Dexter - Show Finale

New thing today, we finished Dexter. We've been watching it for years, but the entire thing was recently on Netflix so we decided to finish off the entire series. The last seasons made me want to re-watch the whole thing from the beginning. Enjoyed it overall. Spoiler alerts and commentary ahead.

Season 1 - Ice Truck Killer - pretty awesome season and introduction to world and characters. I personally loved Deb and she's been a fave of mine through all the seasons.

Season 2 - Some good moments and characters. I like Lundy, Lila and found Doakes annoying in his constantly angry black man gig. Nice cat and mouse going, but eh, whatever season.

Season 3 - Smits season. Honestly I don't remember a whole lot?

Season 4 - Trinity killer! It's a favorite of many fans. I found it good, but wasn't in love with it like some other people. It's pretty cool overall and definitely raised the quality of the series in this season. Plus pretty fabulous finale.

Season 5 - The Lumen season. I liked this one. It's also a bit of a love season with suspicious Quinn and Deb and Angel and LaGuerta.

Season 6 - Doomsday. Eh it was alright. I liked the psychosis of Colin Hanks. It felt like a build-up to season 7 with Deb & Dex.

Season 7 - Amazing. Probably my favorite. A lot of S*** goes down. It's got Deb finding out about Dex (fully!), Hannah relationship starting (which I loved), Isaak (pretty great friend character) and all the closing in on Dexter. Plus one hell of a season finale, pretty incredible.

Season 8 - a bit boring in the first half, but got better at the 2nd half of the season. I liked Dr. Vogel a lot and had all sorts of ideas about how they would wrap it up and end it. Was a surprise to see Hannah again and then found the last scenes with Deb and Dex pretty touching. I found the end very tragic and it made you think about it a lot. I thought it might end with a circle of life ending, with Harrison being surrounded by someone's blood and turning into a psychopath. But alas, there was hope and tragedy all at once.

So in the end, I think it's a very very good series. They ended it, which is important to stories. I believe you shouldn't let TV shows linger on becoming sick, frail and annoying for years and years. Instead shows should have an arch, a story and a proper ending. They did a really good job with this series. Ending was good as well.

In fact, the last seasons actually made me want to watch the previous seasons because they referenced previous stories and murders from the Dexter universe. Plus I miss extra foul-mouthed Deb. She got tamer over the seasons and I miss her spew of profanity on a regular basis. I may watch this series again one day.