By ALISSA PETSCHE
Contributing Writer
For those of you who have yet to see the series finale of Dexter or have any intention of watching the series, I encourage you not to read the following article because it will contain spoilers.
What is being dubbed as not only the worst episode of Showtime’s television series Dexter, but also the worst series finale since Seinfield, Remember the Monsters? contained what could be the biggest and most unexpected plot twist in the entire series.
Dexter became a lumberjack.
For those who don’t watch, I wish I could tell you that the last sentence I just typed was a joke but that is far from the case. America’s favorite serial killer went from cutting up people to cutting up trees.
The unexpected, lumberjack plot twist was the proverbial rotten cherry on top of the moldy sundae that was the Dexter series finale. After a season full of plot holes, the series finale was no different.
Whether it was Oliver Saxon, Dexter’s archenemy this season, pistol wiping a man in the middle of a crowded parking lot or Dexter rolling his sister Deb’s hospital bed out of the building without being stopped by anyone, it’s evident that the residents of the Miami metro area just do not care what’s going on around them. Perhaps this explains the high rate of unsolved cases; there are never any reliable witnesses.
Despite the plot holes and plot twists there were a few good things to take from the finale that nearly made it worth watching. For one, the musical score of Remember the Monsters? was phenomenal and possibly the best scored episode the series had ever seen.
In a season that took viewers all over the map, the finale thankfully did not have any irrelevant subplots, unnecessary Dexter voiceover, or Ghost Harry.
A series that almost couldn’t be taken seriously by longtime fans had about 46 out of 56 minutes of intense and focused drama.
Lukewarm reception withstanding, if the writers can say anything positive about what they managed with the finale it’s that the audience was on the edge of their seats the entire time and that the ending left jaws dropped all over the world.
What the mistakes of the series finale did give viewers though was a plethora of tweets that will hopefully have fans laughing once they get through the process of mourning the series’ end and being angry with the writers. I will leave you with a few of my favorites:
@BOIBakedPotato: The #dexter finale was like having a friend of 8 years suddenly drop kick my puppy… #wtf
@bmathew1991: I don’t know how to feel about Dexter really being Wolverine the entire time. I feel like his claws were underutilized. #dexter
@AverageCharles: “My Dark Passenger no longer wanted blood…he wanted the trees.” -#Dexter straps a large oak tree to the killing table-
@Mariahstraughan: That was one of the worst episodes ever. We’re leaving, we’re not, we’re leaving, we’re not, I died, I didn’t, I’m a lumberjack #dexter
