Dexter: New Blood - Finale Review (How To Anger A Fanbase a 2nd Time)

Well were finally here...the finale of Dexter: New Blood. After years of waiting and hoping, we are once again left with an ending that not only fails to satisfy but insults the fanbase. We need to talk...
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[@CodyLeachYT]

If you enjoyed this review of the disastrous finale, please check out my spoiler review of the whole season! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpzRcmp-mbR2pKc

[@azcoyote007]

You are 100% correct about Harrison spin-off and the episode name gives it away. The sins of the father. Which are paid for by the son. I would expect MCH is his dark passenger moving forward as you suggested. There was no reason to give him the broken kill code.

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

Stop complaining

[@madden5508]

Can u review the Series Finale of Supernatural if u ever watched the show

[@phillipp1669]

Ending was better than than the og and it was left on huge cliffhangers I think you KZbin influences got it all wrong they never show dex die he’s shot and he’s lying on the ground I think there is a lot of cliffhangers and extras for season 2 the rich millionaire, Batista coming, the reason he killed Logan, Kurt could be possibly charged for his sons murder there’s alot

[@Ryan-0331]

@@phillipp1669 pretty sure a shot through the heart is not something people come back from.

[@keatonmcadams2982]

Harrison goes “ I just want to be normal” and then murders his dad and takes off in a stolen truck. How would he lead a normal life after that?

[@ellachamp]

Harrison is gonna be fucked up for life. His dark passenger will always be there and every time that little punk gets the urge to kill and wouldn’t know what to do he’d think of Dexter.

[@DarkPassenger]

That's the type of writing we've been getting with this show for a few seasons now. This was no better than season 8 IMO. I'd actually take season 8 over this just for the fact that the cast of characters and setting at least are much better.

[@karmawins7614]

Exactly!! And the way Rita's death messed with Harrison and even asked Dexter "Are you the reason why mom died?!" But then killed Dexter?? Was it a *Now let ME be the reason YOU die!* sort of thing?? How does that make sense???? I'm so mad!!

[@Ashu2448]

no bro its great writing ...Harrison wants to break the cursed cycle of his family which is murdering people and getting away with it and living abnormally .. by ....murdering dexter and getting away with and then proceeds to live a normal life by fleeing the state, leaving his friends and love behind ...just like a normal person ....absolutely legendary writing ...

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

He can't. That was literally the whole point, kiddo.

[@nathanplunkett4641]

I think they did a GREAT job of making us appreciate the original ending.

[@nathanrudd2327]

You're right, after seeing this I would have rather him died in that hurricane

[@codymills2393]

Lmao for real

[@torilangston713]

100% agree

[@JennyShuttleworth]

🤣🤣🤣

[@elisabethochoa1125]

Right I’m about to watch that shit again and forget season 9

[@LizzyGiggles]

I didn't even feel sad when Dexter died, that's how I know it's a bad ending. I followed this characters story for years of my life and all I felt was disbelief as I was watching it happen...

[@hardren101]

I wld aggree....Of all the endings they cld have come up with, killing the lead was a poor choice.

[@otrxking9660]

It made absolutly zero sense to me. It was completley illogical. I just finished the series a few minutes ago and im confused as all hell and real dissapointed

[@hardren101]

@@otrxking9660 Could be a passing of the baton or an similar to the first....Dex, was very calculating n ALWAYS 1 step ahead...When he was forced to kill the police officer in his escape, he knew he was a wtd criminal, n before meeting his son, procured a BF vest, based on his son's meltdown, he knew their relationship was DEAD n in that moment, decided to do what he did previously.

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

@@hardren101 deb also took her hand away from dexter like he hadn't died.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

@@hardren101 People say Harrison could take on the mantel but what if the police chief daughter actually followed Dexter mantel? Maybe she could be like you know mom Dexter wasn't bad maybe he had it right. She then becomes a serial killer only killing bad guys of course. Maybe she could imagine herself killing with Dexter. Could be interesting.

[@Ruby3cat]

Also, I love how Dexter apologizes to his kid for all the shit he put him through and then proceeds to basically force Harrison to kill him. Like, "son, I know that what I did to you traumatized you in ways that I likely can't even fully comprehend but here's a rifle, let's add a little more trauma to your story". W.T.F.

[@sarahdavis5430]

Exactly!

[@Kiyoone]

they build up build up to just 💩💩💩💩💩 on the end SAD

[@KulaGGin]

YES FATHER, I OBEY, KILL KILL KILL

[@NiteRacer]

OP literally made me lol with that comment

[@julian.galenziok]

@@NiteRacer same hahah

[@MCLogikILL]

This finale hurts more than season 8 because we had so much good lead us to this shitty point

[@misschiefvr6432]

Exactly! Possibilities were open! At least they didn’t kill him!!! Bastards!!! My life is ruined!

[@littlesparrow303]

For real!! I thought Dexter was gonna be set as free since he showed Angela proof that Kurt has been killing for decades. Also that Kurt did set him up to make him look bad

[@marci841]

So Harrison’s breaking point was Logan? He could stab Ethan and snap a kid’s arm in half but Logan whom he had like 2 scenes with made him KILL his father??

[@QGUAP]

That’s literally what I said u mean to tell me a wrestling coach that he knew for 2 months made him kill his dad

[@SutekhDaSteemroller]

@@QGUAP He knew his dad for 2 months 2 though

[@PeterParkerwon]

Harrison had more than 2 and the reason was because harrison had a sense of morality and didn't enjoy being violent like his father and when he saw how twisted and broken his father was he knew he didn't want to be like him. Logan did always look after harrison like a guardian even if not by blood

[@Caulderone]

Poor Logan. But Harrison also brough up Rita as well; and figured out that Rita was killed because of Dexter. I was really hoping that Logan was just knocked unconscious. Then I realized that I was watching the end of Dexter Morgan.

[@wooster1414]

Yeah they shared a hamburger together. Good point because the kid was a little asshole stabbing people and like magic was a different person the last episode.

[@kush6846]

I just find it hilarious that Angel is on his way to confront Dexter in iron lake and when he arrives, he’ll be immediately let down upon realizing that he’s dead and his son has fled the state lol 😂

[@scalpingsnake]

The Batista point is exactly how I felt. Batista represented exactly what we didn't get originally, his friends and family learning who he truly was reacting to that, looking him in the eyes. It would have been one thing to not have Angel in the finale but to show him, set up obvious expectations he would finally learn who Dexter was AND THEN NOT PAY THAT OFF IN ANY WAY WHAT THE FUCK.

[@sierramobley8962]

that is SUCH bad writing, i can’t even comprehend how the showrunners could just let a GOLDMINE of good television disappear like that. a confrontation with Batista and bridging that gap between his Miami past and his new life would have made this show wrap up so well

[@debra2700]

@@sierramobley8962 It almost seemed like Michael C Hall or David Zayas just wanted out for absolutely no good reason partway into this season. It was bizarre. Dexter killed people that Batista loved and he considered Dexter a friend. The showdown would have been epic but instead we got this disaster of Batista being on the way.

[@patrickbatman141]

​@@sierramobley8962 I wholeheartedly believe it was done out of spite. I think Michael and the writers of the original show felt the lumberjack ending was perfect and felt insulted by the immense hatred from the fans. They dangled a Batista confrontation infront of our faces and then killed Dexter just to piss us all off. No one can tell me otherwise.

[@meghnaths5696]

The worst part of this poor ending is that there is no going back now and Dexter is no more.

[@VAX1970]

Needs a REDUX alternative DVD ending, i'm sure a FAN could make one

[@kidz919]

I agree

[@ARWG]

True, but at least they don't have a 3rd chance to completely fuck it up again.

[@montman1498]

Yes and I'm fine with his death... it's just this horrible and unbelievable way that they did it... so disappointing... sucks... this was one of my favorite shows ever... and they can't get the ending right apparently... doesn't have to be perfect.. nobody expects that .. but this makes my head hurt

[@piercemchugh4509]

He gets away nobody likes it. He doesn't get away nobody likes it.

[@jacobvan_]

This season was literally amazing up until the point Dexter killed Logan. I’ve never seen an entire season go downhill in a matter of 20 minutes until now. Really sad to see.

[@santi_super_stunts2573]

Why? He was caught , bishop had connected all the dots and batista was coming , and as we know dexter will kill innocents as to not be caught. And I think the reason dexter isn’t given death penalty is to kinda appease both sides. People who likes the ending of the books and people who didn’t want dexter being caught. He ended up serving the death penalty but not by a group of his peers.

[@incollectio]

The moment Dexter grabbed Logan, I actually thought it was one of Dexter's visions that would turn out to be one of his dark daydreams. But then it just continued, on and on, until the end of the episode... :F I'd love to see a season 2 still, where they just start from the cell, and it all turning out to be a daydream - and the show just continues from there, without Dexter ever killing an innocent person.

[@santi_super_stunts2573]

@@incollectio LMAO. Imagine next season episode one . Dexters inner monologue as we zoom in on his corpse *nope that won’t work* and we are snapped back to the cell.

[@incollectio]

@@santi_super_stunts2573 lol. The right way to start the next season. :D

[@Ryandoesdifferentthings]

Thought it was a good finale

[@unorthodoxmando]

You literally nailed down every single feeling I felt about New Blood😮‍💨

[@awesometuts]

Just finished watching the last episode of new season today and came here to listen to some bad critique so that I can feel better as the last scene, how dexter died, was the biggest disappointment in my life

[@CodyLeachYT]

I feel your pain

[@awesometuts]

@@CodyLeachYT And you were totally right. While watching the last episode and dexter killed logan, I was like what is this? dexter knows they don't have any evidence against him, the only thing they have is that he faked his death which technically isn't a crime and even it if was it has nothing to do with the bay harbor butcher case + how angla cracked the case lundy couldn't crack with google and a few images, I mean some things in the season was so awful it was like they were just trying to humiliate dexter and move away from him. I was even looking forward to season 2 while watching the last episode before the end because I was thinking what can they do in the last 15 minutes that will change the series, and I was wrong. And the batista thing, what the hell was that? angela calls him and says I have dexter and all of a sudden a whole convoy of special ops is on their way to iron like, for what? It seems that saying "dexter is in iron lake" in batista language mans "dexter is the bay harbor butcher and I have evidence get the whole squad here" I am so disappointed

[@CodyLeachYT]

If you're interested, a friend and I wrote our own endings to the show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF61anp4i6qMeZY

[@awesometuts]

@@CodyLeachYT I will watch that, thank you

[@awesometuts]

@@CodyLeachYT I am watching your video right now and I've noticed a lot of shelf behind you, I can't clearly see if they are books or cases, but you seem like a guy who also loves reading, can you recommend some thriller, crime, wacked up books, it can be something like dexter(already have the books), and it can be something that is exciting and will leave me surprised when the whole plot is revealed

[@TellItAnimated]

The main thing I wanted was more seasons of Dexter New Blood, and this finale took that away, I get that Dexter has to pay for his previous sins, I just wish he got to do it on his own terms and not his sons.

[@takerhulk3163]

Being killed by some one he loved as in a father way was on his own terms

[@etherspin]

He kinda did, he realised he was more responsible than even Trinity, for how messed up Harrison's life was and how alone he was. With less Of Dex influence he would have actually ended up with his maternal grandparents and also Astor and Cody. Dex had acceptance and probably realised as the son of a cop that him killing one more of Harrison's role models was too much

[@williamallen7386]

His son was such an unlikable character, not to mention his own dark side. So what's that all better now? Terrible ending to an amazing show.

[@bsmi1361]

He stood there and let Harrison kill him. Seemed like his own terms to me. More than his victims got from him

[@scottmckeever5432]

Its been called a "Limited series" from the start. You missed that and failed to set up a proper expectation for yourself. Dont blame the creators

[@Ashlibrooke83]

Everything you said is point on. The way it ended was awful. You're telling me that Angela is okay with Harrison murdering Dexter but isn't okay with Dexter murdering other murders? She also found out that Dexter was the BHB in days but couldn't figure out Kurt was a murderer for years? She completely gave up the Kurt/Matt storyline to look into Dexter after just one conversation with Molly? Really?

[@georgepitsounis4758]

Either way they should twist it and Angele frees Dexter after he discovers the victims of Kurt sanctuary

[@fifa4lifeunknow795]

@@georgepitsounis4758 that Exactly

[@Ashlibrooke83]

@@Natg6 No. Had she done some actual police work (instead of conveniently investigating Dexter and the BHB out of no where) she would have realized that Harrison cut up and almost killed that kid from school on purpose. She also knows that Harrison purposely broke that other wrestler's arm for no reason. And he murdered Dexter. Is she really not going to put 2 and 2 together and not see that Harrison is fucked up too?

[@Schmidteren]

It was very rushed. They had no hard evidence for him to be the murder of any of them, and Dexter should know this. And then just wait it out would have made more sense.

[@Ashlibrooke83]

@@Schmidteren I agree. This was sloppy writing.

[@jczbas]

Everyone broke character! This show was AMAZING till the last 20 min! First off Dexter breaking code with the NICEST person of Nice Personville was insane! His whole character down the drain! Also ANGELA was so by the book all the way then she lets Harrison slide! Well bytch if u wanted to let somethin slide let Dexter go for giving u Iris killer! 🤷🏽‍♀️ either she’s BY THE BOOK all the time or she’s not! Also Harrison was SO SICK 🤢 watching Dexter kill and he just killed his dad without breaking a sweat OVER THE COACH he spent 5 min with? Didn’t u just say ur dad saved THOUSANDS? Didn’t u just bond over ur darkness with him? And u really gonna kill YOUR ONLY SURVIVING PARENT over ur coach? To go back to the hell u kept complaining about when dexter left?

[@joshgilbert9571]

Fucking preach

[@angelaholmes8888]

Yeah I was pissed about the episode 😡🤬

[@Manjua2012]

Best coment

[@jczbas]

@@Manjua2012 thank you

[@jczbas]

@@joshgilbert9571 thank you

[@queenofsnacks2746]

You expressed EXACTLY how I felt after watching the finale. THANK YOU!

[@DonVFilmoraTutorials]

I just watched the last episode, I am... Disappointed? Honestly I don't even know what to say... One of my favorite shows to go out like this...

[@CodyLeachYT]

Yeah...left gutted for the 2nd time

[@hethen5846]

@@CodyLeachYT Its honestly hard to believe how badly they stick the landing, I mean the fan theories are so much better. Definitely not gonna watch a solo Harrison show I'll say that much.

[@ljb8157]

Why can't anyone finish a season competently? Why?

[@misschiefvr6432]

Ruined. My. Life.

[@mattmarcino1034]

@@CodyLeachYT I cant believe they did it again... SMH

[@celestialmind9506]

It's very clear that Dexter writers really loved GOT final season and took inspiration from it.

[@jenm1]

lmao

[@machinagirl]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@UNKANNYENTERTAINMENT]

you aint wrong

[@batsy941]

And the award for worst season finale ever goes to you guess it right folks Dexter narrowly beating Game of Thrones because hey writers did it twice in a row after 2013. But this time it made zero sense. Guess more teenage drama shows are more popular these days due to Gen Z demand and mature adult content has gone out of the window (Scream, Hawkeye etc tv series).

[@kindlin]

Nailed it.

[@Pyke_]

15:50 Hey Cody, you said this is not a good review, but you are wrong. You made a great review, probably the best one of this season finale, you made great points about all the problems with this season. I just disagree in one point: for me this finale is not better than what we got in season 8 for one simple reason: before this you could at least imagine what happened to Dexter and pictured a better plot for him....now his story is over and this is what we got....

[@torilangston713]

Perfectly said.

[@michaelfarrell4824]

After him seeing the faces of all the people who got indirectly hurt by his actions we should have seen flashes of all the faces of the people alive because of him taking out the trash, although the episode would have probably had to be 10 hours long just to fit in those faces. RIP our Dark Defender

[@scottkeator8519]

When he grabbed Logan I genuinely thought it was a “what if” scenario like what we saw in episode 1 at Matt’s party! My face instantly changed once I realized he was actually attacking him because something inside me knew they were going to fuck it up in those last moments after that jail cell scene.

[@Ashu2448]

it was so out of character ... dexter has been in far worse positions with far more superior evidence and people against him and still has gotten away with it .... he knows nothing will stick and even if he wants to break out .....bro once you are in dexter's chokehold ..you pass out with no exceptions ...he has done this millions of time, when people were armed but now he snaps his neck out of nowhere ...wtf

[@michaelfarrell4824]

Dexter would have never done that, this is clearly not the same universe

[@alexgomez4120]

same

[@alexgomez4120]

@@Ashu2448 shitty writing

[@Zoeismy1baby]

Knowing Dexter, Logan should've been incapacitated but NOT killed!

[@efilnikufesina7532]

This was not the Dexter that everyone knows from earlier seasons. What a slap in the face to fans of the show for the second time.

[@madeforeggs]

Have you read the books? And honestly you put a person like Dexter in the position he was in, you think he would have acted a different way?

[@poopybut8457]

@@madeforeggs Yes, because he's done it so many other times.

[@justin9744]

@@madeforeggs I mean he literally just had to sit and wait in the jail. They had no real evidence that would pin Dexter to any of his murders and would have been released eventually. Instead, he killed an innocent man and became the very thing he hated. Terrible writing.

[@Dionizos666]

@@justin9744 With Batista coming in they would prove he is Bay Harbor Butcher,so yeah...him running away make sense.

[@holmzcat8493]

It feels like we are being trolled with a ending like that.

[@ericatate4623]

I’m so glad you not only spoke my exact thoughts, but also brought up new points to fuel my rage 😅 I just finished the finale and came straight here. I couldn’t even cry for Dexter, and I cried for every other major character death. It was INFURIATING. I had a feeling going in that Dexter wouldn’t come out of this and I was pretty much okay with that. But there was nothing emotional or gut wrenching about getting shot by his asshat son in the middle of the woods. The son I could not STAND until the second to last episode and even then I still had my reservations about his volatility. I just….I cannot. With any of it.

[@patrickbatman141]

They had an opportunity for one of the best moments in TV shows of all time in having a Batista confrontation and they decided "na let's kill Dexter before that can happen". This was done out of spite for the fans, there is literally no other explanation. There is no way anyone working on this show genuinely believed that was the better route to take. It just isn't possible. They hate us.

[@CC1Andrea]

I feel your rage so much! I gave the middle finger to the at least last 10 min, my sister was watching with me, she’s never seen the show but even her was like wtf? The build up for the Batista-Dexter encounter is unforgybable , i cant i just i cant😖

[@joshuanelson6795]

The number of times I asked "why", "what" and "how" throughout this episode was absurd. Angela connecting Dexter to the Bay Harbor Butcher felt so rushed and circumstantial that it drained the central conflict of the tension it should have been generating. You're telling me that all of Miami Metro and the FBI couldn't out Dexter, but this small-town sheriff who unknowingly allowed Kurt Caldwell to murder people for *decades* right under her nose was able to after one conversation with a podcaster? That's just lazy writing. On top of that, Dexter attacking and killing Logan has to be the single stupidest, sloppiest move he has ever made (which is saying something). He had successfully instilled reasonable doubt in those around him, only to completely throw it out the window with that one rash, moronic decision...and for no reason other than he just had to see his son immediately? Please. That would be bad enough on its own, but Dexter deciding to coldly murder an innocent man (his friend no less) because, again, he just had to see Harrison as soon as possible, is way out of character. Dexter has certainly bent his code in the past, but this didn't feel earned at all. While I wasn't necessarily against the idea of Harrison killing his father, the way we got there was idiotic, contrived and poorly written. It didn't help that Harrison hasn't exactly been the most likeable or interesting character throughout this season (or show), despite the writer's attempts to make him so. Him possessing his father's dark passenger was interesting, but they leaned far too much on the "angsty teenager" trope for the audience (or at least for me) to fully invest in his character. And like Cody said, his sudden display of morality at the end doesn't work when the show has made it clear how disturbed Harrison actually is. I don't blame the actor, but the writers for this. This conclusion may have been marginally better than what Season 8 gave us in some respects, but that is the lowest of bars. It's a real shame because I was really liking Season 9 until this point. Oh well, back to the first four seasons.

[@magusking9215]

Plus it's not like he doesn't know exactly how to put somebody to sleep by choking them - without snapping their neck

[@joshuanelson6795]

@@magusking9215 That's exactly what he should have done. Dexter could just as easily have obtained the keys by rendering Logan unconscious instead of murdering him.

[@ppoblete2280]

AMEN!! End was sooo damn rushed. They could have developed this soo much further.. disappointing isn't even close to how i feel about it.

[@manwhatbruh4593]

The inconsistency is crazy man. I dropped a video on it. I'm so disappointed

[@TheElmatador32]

Jesus Christan you summed up everything I ever wanted to say. Perfection and spot on.

[@xxMisterJxx]

The entire series was so well paced… Up until the finale.

[@sissiebuell4607]

EXACTLY

[@alalmalal]

Minimum needed 2 more eps. Max, needed another manhunt, court and death row season.

[@justin9744]

Uh no. It wasn't. The first 3-4 episodes are terribly written. I mean they straight up just forgot some of the characters. What happened to rich white oil guy from episode 1 and 2? He just never makes another appearance in the show.

[@xxMisterJxx]

@@justin9744 That’s your excuse… rich oil guy? Lol. His character was a diversion to make you think that maybe he was the killer. That’s what his purpose was. Who cares what happened to him.

[@Haydini69]

@@xxMisterJxx exactly

[@mariapaganmusic]

This is exactly how I feel. In my case my initial reaction was "this is a great ending omg amazing writing!! My only disappointment is that Batista didn't get to confront Dexter" but then I slept on it and the more I thought about it the more I noticed the nonsense. I'm upset especially bc I'm rewatching the series and I feel like this is just the wrong ending... Look, so many things were infuriating, ESPECIALLY the Batista thing, but maybe more infuriating than that is the retconning of the drug Dexter used in Miami because Dexter could only get Ketamine as a civilian. It's infuriating because this is the connection Angela makes to the BHB. The ketamine. But it was never ketamine what he used!! It's only retconned so she can make that connection and take down Dexter. Sooo infuriating... It's annoying because Dexter is caught by this cop who can't catch a killer who's been living under her nose all this time (please, 25 years Kurt "showing kindness" to runaway girls who are later missing, someone must have seen him talking to the girls at some point...), Angela unable to discover Kurt in 25 years discovers Dexter because the BHB killings involved "ketamine" injections. To take down Dexter these writers had to retcon the m99. It's infuriating. Angela has no reason to believe the BHB and Dexter are the same person. She literally has nothing. She talks about similar deaths in iron lake but the only death she means is that druggie with the ketamine. That's Angela's evidence: a druggie overdosed with a ketamine injection mark on the neck (not consistent with BHB dismemberments), a random anonymous note saying Jim Lindsey killed Matt, and the words of a junkie 🤦🏻‍♀️ That's it. Literally nothing. She was quicker to believe a random note than believe Dexter and give him benefit of the doubt. Wasn't he the man she loved? She was too quick to throw him under the bus with only circumstantial evidence. And Dexter killing Logan... don't even get me started. I guess he was desperate bc he didn't want to face Batista, so he had to run away, but it's not like Dexter. I'm so sad the series ended when it could have easily gone into season 2. Maybe without all the rush and with more buildup that ending could have worked, as a seaaon 2 or 3 ending.

[@Lof_Lof-]

Exactly! Not only that she found a medical screw in a burned down building that she herself said was an arson and some screws in her mailbox and thinks this is solid evidence and not "suspicious" or may be disputed in any way?

[@binfernus]

@@Lof_Lof- Exactly, those screws probably couldn't even be used in court because they were clearly tampered with. The only other evidence is some needle marks on two drug dealers. They had absolutely nothing on him.

[@8830wjs]

stop saying retcon so much we know you're happy you know that word

[@Jsjsusi]

@@8830wjs what? Lmao

[@JCMProductions]

The Harrison arc plays into something that really annoys me about today’s media. In movies like Baby Driver, Knives Out, and Ambulance, they treat the protagonist pretty neutrally given their situation, but at the very end making them out to be earth born angels. Harrison wanting to get cuffed is the most token gesture of kindness I have ever seen. It’s like in Baby Driver when he steals that persons car and throws them their purse and it’s seen as a nice act, but that’s like shooting someone in the foot and people praising you because you gave them a band aid. I love all of these movies, and even new blood to a certain extent, but they all fall into this trap where their god send of a protagonist is complicit in actual felonies but act nicer than the criminals around them.

[@jeffgrooves]

Wow, Clyde Philips actually said he thinks this ending is the best thing he ever wrote?? I think he must have had a little too much ketamine in his system! All the plot holes, the huge letdown, letting a backstabbing little brat get away at the end and killing off the whole reason for the show .WTF??? The season 8 ending was so much better! Harrison didn't even hesitate to shoot Dexter after spending a whole season yearning for his love and connection!!!!! Poor, poor writing and a huge letdown!

[@vinilima1227]

Ahhh finally people are starting to appreciate the ending of S8 ! Always found it underrated! Clyde philips was joking, impossible this is the best thing he ever wrote !!!!

[@ladyhawk6999]

Clyde is on dope because it pissed off a lot of true fans!

[@vinilima1227]

Despize Perform yeah, despite i loved the new blood it’s undeniable there’s much convenience, but the finale was the last straw. The finale “remember the monsters?” Is simply amazing actually, today after new blood i love it, it’s tough, very sad, dark ! I can’t agree with people who hated it. So new blood was dexter’s nightmare and he’s still alive as a lumberjack! Last victim was Deb... very symbiotic and poetic !

[@bigfootmenaceormisundersto1479]

Would've been cool if, in that final scene w/ Harrison driving away, the 'ghost' of Trinity was sitting next to him, saying, "Good boy" and we at least had an unpredictable shock ending that Trinity was Harrison's dark passenger all along.

[@NathanBrewerJoking]

Dude I did not think about that at all… That would’ve been a pretty cool save.

[@JonathanGrandt]

Actually…. 🤔 It would have been pretty acceptable. Because, let’s face it, Harrison is a very unlikable character. He’s weak and impulsive and yeah yeah he’s a teenager, but man he is a really obnoxious little crybaby. I mean what do you feel when he’s alone with his girlfriend? Do you feel like she’s safe or like he just might kill her for giggles? Trinity was clearly Harrison’s passenger.

[@CraigAuthor75]

Oh I love that

[@popcorn_bunny]

That wouldve made this ending 10x better!

[@dr.angerous]

Wow. That would be just amazing. This last episode fklokin sucked :(((

[@TRivz777]

Dexter is the only show where they fucked up the ending twice and now they're trying it again for a third time.

[@dahliablack9017]

I was soooo very angry with the new blood ending! I felt it was so disrespectful to all of us Dexter Fans.

[@Mmmm_tea]

the last maybe 10ish minutes was torture, I literally moved the cursor to see how much time was left and realized there wasn't going to be enough time for Batista to arrive, also I didn't realize Dexter killed coach, I assumed he must have choked him out simply because of how out of character it was. I can only hope some fans can put together a fan ending using deep fakes and random footage because I didn't like this one.

[@chaseparmer4537]

U didn't hear Logans neck snap?

[@greatarchitect]

U didn't see all the blood

[@one5167]

It took Angela her whole career as a cop and she didnt even know a person that lived in her own town was killing girls. Then she cracks the bay harbor butcher case in 3 days. Idk man. I also dont think they had enough evidence to make dexter freak out like that. Angela even said it probably wouldn’t stick. What do they have on dexter for the bay harbor butcher case some wheel marks on a neck and didnt dexter almost destroy all the bodies when Lundy came? although I guess the pics could have been taken when they first got the bodies. It would never stand up in court. They definitely should have made this episode the previous and had dexter on the run etc this episode. What was the point of the Billionaire to try and throw us off? We alll figured he wasn’t the killer way in the beginning of the season. Angela is now going to say she somehow got dexters rifle and killed him? Batista coming running with his cape with the LaGüerta files, what’s that matter when deb shot her and dexter said he would stab he in the same spot so he could set it up (I dont think that shit work btw lmao) idk man I loved the ride but this ending was deff missing something nothing internet breaking about it.

[@masonripton2574]

Right like what how the fuck does that make sense it’s not what they did it’s how they did it. How do you do that

[@cheri7054]

There were similar deaths or near deaths by Dexter that resembled the BHB case. He also lied to Angela about his alias. The proof for holding him in jail was lame cuz there wasn't enough proof. No DNA to match Dexter to the scene of Matt's and the drug dealers death. Why Kurt got sent hoe but Dexter stuck in jail was dumb. There was Kurt's DNA at ghe scene

[@NeuroticWolf13]

She didn't crack the Bay Harbor Butcher case. All she had were theories and circumstantial evidence that only the audience knew to be true. None of it would have held up and Dexter wasn't worried about it at all until she mentioned Batista. That's when he started to panic.

[@stadthaus.7266]

@@cheri7054 why did he even keep the fkin Screw, Sniper-Guy gave him? that`s so stupid but jeah there was enough to get suspicious through fukin* exposure "Real Live Crime Lady" I really have to check my pictures and call Shmeeda now!

[@va6928]

The most fucked up thing of this ending was dexter murdering an innocent cop .. He has always been better than that .. They could have done so much more this time like angela getting disgusted with killers like kurt caldwell that she lets dexter free and then they move to LA for a new season set up but no the makers not only shat the bed twice but this time they shat and then sat on it to spread it all over the place so that it becomes difficult for us fans to revisit the show in future 🤦🏻

[@crypt0sFX]

Yeah the ketamine thing pissed me off. He didn't use that and and now all of the sudden it somehow is linked with the bay harbor butcher? HOW?

[@DarkRift7]

Everything you touched on his 100% right and it took me a year to build up the courage to watch the final season because I knew that they were going to pull some crap like this. I remember reading reviews about how the team was dissatisfied that Dexter got away with it because he was actually a bad guy and they regretted not putting him in jail or killing him. But honestly getting away with it is kind of perfect because the most notorious serial killers go dormant for decades and aren't found which is what makes them interesting

[@alexanderpahlke8586]

"The ending is going break the internet" sadly for the wrong reasons. The moment Dexter gave the Rifle to Harrison, it was clear, that he would kill him with it! Dexter dying is inevitable, but not by the hands of Harrison, after they connected not long ago. That we didn't get the reunion with Batista is also a shame. Still wondering, where Angela came from and how she got to Harrison and Dexter so fast. Olsen a non factor. And Angela was still just fishing about the bay harbour butcher case. Harrison tried to kill an innocent Ethan and set him up, so he was not that much driven by justice. For me it didn't add up.

[@tomchan2559]

Angela suddenly show up does not make sense. They want Harrison to kill Dexter to become the NEW Dexter. That's the only reason.

[@BOOLERTHANOPPS]

🤝

[@shamallamajc2255]

@@tomchan2559 that's why he was forced to leave town was to have more criminals.

[@shamallamajc2255]

I just wish they showed Molly death

[@nathanbaker1868]

Yeah, who wouldn’t just assume Dexter must have run to that exact spot in the woods? I wondered about the infrared cameras triggering or something, but she got there too fast for that to have made any sense either. Speaking of which, won’t there be infrared footage of Harrison killing Dexter, then her appearing and letting him go while wiping gunpowder residue on her gloves?

[@bestdrummerever1234]

Literally in episode 5 I said out loud “I’ve had enough of this moody Harrison shit” Episode 10 I was like “Goddamnit Harrison was unrelentingly insufferable and I’m supposed to side with him?!”

[@breakshot7451]

as he said, after a few episodes i knew he will pull off a kylo ren killing han solo

[@doingxyz123]

I was actually kind of hoping Harrison would not make it. He was the most annoying character.

[@nehuge]

Stop overusing "literally"

[@Paul91-]

It's funny how throughout the season and series Harrison goes from being a sympathetic victim to being an insufferable little shit with Daddy issues. It's ridiculous. It's a shame too because the actor playing older Harrison (Jack Alcott) actually did a pretty great job. It was the writing for his character that let him down. Not the actor himself.

[@webguyjohn]

I hated, hated, hated Harrison as that 'unrelentingly insufferable' little bitch. I would've rather Hannah found Dexter and explained that she couldn't put up with Harrison's punk-*** attitude so she poisoned him and left to find Dexter. Dexter imagines some little sh** standing in his house, dresssing him down and tells Hannah that she did the right thing.

[@RenegadeSpider2]

I'm convinced they intended to have more episodes and set all that up, then was told NO, 10 episodes only and had to end it

[@gensteps923]

What I am upset about most is not getting closure on how everyone reacts/ feels to finding out Dexter is the BHB. Like everything you said about them not showing Bautista was trash because they built it up well. Also I would have liked for them to have had a scene with some closure for Doakes, Doakes really deserve something finally being proven innocent as the BHB. Something like Doakes sisters/ mother's finding out that they were never related to a serial killer would have made a nice scene. Also would have liked a scene bringing back Quinn showing his reaction to everything, Masuka too! So much could have been done with this finale but they didnt do much.

[@FeudOfJustice]

I think my biggest issue with the new ending is that the ending itself doesn't change anything from when we saw him as lumberjack Dexter all the way to where he died. If Harrison had never found Dexter than other than being slightly more fucked up, the overall circumstances of the story wouldn't have changed. At the end of Season 8 it was presumed by every character within the shows universe that he was dead and now the only thing that's changed is that it's confirmed he is now dead. If Harrison had never found Dexter he would have still been just as much of an orphan as he is when the series ended and Dexter is just as presumably dead as he was at the end of Season 8. What fucking terrible writing to end up with a finale that had no impactful change.

[@SomethingThatSCREAMS]

Yeah I gotta agree with that. I enjoyed the show, but by the end it all felt rushed and very inconsequential.

[@NoxMonstrum]

I'd rather have Season 8's ending but without the lumberjack shit if they just wanted to kill him in a hurry.

[@showingjewel9150]

Personally there are things I would change but I liked most of what the ending offered. I wish we would have seen a Dexter and Batista reunion but at least by the end Doakes name was cleared and the world will know that Dexter was the BHB. Dexter spiraling and breaking the code to be with Harrison is a good idea in concept but the execution wasn't the best. I think Dexter getting a trial would be absolutely amazing but I don't think a death penalty ending would be satisfying. I know no one asked but I think the ending should have had Dex get arrested for being BHB then having him get off on a technicality like a lot of Dexters victims. Everyone knows Dex is guilty but no one can prove it and then maybe you can have Harrison kill him. There was a way to give everyone what they want but unfortunately this isn't it.

[@leopardcubpupkryky6940]

Good points.

[@sinister6279]

Right they should have jus left it the way it ended in season 8 if they were jus gonna do this bullshit

[@benyang2427]

The fact that Dexter is so anxious to get out of his cell and escape when he full on knows Angela would report back at Kurt's bunker = so unrealistically uncharacteristic of him. Series needed another season to wrap things up because the pacing was so off.

[@CurleyJeffersonS]

He literally says, that was faster than I thought. He did know she would, it’s addressed.

[@CurleyJeffersonS]

I think Dexter managed to convince the viewers that he was justly killing people. A lot of the time he just killed people he wanted to kill once he got a way to justify it.

[@benyang2427]

@@CurleyJeffersonS i wasn't referring to Dexter accidentally harming Logan but conventional Dexter wisdom waits it out till Angela is back...except he didn't as writers wanted to wrap up the series in the next 10 mins opposed to drawing out the suspense for another season which would've made more sense

[@lachousalle31]

@@CurleyJeffersonS Then he thought what? What was his next thought? Unless you meant to say "than".

[@CurleyJeffersonS]

@@lachousalle31 whoops

[@torilangston713]

You literally hit every single point. I didn’t mind your rants because I felt the same way as you. Dexter’s legacy was basically killed off the within the last 10 minutes of the season finale. To say I’m angry is an understatement.

[@brandoncobb5352]

It's cool to imagine Dexter in prison. He can still easily keep being the Bay Harbor Butcher, since murders do happen in there and it would give him access to criminals.. A lot of cool dialogue/ fight scenes..

[@brandoncobb5352]

@@stratosphere2323 at least that can be our head canon

[@popcorn_bunny]

Season 8 ending: Sad and disappointed New Blood Ending: pure anger and disappointment glad I'm not the only one who feels they ruined the ending again.

[@smithmiddlega5779]

I love season 8 ending compared to this garbage ending. They setup so many other interesting angles. As soon as he killed coach I new it was going in the wrong direction. It made no sense!

[@turnerburner922]

Your Season 8 reaction would be the appropriate reaction to a show of this nature.

[@goncman]

Another plot hole is that where Harrison killed Dexter was at the hunting grounds in which it was clearly stated earlier that there was CCTV, which is how they figured out Matt Caldwell was attacked. What happened to the CCTV?

[@DrSuess360]

How did I not catch that!!!! Lol

[@supertenor2767]

Isn't that also on Native land?

[@goncman]

@@DrSuess360 maybe it’s possible that harrison killed dexter in the blind spot that was mentioned earlier on in the season. But to me, it just seems like lazy writing

[@Kamarca]

@@goncman Yeah, Dexter told Harrison the exact spot to meet up at.

[@denswa91]

Also, the chin scratch, have we ever seen him do a chin scratch????

[@MeganMcIntosh]

Thank you, this was exactly the rant I needed to hear.

[@alwaysbeyou3047]

EXACTLY, Dexter is already planning a million ways out of that jail cell he doesn't need to harm anyone he's not necessarily backed into a corner he still has plenty of options at this point. I don't see our Dexter ever even considering that unless he knew absolutely sure she wasn't going to let him out and there wasn't any way for him to get around they're weak evidence. 14:56

[@raymondsims7042]

I’m right with you mate he had a great plan actually!! And then he just decided let me kill this cop for no reason. That was so trash

[@TheRaider1815]

All these terrible finales lately (GOT, Dexter twice, etc) are making me appreciate Breaking Bad's beautiful finale more. I think I appreciate it even more now than I did in 2013.

[@bendovskey2209]

Breaking Bad and Mr. Robot both have the best series finale ever made! Nothing comes even close...

[@erg1947]

That's because they didn't rush the Breaking Bad ending and always had a rough idea of where it was going. When it looked like Breaking Bad might have been cancelled after season 4, they didn't try to rush the ending. Instead the left it in a way that could be a decent ending while letting them continue if possible. They also started wrapping up plot points before the final episode instead of cramming everything into it.

[@el_killorcure]

@@bendovskey2209 The Shield

[@bendovskey2209]

@@el_killorcure Haven't seen this one yet, but I'll definitely be putting it on my watchlist. IMDB ratings look promising...

[@pookiesnackenburger]

six feet under and the leftovers were superb endings to superb shows

[@TheDanimal91]

They should have asked Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould to write the season. They know how to finish a show.

[@BareBandSubscription]

I really hope this doesn’t age poorly…

[@caidendebruin8010]

They can’t keep getting away with this

[@TheDanimal91]

@@BareBandSubscription better call Saul season 6 is gonna be amazing

[@BareBandSubscription]

@@TheDanimal91 I hope so. I mean, I have very little doubt in their ability. They have the best writers room in television. It’s just natural to be cautious when you’re talking about finishing off such a practically perfect run in a practically perfect franchise.

[@tanyawildgoose-thompson2060]

Hell yeah!!!

[@PsychedelicDude]

Dexter is a Hero. He deserved a Hero's ending. An Anti-Hero is still a Hero.

[@joshswain6495]

That's fundamentally why you don't understand the concept of this show. He's not. He's a serial killer who will kill innocents to save his own skin.

[@raymondsims7042]

He’s more of an anti villain but one of the greatest characters in tv history deserved way better than that

[@urbanprojectz]

He had to die for all the pain he causes, it was a great ending.

[@PsychedelicDude]

@@urbanprojectz Really? What about all the lives he saved? Pshh get outta here

[@urbanprojectz]

@@PsychedelicDude yeah but like it said end of the show, he never did it to save lives, he killed because he enjoyed it. He broke the code when it suits.

[@Flindo911]

Remember in season 5 when dexter killed an innocent person thinking he was the killer and how depressed and broken it made him? I seriously doubt dexter would just suddenly be fine with killing innocent people for no reason.

[@Web-Slinger42]

Harrison: "How could you kill Coach, he was innocent" Ethan: "Am I a joke to you"?

[@randallrutherford1384]

Who is Ethan?

[@jordans6279]

@@randallrutherford1384 the kid that Harrison stabbed

[@randallrutherford1384]

@@jordans6279 oh!

[@NoxMonstrum]

Harrison: *Tries to murder 3 kids with a straight razor* Also Harrison: I'm going to murder my own father to prove I'm not a murderer and that he is bad!

[@wehavearighttoremainsilent4279]

lmao

[@john_blues]

The Ketamine/M99 thing annoyed me to no end. I'm glad you brought it up. EVERY Dexter fan knows he used M99 in Miami, not ketamine.

[@comicsans6487]

M99 is usually always administered with ketamine.

[@landunallmighty]

You absolutely nailed it. I feel the exact same way. Its comforting to see that longtime fans feel the same way. I just binged the entirety of Dexter these past 2 months.

[@GoddessTara923]

For starters I felt it was a large leap of his girlfriend to Think he was the bay Harbour butcher.dexter didn't use ketamine in the old days. Secondarily there was no real evidence he killed anyone regardless of Batista . If Dexter had not tried to escape and kill the police officer the whole ending would have been different. The whole story arc was rushed I'm very disappointed with this season and really sad that they will not be making any more Dexter.

[@jeffc1753]

Another thing about this ending…Harrison loved his father and he would have hesitated immensely before killing him, if he could have really done it at all, and afterwards felt tremendous sorrow, neither of which happened.

[@johnwarden3880]

We needed a season two of Dexter on trial... Oh, and he wouldn't have killed the cop.

[@jakewaldman6243]

@@johnwarden3880 100% they lost me at killing Logan. Dexter just would not do that

[@stadthaus.7266]

@@jakewaldman6243 I guess he would have rule one, you know I might have liked a season 2 - on the run I don`t even agree that he has to be punished for everything he did but this was so dissatisfying - I cant believe they did it

[@everettenjeze6276]

He killed an innocent person (logan). Dexter violated the code and once he realized what he done. Of course his son would be pissed. Dexter did tell him they only kill bad guys

[@ls0311]

So true like he really killed his father without any hesitation to avenge someone he met only a few weeks ago

[@realiteaparody9198]

The way that they built up Harrison’s darkness, almost as if he was going to take over Dexter’s legacy. It was really hard to accept his change at the end and his decision to kill his father.

[@piercemchugh4509]

only because we were supposed to see Harrison through Dexter's eyes. And Dexter was misguided.

[@roumifyouwnt2]

I was sooo excited to see Dex as Harrison' "moral compass" as Harry and Deb were but b/c there was so little time between them, he's kinda make it up as he goes along BUT....I don't see that happening even of they take it to Harrison taking the torch. Ughhh 💔 sooo much build up for another season or even a spin off.. Batista us headed to Iron Lake...Angela and the aftermath of finding the bodies... Lol I literally did exactly what the guy in that clip did 🤣 I said moreeeee PHUUUUUCKKKK's than ever before I and am THE Queen of phuck lol

[@FirstLast-sw1gx]

It was odd. He went from being ready to shoot him out of anger, to calming down and having a heart felt conversation with Dexter, to just casually raising the rifle and shooting him. He didn't even have to shoot him. Now he has to leave town and be homeless again like he was before instead of being happy finally with his new friends/family. It felt forced by the writers and sloppy.

[@kokomidew6133]

And all the heart felt conversation was useless, why not hand himself instead of this crappy ending where he ends up being killed?? This was so disappointing. The story was pretty cool, the mystery and everything, but the closure was absurd.

[@SirSoloSoul]

This would have worked better over 3 or 4 seasons of Dexter training him and Harrison slowly realizing his father has an evil side and will ignore his own code. Having Dexter kill the officer at the end in order to allow Harrison to see his father's dark side... it was too rushed. At this point in the story he still believed his dad was a hero and he had finally connected with his father. The fact he suddenly figured out his father was evil in 30 seconds... it was dumb.

[@TheCrazyDancingBeardMan]

Harrison killed someone with the excuse they were a bad person and got away with it because he didn't want to become someone who kills people with the excuse they're bad people and gets away with it. lmao

[@reap3r90]

Batista was just a way for the Deus ex machina cop to connect all the missing dots with MAGIC

[@AliceBlackwood]

I believe, and I bet I am not alone with it, Dexter as the main character of the story should have had the most epic, most memorable, most tragic, jaw-dropping tear-jerker of a DEATH in the history of the show. But, instead it was ​pathetic, it was embarasing ... they ... managed to humiliate Dexter, it wasen't poetic, emotional or whatever, it was uncomfortable to watch, I wasn't even sad ... no catharis ... I felt sorry for Dexter, but on a very bad way ... I felt sorry for him as I would feel sorry for a bullied kid. Brian's death was ''Oh, my God!'', Rita's death was ''Oh, my God!'', Laguerta's death was ''Oh, my God!'' ... and here we are ... Dexter's death was ... meh,, or WFT at best. In a short and lame quarrel Dexter got lectured about justice by his ​insuffereble, hypocrite emo-punk teen son and then he was shot in the chest once in the middle of a snowy, empty f*cking forest. Complete let-down ... knowing the character's end, maybe I never ever will be able to enjoy the original show.

[@Ashu2448]

The idea that they were trying to sell was ...out of nowhere harrison is a good guy and wants to break the cycle of being a destined to be a murderer and living abnormally ...and he achieved that by ....Murdering and getting away with it just like dexter and leaving the town ...just like dexter wanted him to do in the first place .....wtf ...did I just watch ...

[@AliceBlackwood]

@@Ashu2448 Yeah, his death was in pair with Cersei Lannister's death in GoT. If anyone in the show than Cersei deserved to die, inavitably, she was a villain from the first espisode, but a good bad, with her resting b*tch face, her death should have been epic, memorable, we all prepared ourselves for the catharsis when it finally happens,, and then how did she die? She went down to the basement, a falling down brick hit her in the head and she died. WTF? I can't believe Clyde did the same shit to Dexter. DEXTER!!

[@dustinthewind4999]

100%: The legacy of Dexter is that it is the show that gave fans one of the worst endings-- twice.

[@DarkPassenger]

@@wooster1414 I'd still rather watch season 8 than this abomination of a season. At least we still had a good cast of characters and better setting. I didn't care about any character in this new season. Not to mention the writing was bad, and every episode was a slog to get through.

[@wooster1414]

I shouldn't say it's unwatchable I did enjoy many moments but the ending just had me really sour the other day.

[@dustinthewind4999]

@@DarkPassenger I think this was a better season than 8 because 8 was filled with them screwing the series over. The familiar characters don't help much in 8 when they're skirting all the character deaths that didn't need to happen, like Deb. New Blood was only bad in its execution of the finale, which made literally the same mistakes as the first series finale: It left Harrison in a crappy situation, worse off than if neither of these seasons had happened. Dexter's death happening in general was fine... not by Harrison though, who's supposed to be shedding his dark passenger and... kills his dad to do so?

[@lukerock2020]

As upset as I was to not get a Dexter-Batista face to face at the end or a more dignified ending to Dexter’s character, it really is just the blatant lack of truth that came from this season and it’s storylines. So many things were out of character and just made no sense at all. Loved the part where you talked about everyone dexters evaded only to get caught by this small town volunteer level police chief. Unbelievable

[@shellyst.laurent9422]

My sister and I are huge Dexter fans. Throughout the whole season we were both saying “ I hope this doesn’t end with Harrison killing Dexter” 😳😳😳 and it did! 😩😩😩 I was SO disappointed! Def so many other ways it could have gone that would have been amazing. So sad 😢💔

[@davejones1959]

As I listen to your review I agree 100% with everything you said. The failed execution of the reunion between Batista and Dexter would have been would have been epic if they had gone through with it. 2 additional episodes would have satisfied me. I don't think Harrison earned his place with the public and viewing audience and definitely did not earn the kill A trial would have been incredible.

[@bsmi1361]

Agree with everything but the trial

[@seabreeze4559]

1 more season for the trial called COMEUPPANCE huge media storm now with the internet and there are two endings, one with a hung jury and another ending when they flip the switch on death row and he closes his eyes

[@bsmi1361]

@@seabreeze4559 I don't see it happening

[@seabreeze4559]

@@bsmi1361 I know right? But what a season!

[@parthparab8547]

a trail with everyone from previous seasons would be dope

[@SaulBadmon]

Watching this video is cathartic after that disastrous tragedy of a finale. It feels so good to hear someone vent about how contrived this season was and how unlike himself Dexter was throughout it. Beyond the horrid execution of Harrison killing his father, the fact Dexter fell victim to so many out of character moments in the series’ most critical points was what ruined this reboot from the start. And the ridiculous evidence that fell into Angela’s lap as the episodes continued was a slap in the face to 8 seasons of story.

[@debrafrucht7012]

Exactly

[@rosed4304]

Overall a more satisfying ending to Dexters story arch and closing of the series, would have been for Dexter to come face to face with Batista and admit to being the Bay Harbor Butcher, and we see him in some prison now fully accepting of himself and his dark passenger. I also think as far as any end credit voice over or whatever it would be cool if an pre-recorded podcast episode of Molly's would be to inject controversy by insighting that the Bay Harbor Butcher is more of a vigilante/anti-hero, and maybe Dexter is seen reading a bunch of his fan mail.

[@susan3645]

Oh Cody, I feel your pain! How amazing would a showdown with Dexter and Batista been?! We could've even forgiven terrible ending #1. Harrison was not an interesting enough character to claim this ending. So so disappointing 🥲

[@joshgilbert9571]

Harrison looked even more emotionally distraught when driving past his girlfriends house 😂 fucking stupid teenager character every time!

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

My first reaction to this ending was “FUCK HARRISON”. You are right, as a viewer, we sympathized with Dexter and understood his struggle, but when his own son goes the selfish, “holier than thou” route we can not warm up to him at all. One of the worst endings I’ve ever seen to one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.

[@Teresa-jf8eb]

Harrison didn’t give us much. We can’t sympathize with his character. We all spent years with Dexter who is such a layered character that we have come to know. Harrison lacks personality and charisma. I get what the ending was trying to do, but nobody connected to Harrison.

[@Tylerbaggins]

wrong . dexter is a psychopath and got what he deserved. he was judged by his own standard

[@eckehareckbert2731]

Harrison was fucking annoying

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

@@Tylerbaggins got what he deserved? You think he deserved to die? You haven’t watched a single episode of the show.

[@msflygurl3760]

YES!!!! Shit the cop could have shot him by mistake and let Dexter run off Cali.

[@CodyLeachYT]

The angrier I get, the more fucked up my hair gets. Lmao

[@LordBeerusTheCreator]

lol

[@iremainteague5653]

Haha yeah. I didn't come away from the episode upset, personally. Although I do think you're right about them setting up a lot of very interesting things and then kinda dropping them. I didn't realize Logan had been killed at first. It does seem out of character. Idk. I do wish we got to see some of the aftermath of it all.

[@Ashlibrooke83]

🤣🤣🤣

[@krissymarklewis1793]

There was just so much it didn't tie up. The Angel Batista thing went nowhere....actually most of it went nowhere.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

no need for that scene at all!

[@piousmutilator4513]

Love the brutal honesty with your review

[@christiand6063]

Dexter fit the code and Harrison made him see that. The ending was Harrison putting Dexter on his table. Dexter felt love because Harrison followed in his footsteps. Harrison is just like Dexter.

[@noct4862]

the line about him feeling love for the first time really pissed me off, because he’s literally felt love multiple times throughout the show lmao

[@slayet2ville1]

I feel cheated. The entire episode felt off. He speaks to us, the audience’ even if its just the thoughts in his head, but in this episode we were at a arms length, it felt like we were not with dexter but on the outside

[@PoopaThug]

My problem is that Dexter was willing to let himself be arrested for Doax, because he couldnt justify killing him. Doax did a lot of messed up things even. Then Dexter just kills an innocent for no reason. He would have easily gotten off with the evidence. That was the whole point of the show, murderers got off. It would have been more poetic if he got off and then was killed by Harrison in a kill room for the innocent director he killed for breaking the code.

[@Ants_Pants]

the ending kinda seemed odd and rushed, suddenly harrison just kills his dad? like 5 minutes ago dex saved his life.... When dex was sitting behind the bars i had 1 thing in mind... that he would be hauled back to miami and tried for being the bay harbor butcher, finally and after lethal injection time arrived, he would see all the loved ones that died because of his actions in different seasons. That would have been my cake to cap off the mighty dexter morgan.

[@ritchleach864]

Sadly I have to agree. I was excited to see Dexter & Batista to see each other. The ending was week and you made many great points about all the hole’s in the story line.

[@chumorgan443]

I'm reminded of the new starwars movies. They brought 3 of the main actors back after 40 and didn't have them interact all together. Insanity.

[@paulondawula1011]

I too got Batista blue balls 😔

[@coldblooded568]

Batista*

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

Agree!

[@Deadpool784]

I liked 90% of the episode but you are spot on with the ending. I wouldn't have minded them killing Dexter but the execution was just so poor.

[@sunte91]

I’m of a similar opinion

[@mattmarcino1034]

Same dexter was such an epic character, that weve been watching for so many years and it ends like that.

[@misschiefvr6432]

Even the way he lay dead was poor!!!! I’ve never seen an ending so terrible, even since the lumberjack thing. They managed to make me forget that fast with this huge mistake of a show!

[@patrickbatman141]

I could of been content with this ending, not satisfied just content, if we actually got a confrontation with Batista. The fact they decided to not do that is literally insanity. They must hate the fans there's no other explanation for it.

[@brendan722002]

The Batista/Dexter confrontation was a missed opportunity.

[@eaglewingprovideos]

I did notice that the whole season painted Dexter in a darker and darker light. By the end, it almost felt like he was the bad guy. I also noticed his "inner monologue" went way quiet after he was arrested. Like we were now estranged from his character. It was not a great feeling. Also highly saddened and disappointed with the ending and loose ends.

[@raymondsims7042]

To be fair he was always “the bad guy” that’s not new but what is new is him killing the cop for absolutely no reason at all. It was just awful awful writing

[@mikegeyen3099]

A prosecutor wouldn't even have taken the case against Dexter for either charge due to ZERO evidence yet he freaked out and killed an innocent out the blue.. The very minute that happened, I was done with this episode

[@datboiiisparky7583]

Guy your forgetting that he gave the police chief woman information only someone who killed Kurt would have known ( like how he's been killing hitchhikers for 25 years and exactly where he would store the bodies ) Even though his confession wasn't documented he was still gonna go down in court for murder or accomplise to murder for knowing exactly where Kurt stared all his bodies Even if they couldn't have proved him to be the bay harbor butcher So the absolute most uncharacteristic thing he did was tell Angela where to find Kurt's victims ( it's literally the only evidence that would have doomed him to life in prison or the death penalty ).

[@piercemchugh4509]

You're forgetting about the Ketamine patterns. Dexter Morgan just happens to show up under a different alias where someone is using Ketamine injections to murder/attempt to murder people in the same M.O. as the Bay Harbor Butcher. The Ketamine was in the body, but not anywhere in the house, as Angela said. Of course, that alone I can't say would definitely prove his guilt. Especially since the Doakes was already condemned as the Butcher. But that is some evidence, not none,

[@mikegeyen3099]

@@datboiiisparky7583 That part pissed me off too.. He had no reason to disclose that info. He was panicking over flimsy circumstancial evidence.. Which is not Dexter

[@mikegeyen3099]

@@piercemchugh4509 Correct me if I'm wrong but they never tied any drugs to the BHB killings..thats something Angela hypothesized.. And the ONLY thing she has tying Dexter to ketamaine used in a nefarious way is the word of a crack head.. I gave it too much credit.. It was worse than flimsy evidence

[@piercemchugh4509]

@@mikegeyen3099 yea that's a good point. Honestly I'd have to watch again.

[@incollectio]

The moment Dexter grabbed Logan, I actually thought it was one of Dexter's dark visions; a dark daydream. But then it just continued, on and on, until the end of the episode... :F I'd love to see a season 2 still, where they just start from the cell, and it all turning out to be a daydream - and the show just continues from there, without Dexter ever killing an innocent person.

[@joshuamartinez8280]

That sounds like the most plausible way to retcon this ending.

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

I also thought it was one of his daydreams, like when he slit Mazuka's throat lol. But no, sadly it was real.

[@Solar_Sounds]

Best most reasonable way of retconing so the show can continue. 👍

[@TheRobbieEffect]

Wow this is actually a great idea. Have it so he fell asleep in the cell and season 2 starts with him waking up and realising he still is in this mess. I usually hate the “it was a dream” cliche but please do it! Would work perfectly here in this situation, especially as these dreams have happened before.

[@amess3921]

It's insane that they fucked up this ending so badly, that making it an "it was all a dream" would actually improve it.

[@NeuroCrash3030]

I'm dying inside everything has gone to shit gaming, life and just a lot of things as a whole but Dexter now I am truly depressed I'm left empty and dying inside

[@Bootmahoy88]

The feeling of the eternal voice inside, how it dictates the gestures, completes the motion before the motion, exalts the stillness as you race through the intent to its completion, anticipating all of the complications, complicities and value judgments laid upon the need to do exactly what you must do, how you have to do it, how there really is no choice, never has been, never will be, is an acceptance of an ecstasy that has no form. It lives in space without a body looking for a body, looking for that one spark that might ignite a fleshy action.

[@dashriprock8596]

Deep thoughts

[@Peachgorillafit]

Don’t hold back Cody!! Absolutely agree! Shit ending. Tony Teflon actually had a good theory on the ending that would have been significantly better than what we got! Harrison was unlikeable the entire show so really hope he doesn’t get a spin-off.

[@stadthaus.7266]

I actually think Harry was OK didn`t like him very much, but why would I? What really disappoints me is the handling of Dexters character

[@jasonjacksonii1805]

I was rewatching that theory and I don't see any thing that disproves it in the finale. It wasnt outright confirmed, the whole theory premises on this all happening in his head, and what we're seeing is dexter's view. We see Harrison tell him to turn himself in, then decide to kill him at the same time. Maybe harrison was there, and him deciding that dexter might deserve the death penalty was what metaphorically killed him, and so thats what we see

[@ucantbreakmysoul4325]

Yes! Here I was wishing Tony Teflon’s theory was what happened

[@rymikai]

i think the worst is that so many people HOPED for something UNEXPECTED based on what the writers said but NO, they had to go with the MOST EXPECTED ending; and disappointed most of the fanbase with all their false hopes! one thing i'll give em credit for is that they did say the ending would be "controversial" and "internet breaking" :') just in the worst ways where it went off the rails for me is when dexter killed logan instead of just knocking him out (WHICH HE COULD'VE DONE!!), it was where it all went downhill, should he have not killed logan, harrison wouldn't have killed him, and they would've ran off :') maybe dexter could've done a monologue about how harrison doesn't have to follow him in this runaway-from-cops life and then harrison would choose to follow him or not, then that'd be the end depending on his decision

[@goncman]

Yeah he could’ve just kept hitting Logan’s head on the bars until he became unconscious or when he got him in a headlock, put him to sleep. If he could collect Logan’s keys from his slumped over dead body, I’m sure Dex could’ve done the same with his unconscious body.

[@Jan0123able]

The worst is that Dexter is dead and you can't bring back the dead in any meaningful way. This means Dexter is over. It will never be the same and this was the first time a revival of an old show actually caught the magic of the original.

[@stadthaus.7266]

agreed wouldn`t have been what I would have written but much better than what they did I mean Wha de Fuk

[@nonyabusiness4441]

Oh wow, so these claims of the 'internet breaking' were actually made? That's hilarious considering the minority of people that watch Dexter vs the majority of people that use the internet 😂 way to over-hype your production

[@PeterParkerwon]

No dexter could not have knocked out logan. Banging his head repeatedly on the tails would've caused blunt force trauma and possible hemmoraghing and as soon as he turned logan's body around there was no time for him to knock him out in thr chokehold. Even if logan passed out he would've woken up in time and dexter would not have been able to collect harrison.

[@johnybravo531]

I was just talking to some friends about a lot of the same suggestions you're making. I would have loved a season with dexter on the run starting to get chased by his old crew. I would've loved the confrontation scenes, seeing how dexter does on the run verses executing a plan and among other things A COURTROOM SCENE!!!! It wouldve been so bad ass to have him get caught and the season finale is dexter escaping jail and going on the run. They did my boy dexter dirty in the end twice. Cheers

[@castleofaargh2093]

Nail on the head bro!! Dexter survived way worse than Angela and its unbelievable that he'd allow himself to get thwarted by her. What a let-down to have the Batista reunion stolen from us. SURELY they could've found a way to have Batista kill Dexter

[@deemorales3856]

You can tell the writers were like "How do we get Angela to discover what took Deb and LaGuerta 6-7 seasons to find out within 1 season?" and then crammed a flimsy ass plotline into the 10 episodes.

[@fantasiazplatkami]

She got everything thrown miracously to her feet, even met Batista who gave her Harrison's name.

[@badman3431]

I know right, this fucking show was the biggest disappointment ever

[@ivancarrillo8809]

@@fantasiazplatkami Plus Angela has this disliking for Dex because he had a son she was not aware of and is like. "I don’t trust you Jim because you lied to me" But later she is like "I need Dexter Moragan skills". Also all the evidence was kanda not enough prove to make Dex culprit or somthing... but she has "a hunch"… BS. She is RAGING over Dex for some very immature reasons. Treats him like shit but at the end she actualy chooses to help Harrison scape but will not help Dex scape or something. EVEN tho he gave him PROVE of the Kurts crimes… This woman is ungrateful to Dex to say the least. She sucks.

[@guidosanchez5695]

How is Dexter responsible, even remotely, for Lundy's death? What am I missing?

[@jamestkirkcameron9189]

Yea that made no sense. Dexter didn't even know Arthur Mitchell was trinity when Lundy was killed, and it wasn't even Trinity who killed him.

[@RKIJSITFAHCWGOR]

its actually just bad writing, ive seen a couple of ppl talkin about it already, so you aint missin sth at all

[@JadeAE7]

I get that it’s a bad idea, and he should “suffer” for what he did, but honestly Dexter putting together He is not a psychopath, he’s just broken, and living a happy life with Harrison, and Hannah, not killing, and having more kids happily ever after, would’ve been good for me, OR him going on trial against Everyone who’s ever known him, and going to prison, and having a Hannibal like prison thing, would’ve been great in my opinion as well.

[@youtubeman2001]

One of the first times a tv/movie has genuinely pissed me off

[@sammicocuzzo7719]

This review is the only thing making me feel slightly more comforted about how f***ed up this ending was 🤦‍♀️

[@CourtTV.]

This video is therapeutic isn't ?

[@tmoney9539]

It just felt all too rushed. A manhunt for the BHB with Harrison on the run with him we be soooooo much better. I don’t care how it ends, it’s the way it was done and rushed. Did the fans dirtyyyyy!

[@dragankarlica4132]

Dexter dying or getting caught is the only way to end the show, but my god was it so rushed. Plus Harrison’s reason for killing Dexter is just so bs smh. They literally shit on us

[@SutekhDaSteemroller]

Needed 11 or 12 episodes

[@dragankarlica4132]

@@SutekhDaSteemroller yeah Fr or atleast make each episode an hour long

[@stephenkingrocks]

Cody I appreciate your review of this horrible episode. Seven months later I still feel a profound loss. I would have loved seeing Angel and Dexter meet. If Dexter had gone to trial that would have been much more satisfying, even if he got the death penalty. It made no sense for Harrison to shoot him.

[@cloudtyr]

Just finally watched this after finishing new blood last night. I re-watched the entire series in the last two months before watching it, growing to love the show and characters even more. Now I am here. I was warned it was terrible and it really was. Now I will ignore new blood and just accept it ended at the end of season 8. It wasn't a great ending but better then then the bs we got.

[@kristopherbrown2145]

Clyde Philips should feel ashamed nearly 10 years to do better than what we got and he did worse, literally everyone I watched this with all called the ending screw you showtime.

[@jeffc1753]

The worst plot point in the season to me was when Harrison broke that guys arm and didn’t get the least bit of punishment - no suspension, no expulsion, no criminal charges, not even kicked off the team. Ridiculous.

[@harpergrace5846]

He tried to kill that one boy to don’t forget imo he will be more dangerous than dexter ever was

[@MentalDeviant]

They probably just thought it was an accident because that's happens in wrestling

[@BOOLERTHANOPPS]

🤝

[@fantasiazplatkami]

Harrison is generally unsymphatetic character.

[@freebee8221]

And the guy who harrison stabbed never told his side of the story since he lived?!? And also angela figuring stuff out was such bad writing. Batista was walking away but came back to give her harrisons name was sooooo stupid. Way too convenient for angela.

[@adambouziden2729]

So glad for your success Cody cheers brother