Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

So does Dexter get apprehended like the preview makes you believe?

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

That was for another incident in the middle of the episode.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

I called it when the happy couple stopped in the middle of the episode to get it on.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Really? So you just want to see him stalk and kill a long list of deserving victims? That would get boring in a hurry.

Because it's all the other complicated relationship stuff in Dexter's life, as he gets closer to becoming a real human being and discovers that he actually cares in his own damaged way, that makes this show interesting. For me the down time this season, even the dreaded Angel / La Guerta stuff, gave the show its pace and made sure the big events of the few episodes really packed a punch.

Awesome episode. I can't wait for next season.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

The last thing this show needs is an exact repeat of season one. They already did the Dexter as a loner thing to perfection, and there ain't no turning back.

And the ending was certainly a clean slate, in that it allows them to go in a completely different direction with the show. It certainly won't be a repeat of this season. I wouldn't be surprised if there was no arch villain next season at all.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

where was the dude that Julie Benz tweeted his pic?

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

And what about Trinity's family? Do they just disappear and not care what happened?

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Wasn't there a plot from an earlier season where Rita's ex-husband's mother tried to get custody of the kids? I don't remember much about it or how it was resolved, but maybe she will try again. It seems like she would have a more clear-cut case now since Dexter is not a biological parent of Astor and Cody.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

There's a host of options that lie between villain of the week and a full season of contrived storylines exacerbated by annoying love interest. I may be alone in my opinion, but Rita and her children were always the worst part of the show for me, and seeing them written out will improve the quality of the show by leaps and bounds.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

If it becomes a "clean slate" then you're basically disposing of all of the things that Dexter has gone through since he began forming meaningful relationships with others and becoming a father. He might be able to ditch the other two kids off on someone else but he is still the blood father of his son. That is a dynamic that I don't think you can make a clean slate of.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

I kind of figure dex will hand them over. Then it becomes a replay of harry raising dexter by himself.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

yeah mother fuckers! I called it! :banana:



http://forum.dvdtalk.com/9874837-post4.html

gotta say, that was a worthy season of television and a hell of a cliffhanger ending.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Not to mention their familiarity with "kyle butler" the guy who died days ago, yet was also just at their house when the swat team came in. You'd think that would come up in an interview. But I'm guessing the transfer of the case to the fbi means that detail gets lost so we can move on.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Meh. The "shocking" ending would have been a lot more shocking if we hadn't had the cast and crew pimping it for months.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

It was still shocking to me. Didn't expect that at all. WOW.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Season 5 opening:



Maybe?

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

^ that would be a total cop out. After the episode they had that discussion with Hall and Lithgow and he was saying "how will Dexter handle this, is it going to be all about vengeance"

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

He actually said with certainty that it will be interesting to see Dexter looking to get unobtainable vengeance.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

A lot of questions. Do you not have Showtime?

Solid episode. Shocked about the death but as much as I like Benz, I really disliked the character.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

As much as I like the show, I can't wait to see how the series all ends...does Dex get caught and arrested? Is he killed?

How many seasons is the show under contract for?

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

I actually liked the character but didn't like what they did to her this year. Not that she didn't have a reason to be mad at Dexter, but I thought they played it wrong.

As for Benz, she was a pretty woman, but I found the face work that she had gotten prior to this year distracting. It made her look different and less attractive.

As far as game changers go though she was really the only character they could kill and was who I expected to die in episode four when it leaked that a major character would die.

What they do with Cody and Astor should be interesting. I can't see Dexter completely abandoning them.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

The only purpose she was serving was to whine and Julie Benz really shown in previous work that she is worthy of more.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

WOW.

Now I am wondering how Dexter reports Rita's murder. Does he cover it up or risk the police wondering why Trinity would kill Rita on his way out of town. I supposed Dexter could recall how he saw Trinity looking at the crime board at the station and that might explain the motive. But Deb is definitely going to be suspicious what with Dexter's tie in to the the Ice truck Killer, now Trinity.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

It seems clear that Deb will figure out exactly what Dexter is next season, and I suspect the "big bad" will be Dexter himself. Will Dexter wind up in jail, or will the dark passenger win and Deb herself wind up on his table.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Dexter should have figured out that Rita was dead because she wasn't calling and bugging him while he killed Trinity.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

I think we're in basic agreement. I like Julie Benz (at least before the face work), but I didn't care for what they did to the Rita character this year.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

I loled, for real. But seriously, I went from shocked to sad. I keep picturing the baby in blood next to it's dead mother. I know it's just a show, but you gotta feel bad for those kids with the asshole drug addict father and now with their murdered mother. God damn.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

As everyone has said in this thread......WOW

I had a really strong feeling that either



Neither of them are particularly interesting characters, with the writers really struggling over 4 Seasons to give them something more to do/make them interesting.

Also if anyone wants to chime in?

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

My take on the timeline:

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Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

My mouth is still agape. Wow.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Wow, great stuff. Anticipation for next season is pretty big. If it is the last, I hope this show goes out with a bang.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Exactly. I doubt they'll piss off people like The Sopranos did with Tony not being killed.

Dexter is a dead man if Season 5 is the last one, which Hall says it is.



Also, what "work or plastic surgery" did Rita have done before this season? It's been a while since I've seen the earlier seasons so I didn't really notice anything...

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Would reporting the murder (and having it look like a Trinity killing) really be suspicious? The police already know Trinity's daughter shot Lundy and Deb to protect her father. And the daughter shot herself, based on Deb's policework, which might upset Trinity. So he goes after Deb's family - the police would look at it as a revenge killing. If anything, I would think Deb would be feeling responsible (not knowing the truth about Dexter and Trinity). Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how it shakes out next season.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

While passing up opportunities to kill Trinity had become a running gag this season, I found myself talking to the television when Dexter left an unconscious Arthur Mitchell alone in his van so that he could go deal with a minor traffic violation. You're extorting money from a serial killer who knows your real name and you don't snap his neck before dealing with a $300 accident? I doubt the writers will consider it, but I wonder if Dexter might feel a bit of guilt for waiting so long to kill Trinity.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

Uh oh, does this mean...

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

I had a feeling this was the direction the show was headed for a couple of years. At some point Rita had to die because like Harry alluded to in the episode, Dexter's future cannot be a happy one. And Rita, for all her flaws as a character, represented the happy ending that Dexter thought he could have.

At some point, Dexter has to lose everything because his dark passenger cannot be stopped. It's now cost him his wife and their family. Now all he has left is his sister and his son, a son that could wind up with a dark passenger of his own.

I think Season 5 will be about the mistakes Dexter made with Arthur and how those mistakes lead to his downfall. There's just far too many loose ends at this point. Arthur at the police station, Dexter being arrested at the same parking structure that Arthur's van was found, Arthur's family knowing Dex as Kyle.

With the FBI taking over the case of a killer they believe is still on the loose, these are threads that can't just be ignored. I'm guessing the season opens with a flashback to Rita's murder, filling in the gaps left in the timeline, and giving Rita a larger sendoff.

Still, a great ending to a really great season, and I really can't wait for Season 5.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

My guess (and hope) is that next season jumps ahead about 10 years and revolves around Dexter and his son.

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

single dad dexter. woop

Re: Dexter -- "The Getaway" -- 12/13/09
 

No shit.

With all of the stuff that's been leaked, it's been pretty obvious that someone close to Dexter was going to get killed; either Deb, Rita, or one of the kids.

So I spent the whole episode waiting for it to happen... Oh, shit! He's in Deb's apartment! He's going to kill her!... Oh shit! His Mustang died! Rita and/or the kids are going to happen upon him!... Oh shit! He killed Trinity! Rita had to take a different plane, and her plane crashed!

If everyone had kept their big yaps shut, it would have been really shocking.