There you go lolwhat I even liked about the show outside of the novelty of having a sociopath protagonist that has a urge to kill.
There you go lolwhat I even liked about the show outside of the novelty of having a sociopath protagonist that has a urge to kill.
The supporting cast is great, by the time you hit season 5 they are all like family.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.
I'll second that; and add that you outta ride the entire ride.
I started watching S1 on Netflix while looking for a new show to binge while exercising and now I'm just excited to see how bad this ends up.
Like everyone is saying, watch the first four seasons then STOP. Scott Buck is terrible.
Season 1 and 4 is solid, but you kinda gotta watch Season 2 for the Doakes story arch cause he was the best character on the show.
Without question, there is cause to watch just for him, but really when you step back and look at the rest of the season, how Dexter acts and everything it's pretty dumb and nonsensical and is very much in line with the kind of super dumb stuff that follows in the next four seasons. It just had the luxury of an amazing antagonist.Lithgow could read the ingredients off the back of a box of jello and make it thrilling.
Lithgow could read the ingredients off the back of a box of jello and make it thrilling.
Season 1: Great
Season 2: Great
Season 3: Bad
Season 4: Great
Season 5: Bad
Season 6: Decent
Season 7: Good
Season 8: Terrible
Without question, there is cause to watch just for him, but really when you step back and look at the rest of the season, how Dexter acts and everything it's pretty dumb and nonsensical and is very much in line with the kind of super dumb stuff that follows in the next four seasons. It just had the luxury of an amazing antagonist.
I've literally never anticipated a next episode more. I thought that was the season finale, and then only after that seen did I realize there were 2 episodes left.
There's really some great stuff in Dexter, mired in varying degrees of awfulness. 2/3/5/6/7 are treading water and sometimes drowning, and then 8 is when the shit waves overtook the show and not even the main Dexter arc was worthwhile.
The way they off'd Doakes is almost offensive. Set afire by Lila PARDON MY TITS. Then gets pegged as the Bay Harbor Butcher! I was hoping Doakes would end up on Dexter's table or vise-versa. Doakes V Dexter was some good shit while it lasted.
Season 1 and 2 - strong
Season 3 - good, a little on autopilot-y
Season 4 - good start, builds well and decent ending point
Season 5 - Fuck off
Season 6 - FUUUUCCCK OFFFFFF
Season 7 - Ray Stevenson was a great foil and it was ok generally. Picked up a bit and ended on an interesting point
Season 8 - FUCK OFF FROM FUCKING SPACE YOU FUCKING HACKS WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS THIS SHIT