Is Dexter worth watching?
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Dexter is one of the shows you point to (like a certain very recent one that ended this week) where the last year was so bad it retroactively makes you not want to rewatch, let alone recommend, the actual good parts of the show you remember
Season 4 is the perfect ending point. Season 5 and 7 are good but not even close to the highs of 4.
Agree. I think a season or 2 after might be worth watching.
Don't remember which season this is, but the last season was rough.
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They became laughably absurd in places after s4, but sure I enjoyed them still at times. I watched until the end.
I couldn't recommend past s4 though, it's not worth it. Pretty common opinion, too.
Calling them great seasons is an opinion I don't think I will ever understand, but it is obviously subjective.
Stop after the season with John Lithgow and you're good to go.
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I looked it up and S4 is the one with John Lithgow, i.e.
. Stop watching Dexter after this season OP.
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I looked it up and S4 is the one with John Lithgow, i.e.
Trinity Killer
Haven't seen the series past season 1, but in a world where we can't get people to agree on literally anything, it's kind of amazing how firm the consensus is about season 4 being the point where you should bail. I can't begin to imagine how abruptly the series must fall off a cliff after that. :D
The showrunner wanted to wrap up, and had the plot move forward at the end of season 4. Showtime wanted their cash cow, so they fired the showrunner and dragged it out.
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1-4 is what I watched.
Gave up somewhere through season 5. Just got bored with it. From the sounds of it I got out just in time.
3 wasn't the best, but I liked 4 a lot.
I used to read reviews of Dexter episodes and just ahake my head at how stupid the show was becoming.
Gave up somewhere through season 5. Just got bored with it. From the sounds of it I got out just in time.
3 wasn't the best, but I liked 4 a lot.
I used to read reviews of Dexter episodes and just ahake my head at how stupid the show was becoming.
Pretty much. Show is very enjoyable up to that point and I think Trinity Killer is the best overall season, it declines quickly after that, I made it 1 more season and then bailed. Really loved first 4 seasons though.
Watch it all.
Seasons 1-4 for a fantastic drama
Seasons 5-8 for a fantastic unintentional comedy
Legit couldn't breath watching the finale.
Seasons 1-4 for a fantastic drama
Seasons 5-8 for a fantastic unintentional comedy
Legit couldn't breath watching the finale.
Like others have stated, watch till season 4, that is an amazing run of TV. You will be hooked and attached to the characters, and you will want to continue, beyond the better judgment of the forum telling you to stop. Please listen, do not watch season 5, definitely do not watch season 6, and for the love of god, do not watch season 7 or 8
Yeah basically seasons 1-4 are where it's good. They switched show runners afterword and took a MASSIVE dive in quality.
Seasons 1, 2, & 4 are good, with season 4's conclusion being able to serve as an impromptu series finale. Season 3 isn't very good but it is tolerable even at its worst and since it is wedged in between the better parts of the series it is worth sticking with it to get to the fantastic fourth season.
I firmly believe there's only 2 truly great seasons of Dexter. 1 and 4. Everything else is "okay" to "terrible".
i didn't think s5 was worse than s3 either, in fact I probably liked it slightly better. That being said s4 does offer a pretty good ending point. s6-s7 is truly terrible.
i didn't think s5 was worse than s3 either, in fact I probably liked it slightly better. That being said s4 does offer a pretty good ending point. s6-s7 is truly terrible.
The thing to know about seasons 1-4 is that, even though they're prob more worth watching than not (I don't remember S2 being all that great but it's kind of hard to skip that one), they're really just worth it for the main Dexter/serial killer plots. Dexter has one of the worst supporting casts of any otherwise good tv show, and they get their fair share of idiotic, shitty subplots in every season. It's amazing how something like season 4 can, at any given moment, shift gears from a gripping scene with John Lithgow to whatever fucking bullshit Angel and LaGuerta are going on about.
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Towards the end, I forget which season but definitely toward the end...
People aren't exaggerating with how bad it gets.
The incest angle really bothered me. What on earth were they thinking?
People aren't exaggerating with how bad it gets.
Season 1 is legit good tv. I'd say either bail or don't continue after Season 4. You'll be curious as hell on how they'll follow up with that season but don't. You'll just be hit with tons to character flaws, plot holes, storylines changing in mid-season, and circumstances with a babysitter at odd hours of the night that make no sense. I really, really liked the concept of Season 5, as well as the main character they introduced to drive the plot along, but when looking back, I remember the season ending episode made me so angry that now I wish I quit back then to be honest. I even made it all the way to the final season, but never finished it because it had gotten so bad.
I agree with the rest, watching through season 4 and pretend it ends there, everything after that goes downhill and the last season(s) is garbage.
Scott Buck is responsible for the last seasons (I think 6-8 as a showrunner) and the cancellation of inhumans and netflix iron fist after season 1, that should tell you something.
Scott Buck is responsible for the last seasons (I think 6-8 as a showrunner) and the cancellation of inhumans and netflix iron fist after season 1, that should tell you something.
Season 1 is easily the best. Season 4 also pretty good. 2 & 3 are just... Whatever... Don't even think about anything post season 4.
I don't remember that much after Lithgow's character, but is there like a summary on youtube for the other seasons?
I remember loving the first book but then I heard that the following books introduce a supernatural element and I was put off reading the rest.
I honestly forgot there were eight seasons. Definitely not worth that decline.
1: Excellent
2: Good
3: Ok
4: Excellent
5-8: Do not want
7 had potential to be great but it stumbled way too hard.
2: Good
3: Ok
4: Excellent
5-8: Do not want
7 had potential to be great but it stumbled way too hard.
