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For All Things Darkly Dexter

  • A community for the fans and critics of the show Dexter. Discuss the show and share anything else Dexter related.

  • Dexter: Original Sin is available on Paramount Plus, Showtime and ShowtimeAnywhere

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    Does Dexter Original Sin get better?

    I loved the original Dexter and Dexter: New Blood. I'm having trouble getting into Original Sin mostly because of the actors being different, but the first episode just isn't great so far. Does it get better if I keep going?

    20 Comments
    2025/02/03
    15:39 UTC

    3

    Which spin off do you prefer?

    I know nothing can beat the OG series but Original Sin is going very good. New Blood wasn’t bad and Original Sin isn’t done yet but I think that one comes out on top for me atm.

    View Poll

    5 Comments
    2025/02/03
    15:17 UTC

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    About Dexter’s ”trophies”…

    Season 4 could’ve been way less stressful for him if he just told his family that his the box with blood was actually his trophies. Meaning that he told them that they are collections of murder cases that he solved. Obviously there’s no reason to just blurt it out but in case anyone asks then that’s a solid explanation.

    14 Comments
    2025/02/03
    15:12 UTC

    21

    This poor family.

    17 Comments
    2025/02/03
    15:09 UTC

    2

    Doakes and Masuka

    Do you guys think Doakes ever tailed Masuka in the same way he did with Dexter? I feel like Masuka had more questionable behavior or at least a similar amount compared to Dexter.

    Also why was the sub closed till earlier today? I know shows like Squid Game did that when an entire season came out but preventing posts from being made for like 3 days because of ONE episode is kinda crazy imo

    2 Comments
    2025/02/03
    15:08 UTC

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    One thing that *drives* me crazy throughout the entire series (which i love)

    Whenever someone is tailing someone in a car, I scream at my screen, "HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT SEE THEM FOLLOWING YOU". I can imagine it's part of filming a car tailing sequence, that you may want to capture both cars in a shot and also convey that whoever is doing the following isn't going to lose the target, but man EVERY tailing scene makes me wanna yell

    Most recently in Original Sin when Dexter is tailing Spencer... if I was Spencer how could I not notice the solid blue pickup truck barely two cars behind me? The truck that belongs to my longtime friend Harry Morgan and usually driven by his son Dexter!

    I have come to love it as a quirk of the show though. Most shows can't do a believable tailing scene anyway.

    1 Comment
    2025/02/03
    15:06 UTC

    4

    Spoiler ep 8 Laguerta knowing.

    I feel like her knowing the name Brian mooser should make her way more suspicious of dexter on earlier season.

    2 Comments
    2025/02/03
    15:02 UTC

    11

    Just finished watching dexter for the first time

    I saw the posts and memes and idmb scores of how bad the final season was, but boy was I not prepared for it to be THAT bad. The whole Vogel plotline was so incredibly outlandish. At first I hated the final episode an incredible amount but I've had time to stew and I do kind of get why he had to end Deb.

    I just feel like the Hannah relationship wasn't real enough for Dexter to risk everything for; his son, his life...

    I'm sad that he didn't end up with Lumen, he could trust her much more than he could ever trust Hannah

    Anyway thanks for reading the stuff I had on my mind

    11 Comments
    2025/02/03
    14:41 UTC

    58

    Dexter’s cell phone

    I think it’s so funny that Dexter always answers his phone, even when he’s in the middle of a kill. My dude, you can let it go to voicemail.

    18 Comments
    2025/02/03
    14:19 UTC

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    Dexter: Original Sin - S01E08 - "Business and Pleasure" - Post Episode Discussion Thread

    Not a mod, just made this post because somebody had to. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    922 Comments
    2025/01/31
    07:52 UTC

    154

    Dexter: Original Sin 1x09 Promo "Blood Drive" (HD) Dexter prequel series

    40 Comments
    2025/01/31
    07:44 UTC

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    Dexter original sin ep 8 is one of the greatest episodes Dexter history

    Omg, wow. I’m just in awe. The aaron Spencer (Patrick Dempsey) acting during the swat raid was incredible. The unmasking of the child killer. The whole story line with fucking Brian moser being revealed as the other killer.

    The suspicion on why Aaron Spencer is doing this

    And that ending zooming into child dexters eyes.

    Not even kidding that is top 10 greatest dexter episodes in the entire series.

    312 Comments
    2025/01/31
    07:16 UTC

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    1 Comment
    2025/01/31
    06:35 UTC

    166

    That Certain Lawyer Cameo

    Holy schnikes, Miguel Prada has entered the building (or exiting LaGuerta’s)! That was a great cameo, I was hyped to see him even for a second

    31 Comments
    2025/01/31
    06:31 UTC

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    Dexter Original Sin - Episode 8 Hot Take

    VERY IMPORTANT SPOILERS TO DEXTER ORIGINAL SIN BELOW ⚠️

    This episode, Business and Pleasure, is a Top 5 Dexter episode ever.

    So much is revealed. So many callbacks. And yet there’s still so much mystery surrounding some stuff. The perfect balance.

    The NHI Killer’s identity being revealed to Harry as Brian Moser????????? Aaron Spencer methodically planning the SWAT raid so those people won’t be alive to potentially get in his way????? THE MOMENT WHERE LAURA, DEXTER, & BRIAN ARE TAKEN BY ESTRADA & HIS MEN TO THE SHIPPING YARD?????? My god.

    This show is really stepping things up. I thought the first few episodes were pretty damn good, but Episode 7 and of course Episode 8 have seriously started to heat shit up. I’m so excited for these last two episodes to drop.

    159 Comments
    2025/01/31
    06:26 UTC

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    Dexter Original sin episode 8 reveals

    Holy shit that was Brian moser who Dexter saw at the restaurant officially and the reveal of him being the NHI killer. That was fucking done fantastically and I need a show on him ASAP.

    253 Comments
    2025/01/31
    06:17 UTC

    31

    Just finished the show *emotional*

    BOOOOOOO WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

    bro fuck whoever wrote this ending and their mother. What kinda of trash ass ending was that god damn, all that build up to deb being a cop again to just…die…? For the plot??? And what happend to Dexter feeling love? Did we just throw that out the window? I get it death makes people act entirely different but it just comes off as the show doing stuff to purposely shock the audience, I dont know this could be some genius work of cinema on some 4D chess shit but i actually just hate it. Dont tease your audience for 3 episodes straight with a good ending to fuck us up the ass.

    Also dexter a total fraud daniel vogal packed that man dexter up

    4 to 1 he killed dexter whole squad🤣

    P.s. worse ending the Game Of Thrones. Tragic watch.

    9 Comments
    2025/01/31
    06:05 UTC

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    im a first-time watcher who just finished season 4

    dexter writers yall make me SICK !!!! NOT MY SISTER !!! IF I CATCH ANY OF YALL YOURE DONE

    98 Comments
    2025/01/31
    04:10 UTC

    46

    Watching season 6 for the first time

    How am I supposed to believe that dexter carried DDK out of a busy skyscraper, in the middle of Miami proper with a baby. I suspend a lot of disbelief for this show, like security cameras being non existent. But this is just lazy ass writing.

    20 Comments
    2025/01/31
    03:54 UTC

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    Just finished season 2

    Damn Doakes is gone just like that huh? First time watching the show with little knowledge about it and damn I thought the show would end with Dexter and Doakes having some final throw down I didn’t think he’d be gone like that! 😂💀Good show so far though!

    13 Comments
    2025/01/31
    02:14 UTC

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    I assume it’s heavily implied that the “Trinity Killer” is responsible for what happens at the end of season four, but we never see it and I had trouble establishing a timeline focusing on Dexters point of view. Is it definitely the “Trinity Killer’s” doing?

    22 Comments
    2025/01/31
    02:09 UTC

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    First binge- s5 e4

    First main question- when did Netflix get rights to showtime?

    3 Comments
    2025/01/31
    00:25 UTC

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    I just finished ep 1

    Really good show i was surprised. they did it right in my opinion the actor who act young dexter was on point dab was good too i don't know if a lot of people watched it but it's really good

    5 Comments
    2025/01/30
    23:44 UTC

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    Controversial opinion: I did not like Season 4 all that much

    Like i genuinely don't understand the hype all that much. I think it was a decent season, but it did not keep me on the edge of my seat or even slightly excited for that matter. It wasn't badly written, but i just couldn't force myself to find it interesting. I enjoyed Dexter the most when Dexter was all about, well, Dexter. The show was absolute perfection in Season 1, and it was really good in Season 2, but after that it kinda went downhill for me. I really enjoyed Dexter for the exact reason of Dexter being the main focus. But it kinda felt to me as if in season 3 Miguel was more of the main character, and Trinity in Season 4. And the fact that the show got kinda predictable and repetitive after a whlie did not help in keeping me interested. I really kinda watched season 4 just to say that i watched it, but after hearing that the quality gets worse and worse with each season, i just kinda gave up on watching Dexter.

    I am in no way hating on the show, i really see its potential. And i greatly enjoyed the first 2.5 seasons. I would love for someone to change my mind to get me back to the show.

    103 Comments
    2025/01/30
    22:12 UTC

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    20 year HS reunion is on the way. Hope it goes as well as it did for Dexter! Iykyk! (Spoilers)

    6 Comments
    2025/01/30
    21:58 UTC

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    Best season

    Imo season 4 is the best season, it's brutal, it's an intense build and with the best actor in john lithgow playing an amazing character as the bad ass. Fantastic season. Nothing else lived up to it for me. What's all you guys faves?

    41 Comments
    2025/01/30
    21:32 UTC

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    How was Harry unable to protect Dexter’s mother?

    He said he would, and she knew that those men would come for her. Shouldn’t she have been in a witness protection program?

    63 Comments
    2025/01/30
    20:34 UTC

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    Question about Deb’a knowledge of Dexter’s doings.

    Does Debra ever find out that Dexter killed Brian,Lila,The Skinner,Trinity,Jordan Chase etc.? I honestly don’t remember them ever mention it in the series, they might have but I missed it. Can someone tell me? As far as she knows, he’s a serial killer

    20 Comments
    2025/01/30
    20:23 UTC

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