The GOD-AWFUL Ending of DEXTER: NEW BLOOD Explained!
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2022
- In this video we take a deep dive, review, recap and explain the terrible ending to Dexter: New Blood.
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Maybe a better title would be "Dexter, lower expectations"
how hilarious that dexter will go down in history as having the worst finale ever, twice.
@@jdogsful The first ending was gold compared to this one
Thank you Daddy for this omg I loved Dex from the earlier years so I’m interested to see what happens now that sis has passed.
I find it hard to believe this was the planned ending from the start? It feels kind of lazy and lacking in the signature cleverness Dexter employs to divert suspicion, which was a signature of his character and the series.
Bro, I had so much hope until the finale 30 minutes or so. This was my favourite show of all time and they broke my heart. Twice
Not once, but TWICE 😭
Y'all are really overreacting. The ending could have been better, but it's literally not the end of the world lol. There's many ways it could have ended, this is far from the worst. makes me wonder how astronomical your expectations were, let's not forget Hall co writes the show, this is the ending he wanted.
@@mycelia_ow yeah and honestly if they wanted to bring Dexter back they could. They said dexter used ketamine to drug his victims despite the fact he used m99
@@mycelia_ow no overreacting but disappointed and yes of all the endings this isn’t the worst but it’s the most obvious and least interesting and clearly he wanted to have closure with his most famous character but the w they built the episode up was interesting until that ending which I was dreading came out of nowhere
When I realized that there were only 15 minutes left, I got really worried. This had all of the ingredients for a great finale. But they ran out of pots.
I feel like the only way they can save this is by announcing another season and it starting off with Dexter opening his eyes in a hospital bed.
He got shot in the heart.
Exactly my thoughts as well...excellent comment!:)
Surviving a fatal shot in the heart? Yeah ok lol
Or just a dream wake up in prison cell..
@@JR-90 He's magically Dextrocardia?
This ending makes the lumberjack ending seem like genius writing
I feel like they shoulda have left it there at s8. Tho it wasn't the greatest ending I kinda liked it since it gave that opening ending and had u imagine how dexter lived on. Not this reboot where he's just executed lmao
i actually loved this ending.
They literally got us twice, lots of series have shitty finales but two? That's cold man
S8 ending was just a bit bearable. But new blood? Utter waste to Dexter's legacy.
@@Immolator772 It's a bit rushed but not that bad. Most fanboys angry because dexter is dead. I'm a hardcore fan too but i aint no emo teenagers fantasizing/idolizing a serial killer lol.
What pissed me off was how Angela solver the bay harbor butcher case in minutes with help from google & couldnt find her missing friend for 15 years
and the fact a literal fbi special agent (lundy) couldnt catch dexter but angela did in a few days
@@Lucerna999 I still can’t over the shitty ending 😂 should of left it as is but I’m glad we at least got to see him again
😂😂 Lol.. that's a good point
😂😂😂😂😂
I laughed when I could see Batista piecing it all together.
The thing that bothered me is that Angela was so set on cracking the runaway case. Once Kurt walked with his lame story about his dad killing Iris she just basically let it go all while having dna evidence! She then shifted her obsession to trying to convict dexter off some weak evidence that would never hold up. It was so ridiculous. Then she lets a murderer escape and tampers with evidence at the crime scene. The writing was an absolute joke.
Exactly. Why didnt she get the DNA tested by a better lab? Lots of plot holes and they definitely rushed the ending.
And also, in a real life situation they would’ve put Kurt on a lie detector test to further the investigation if he had nothing to hide but they didn’t even do that
@@HIM-on7gx And the FBI or someone would have come to check out that murder case.. at least the forensic expert that came for mad cadwells disappearance..
My biggest problem was the rush into this borderline checklist ending. On paper, if we cross everything else out, Dexter being killed by his son can be deep and poetic, can also have an interesting comparassion to how Harry killed himself because of Dexter, the whole "similar situation, totally different foundations". But it was soooooo rushed. There was no weight to any of the intense situation, no reactions shown, they resembled a highschooler rushing to finish retelling the episode before the bell rings for a class. Harrison kills his father and barely has time to react in any way, no scenic time to let it sink in. So yeah, I agree with you, it's not a bad ending, it's just written and shot so emberrassingly terrible.
Also, maybe it's me who is thick, but Harrison spent 8\10 episodes being afraid that Dex abandoned him because of what a lil kid gonna turn out, while the letter that he had with him all that time and read multiple times, actually stated confession on Dexter's part that he leaves to protect the kid from himself. I mean... did he not finish the letter or smth?
Lmao, Dexter finally gets the awesome ending it deserves and overly critical buffoons like you are here to rain on the parade. What a dork
Harrison: "You killer coach, he's innocent"
Also Harrison: _Befriends Ethan who was bullied, earns his trust only to try to kill him and then frames him as a school shooter which ruins his reputation and future as well as his parents business and now they have to move_
Well, I wouldn't hate it if it had bit more time to brew. Because if it was established and fortified that Harrison now understand the code and it's importance, living with the regret ruining innocent kid's life, then it would make sense. His new yet established philosophy of "saving lives" is being thrown out of the window by Dexter, breaking his own code (and doing it easily). But alas, we got a rushed whirlwind of "eh, they'll eat it" kind of writing
@@KilledByBird I agree with your points, I think that way would have been better.
Right. I felt like he could let his dad slide one time based off of how wrong he did ethan. At the same time i felt dexter was sloppy all season. (Not that i didn't love it) but his revenge killings were how angela was onto him and its weak af to kill a drug dealer because of an accidental od anyway. And logan was the sloppiest move of all.
Totally agree
But that was before he was told about the CODE RULES
Teenage are emotionally
What really bothers me about how New Blood ends is that the authors try to force viewers that Dexter deserves to die. Yes, Dexter is a sociopath and he is not "a good guy" - but the whole premise of the series is that we follow a serial killer who tries to live, or pretend to live, a "normal" life while living out his dark desires. Everyone who watches the series has already bought into this and even though he sometimes makes dubious decisions (which on some occasions has led to the death of an innocent person), we cheer on Dexter. It's a TV series, it's fiction, we viewers understand that Dexter Morgan (or Jim ...) is dangerous and ... does not live a morally correct life. But like I said, we love the guy, and we who like the series will always "root for Dexter". Of course, I was not completely happy with the end of season 8 either, but I take it any day of the week compared to watching his son shoot him. My emotional connection to the character "Harrison" is about as strong as what I have to the character "Audrey" after 10 episodes. It seems to give no sense of justice or satisfaction, even though it was clear that the authors wanted to connect the story with that we as viewers would feel some kind of ... "it all kind of worked out for the best in the end". I call BS. Sloppy writing and yet another bad ending to a fantastic show that most of us rank at the very top of tv drama history.
it's the agenda nowadays. 'kill the cis straight white male'. all of the sudden Hollywood hates white men now.
I don't agree with your narrative. A lot of fans seem to think this season wasn't in line with Dexter and his own narrative through the 8 seasons. The things we know, he was a monster like he says himself, the reason Harry killed himself, he had created a monster. He doesn't have a moral compass, he has a code that is simply the most precious thing he inherited from Harry.
Fans seem to forget about Vogel. She "created" him, completely convinced he was the perfect psychopath that couldn't experience love or sacrifice. We discovered that he loved Deb, he wanted Deb to kill him so she wouldn't be forced to live like a monster while having no dark passenger.
Meaning: he wasn't a simply psychopath, a simply monster.
I cried and cried during the ending of New Blood, but the sentiment was fitting in my eyes. Dexter turned into a monster......he killed an innocent and tried turning Harrison into a monster, simply because he felt lonely. He wasn't truly happy Harrison felt understood, he was truly happy he could pass on the curse he endured.
So he turned into a true monster, realised it, showed love and sacrifice (which Harry thought was impossible) and truly tried to help Harrison by sacrificing himself.
@@SOSULLI I dont mind Dexter paying for what he has done, going to jail or even dying. But they ruined it when they had him kill Logan. The original Dexter would rather go to jail before breaking the code. It's why he didnt kill Doakes.
And Dexter was never a good person. He was a mass killer that would've done a lot of bad had it not being for Harry. The key part is when Harrison asked him how many people he has killed and he says hundreds. Harrison immediately says so you have saved thousands of people and Dexter never thought of that. He never once thought he was saving anyone or doing any good. All the killing he did was to satisfy his urges. He just happened to kill bad people.
They should've done a little reunion with Batista, or maybe have something more climatic and have him die to save his son. Plus they would not put him to death because someone that killed so many would make a deal and get life behind bars in exchange of giving information.
The ending was not THAT bad but to see Dexter after all these years dismiss the fact he killed Logan, a good guy, as someone that just was on the way made no sense whatsover. It's like they wanted Harrison to kill him and that's the reason they found. It's bad writting.
im telling you, theyr plan was " lets make a show and make dexters son the main character, then he will take over and kill dexter at the end of the first season"
they wanna make more seasons with harrison as the new dexter, i bet you that was the plan
I agree. We didn't really get to know Harrison as he'd always been a kid and in new blood was just a bratty teenager. Just dumb. What woulda been better is if Batista arrested Dex.
Dexter is always my favorite. He saved countless lives.He doesn’t deserve this awful ending.
Writers always go with the "we can't leave alive someone over the law wining" so lame.
Ehhh debatable, he’s a serial killer at the end of the day doesn’t matter if the dudes he kills are killers themselves, dexter isn’t god nor is he the grim reaper he doesn’t get to be judge jury and executioner because he’s sick in the head and likes to murder
@@hiram185 which is so stupid because all of the other murderers that he killed were able to beat the law and get away with it
It was kind of all over the place. If you're a "fan" of Dexter you believe in his code. For most seasons the most precious thing Dexter took from Harry. So on the one side Dexter fit his own code, he was clearly prepared to do anything to secure his and Harrisons safety. On the other side the whole narrative we are familiair with is Dexter is a monster, he enjoys killing and takes his trophies. So no moral compass to begin with. He also believes people can't change (Dexter did discover that priest friend did).
But he wasn't a monster, he loved Harrison and Deb. He wanted Deb to kill him, he genuinely wanted Deb not to turn into a monster like him. She obviously didn't. Harrison was faced with pretty much the exact same situation and he chose for Dexter.
I agree. Another odious ending. Did not make sense for his own son to kill his father who he just saw as a hero, with absolutely no remorse. Truly ridiculous.
The last 20 minutes of that episode was all about “how can we ruin Dexter character in minutes”. Also, as you said the kid went from been on board with killing people to becoming mother Teresa. He could have been upset the dad killed the coach he met a month ago, but not enough to betray and kill his dad. They messed up the show.
My favorite part is where Harrison says he's nothing like his father, despite this whole season showing other wise.
Yeah just like the last 20 minutes of the original show...The number one rule of watching a Dexter series, skip the last episode 🤣
EXACTLY, well said.
@@drhypno6317 true
I think they've been working on running our perfect Dexter all thru NB. I mean look at how much he fkd up! He was rusty and emotionally involved, he made a ton of mistakes and stayed from the code heavily. In the past he's broken the code here and there but not at all consistently. He could've got caught over and over and over and over...
I think what they really could do is help us understand wtf was going on inside Dexter. They did us all a huge disservice by not having the voice-overs like before.
Love how he was DEFINITELY dark and then the finale he's fine and just "mad at dad" even though he slashed the shit out of some kid and shattered some other dudes arm just because.
YEAH! What happened to the kid who got his throat slit???
@@g.w.hampton5525 that was a dream
@@g.w.hampton5525 wait. you didn't know that was dexter just dreaming??? Cmon bro use ur head😂🤦♂️
Is this the same father who had abandoned him, who he'd only known for a month?
@@vikingsong2068 bruh the dude literally went to every other dude pretending they were his father figure (ie kurt, logan) while dexter was doing everything in his power to be there for the kid. Like i get it, but why bother going across the country to ask a stupid question, to then proceed to live with dad, just to be a total asshat to said dad and continuously guilt trip. Would've been better off just moving on with his life instead of finding dexter if that was the case.
man the only way this series can be saved if is Dexter wakes up and the last episode was all a bad dream
real
That's what I thought after season 4. These writers truly know how to mess up a good series smh
Dexter killing Logan, even if he seemingly warned him, was so out of character… even if it was due to his longing to live along his new found son… it goes against why we rooted for such a dark character…
Now, the ending to season 8, Deb’s death, to me, marked the death of his light passenger, something he alluded to in the pilot episode. Harrison also alludes to this by saying his dark passenger is the driver.
Attachment made him start doing irrational things. I think that was the point across the original series and New Blood.
Dexter killed people before who never met the code.
Photgrapher
Redneck (sure he was an asshole but wasn't a killer)
One thing I hate they never did was sort of link Harry to it more.
He slept with Laura moser which led to her death leading to brian and Dexter becoming sociopaths then grooming Dexter to becoming a killer then killing himself because he couldn't accept it.
@@rhysoneill7399 interesting take!! That was one avenue that could definitely be explored further. That scene with Harry being disgusted by Dexter's first kill and Dexter going from proud son to heart broken... masterful! PS: dont remember the photographer nor the redneck
@@OWmyDragonballzthat's actually a good point, attachment can seriously upset people's routines and lives, makes sense. You're not acting normal because you're not in a normal, for you, situation.
No wtf? You prolly just one of those classic sheep who has to have a good guy protag.
You just clearly deeply misunderstood Dexter as a character. He was never a good guy. He only kills bad people because Harry told him to. Dexter would happily kill anyone. He just needs to kill someone.
So his dad said ‘if you’re gonna kill, atleast kill bad guys’
But again, you just misunderstood Dexter and that’s your own fault for lacking intelligence. Since series 1 he’s always been a bad guy who never cared about Justice or anything. He just needs to murder human beings.
He went out of his way to find Dexter, only to kill him in the end with no remorse. Jesus Chris I haven't been this disappointed since Game of Thrones. I was really looking forward to Dexter going to L.A. in season 2. But nevermind.
Going to LA? LOL, would have been so stupid and god awful. It needed to end, and it did, brilliantly.
@@davidlitwin7735 LMAOOO. BRILLIANTLY? BIRLLIANTY ?!!!!? The show ending was so fucking ass I’m dead, how can anyone with a pulse think that ending was brilliant
Well they are both psychopaths so the no remorse thing does make sense. Their whole dynamic makes to me as two psychopaths. There is an all or nothing mentality so since he messed up his code of course he would kill him.
Yeah, I thought he would go to LA and teach Harrison how to follow the code without getting caught.
@@davidlitwin7735 It did need to end but making a rushed ending that really makes no sense at all is not brilliant. There is a reason why everyone hates it not just because Dexter is dead.
I think it's hilarious that this is the second time we have a shitty ending for Dexter. This season was OKish for me but I was hoping for Dexter to go out in a much more satisfying arc. I didn't care for Kurt as the villain at all and Dexter acting out of character because he was "out of practice" doesn't sit well with me. They set up a whole reunion with Batista only to forget it in the end too wtf
Biggest bummer was definitely Dexter and Batista not meeting again. Really fucked. They could have just left it out lmao
@@connorcarlson3388 yup. They could've not included Batista at all & had Angela find out who Dex really is through Molly as she does extensive research for all her content & should've recognized Dexter from Rita's murder by Trinity.
Heroes did the same thing
bautista was just a plot device for angela to be able to threaten dexter that there is additional ammo against him, and really just a fan service. Kinda crude and could have been handled differently but definitely didn't ruin the plot. it made him panic and act irrationally, which is a theme throughout the whole season. he is acting irrationally in the setting of his son's arrival, both because of emergence of "feelings" (which dexter himself notes) and because it is acting as a reflection of him at a younger age when he could have been steered on to a different path.
I really wanted to see that dialogue between Batista and dexter after all those years. They did such a bad job. All the beginning episodes were good the end was just shitted on the wall.
Another flaw was Angela being a terrible cop. Decades of not being even remotely close to Kurt as the killer and some of the missing girls coming from the cafe. And I thought the same about the staff not noticing the missing new employees in a town with a problem of missing women 🙄 especially since it’s such a small town. And add that to another decade of sleeping with a serial killer. She found dexter out quickly after being fed info but no excuse for kurt and that includes his son and that boat accident. Her not knowing about that cabin was preposterous also.
Yeah like who built that cabin? He couldn’t have built it all on his own. How could he have had all that construction done without anyone knowing about it? No planning permission/permits? No receiptsv
100% agree with you. I think the "writers" thought that by having Harrison kill Dexter, he somehow embraced the code - he (Harrison) used his "dark urges" to kill an "evil" serial killer (Dexter). Kind'a lame, but I think that's what they were shooting for, no pun intended.
Maybe it was to show Harrison has truly become Harry, by killing Dexter like Harry was unable to, but knew he should have.
Of course it's not like Harry is exactly a good guy either...
This season makes me think that the writers actually had no understanding whatsoever of why people hated the original finale. They obviously know people hate it, but I don’t think they ever really got why. I think they genuinely thought people were just mad Dexter didn’t die or something, which is crazy to me.
They don't New Blood was no where near methodical or COHESIVE even like the OG masterpiece. Dexter would've never killed Logan, and found a way out or waited. What a load of bs. I am sure Micheal C. Hall wasn't happy either.
I think a lot of screen writers have contempt for their audience
I actually thought the old ending was alright. Pretty sad and all, but at least you saw him alive at the end, that made it a somewhat satisfying ending to a hard to end series.
But this? Seriously, fuck this. I'm glad i pirated the shit out of it. No way i would pay them to kill Dexter in a way worse way than just not continuing it..
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 i can only hope, and i don't care how this sounds, that another season with Dexter waking up in a hopsital bed because the bullet missed his heart.
@@quincyjackson7855 It would be kind of fitting seeing how Dexter has a horseshoe up his ass throughout the entire series, unfortunately the writers long ago last their sense of humour so unlikely
Also how did Angela know exactly where to find them at the end? She just randomly shows up in the woods for no real reason at all.
Yes!!! Like wtf where did you come from?!? 😂
Dexter ride police car (she can locate it ), so she can go to the car ( and that little nobody drive dexter car from her home which in in city so she can meet him on the way to the city or on the way to the police car)
@@branislavkoricansky5566 IN SUCH A SHORT TIME??
sorry for caps
@@userAsiral Yes police cars have GPS for this, she can see all the time where cars are ... all the show they go to city or other places quick, from everywhere in movie so we realy dont know what is closer if it is dexter place or undeground with bodies ... so this is i think no problem (of course better to show everybody - she can look on lockator in her police car with some short route there, he run away on logan car and if that was going to the dexter house she knows right away ...) ... problem is all the ending with slapy dexter not using his code and unlogical final moments
@@branislavkoricansky5566 Yeah and if that's true why in tf would Dex take a police car.He already killed someone he could as well steal someone else's car.Don't tell me he doesn't know how to jumpstart a car now
As some reviewer on IMDB stated: the only satisfying ending would be to have Angel Batista actually show up and take him to Florida. Then a final season could've been a mix between his trial and the revisiting of his childhood and his other kills that we haven't seen. It could have been so good, but they murdered Dexter...
I understand what you are saying, but that would have been felt like a documentary, not like the Dexter feel at all.
Yours is a far better ending then the actual one.. btw murdered by his son🤦
ikr, and the planned new season is supposedly about harrison. it sounds d.o.a. already
@@maggyfrog there's no new season showtime chose not to renew in February
@@mitchellhornerMEHOLLow123
that's good. it doesn't look salvageable anyway
The proper ending: Harrison shoots, but does not kill, his father. Dexter is arrested, extradited to Florida and convicted of multiple murders. He is sentenced to execution but, in exchange for full cooperation in identifying all of his victims, his sentence is commuted to life without parole. The final scene is Dexter, in his prison cell, writing. "Moon. Glorious moon. Full, fat, reddish moon, the night as light as day, the moonlight flooding down across the land and bringing joy, joy, joy. Bringing too the full-throated call of the tropical night, the soft and wild voice of the wind roaring through the hairs on your arm, the hollow wail of starlight, the teeth-grinding bellow of the moonlight off the water.... " That is the opening passage of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the first book in the series. The perfect ending is to return to the beginning. I can't believe they missed this opportunity!
Accept Dexter gets away and Harrison lies to that bitch I didn't see him. I actually thought Dexter was going to Kurt house to kill that bitch and then flee with Harrison to LA.
That would involve good writers again not ideologues at the helm.
They murdered the series finale more effectively than Dexter murdering his victims.
AGAIN 🙄
Yessssss
@@THX..1138 worse than they did earlier
Agreed🤦🏾♂️
Yes Kira
I agree with you 100%. Ducking serial killers dodged the flawed justice system throughout the entire series and that's why dexter was involved in killing these people. He could easily dodge the allegations against him with his experience from Miami metro and obviously intelligence. The whole thing just feels like they wanted to cancel the show and cut it off short. Very disappointing for such a great show.
You nailed it …exactly,yes 💯
I feel two more episodes should have been made and have it so dexter gets locked up because Angel gives the evidence and dexter is sentenced to death this gives harrison a chance to visit before his father dies and it means that harrison can stay in iron lake and have a normal life
Ngl the Logan situation felt like BS to me. Couldn't just dexter made him pass out, take the keys and gtfo of IronLake with or without Harrison.
There was so much evidence there was no way he could avoid the system again.
@@gracecairns9747 nothing solid. No finger print or dna sample nor cameras and no witness alive. Only suspicions and speculations.
They had always planned for the series to end with Dexter getting caught and dying, but it felt like they tried to cram 3 seasons worth of content into one episode and thats why it all felt so weird
I'm only interested in a season 2 of new blood if they fix the ending for episode 10. Start season 2 episode 1 showing that what happened with him escaping and being killed was all in his head and that he actually stayed in the cell, waited for Angela to return and used her lack of evidence and what he knows about Kurt to get her to agree to release him, then carry on from there for the next story which could be a new killer arriving in town that Dexter and Harrison deal with together whilst Angela still being suspicious of Dexter continues to try find evidence but is unsuccessful. Batista could arrive and we get the dramatic reunion of him both being happy to see Dexter alive but also kind of suspicious about him faking his death and what happened with Maria. The season could end with Dexter and Harrison leaving iron lake to make the new life in L.A before any other evidence is found.
This would be great, making the ending all a dream but the writers of this show are to incompetent to do this.
They should hire you bro... I was a big time fan of Dexter, just finished New Blood, so discusting and stupid end...
The classic lame it was just a dream bullshit hundreds of movies and shows used to do.
I fucking need it bro 😭
I really thought they were headed for LA tbh, could have revived the show that way. Crazy they decided to execute the show lmao
I was right there with you! My husband and I both actually! Killing the wrestling coach was AWFUL! And also, would dexter REALLY ask his kid to shoot him?! Would he want Harrison to live with that the rest of his life? I don’t think so!
This season was so good up until this episode. There was so much Dexter could have done in this series and killing him off really was not the right answer. I cannot believe he was not reunited with Angel Batista. I mean, this was his best FRIEND! There was so much that could have been done to save Dexter from getting arrested and killed. There are zillions of ways this could have been concluded.
I said awhile ago, that I’m only watching the original series and cannot even consider this series to be canon just because of this episode. As I said before, season 8’s ending sucked but it looked good in comparison to this new ending.
Right?! Why couldn't he just choke him til he passed out then take the keys instead?? He was so selfish at the end and it was so unlike the rest of the show, which I loved until he almost reached for a knife in Angela's kitchen then later killed Logan... Ugh
Because it shows that a killer will always cover their tracks no matter what. Also it's not the first time Dexter wanted to kill an innocent to protect his cover. Remember la Guerta? Obv Deb killed her but Dex would have otherwise.
Im pretty sure he wanted his son to go with him but recognized that his son didn't want to and the his son didn't allow him to go on his own killing bad people while treating good people like "collateral damage"... watch the episode again.... as he is walking away without his son he hears the rifle cock and stops dead in his tracks.... so he understands he has no choice whatsoever and might as well point to where the shot would do the job to the only thing left that he cares about in the world.... it's excellent writing actually
Truthfully I didn't understand why he killed Logan in the 1st place ... He could have waited for his girlfriend to comeback and he could have told her, that Kurt is not on the run ... That he killed him, the man who killed not 1 but 2 of her best friends and all the girls she was looking for, maybe she would have let him go on one condition that Harrison stays before he screws him up even more with what he is ... But the writer went the route they went 🤷
Us: "There's no way the ending of 'Dexter' could have been made worse." Clyde: "Hold my beer."
His "best writing in a while"
😆
Honestly they always hinted that it wasn't going to end well for Dexter ... And boy they weren't kidding with 2 questionable series finales ... But all jokes aside I really do think the original plan always was Dexter was going to die, but because of his popularity the writers just kept getting cold feet, and even thou they finally pulled the trigger (no pun intended) .... It still didn't work, personally I never understood why they just didn't let him get caught and go trial and let the jury decide ... Imagine Dexter on the stand going into detail why he killed the rapist, drug dealers & other serial killers, Imagine the reaction if the jury said not guilty to the guy who is killing worse monsters then him out in the world ... Like Dexter said once, "It takes a monster to kill a monster".
Dexter is Jesus btw thats why he dies in a cross and has this scar since season 1
I really think the writers planned, thought and had meetings just to reach the goal of "ruining the best show and character ever". They could not have done worse than this. I really don't understand why they did this.
is it the same writer from the original series?
@@petereisenhower8089 The writing had been going south since Clyde Phillips left after season 4.
Watched all seasons again before starting New Blood. Had no idea it was a mini-series. Your review was spot on.
Do the writers fit the code for murdering a show like that?
Yes they fit the code for killing an innocent show, they also got away with it (walked off).
@@MrLunaMars if the show was innocent it didn't fit the code. The show wasn't gunna hurt anyone
Underrated comment 🤣
@@nickmagrick7702 no.
I also thought it was dumb Angela told Harrison to run away because he could have easily said self defense with everybody then knowing Dexter was a serial killer at that point, and Dexter didn't need to kill Logan, he could have gotten off after they found Kurts kills, they could have pinned all of it on him. I loved the whole season up until Dexter escaping jail, I knew it was not gonna end well after that.
@Nicolas-André Tokou yep, kinda stupid 😂
Maybe Angela knowing the truth about Dexter made her want to keep Harrison away from Audrey, just in case. It's the only thing I can think of that makes sense 🤔
The kid just sliced someone open and snapped another kid’s arm and and now the whole town will know his father AMD mentor are both serial killers. In a small town like that how much change did he have at a normal life even if he was not guilty? Plus he’d be right back to foster parents anyway. And she probably didn’t want to take a chance of him being connected to her daughter either given what he might have inside him.
Dexter had to escape because Angel Baptista is coming up from Miami, and that will expose him as the Bay Harbor Butcher. Angela already deduced his method of subduing his victims with needle based tranquilizer (doesn't matter if it is ketamine or M99) before he kills them, and his only option was to escape, find Harrison, and vanish. He was willing to do anything to "not get caught".
@@tubebunbun Miami metro had nothing on Dexter. Maria tried and got nowhere. These are only suspicions. And yeah -- it does matter that ketamine was never used in Miami. No evidence. Sure, a meeting with Batista would have been uncomfortable but, Dexter would have walked.
Absolutely, 100%, the shittiest ending of the show I'd ever seen. I just can't fathom, how can you ruin a perfectly good show, with a beloved character, that was getting like 8s and 9s for every episode, and then go completely off the rails and ruin absolutely everything in just one episode.
I'm frustrated beyond belief. I didn't have high hopes for this return, but it surprised me, I actually liked the show quite a lot, up until the ending, and now I feel so cheated, it's insane. Feels, like I've totally wasted my time watching all those prior episodes just because of how shitty that ending was. Insane, simply insane, that a room full of professional writers came up with this, and then ran with it and there was no one who said: "Wait, that doesn't make any sense, it's dumb af, Dexter doesn't need to run, Angela doesn't really have anything on him, he just helped her out tremendously, etc etc etc." My goodness, what a total shitshow.
i completely agree!
It was disappointing but he definitely had to run. He was done for, Angela and batista both knew he was a killer in the end, the syringes and ketamine just proved everything. Even if they don't have definitive proof, they know damn well he's guilty. He'd be in a legal battle for the rest of his life. I'd rather get shot in the chest too lol
I only watched this season and I agree it’s absolutely horrible
The fbi couldn’t figure out the bay harbor butcher, but Angela with a google search did.
In the end of Dexter season 4 episode 7. He started losing it after he killed that photographer and found out said photographer was innocent
How the writers thought Dexter would kill another innocent is the stupidest decision ever made on TV. Not to mention Harrison going from "you've saved thousands of lives" to "I have to kill you for killing my coach, Dad!"
Just poor writing on this last episode and decisions that made zero sense.
The dark passenger was something beautiful. This persona drove fans to love Dexter. Was he completely innocent, No. Was he loved for what he was born into? Yes. This guy suffered from high trauma as a toddler. Watching his mother brutally dismembered and packaged up, which later influenced his MO as a serial killer. He tried to live a normal life, but as the last episode was titled, he would have to pay for his sins. I'm done with the show. I'm canceling my showtime subscription and I'm done with it.
The God of blood ended shot by his son.. they definitely be death both to end this miserable episode 😭
Got a feeling he will be the next dark passenger
I would love to have your "problems." Lol..
@@YoBigAndy I love these debates when people lose their favorite characters and they call it bad writing 😆 that means they felt it which implies good writing. What did they think "new blood" implied?.... maybe passing the torch? The argument of him killing the officer and the officer being a wresting coach is bogus too. He was caught off guard and his head was rammed into the bars. Probably had a concusion leaving him vulnerable to having his neck broke.
@@josflorida5346 I don't mind if the writers decide to kill Dexter if it is done in a satisfying way. But this, it seems so rushed and really odd.
I totally agree on the part when Dexter killed Logan (I thought it was his imagination doing that] but once he left the cell I was like WTF?! And then everything after that was just awful I mean the rushed it so they can kill off Dexter. Ps: I also think they should have just not made the series I mean the ending of the original was also bad but I liked how it left the views wondering what happened after that.
Omg same...I thought it was one of his imaginations. ..when he did that to Logan
When he killed Logan, my wife said "it's just a dream.......wait? He did that? WTF!?"
When he killed Logan, i guessed the ending. Lets make him kill an innocent, so we can kill him.
@@diogovieira5563 the most lazy ending yet again to arguably one of the best shows ever
This show made me crawl back into my breaking bad refuge. Recently, all the shows I've watched just made realize great story teller Vince Gilligan is and what a great show breaking bad was.
I feel like they tried to make this like the BB ending,
we see now that dexter was doing this for himself the whole time, he didn’t kill for the code or justice, he did it Cus he liked it and he was good at it. Then he dies in the end accepting his fate very similar to Walt, him freeing Harrison from his dark passenger, was like Walt saving Jesse, who then drove off to freedom.
All the connections are there.
Better Call Saul too...
@@dbenz16 he accepted he did it for himself in season 7 in the episode “the dark whatever” I think it was titled when he killed Hanna’s father. Rehashing it in a rushed 1 episode plot line with a couple foreshadowing moments here fell flat. Also him dying was totally ok with me if they had done it right I feel I’d the had the normal 12 episodes instead of 10 they’d have been able to pull off this type of ending better with more plot and context added rather than random bulk shot to fit the ending.
The ending being so bad that it has lead to people creating theories that Dexter faked his death so he and Harrison could move to another city for season 2 shows how abysmal this ending was.
You are so right and hit every single issue with that season. It's just like why did Harrison grow a conscience all of a sudden and kill dexter because he killed his coach? Harrison framed an innocent kid as a school shooter and almost did much worse to the other kids. It's like someone pushed this seasons writer out of the chair while he was writing the last episode and brought in the guy who wrote the finale for the last season to take over.
Such a good point that Harrison had no problem going after innocent people, even framing one of them, pretty much ruining his life in all probability.
Yep. "Hey while you're at it. Lets both confess to huge crimes. I'll get the chair, and you'll do 20yrs for that kid, plus civil damages."
Harrison didn't WANT to be a serial killer. He just wanted to love and acceptance from his Dad. Once he got it, he was able to make a choice about that type of person he wanted to become.
A major theme in the original Dexter and in New Blood was if Dexter was doomed to be a serial killer, or did he just accept his Dad code as the truth when in fact he could have changed under the right circumstances. Harrison was in a sense, "breaking the cycle", by shooting his father. He realized that he had free will to choose and going down that path with Dexter would lead to killing innocent people and he stood up against it.
@@geminisneverliestill doesn't do justice for the sudden change of conscience overnight
@@GlowVolve I buy it, Logan was like a second father figure to Harrison. You'd be upset too.
From a poetic or literary perspective, this did a great job of reviving the show to its original greatness and then fumbling the ending with nonsensical and unnecessarily bad writing, just like in the original. So I say, they totally nailed it, they captured the spirit of the shows original run right down to the t.
lol... bruh
LMAO!!!🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
A bit much
I'd buy a frame with your comment and pin it on my kitchen's wall. Best comment lol
"down to the t" - close but not quite IMO since that religious season of the original was horrible and would be torture to rewatch.
Dexter could have easily told Angela He stalked Kurt because He found it suspicious why Kurt kept pushing himself into Harrison's life, and Harrison could have easily confess to Kurt trying to murder him and running away, and thats how They found Kurt's shed.
Felt like Dexter did many things that were out of character. He is normally cold and apathetic but towards the ending of this season he got erratic and emotional.
Well his son came back into his life. A child will always make a man emotional. Especially if you have great love for that kid.
@@xmanc5687 That's not what I meant. He seamed disorganized in general. Having offspring that you love makes you vulnerable, yes. That does not explain the "unwise" decisions that he made. I am saying he is too smart for that
Just binge watched all 9 seasons in the last 2 weeks. The last 15 minutes of New Blood, made me feel sick to my stomach. As soon as Harrison shot Dexter, i had to turn of the TV. Why the writing staff chose this ending will forever be mystery to me.
Dexter New Blood was great up untill the last episode. So I will just go on thinking that all of season 9, was just a dream of lumberjack Dexter, trying to cope with his dark passenger.
I literally was shaking the entire last episode. I couldn’t believe it
I was heavily involved in the show and I pretty much broke down after he got killed. Still hurt right now. It's amazing how a television fiction character can have so much emotion on you
I give you props watching all 9 seasons in 2 weeks as I could only do the first 8 in a little over a month back in 2015. That’s real dedication and binge watching on crack
@@Eric-fx1zb I thought I was the only one LOL I felt betrayed ???? At the same time I was watching new blood I was also watching Dexter season 6 and now I feel so sad when I watch Dexter.
Yeah and the writer claims it be the best thing he'd written in a while, okay
There should have been 2 or 3 more episodes to better examine the dynamics with Dexter and Harrison’s relationship. Showrunner said the finale would break the internet. Many people saying this is worse than S8 finale is the only thing that fits here. They messed up trying to redeem themselves. Everyone expected Dexter to die.
New Blood never happened
I think they messed up by shoe-horning an obvious opening for a Season 2. Think about it, Harrison meets his dad covered in Logan-goo and finally sees him for what he is. He tells him to open his eyes and actually consider all the innocents he has hurt. But what if he chose not to be guided by Dexter and, instead of shooting him in the heart, he shot him in the knee? Dexter wouldn't have unleashed the 'New Blood' to drive on to Season 2. Instead, Angela could have taken Dexter back into custody, assured that he'd not get away with murdering Logan. Angel would have come up with all the evidence yo tie him in to the Bay Harbour Butcher murders. Harrison could have finally found a home in Iron Lake whilst Dexter was sent down to Florida where, hopefully no forensic specialist was on the team f&_king up the evidence xxx
@@lamo1724 I wud hav been even more pissed with that one lol i feel he had to die, it just pisses me off cuz there were so many other better routs to take.. I wud hav been happier with suicide by cop, but not his already fucked up son finishing the job
@@lamo1724 No they fucked up the writing once Dexter killed Logan. That should have never happened.
see that's exactly the problem these shows just do things now to get a temporary reaction on twitter. they don't think long term. it was bad that they killed dexter. even worse with how forced and contrived it was. it's like a rub and tug without the payoff
I cant believe I binge watched this entire series all night just to watch a fucked up ending like it was. What a joke.
Who's still waiting for Angel Batista to arrive with that juicy intel? 😄
I had the same read on it you did. Killing Logan was a plot device that (lazy) writers thought would help turn audiences against Dexter to prime them for him needing to be dealt with by Harrison as Harrison becomes the new holder of Harry’s code.
They also clearly thought Dexter’s inner monologue about finally feeling love was poetic justice… Once Dexter finally found the thing he’d always longed for, that thing drove him to accept his own death… But I don’t buy it. The entire season was a slow burn of the main story while simultaneously racing toward a pre-scripted ending where Dexter is dead… Resulting in what felt like very awkward pacing followed by an unearned payoff, that I’m not so sure was actually a payoff at all… I would totally watch more seasons of Dexter being Dexter, for example… if they could catch that lightning in a bottle again… But I have zero interest in watching a spin off “Harrison” series. So, as an avid Dexter junkie, I’m left empty… With only room for my dark passenger to corrupt any previously held adoration for the show and its characters.
I sadly agree, the finale to season 8 of Dexter while felt underwhelming it still didn't take away the greatness of the show as a whole, whereas the finale to New Blood felt very rushed, unfortunately unfulfilling and unsatisfying causing the entire series as a whole to be muddied. I think if New Blood just ended things at episode 8 then everything will be fine but since the two episodes were added now I can't in good conscience reccomend this series to anyone. I have no problem with Dexter dying I just wish they executed it in a much better way, oh well what's done is done and so am I, There is no worth in rewatching this series ever again considering the extremely disappointing conclusions to both Dexter & New Blood..
“Turn the audience against Dexter,”…um excuse me he’s been a serial killer for a very very very long time. You shouldn’t have really “liked” him to begin with
@@pallantetechtalk 🤣 you are aware that 99% of the people who watched the series actually like the character, right... or maybe you aren't aware.
@@pallantetechtalk If that were true, no one would have watched the show in the first place. Or be drawn to any antihero protagonists, in general…
The only way a continuation of the series works with Harrison in the lead roll for any length of time would be if Dexter is Harrisons, very visual, dark passenger. A roll that inserts Dexter in as his mentor in this way could be a very successful plot twist to the series.
It's really a shame how they ended this beautiful character. In the original series he's a very complicated man but he does have feelings and it makes you feel for him. This new series just wanted dexter to be killed it's such a shame the way they did it it's sad.
Him killing Logan, and Doakes, and getting LaGuerta killed, he wasn’t as good moral serial killer.
He has the same tendencies that all serial killers have. Escape at all costs.
He had to go. And him killing Logan showed Harrison that he is a real monster. They both realized that at the end. It had to be done.
@@stevenrondina9628 Is there such a rule in some big white book of rules in heaven that he had to go? LOL. No.
@@stevenrondina9628 He didn’t kill Doakes.
@@stevenrondina9628 He didn’t kill Doakes or LaGuerta. And that’s the problem with the ending, they had to act like a different character, Dexter wouldn’t have Killed Logan if they didn’t rush it.
I was not happy with this episode or the show's direction because I wanted to see Dexter Morgan try to live a normal life after his past, trying to connect with his son Harrison, and many others. Also what I missed the most in this Dexter New Blood was how Harry Morgan didn't show to help guide Dexter and try to help him understand life as a human. Also I didn't like on how Deb Morgan appeared as a vision to Dexter because she was harsh on Dexter all the time instead of trying to help guide Dexter on this new life. Also I thought that he being exposed as a Bay Harbor butcher was too fast.
Oh my gosh. These were my thoughts exactly! They so worked hard to build these characters throughout the season and then just completely changed who they were the last half of the episode. THANK YOU.
I didnt like how Angela suddenly became super detective after seeing the injection mark on the drug dealer
Thank you! Angela was supposed to be this beacon of morality, but turns a blind eye when she thinks murder is ok. The detail I can't look past is how Kurt was certain Dexter murdered Matt and knew where he dumped the body. Did he watch him do it and say, "ooh this will make good blackmail later?"
I thought Kurt is like Dexter. He can sense another psychopath. Something they left out of New Blood. Kurt figured it out because psychopaths are often intelligent and meticulous.
And Kurt did because he likes to play around with his prey.
@@flamealligator6984 lol what!?!?
If dexter hadn't escaped from prison.
Do u recon Angela would've helped to escape
@@munva I thought we were going to hear Angela leave a voicemail on Logan's phone to let him out after Dexter killed him.
@@lindseyormsbee no way she just figured out dexter definitelly killed Laguerta who's unequivocably an innocent. It was questionable whether or not dexter could be let off the hook even if he called angela upon discovering the dead girl gallery BEFORE killing kurt. This whole season is kind of lame.
I even got chills on the last episode, when she turned the camera off and was told by dexter about the bodies then right after that intense emotional deep scene, all the real Dexter fans get blue balled from there out😂😭 if they don't come back and redo this finale I will be extremely disappointed for life dude.
real
The writers of Game of Thrones are dancing with joy because there's a new GOAT of bad endings.
Dexter as a criminal and "hero" deserves a much better ending. For all viewers who really enjoyed Dexter's series, this is Clyde's middle finger right on our faces. I am as disappointed as the others ...
It was also out of character for Logan to be that close to Dexter with the water. He was extremely cautious and followed correct protocols earlier in the episode, but suddenly he was up close when the plot needed it.
Ya the protocol Logan followed while passing over the meal, went for a toss while he had to pass a water bottle 😒
And Dexter killing Logan (a good guy) was so out of character for him. Logan didn’t fit Harry’s code. Moreover, Dexter would have walked out free as there was no evidence against him killing Mat.
I guess, the only reason Dexter had to kill Logan was that he didn’t want to face Angel Batista the next morning. He got so shit scared that he would be all over media as the ‘Bay Harbour Butcher’ that he panicked and broke Harry’s code. He realised his secret was going to get public the next day. He couldn’t live with it and had to escape the cell.
It’s just poetic that his son killed him. However, I strongly disagree with how Harrison had a change of heart. It was rushed by the writers, as everyone is saying in the comments.
trash
I could fix the Dexter ending in 3 minutes. 1: I like that Dexter is succumbing to his addiction (killing) and a redemption arc is possible. 2: Dexter is meticulous and plans ahead. 3: He gave Harrison the gun. 4: He knew he was getting caught. 5: It is a blood pack. Harrison shot a blank. 6: Season 2 shows Angela walk off to call for the ambulance, turns around, and Dexter is gone. 7: Manhunt. Boom done.
bruh, they should hire you for fixing every fuck up. Problem is, you'll probably die from exhaustion.
I agree with your analysis. There were too many inconsistencies in the writing as you pointed out. Also, Dexter killing the cop was completely against his character. Finally, why bring back a series for one season? Although I did enjoy the other episodes of New Blood, I wished I hadn't watched this one and done series. Such a waste.
This really was a great season, right until the ending.
The whole thing seems so rushed.
Like, I would have loved to see a confrontation with Batista and Dexter.
I really do believe they should have done another season with Dexter being recognized as the Bay Harbor Butcher from old companions and have him to face his actions.
The second season should’ve been his trial with him walking at the end, and then being gunned down by let’s say Batista. That would’ve been epic
Oh and Harrison taking up the mantle of the code after dexters death
@@jimenez1221 That would have been a great ending because it would come full circle. They should have hired you as a writer lul
Instead of killing Logan, a confrontation / conversation between Dexter and Batista would have been more thrilling. They should have put him on trial and then give him death penalty instead of killing him so sloppily.
@@roselyncedric Without question!
Who thought they could possibly screw up a series ending twice, but they did it!
Seriously! You'd think they'd be in the writers room like, "Okay guys we really gotta nail this one." 🤣
I also felt this ending was a fail and lots of impossibilities and improbabilities. My feeling is the show creators and writers very much wanted us to completely be disgusted w/ Dexter and his killings that didn't meet the "code" etc. This way we wouldn't be so pissed off seeing Dexter die at the end.
I think so too. MCH was amazing throughout the season, but yes, Dexter was being painted as the bad guy here. Surely, fans know that Dexter is not innocent. He has a need that demands blood. Only the code keeps him from taking innocent life. But the writers wanted us to see Dexter without the code and what he is capable of without Harry.
I think it may have worked better if it turned out Harrison killed Logan.
Most of the episode stays the same up until after Batista is called. Harrison doesn't know what's happening, he's scared he's about to lose his dad after so long searching for him and finally finding common ground with him. Angela tells Logan that Batista will be coming in to provide evidence against Dexter but no one exactly knows what it is. Dexter overhears this and becomes anxious of what Batista might have but after a day or so, eventually comes to the realisation that it's over. We get a final inner monologue from Dexter like "Tonight's the night. And it will never happen again," echoing the common phrase. Logan goes to meet with Harrison in his hotel room. Harrison begs his coach, his only other role model and father figure what is happening. Logan knows he shouldn't say but he's grown attached to Harrison, even seeing him almost like his own son, so he tells Harrison that his dad may be going away for some time, and that the department is waiting on a witness from Miami Police Station. Horrified at this news, Harrison stands up from his chair in shock and starts having a meltdown. Logan gets up to try and calm him down, telling him that he'll be there to support him. Harrison in his state of confusion, terror, anxiety and anger lashes out at Logan whilst he's trying to calm him down. Harrison ends up killing his coach right there in his hotel room. With no safety net in place, Harrison runs away. Angela tries reaching out to Logan but to no avail. She tracks his phone back to Harrison's hotel and finds Logan's dead body.
Angela returns to the police station and calls for a search party to find and arrest Harrison. Dexter grasps the bars of his cell and demands to know what's happening. "Let me out! I have to find him! WHERE IS MY SON?!" he yells at Angela. She turns back around to him, gets slowly closer to him and tells him there is no way in hell she is going to release him. Dexter lets out one of his sighs, says "I'm sorry..." before grabbing her and slamming her head against the bars of the cell. To his relief, she's not dead but unconscious. He takes her keys, unlocks his cell and runs out of the police station. Dex runs through the woods, and goes back to his burnt down cabin. He finds Harrison crying, with blood on his hands. "I- I- I... I didn't mean to... I didn't mean to!" he runs over to Dexter and hugs him, looking for some support. Dexter hugs him back saying "I know..." Dexter tells Harrison it was a mistake, and he can get past it. But his dark passenger disagrees. The dark passenger, which has been on the side lines for 10 years, who has finally started getting it's satisfaction again, wants to engage, knowing full well that Harrison has killed an innocent person. It debates with Dexter inside his head whilst the hugging slowly gets tighter, hurting Harrison.
"DEXTER MORGAN!" Everything stops. The hugging, the monologue, the tears. Dexter lets go of Harrison in shock, he turns around and sees Angel Batista approaching aiming his gun at him. "How could you do this? How many people have died because of you? How did I ever think of you as a friend?" Dexter, for the first time has no idea what to do. He stands there in complete silence. "Turn around and get down on your knees..." Dexter does as he's told. He looks up at a crying Harrison on the floor. He can only do one thing now. "Harrison. Harrison!" Harrison turns towards his dad. "Run away." Harrison gets up and starts running away. Batista aims his gun away from Dexter towards Harrison shouting at him to come back. He fires a warning shot at Harrison whilst Dexter grabs a splintered bit of firewood and runs at Batista. Batista sees and makes a panicked shot but Dexter has already stabbed him. Dexter says "Nobody... hurts.. my son!" He takes the stake out of Batista and Batista bleeds to death there on the snow. Dexter turns to look for Harrison but feels a pain in his gut. He looks down and sees the bullet wound. He staggers towards the trees but falls on to all fours, unable to carry his own weight anymore. He looks back into the trees to look for Harrison but instead sees the white stag slowly approach him. He laughs to himself. "Tonight's the night...." He falls to the ground, eyes open staring into the heavens as the blood seeps into the snow, next to his old friends body.
Cut to black, roll credits.
Dexter did not kill James Doakes even though he was in a really difficult spot. Also later on Dexter killed Lila Tourney for killing Doakes because she fit the code by doing so. So yeah the finale does not make sense. I would have loved to see Batista and Angela digging deep into their narrative and working together to get the truth. It would have been even better if there is another season where Dexter just get a trial and the whole show would be about unraveling everything, seeing the public reception, and waiting for the verdict.
Never knew Lila's last name, thanks.
He didn’t kill Doakes but he had already decided that he was going to kill him until he found out that Lila did it first. Also if I’m not mistaken, he planned on killing Laguerta as well but then Deb killed her. He also killed that one guy at a truck stop when he lashed out in anger.
@@victornieves1794 Dexter was going to frame Doakes not kill him, also Dexter was contemplating on turning himself in just so he wouldn't have to frame an innocent man. Also after he killed that guy at the truck stop he felt such guilt and remorse for a total stranger, yet he kills Logan who are practically friends and feels nothing at all.
@@somaomori7966 We don’t know if he feels nothing at all, and he did say that he didn’t want to kill him.
Worst ending in history after game of thrones
I kept thinking " this is all happening in a roughly 3 week span?" I mean, the town is decorated for the holidays at the beginning of episode one and ends on xmas day? In that short amount of time Harrison shows up, gets a girlfriend, goes from not knowing a thing about wrestling to having a match with a state champion, not to mention all the stuff happening with all the other characters along the way. Then again, I've always been a close observer of timelines in TV series. Most don't make any sense.
If there's a season 2, I HOPE it features Dexter waking up in the hospital. Or maybe the last episode could be a dream, and that neither Logan or Dexter were killed. I don't think a spin-off with Harrison as the main lead will be as good. He's not as dark or as conflicted as Dex, though he does have his fair share of problems. This season was PERFECT until the end. It felt like coming home and fit so well with the original series. It's a shame that there has to be another crappy ending, though this new ending did make better sense than the series finale back in 2013.
2013 Lumberjack is 100 times better than this bullshit...
No season 2 it's done and Harrison fucked that up!
I was in shock when Harrison killed his dad. & I was so pissed they actually killed Dexter off. If there was no plan for a season two with Dexter, why not just let them drive off into the sunset…
They don't want you thinking being a vigilante serial killer is ok
@@NeedMorePlebs Oh no, you mean killing is bad? No shit, who taught you that? I'm pretty sure people watching the show are much smarter than the lazy ass writers who messed this up. God forbid people enjoy watching a show without getting a lazy moral speech shoved down their throat
@@mrniceguy3660 you don't sound like a nice guy
@@NeedMorePlebs he is just upset, he has every right to be. Its called an argument of a subject. What is the matter snowflake soul? ☺️
@@bososo531 huh? What I posted is what the writers of the show think.
How in the Hell could the First 9 episodes be so amazing and the Finale be SO Lackluster???
Expectations
@@AppleCore360 I’ll be honest, the Second I saw Snow on episode 1 of New Blood I immediately knew not to expect the same show. It wasn’t expectations that ruined the finale it was simply poor, lazy Writing.
It has to be budget reasons there is no other way
they should do a season 2, make the coach being killed and Harrison shooting Dexter all a dream Dexter had while in the cell and fix their fuck up.
im going to guess before watching. the thing i thought was stupid was Angela saying she shot Dexter. she was so smart figuring out Dex was BHB. and then she does this? there are heat cameras out there. She shot a man standing still in the heart with Harrisons' rifle? well how did that go down?
Dexter writers be like: "Remember how we completely screwed up that Dexter Ending?"
Me: "Well, yes..."
Dexter writers: "Wanna watch me do it again?"
We didn't learn from the 1st time, they out did themselves in regards to ending a season terribly
Couldn't have said it any better. I thoroughly enjoyed New Blood until like you said, the second half of the last episode.... How could they have Harrison kill Dexter after EVERYTHING.?
I don't thant was bad I was just pissed form all the plotholes and them teasing the return of batista to have it lead to nothing
Season 2: Dexter is in the jail cell back in the precinct. The last of season 1 was an idea he ran through his head. Kill the officer , meet with Harrison and run away. He snaps out of it and says to himself. "That would be stupid and careless. I have to find another way. " There, I fixed it.
Yeah, that logan scene alone makes me want to believe that Dexter started to hallucinate further in the cell after he screamed at Deb's apparition. In my own head I created my own ending where he got away but decided to leave his son at Iron Lake so that Harrison can live a normal life.
i hope it would be like that. cause if not then they just ruined the show. no one likes the kid. and people won't watch it for him
I still think Dexter is sitill sitting in jail and isn't actually dead, I think the ending was set up that way on purpose so it gives them options for another season, either Dexter had a psychotic break in that jail cell(and isn't dead) or he is dead and he will be Harrison's Harry moving forward, either way I wanna see them explore Harrison's future down the line because as much as Harrison tries to not be like Dexter, he is like Dexter and will inevitably take up the mantle as crusader, but I think Harrison actually has morals unlike Dexter, because in the end Dexter just plain liked killing people that was his on driving force and the rest of the code was just him trying to justify what he was
Leaving Harrison homeless and without a father is not a normal life.
dexter has outsmarted the various people like an fbi agent and your telling me that a small town shreiff figure it out because of ketamine anyone who a true dexter fan knows that used that etorphine ( m99 ) drug
Remember how long it took Dexter to contemplate killing Doakes? He killed Logan with no hesitation.
@@atrocious7766 He never killed Doakes. This whole ending was a complete shit show and not the character we all watched for many years
@@Berserkism He already decided that he was going to kill Doakes, the only reason why he didn’t is because Lila got to Doakes first. Dexter has also broken his code multiple times before.
She didn’t figure it out just because of ketamine. There was already doubt that Doakes was the BHB because some of the killing happened while he was deployed in the military. You also have the fact that Doakes and Laguerta (Officer who worked in the same Department as Dexter) both believed Dexter was a killer and both wound up dead. You also have the fact that Dexter faked his death and moved to Iron Lake, now Matt and Kurt both disappear and Matt’s surgical screws are found in Dexter’s home. It wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to make these connections.
@@victornieves1794 Nope, and it doesn’t matter what he decided (for all you know you would have changed his mind, again). He did not kill Doakes. He only kills innocent people as a last resort (and still second guess those decisions) and he doesn’t do things so sloppily.
look how they massacred my show
I'm waiting on the next season's opener where Dexter's son wakes up and finds Dexter in the shower the last season having been a dream. What too soon? Been done before? What?
Why can't they get the ending of a series right. I guess writers refuse to submit to focus groups, so sad.
I have such high hopes.
Why was Batista even involved....
I think they want to continued it with harrison as main character but yea they pissed off so many dexter og's fans
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I think that's the end of the franchise now 🤔
They did get it right
@@nlw4755 he's gonna be on next series
Harrison is some how now the moral high ground some how Judging Dexter , Really are we just going to forget he planned an attack on a innocent kid making sure he would get away with it , and sending that innocent kid to the nut house prison , so he could portray himself as a hero . Dexter was a hot mess killing bad people , Harrison strikes me as a true malicious serial killer in the making . Plus your 100% right Dexter should have just set still in his cell and let it play out what Caldwell had done . He had enough evidence that Caldwell had been setting him up . How hard would it be for dexter to say that he found an envelope in his door with the screw from Matt’s leg . This was some of the worst writing ever for the series finale , and the ratings prove it .
I was so disappointed in the end. It was one of the worst episodes I had ever seen. I thought Logan is gonna help Dexter to escape and I can’t even stand Angela. She knows too much about Dexter. I thought Harrison was gonna kill Angela and save him. But I’m in shocked what he did there. It was really awful. I really wish that episode did not existed for the first place. But I would love it if they have a alternate ending if Harrison doesn’t shoot Dexter.
Ok so here's the scoop: Michael C Hall apparently had made it pretty clear over the years post OS and pre NB that he didn't want to be Dexter forever and that if he were to reprise the role it would have to end with D being dead. Apparently the creator of this travesty literally came up with the shit ending first, allegedly because he has daddy issues of his own.
"It's like I was watching a completely different Dexter, one who had to fit the ending the writers wanted rather than the one we've spent 9 seasons following."
That's a bingo. This dude wrote a Daddy Dexter fan fic and the writing team had to accidentally lay 8 hours of decent tracks to get there.
Ding Ding, last stop, Shit Land.
I bet the kid who plays Harrison will do fine, but if they even try to spin off a series for these hacks I swear to Harry we're all going to hell in a plastic-wrapped handbasket together.
Fans: "The ending of Dexter was so disappointing."
Dexter New Blood: "Hold my beer."
The original show ended bad, why would bringing it back with a lot of the same people would make it good?
It was never going to be good
I can not believe I prefer the b.s. s8 finale over new blood, especially when new blood was so much better overall than season 8
@@maxsmoviechannel2025 All up until the last episode when they had to bring in the woke shit with the "cis-gender, overprivileged white male". Nobody wants to see that nonsense being spewed on television.
Lumberjack Dexter somehow seems better than this
You ain’t lying lol.
There was a refreshing lack of incest, I will give the new season that much.
They owe us a second season after this ending. They can possibly salvage it by making it one of the imaginary scenarios that happen in the books and TV series but it’s still such a step backwards that it will not be easily forgotten unless they do it right. If it were me personally, I’d start sometime before or during the arrest, prior to anyone getting killed. Whole thing was totally counterproductive and defeats so much character progress all at once. That’s my two cents. I’ll probably have to go write some fan fiction now. Stay tuned.
The moment it went off the rails is when he killed Logan. Until then, he could have been able to get out of it once the Chief found Kurt's trophy room.
The season was a masterpiece up until the point he killed Logan. He could've easily told Batista the same story about getting away because he was cursed like he told Harrison and make them chase Kurt because he clearly had motive to set him up and it looked like he ran away. Really sad and unnecessary ending
You know what's frustrating about this ending? that they ended it. Seriously, not many programs are brought back 10 years later and got as much love, praise and attention as it's hey day. Not even X Files managed to pull it off. They could have actually brought back the series properly and a whole new generation could have been introduced to the twisted world of Dexter.
If this whole series was to give fans a proper send off because of the backlash of the lumberjack ending. Well ermm they failed. 😂
Couldn't they have just filmed 2 endings and decided which one to go with based on how much praise the new series was getting? Maybe an alternative finale which could have given us New Blood series 2?
The show hasn't been good since season 2-3. Its a terrible show.
Dexter’s son will continue the new blood series. Dexter had to go
hollywood hates white male actors , thats why in this season cis term was used so much .
they love killing white male characters
@@khshkhshkhsh No on both counts
i mean look at CSI, that was the most popular show, now no one literally talks about it.
Yeah, pretty much spot on. BUT this was the ending I thought was going to happen. I thought the sons "Dark Passenger" was going to kill and "frame" his dad, just the way he was trying to do it with his friend in the earlier episode. I thought that would have been a pretty good twist that went full circle. That his son was actually more "evil" then him, and had no remorse or code.
But with all that, I was so pissed about the cop giving him money so he could run away? WHAT??! I could deal with the crappy way they ended it, but that was the icing on the cake. It didn't make any sense in any way you cut it.
Oh well, at least the rest of the season was good. I'm just surprised that it did so well, just to end like that.
dude it was perfect he had to be stopped had to be putdown as he was killing two many innocents indirectly .... Brilliant
ending
Loved your analysis and completely agree with pretty much everything you said - it was an enjoyable season right up until the point of Logan’s death - ending felt rushed and muddled, contradicting a lot of the details presented earlier in the season. Dexter dying was the right outcome but the way it happened was very badly constructed.
Completely agree. I didn't think the ending was awful but I felt meh about it due to the writing.
EXACTLY.
@@firstname8348 a serial killer falls in love with the chief of police
My god the last minutes…
1. Dexter could wait a day or two and walk free
2. They set up Batista just not to use him?? The perfect ending could be Dexter confesses to Batista and then go to jail
Totally Agree
But if you had to choose a death
1. death penalty
2. Harrison shooting
I agree it makes no sense for Harrison to shoot him imo Dexter confessing to batista woulda have been a much better ending.
This ending makes the lumberjack story seem amazing. God-awful ending for New Blood
My alternate endiing for the last episode:
Dexter has actually been in a highly anxious, unconsciously panicked state for a while time because Harrison kept getting in trouble and Dexter feels like his son is constantly in danger. When he was locked in the cell all of the anxiety started to act up. What if they interrogate Harrison and the kid says something incriminating? What if the thugs from before won't leave him alone when he's not around? What if Harrison acts up on his urges at a wrong time and wrong place, and gets caught? His training to a vigilante has barely even started yet.
So, Dexter did what he did to Logan. He'll feel bad about that later, as now he needs to talk to Harrison. He meets up with his son, who confronts him about Logan. Dexter explains to Harrison that he messed up, but he doesn't regret it did it for him and he would do it again. Harrison is angry and sad, so Dexter, overwhelmed with emotions, tells him to shoot him and points at his chest. For a while it seems like Harrison is about to shoot him, but he then lowers his gun. He has realised him and his dad both need each others, and he could never kill his own father. Dexter explains he would do anything for his son, even break the Code. They hug and leave Iron Lake together, and their story continues..
I enjoyed this season and finale much much more than the previous final season. I only wish we could’ve seen an interaction between Batista and Dexter.
Same. I actually felt a little emotional at the end seeing Dexter explain he finally felt love. All this season needed was a couple more episodes with Dexter going face to face with Angel
Doesn't mean it wasn't shit.
Omg this series was starting to get so freaking good and in 20 minutes of the last episodes they turn it into the biggest abomination in cinematic history ....idk how anybody enjoyed that
To tease us with it and not give it was a cruel move.
OMG! 😱 I thought I hated the first Dexter Series finale. This one tops it as the
effing worse.
No confrontation with Batista. I think Dex could’ve talked him down. Leaving Angela frustrated.
I was 50/50 on Harrison from the beginning. The stabbing. The arm breaking. Anger at Dex, as the excuse. BS. what was all the talk about killing Trinity slowly? Did he kill the Truckers, who touched him on the way to Iron Lake?
Harrison is a liar. How do we know he didn’t find the letter. Kill Hanna. We have no proof/no scene of how she died.
I thought the same during the Logan scene. I thought Dex was going to grab the gun. Shoot Logan in the leg. Lock him up. Get out of town with lame a$$ Harrison.
Dexter didn’t have to die. I don’t get why some fans said he has to die. We know he’s a redeemed psychopath. We know he enjoys torturing and killing. WTF was Harrison talking about before he shot him.
Dexter didn’t break the code, IMO. First rule, “Don’t Get Caught”
I would’ve preferred Harrison being exposed as the reckless little psycho he is. Dex having to put him down. Leaving Iron Lake for L A with annoying Ghost Deb. He could save thousands of more lives taking down psychopaths.
I’m a die hard Dexter fan books and tv series. It’s going to take me awhile to get over this horrid ending. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️💔💔💔
Sorry for the rant.
I will agree Deborah was extremely annoying. They could have left her out of the series. Wish we could have had more seasons and episodes as Dexter was my favorite TV show. Sad to see it end.
Thanks for ranting. I don't think Dex had to die either. The last few episodes were contrived. I was just waiting for someone to tell Angela that the BHB didn't use ketamine. NEVER happened.
I think the show wants us to see Harrison as redeemable, and that he might not have a dark passenger. I also think the writers wanted us to see Dexter as a monster.
But he's supposed to be a likable monster who kills bad guys.
As for Hanna, she has always been a foil for Dexter. Hanna and Dex have similarities. She supposedly went of to Argentina, lived on a farm, and died of cancer. This was Dexter's life in Iron Lake. Dex could have just stayed in that town being boring Jeff Lindsay. But no, he couldn't silence his dark passenger. Dex craves excitement.
Oh, well. The word disappointed isn't enough to express how I feel. LOL. I wanted Dexter alive and out of jail in the final episode. With or without Harrison wasn't an issue for me.
How are the books in comparison?
Agreed
@@cassidytaylor3498 Excellent. Funnier. Darker. The Psychos Dexter takes down are much worse than the ones in the TV series. As is Dex, when he finally catches them. Dexter’s dark humor kept me laughing. His kills left me satisfied. He’s
like a trained tiger (the code) when he pounces. …. Very satisfying.
I own the last book but haven’t read it. Saving it. I do this when I don’t want a series to end.
I even own the Dexter Graphic Novels.
dawg how would this end without dexter dead? it was just how it was going to go someday, im happy it ended with him putting his son first
I wondered the same thing with the billionaire. He was built up in the first episodes of the season and then completely forgotten about. Also, the writers whiffed when it came to a face-to-face confrontation between Dexter and Angel Batista. That would've been epic. The problem may have been that the writers already had the ending in mind and then worked their way backward from the conclusion. That may explain some of the other inconsistencies you pointed out. Great analysis by the way; I also loved the season and hated the ending.
This ending betrayed the story, betrayed the characters and betrayed the audience, especially long-time fans. It turned Harrison into a murderer not only of his father, but of an unarmed man. (It clearly wasn't self-defense.) It made Angela into an accessory to that murder. In both cases, they lost whatever moral high ground they could have claimed and they became just as flawed as they thought Dexter was. It also made Dexter complicit in traumatizing his son by encouraging the murder. If Dexter thought his death was the only way to resolve this, he could simply have killed himself and kept any blood off his son's hands.
A better ending would have been Dexter having to choose between indulging his dark passenger by killing Kurt or by being a good father and turning Kurt over the law, showing Harrison that he might be able to control his impulses. Ultimately, Dexter could have made the wrong choice and been killed while killing Kurt, showing his dark passenger was his own demise and serving as a character lesson for Harrison, who stays in Iron Lake and is raised by Angela who helps him control his impulses. Much better ending, much more true to the characters and would demonstrate the old adage of living by the sword often results in dying by the sword (or, in this case, scalpel).
Harrison raised by Angela who helps him control his impulses?
Yeah, that makes no sense.
Your ending would have been the most perfect way to redeem this drama. thank you!
Harrison was gonna commit murder sooner or later, I actually liked the fact it was Harrison who did it, I know you said he lost the moral high ground but I see it the opposite way, I think it reaffirms that Harrison is actually a good person and only killed Dexter because everything that Dexter has taught him was basically bullsh*t(which the evidence has pointed to that since the beginning) of the series)
Although I kinda liked the ending, I think one of 2 more episodes would’ve helped because I wanted to see how Bautista interacts with dexter after thinking he was dead for so many years.
Such a missed opportunity!! I
My opinions exactly. People are too hard on this ending. It's almost impossible to satisfy people.
@@bruceleeroy8302 well you can't please everyone as they say. However I with many other viewers agree it was out of character for Dex to kill Logan. It was very disheartening
How in tf did you like the ending. Dexter killing Logan was so weird. Harrison killing his own father makes absolutely no sense
@@user-ko6th4mn9q exactly. As soon as Dexter killed Logan you knew they just wanted to end the show and didn’t give a fk. It’s tragic really. All that build up for the last 30 minutes just to repeat what the original ending did perfectly already, disappoint.
They should have just made Dexter take responsibility and tell Harrison to run off and be free of his sins and left it on a cliffhanger with whether or not the police arrested him or he managed to escape.
My heart also broke when Dexter killed logan for no reason instead of just getting away with it in court and relocating. Seems like they thought, “Hey, we gotta find a way to make dexter (someone who has been doing this exact thing perfectly for years) screw up and die instead of some more meaningful ending
he has a thing with .... logs .... don't cha think ?
Dude, the billionaire! Literally, I thought he was gonna have a big part in the show. Cuz why tf did they introduce him if he wasn’t gonna?!?
I was wondering were he was for good chunk of the series