Some of the best shows in television history have terrible series finales that ruined the show for many viewers. Tv talk dexter series finale remember the monsters. For many twitter users, dexter was the worst tv finale of all time. Only 30 percent of breaking bad fans believe walter white should perish. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad. After eight seasons of following dexter morgan and his problematic compulsion to kill, the series took a strange turn and decided that the only. The terrible end of our once beloved dexter the atlantic.
Jan 27, 2019 the series finale is not just the end of a season. Sure, the season ended poorly, with a finale that let dexter off the hook for all the difficult moral choices it presented to him, but that was the sort of thing that could easily be fixed in the shows third season. Please hand back your award for worst finale series. Dexter was never meant to have happiness in his life. During a reddit ama, the actor took a moment to address why the creative decision was made to keep the famed serial killer alive at the end of the drama. It aired on nbc may 14, 1998 to an audience of 76 million viewers. One word unfair it was an unfair, abrupt end to a series so well written.
Fans respond to true blood finale with true hate the. After eight seasons, showtimes weeds wrapped its run sunday with an hourlong finale that brought back several faces. Dexter had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and sunday nights series finale despite its emotional flourishes merely underscored that this was a series well. The series finale met a mixed and polarized response.
Daybreak was convoluted and cluttered, but thats preferable to the lolz that dexter came up with for 12 straight weeks. Veep punched its final ballot with sundays timejumping series finale and the hbo political comedy cast its final vote and then, in a flashforward, laid that winner to rest. Sep 23, 20 mike hale, a television critic for the new york times, discuss the final episode of dexter. From the very beginning the paradox was heres a guy who doesnt feel hes a human being, who has to fake it. The series finale was the best dexter episode in years. Fans hated the dexter finale, but heres why it was actually brilliant. 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. Were there any other versions of the ending that you rejected.
Dexter should have been exposed somehow, or killed, or sacrificed. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad ruined. Here is a synopsis of what happened in the episode. In contrast to dexters season 8 debut on june 30, which pulled in 2.
Jul 14, 2015 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. The dexter ending is considered one of the worst tv finales of all time. However, ruining the entire series with a terrible schlock like this finale is simply unacceptable. Hall is finally opening up about dexters universallypanned series finale, and he feels your pain. I know, writing a finale to such a great series after 8 years is a horribly thankless job, and no matter how you write it, most fans would hate it, if only just because it ended their favorite show. Showtime series not being revived tv series finale. 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. Former executive producer clyde phillips offers up his own ending for the series. Movies are my passion and i live and breathe all things geek. We know the dexter ending wasnt what most people expected, but hear us out. The dexter series finale was unbelievably awful buzzfeed. 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.
September marked the end for two of the most popular dramas on television. Still, i was optimistic that this final hour would be a redemption of sorts, a fitting end to the story of dexter morgan and his sister. Subscribe to the times video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from. Spoilers why the series finale was great spoiler the first time i watched dexter from the beginning to end was in 2015 i assiduously avoided all internet discussions of the show until i had finished it, so i had nothing spoiled for me. Dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. The game of thrones finale wasnt the ending we deserved. After what has been a slow, boring final season, dexter s season. Mike hale, a television critic for the new york times, discuss the final episode of dexter. Deb needs an urgent rare organ transplant to survive. Id be very interested in seeing a revival of dexter, mostly so the show runners could fix the terrible mess they made of the series finale. The finale is the twopart series finale of the american sitcom seinfeld. I dont understand why there is so much hate for the ending. Joey paur cofounder editor of, and if you havent noticed i write a lot. Former dexter producer had a much better ending for the.
The series finale met a mixed and polarized response, although the majority opinion was negative. Twitter curates lineup of tv endings worse than game of. The show goes out in a way no other show has in the past. Theory what if dexters ending was intentionally terrible. Sep 23, 20 dexter producers explain finale, defend final season. After eight years, 96 episodes, 1,200 of its lead character sitting at a computer, and 1. This site is part of my lifes work, its a part of me. Dec 03, 2014 lumberjack dexter, were still not over you. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry. Like a bad ending can completely ruin an otherwise good film or book, a tv shows final episode can leave such a bad taste in ones mouth that it can change ones perspective on the entire. Nothing ruins a great story quite like a terrible, unsatisfying ending. Its initial running time was 1 hour and 15 minutes. Many believed the series was past its prime, but fans stuck with it. Dexter ending explained and alternate ending revealed.
Sep 23, 20 needlessly depressing and completely evasive, the dexter series finale was one of the worst endings to a television show ive ever seen. Mar 05, 20 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. The worst thing about this is that dexter had a potentially brilliant final arc one that would have redeemed many of the shows sins set up in the first four episodes of its final season. Sep 23, 20 after eight years, 96 episodes, 1,200 of its lead character sitting at a computer, and 1. A lot of people were upset with the season 8 finale to dexter. Why dexters finale is the worst of all time screen rant. Dexter was one of the most popular and beloved dramas of the 2000s until its final season, which ended with an. In the penultimate episode, when dexter realizes hed rather do the right thing and reject his addiction to let the police handle saxon, its too little, too late. So dexter runs to deb in the hospital, and she tells him to go to argentina because he deserves a happy ending. Dexter spinoff series wont happen without michael c.
So did dexter fans, who, witnessing this showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since seinfeld. The final episode of any showfrom shortlived single seasons to longrunning, muchloved tv classicsis a chance for writers and showrunners. Critics have even gone as far as labeling it as one of the worst tv. The fundamental design of where they ended dexter was really. Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all. This is reflected in the shows season 8 rotten tomatoes score, which show the audience had a 50 percent approval, while critics. Dec 02, 2015 id be very interested in seeing a revival of dexter, mostly so the show runners could fix the terrible mess they made of the series finale. Dexters terrible final season and how breaking bad ruined the series showtime. If dexter has been on death row remembering his life,that would be a cop out on the writers part and a terrible ending for an original and innovative series reply mikael says.
Dexter is pretty widely known as the worst tv series finale of all time, and michael c. With a hurricane threatening miami, dexter becomes determined to end things his way. Learn more about how dexter ended and how fans and cast members reacted to the finale. They are the 179th and 180th episodes of the show and the 23rd and 24th episodes of the ninth season. Needlessly depressing and completely evasive, the dexter series finale was one of the worst endings to a television show ive ever seen. Most controversial tv finales of all time best and worst. Dexter gets a wolverine crossover alternate ending. Season 8 and the series conclude with dexter facing impossible odds. After the death of deb, who was his rock, he chose isolation than to risk more pain and. Here, the worst series finales of some of the best shows. I just finished rewatching the series for the first time in 5 years. We collected 12 of the absolute worst series finales, from seinfeld to girls. The 10 most disappointing tv finales, according to angry fans. The 3 most common complaints about how dexter ended.
Dexter ep prepares for polarizing fan reaction to series. Nov 23, 2018 nothing ruins a great story quite like a terrible, unsatisfying ending. The series doesnt get the clean and tidy ending where everything works out, for better or worse for the protagonist, but apropos to how it began, it gets ugly. There are few shows that suffer from as much controversy as showtimes dexter when it comes to the series finale. Sep 20, 20 dexter never realized that the burden of its story had shifted to deb, instead treating her as an inconvenient thorn in dexters side. Sep 24, 20 daybreak was convoluted and cluttered, but thats preferable to the lolz that dexter came up with for 12 straight weeks.