So did dexter fans, who, witnessing this showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since seinfeld. The real alt ending was going to be dexter hears some sicko broke out of jail and decides to kill him over meeting rita. Clyde phillips reveals how he would have ended the serial killer drama. Dexter series dvd exclusive alternate ending youtube. If you watched dexter from the beginning up until the final episode a few weeks ago, you know just how much of a let down the finale was. Daybreak was convoluted and cluttered, but thats preferable to the lolz that dexter came up with for 12 straight weeks. Written by showrunner scott buck, the series finale featured an intensity greater than anything this season as dexter michael c. Alternate ending for dexter fixitinpost wikia fandom. The eighth and final novel in the dexter series, dexter is dead, now in bookstores, picks up from the end of the previous book, with the titular vigilante serial killer under arrest and facing a. But i thought my expectations were low enough that, while the finale would disappoint me given that dexter started off with so much promise, it wouldnt stun me.
Dexter becomes a fitness guru and releases a series of workout dvds. Hall is finally opening up about dexters universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. Hall and hannah yvonne strahovski played an epic game of cat. The dexter producers defending the final season and series finale. By the end of season eight, fans were begging for the show to end, and even then they couldnt get any satisfaction. Showtimes longrunning series about a charming, vigilante serial killer, dexter, had an explosive series finale that wasnt highly regarded by fans. Dexter left showtime after eight seasons two years ago, but fans started buzzing about a potential revival for the series over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. After eight seasons and a legion of devoted fans, dexters series finale was bound to draw mixed reactions. This site is part of my lifes work, its a part of me. Only 30 percent of breaking bad fans believe walter white should perish. This final season seemed to be headed in a great direction, and then everything they did didnt even really seem to matter in the end. Brian replaces harry as dexters dark passenger as dexter does not have to hide who he is anymore. Clyde phillips, who served as executive producer and showrunner of dexter for its first four seasons, revealed the ending that he would have pitched for the series in an interview with e.
The dexter ending is considered one of the worst tv finales of all time. Well i think the ending of dexter is underrated as i think it was clever and like any. Hall as dexter morgan in dexter season 8, episode 12. This alternate ending might be one of the best seriesfinale ideas of all.
Dexter finale alternative a happy, and far superior ending submitted 5 years ago by blizeh. The show goes out in a way no other show has in the past. So what really happened to warrant so much disappointment. Here is a synopsis of what happened in the episode. Many believed the series was past its prime, but fans stuck with it. Set in miami, the series centers on dexter morgan michael c. That being said for the sake of the assignment i will say it was one of the most unsatisfying finale i have seen and this is how i will fix it. Dexter gets a wolverine crossover alternate ending. The internets reaction to dexters awful series finale. Dexter is an american crime drama mystery television series that aired on showtime from october 1, 2006, to september 22, 20. This season has been in a steep nosedive for so long, it wasnt like dexter was going to right its course in its final hour. The alternate ending would be dexter gets caught after a detailed investigation. Former dexter producer clyde phillips reveals how he planned to.
After what has been a slow, boring final season, dexter s season. I can honestly say that although the ending was not practical, it was not extremely disappointing as other audiences feel. Dexter series finale branded lamest ending in recent tv. Disappointed by the dexter finale, i rewrote and modified the final minutes in the encore. Dexter showrunner defends finale, former showrunner offers.
Dexter turning himself in as the bay harbor butcher and then writing a musical about his life, which harrison goes on to. Assuming you werent in the small majority that loved it. Abcs longrunning nathan fillionstana katic drama was abruptly canceled last week and resorted to a weak plan b ending. Dexter finished its eightseason run tonight with a series finale that is certain to rankle. Though dexter was considered one of the best crime shows of the late 2000s, the shows popularity took a huge dip in its later seasons. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c.
The series finale met a mixed and polarized response, although the majority opinion was negative. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. The dexter ending could have been so much better huffpost. Joey paur cofounder editor of, and if you havent noticed i write a lot. The shows original showrunner, clyde phillips had a far more sinister ending. If he had committed suicide, jumped into the ocean with debs body, or went into that hurricane with her by his side, the ending would have made a lot more sense. Dexter might have left behind a trail of blood and body parts, as the character observes in the finale, but tvwise, the series cast a long shadow. Online, and it sounds infinitely better than what we ended up seeing. And this is why the series finale sucked more because as devastated as dexter should have been for deb, he wasnt. Granted, there was no way for remember the monsters to be good. Following the finales overwhelmingly negative reception, buck told thr that he, for one, was fully satisfied with dexter s swan song, stating. Clyde phillips has revealed his planned ending for the series.
Dexters series finale almost took an alternate route where dexter, the titular serial killer, would have met his end. Hall, a forensic technician specializing in bloodstain pattern analysis for the fictional miami metro police department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, hunting down. He wanted the final episode to show that the entire series was a flashback dexter was caught by authorities and sentenced to the death penalty. Original dexter showrunner clyde phillips dished to e.
Deb needs an urgent rare organ transplant to survive. The final shot of the finale, of the series, is dexter, now living as a lumberjack seriously staring straight into. An alternate ending was planned for the series by the original showrunner clyde phillips. Dexter premiered on october 1, 2006 and aired its series finale on september 23, 20. Dexter finale alternative a happy, and far superior ending. But the ending of dexter didnt have to go this way. I dont disagree that the ending to the series ive loved for a long time was shit, but i honestly dont prefer a fairy tale. But critics and fans alike have branded the highly anticipated ending as disappointing. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful dexter has been up and down for a while, but nothing could have prepared us for a finale that bad.
I want to start off by saying that dexter is perhaps one of the best tv shows i have ever seen. Dexter spinoff series wont happen without michael c. From the very beginning the paradox was heres a guy who doesnt feel hes a human being, who has to fake it. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed. Frankly, the series finale could have been much worse. Movies are my passion and i live and breathe all things geek. He is put on trial and he would sentenced to life in prison.
September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. Castle series finale strikes a sour note hollywood. Dexter finding a timespace portal through which he takes harrison and ends up in winterfell and joins the cast of game of thrones. If i was going to create an alternate ending for a beloved series. One word unfair it was an unfair, abrupt end to a series so well written. Dexter literally ending midepisode and not leaving us with that idiotic ending. The series cannot end on a cliff hanger dexter escapes all alone and working in a lumber mill and without his son who was left with hannah. Showtime series not being revived tv series finale. This article contains spoilers for the monday, may 16, series finale of. Dexter should have been exposed somehow, or killed, or sacrificed.
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