prepared to.
TVLINE | Some fans aren’t buying Hannah’s confession that she poisoned Deb. Are we to believe that she really did it?
Well, it was as much of a confession as Hannah will ever give.
TVLINE | The belief is that Deb actually poisoned herself — but that wasn’t what you were going for?
It’s fun to think so! [Laughs] We’re more than willing to let the viewers’ imaginations take them wherever they want.
TVLINE | To quote Dexter, is this “a new beginning, or the beginning of the end?”
It’s probably closer to the beginning of the end, but it all depends on which character you’re talking about. It will affect them both in different ways, but it’s certainly going to take them to a new place in both of their lives.
Great article, Holli, thanks for sharing it!
Dexter is set to make a killing this summer.Showtime boss David Nevins announced Sunday at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour that the the hit drama will debut three months earlier than usual on Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c, where it will lead into the new drama Ray Donovan.
* Nevins stopped short of declaring Dexter‘s upcoming eighth season its last. “I’m not making any announcements today about when Dexter will end,” he said. “I think I will clarify [things] before Dexter goes on the air [in June]. There’s a clear endgame in place, [but] I can’t talk about it just yet.”
Fantastic! I love the earlier premiere date!
I saw that too. Looking forward to June!
Season 8 of Dexter will be its last — according to Les Moonves.During Monday's Deutsche Bank Media, Internet and Telecom conference, Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corp., which owns Showtime, made a remark about the drama starting its final season this summer.
"We have Ray Donovan coming on, with Liev Schreiber, which comes on with Dexter's last season starting in June," he said, according to Broadcasting & Cable.
A Showtime rep told The Hollywood Reporter later Monday that there was "nothing confirmed" regarding Dexter's fate. At January's Television Critics Association winter TV previews, Showtime President David Nevins was equally coy about the show's future.
"I'm not making any announcements about when Dexter will end," Nevins said. "Before Dexter goes on the air for their next season, there will be a clear end game in place, but I can't talk about it. The decision of when Dexter will end is ultimately a creative decision and made on creative reasons."
Season 8 of Dexter will premiere on Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c on Showtime.
Dexter is bringing Yvonne Strahovski‘s cray-cray character Hannah back for the show’s (likely) final season, TVLine has confirmed.According to EW.com, which broke the news, the Chuck vet will appear in multiple episodes of Season 8, which premieres June 30.
Hannah was last seen in the Season 7 finale fleeing town after escaping from prison, but exec producer Scott Buck later told us that her return was a definite possibility
“I don’t know that Dexter can easily move past Hannah,” he EP added. “Even though he’s had other relationships in his life, this was the only truly honest relationship he had; the only instance in which he felt he was in love with someone. Who knows, years later he might be able to move past it, but I don’t think in this upcoming season he’s prepared to.”
i would like to see deb and dexter lie their way out of the la guerta fiasco now... and i do not like Yvonne Strahovski as hannah at all... she was good in chuck but i just do not like her opposite dexter at all....
Oh I do... I think she's perfect in this role
It's the beginning of the end.When Dexter kicks off its final season (Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c on Showtime), expect a huge shift in the relationships we've come to know and love over the years. Sure, Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) and Dexter (Michael C. Hall) hit a rough patch last year after she discovered her foster brother is a serial killer, but they will hit their rockiest road yet in the wake of LaGuerta's (Lauren Velez) death.
Season 8 picks up six months after Deb fatally shot her captain in order to protect Dexter, and she's not handling it very well. But Dexter will have more than his sister's downward spiral to deal with as the show introduces Dr. Evelyn Vogel (Charlotte Rampling), a psychiatrist who helped Harry (James Remar) create the Code that justifies Dexter's serial killing. She comes into his life when this season's big bad — dubbed The Brain Surgeon — sets his sights on her. Pair that with Dexter's angry ex Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski) returning, and Dexter fans are sure in for one hell of a last hurrah this season. TVGuide.com turned to executive producer Sara Colleton to get the scoop on what's in store.
It's the question on everyone's mind: Does Dexter have to die in the end?
Sara Colleton: I'm not trying to be evasive, but no matter how I answer, it will be indicative of where our thinking lies. Believe me, it's been a huge debate for eight years. We know what we've decided, but we've also had to accept that we can only please ourselves because no matter what we do, there will be people and critics who hate it, but we're doing what we feel is right for his series-long arc and what we want to say about Dexter, and by way of Dexter, about being a human being. We feel we have the right ending.
How long have you known this ending?
Colleton: It's been debated, but starting at the end of Season 6, we knew where we were going.
Do you know what the final scene will be?
Colleton: Yes, and now I close my mouth. [Laughs]
What would you say the theme of the final season is? Is it redemption?
Colleton: Well, no. His search for redemption and atonement was Year 5 with Lumen and trying to make up for his guilt for not being there to protect Rita (Julie Benz) and trying to expiate his guilt through helping Lumen (Julia Stiles). He's always defined himself as a monster, but he's yearned to be human. In the last four years, you've really seen him evolve, but he's going to find out what the cost of being a human being is. It's not that easy. It's not that much fun. It comes with huge weight. He's going to be dealing with some of the aspects of that desire to be human that makes it so existentially despairing some days.
It's been six months since LaGuerta's death. How is Deb dealing with the fallout?
Colleton: The one constant in Dexter's life has been his sister Deb, but her way of coping — she really has PTSD. She's in a spiral of denial. Drugs and alcohol blot it out and she refuses to have Dexter in her life, which is causing him to totally panic. She's just in total denial and feels that she has to punish herself. We always said that Season 7 was going to lead Deb on a dark and treacherous path, and indeed it has.
How is Dexter dealing with this changed relationship?
Colleton: He cannot function unless he has Deb in his life. She was the terra firma for him. He will do anything to get her back. Anything. It makes him sometimes act in a way that is more human than a cold-blooded, calculated sociopath that plots his every move. His feelings and his need for Deb have really made him behave in a very human way, so that makes him the most vulnerable than he's ever been in the history of the show.
Would Deb ever consider turning Dexter in?
Colleton: Well, now it's very complicated because she'd have to turn herself in, too. She's punishing herself in other ways.
What's the mood like at Miami Metro in the wake of LaGuerta's death?
Colleton: Six months have passed. LaGuerta was a good leader, but she was also ambitious in a way that sometimes she'd let her ambition get in the way of being a good, clean cop in terms of protecting her troops. Now Batista (David Zayas) has her job, so in some ways, it's much more of a cohesive group. Captain Matthews (Geoff Pierson) has come back on the force. He's now running the show and he's old school.
Showrunner Scott Buck told me we'd see Dexter examining why he kills this season and taking a look into his past. How will digging into his past inform his future?
Colleton: It's not so much that he's digging into his past; he's just starting to realize that the same behavior hasn't gotten him what he wants. That's why someone like Dr. Vogel coming into his life is very influential this year.
Dr. Evelyn Vogel helped define Harry's Code that keeps Dexter in check. How will she be part of Dexter's life this year?
Colleton: She's always thought of herself as Dexter's spiritual mother, and Dexter thinks of her as Frankenstein. She tells him something that allows him to feel really normal, which is that her whole theory is that sociopaths are a very, very important part of civilization and our society. They've always existed and always been the alpha males. Surgeons, politicians and financiers have very sociopathic personalities and that's what's allowed civilization to advance, so he should think of himself as normal and part of society. That's an interesting conversation for Dexter to start feeling less alone. "Well, if all these people can be successful without killing people..." It starts him on an interesting road of thinking. What's great about introducing Vogel this year is that she's the last remaining piece in the puzzle that is Dexter. It helps him unlock his thinking, but at the same time, he can't help but be seduced by her and not quite sure of what her motives are. He's very, very vulnerable this year because of his loss of Deb, so someone coming into your life and saying you're perfect at the most vulnerable time, he's pretty subjective to her.
Is there ever a time when you could envision Dexter not being a serial killer?
Colleton: I don't know. If you put that in human terms about what we want and what we can't have, we'd all like to be something else.
Evelyn comes into his life because of the Brain Surgeon reaching out to her. How is this serial killer different than the other big bads we've seen over the years?
Colleton: He's not really coming after Dexter. Dexter is doing something for Vogel to help her, and it's also a Miami Metro crime scene. He starts being seduced by Vogel's charms and finding conversations that he has to have with her to help unlock things for him, so he does help her.
Is Dexter's secret bound to come out this season?
Colleton: Anything is possible. I'm not trying to be cryptic, but what we've always tried to do, and what I hope our fans see with the ending they wanted or envisioned, that it'll be something that is the accumulation of what they have seen Dexter Morgan go through in the last eight years and his slow examination of the aspects of humanity and really thinking about who is he and what it is to be human.
With Harrison growing older, will he start to realize what his father is?
Colleton: Harrison is still a young boy this season, but it's always been a huge fear of Dexter's; that genetically somehow he's passed on something to Harrison or he could be teaching him the wrong things. It's one of the things that makes him such a good father, which is always one of the ironies of the show. He tries harder because he thinks about it. The odd thing about Dexter is that he really leads an examined life. He's constantly poking at himself.
What can you tell us about Hannah McKay returning to Dexter's life this season?
Colleton: She will come in and mix everything up. She's certainly not too happy with the way things happened last year.
Aside from Dexter's kills of the week, is there a chance other main characters could die in the final season?
Colleton: That's one I can't address. We've really been able to do some nice stories for Quinn (Desmond Harrington), Bastista and Jamie (Aimee Garcia) and there's a wonderful story line for Masuka (C.S. Lee) this year, too, so we've really tried to highlight the characters that we've had for eight years that we've loved so much.
Will you have familiar faces from Dexter's past returning in the finale season, like Lumen?
Colleton: Well, Hannah's coming back, but that's about it. Most of the other familiar faces he's disposed of. Hannah brings back a more interesting complication. With Lumen, the act that she needed of revenge, once done, was so burned out that she really couldn't go on with her life and wouldn't have need of Dexter, so it makes less sense for her to come, whereas Hannah has a few issues unresolved with Dexter.
As you guys were planning the final season, did you take any tips from other antihero series?
Colleton: No, we really tried to shut it all out and not go on the internet and not hear what people are expecting or predicting. As I said, no matter what we do, it's going to be picked over. We realized all we can do is what we — who worked on the show from the inception — feel is the best possible ending and live with it because it can't please everyone. That's all you can do. So we've tried to ignore that kind of pressure that everyone seems to want to put on us.
Deb finding out Dexter's secret was a big milestone the show needed to hit. Are there other mile markers Dexter needs to hit before he says goodbye?
Colleton: The Deb relationship was a big thing and that's the cornerstone or the beginning of the end game. The other things are just things that would just come up because of the plot of the season in terms of the big emotional revelations and blowback. It's all Deb.
There seemed to be some spin-off talk, possibly with Deb or other characters. Has there been more talk about that?
Colleton: It confuses us so much because we hear this, or [the publicist] will come to us saying, "I heard today you're going to do a federal marshal who comes in." We just laugh. Right now, we are so focused on this show and it's been such a journey for all of us that we're all going to collectively and separately spend the month of August doing as little as possible.
Dexter‘s final season kicks off in just two weeks (airing June 30), but behind the scenes the cast is inching toward the finish line. In fact, they’ve just completed the table read for the drama’s penultimate (!) episode. And according to Showtime boss David Nevins — who likens the impending finale to that of Friday Night Lights‘ send-off — things on and off-screen are “getting increasingly emotional.”“I really wanted Dexter to have an emotionally satisfying and emotionally wrenching ending,” he shared with TVLine at the saga’s premiere party Saturday night. “As [the season] develops, you can feel that temperature rising… This week, there were some sniffles from some actors and some sniffles from some producers at the table read. You wouldn’t think that a show about a psychopath — who has for eight seasons been relatively devoid of human emotion — would be that way, but it really is.”
Noting that while “you can never promise all things to all fans,” Nevins is confident in “great care being taken” to wrap up Dexter‘s eight-season journey.
“The [writers and producers] are harvesting seeds that were planted many years ago and that’s how you get to a good ending,” the exec explained. “We had a similar thing on Friday Night Lights when I was a producer; we had an ending that we’d planned two years in advance, and I thought that show ended beautifully… Dexter should be on the same path.”
As for recent Dexter spin-off buzz, Nevins maintained that he plans to “let the dust settle” following the potential mothership series’ swan song before making any development moves. “I do think this is a vital franchise to Showtime,” he noted, further fueling the offshoot talk. “It put Showtime on the map in original programming and it has remained lively to the very end.”
Holli wrote: "It's the beginning of the end.When Dexter kicks off its final season (Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c on Showtime), expect a huge shift in the relationships we've come to know and love over the years. Su..."
thanks for sharing, really looking forward to this season..
I'm looking forward to this season too. I'm sorry that this show is going to be over..It's one of my faves.
I like it too but it's really gone as far as it can. I've been getting bored for a while now.
Michael C. Hall & Co. hit the Comic-Con stage on Thursday night for Dexter‘s final, fan-filled hurrah — and they brought along a surprise friend or Trinity three!A handful of former Dexter faves — including Julie Benz, Lauren Velez and Erik King — surprised the crowd by “crashing” the panel, making the Showtime saga’s swan-song Con showing one to remember.
Following two tear-inducing video packages – a look-back with the cast, and one featuring Dexter’s greatest kills – Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, David Zayas, Aimee Garcia, Yvonne Strahovski and executive producers Sara Colleton, Scott Buck, Manny Coto and Clyde Phillips, as well as the aforementioned returness, reminisced about seasons passed and weighed in (a bit) on what’s to come.
TRINITY LIVES | John Lithgow was unable to make it to the farewell panel, but he did send a recorded message to fans. His sentiments, for starters: “Hello Dexter Morgan… fans.” The actor joked that he would have loved to be there, “but as you know, I’m dead.” More seriously, Lithgow relayed: “You’ve been such extraordinary fans, and the people who’ve made it such a hit.“
DEATH BECOMES HER | In other “Beyond the Grave” news, Velez gave attendees a glimpse into her psyche during the days leading up to LaGuerta’s death. “You want to do you best and honor the character,” she shared. “The writing was so intense and so beautiful; it was such a gorgeous opus… so beautifully rounded, I couldn’t wait to do it. I wanted to live it, to taste it, to be in it as much as I could. It was hard knowing it would be the last one, but it wasn’t hard doing the work. I loved doing the work.” King, for his part, is still “blown away by the fact that I was on the show for two years and it feels like I’ve been living on the show… I don’t even think [Doakes is] dead.”
DEATH BECOMES HER, TOO? | Without revealing Deb’s ultimate fate, Carpenter echoed statements from an earlier interview, in which she said she hoped Deb would die. “I meant what I said: I wanted her and want her to die,” she laughed. “But as an actor. It’s because I love her. It’s a little like how Dexter treats his victims: I want her to go to the bottom of the abyss…Instead of [me] calling [showrunner] Scott Buck [eight years from now], asking him to write me a scene [where] she’s happy.”
SHE’S BAAACK | Did Strahovski let the cat surrounding Hanna’s return out of the bag? When asked about her big comeback, the Aussie teased, “We don’t know if her revenge…” – before stopping short to correct herself — …her motivation is going to be,” she laughed. “I didn’t give anything away! We don’t know if it’s going to be for revenge or love.“
SPIN-OFF SPOOF | “In 25 years, there’s going to be a new series called Harrison,” Hall playfully teased. “And Dexter will have died, and [he’s] going to be his dead, internalized father.”
NUDIE NEWBIE | No explanation needed: “I’m just so honored to get to explore Jamie’s various… naked sides,” new series regular Garcia joked of her final-season promotion.
ONE LAST GOODBYE | In closing the panel, Hall offered a hearty thank you to fans. “Just as you all waited in line and are here for us, we have been here for you and we are here because of you. We all thank you so much.”
It’s nearly impossible to please everyone with a series ender these days. But the folks behind Dexter (which wraps its eight-season run on Sunday, Sept. 22) are feeling confident about that prospect, while nevertheless preparing for the worst.“This has been the ending that we [the executive producers] have talked about for years now,” the Showtime saga’s EP Sara Colleton shares with TVLine. “So to us, it feels right for our show and how we feel about it.”
While the brains behind the Dark Passenger “hope fans will think it’s right,” too, Colleton notes, “At the end of the day, we know that you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.
“There will be people who hate it,” she admits, “but we can’t try to anticipate that or put it through the lens of any other show’s finale — because that was another show. This is our show. This is Dexter.”
Love it or… what Colleton said above, the producer and her team stand behind their yet-to-be-seen finale decisions. “At the end of the day, we would rather go down with what we feel is right than try to figure out how to make everybody happy,” she explained. “We feel that we’ve pulled off what we wanted, and that is what we needed to feel.”
And that is exactly the kind of writers and producers I respect. Do what they feel is right, staying true to their vision, not necessarily what the fans want. After all, the fans aren't writing the show. I'm pretty excited to see how it all ends. It's time.
