Should Dexter be caught/killed [Spoilers for ALL seasons!!!!]

ixoy

So do you think Dexter deserves to be punished - a very different question as to whether he *will* be punished. Should he be captured and face time for his crimes or even call up the old Fisher home for a casket?

I'd like to see him pay. This season, more than any other, has revealed why. It's not just that he planned to kill LaGuerta (and indeed set it up) but his many other crimes, a number of which were exposed this year by Deb: Letting Trinity continue for example because the guy was a case study.
There's also been people he murdered who were innocent but he managed to quickly disassociate himself from that.

And let's not forget that really Harry's Code is merely a cover for him to feed his urge to kill (especially now that he's dropped the pretence of the Dark Passenger). He is in fact kind of evil.

I personally would like to see him face justice at the end and not, I would hope, in an act that attempts to redeem his many crimes.

Mr E

I predict he may have to kill Deb next year (maybe accidentally), he will fake his own death, and it will end on an Argentinian beach (possibly with Hannah).

SureYWouldntYa

Mr E wrote: »

I predict he may have to kill Deb next year (maybe accidentally), he will fake his own death, and it will end on an Argentinian beach (possibly with Hannah).

Id say Hannah is en route to Argentina. She left Dexter a black rose so i think they're through

The Browser

I want him to be caught and for everthing to be exposed. Doakes to be exonerated.

lertsnim

Him being caught would be a fitting end

loveisdivine

I want everybody to find out who he really is. But I dont just want him to go to jail, I'd rather he met a grizzly end

I'd love it if there were a moment in the next season that creates the same reaction that the final of the Trinity season did. Trinity had been such an amazing character and then Dex coming home and finding Rita, it was just brilliant. I'd love another moment like that somewhere in there.

Probably not gonna happen though.

roanoke

Does he deserve to be punished? Of course he does. He might think he's performing a public service but (as has been mentioned) many innocent people have died as a direct consequence of Dexter's involvement.

Will he be captured? I think so. It's a fitting end. Also I think it'll be Debra who finally brings him in. Either that or Dexter will die trying to save/protect her. They're the two possible endings I envision.

Hopefully Dexter will kill Quinn before that happens though.

Snoopy1

roanoke wrote: »

Does he deserve to be punished? Of course he does. He might think he's performing a public service but (as has been mentioned) many innocent people have died as a direct consequence of Dexter's involvement.

Will he be captured? I think so. It's a fitting end. Also I think it'll be Debra who finally brings him in. Either that or Dexter will die trying to save/protect her. They're the two possible endings I envision.

Hopefully Dexter will kill Quinn before that happens though.

Hopefully Quinn will do something to his hair and tan by next season!!!
I do think Dexter will eventually meet his comeuppance, and Debra will be the one to do it

SirDelboy18

Hopefully he runs away with Hannah. Considering she is sticking around that is a possibility - and the ending I would most like to see.

FlyingIrishMan

He definitely deserves to be caught, however we've all grown to love Dexter as a character - though I much preferred his character earlier in the show.
I think he should die, but it should be on his own terms. That he feels he is ready to go out, be on good terms with Deb, ensure Harrison will have a good future, probably something about Esther and Cody although who cares about them any more.

Whether or not I want him to be exposed is another thing that I am not sure about.

kryogen

I would like him to be killed by another like him, he definitely deserves to be punished for his crimes.

Ilikeyourcow

We have all come to like Dexter and we hope each time he doesnt get caught but with only one season left it will be tense right up until the final credits roll!!

I think that he will escape but not after been found out by Angel.

Another scenario could be that dexters son after seeing his mother killed would see him killed which would set off another chain of events...

Him and Debra realise their feelings for each other and elope ( just like in real life)

How far will he go to protect himself but at the same time keep the viewers on his side will be great tv :-)
Pity its so long away!!

Lovely Bloke

I think the old police chief guy, who LaGuerta went to, and who was friends with Dexter's father, actually believed Maria about Dex.

But I think he will rescue Dex out of loyalty to Mr Morgan.

walshb

TheNinthGate wrote: »

I think the old police chief guy, who LaGuerta went to, and who was friends with Dexter's father, actually believed Maria about Dex.

But I think he will rescue Dex out of loyalty to Mr Morgan.

Possibly. But he sure did hide it well. Not any glint or sign from him that could back this up. He acted with incredulity.

Inspector Coptoor

He should be caught but going to jail would be a crap ending.
I'd like to see him taken out in mid stab or something.

He has started to get really sloppy lately by his very high standards in season 1-3.

walshb

I have a feeling that Dex will be taken out by someone from his shady past. A victim that maybe he spared, or a victim's relative.

Banjo

There's only one way it can end. Dexter is about to kill Deb on the table - egged on by Rudy/Brian from the corner who's once again supplanted Harry as Dexter's spirit guide - when the door bursts open, it's Doakes! He shouts "Surprise, motherfather!" and shoots. Cut to black without any explanation of how the hell that makes any sense.


Otherwise, killed by another benevolent psychopath vigilante would be fitting now that he's gone over the edge.

tigerblob

Possible endings (in my opinion)

1. Dexter kills himself

2. Deb kills him

3. He's caught and gets the chair

4. He is taken care of by another serial killer serial killer (just like him)

All of them involve Dexter dying, so it will be interesting to see what happens!

PaddyCar

I would love to see him get the chair

AlmondEssence

If you have been watching season 8 so far - it's gearing up that Dexter will eventually have to kill Debra, and I think that he will be so overcome with the guilt of that, he will turn himself in but kill himself rather than be killed. Its all about control. And ultimately he's a serial killer that kills serial killers, so it would make sense that he would have to kill himself, no?

ChrisM

I decided a long time ago not to expect much from the ending, I kinda learned my lesson from Lost! Though Dexter is a far superior show.

S8 is gearing up to be a braintwister already...I couldn't possibly predict an ending at this stage. The writing has been so great all along. Another "Rita" moment would be an amazing way to end it, but I don't think any of the present characters could draw that kind of reaction.

I really like some of the predictions

AlmondEssence

ChrisM wrote: »

I decided a long time ago not to expect much from the ending, I kinda learned my lesson from Lost! Though Dexter is a far superior show.

S8 is gearing up to be a braintwister already...I couldn't possibly predict an ending at this stage. The writing has been so great all along. Another "Rita" moment would be an amazing way to end it, but I don't think any of the present characters could draw that kind of reaction.

I really like some of the predictions

Totally agree with you here. The only character I actually have an attachment to anymore is... Dexter himself! :rolleyes:

Walt Grace

I think the ending I would like to see at the moment is Dex dying while saving Deb. Possibly from this seasons big bad.
Then the show could end with Deb taking over from Dex - by catching the bad guy and killing him a la Dexter.

loveisdivine

First off I would like him to get caught. I think it would be great to see the other characters reactions to finding out what he has done, being the real Bay Harbor Butcher etc. I think it would make interesting/exciting TV to see how the other characters react. The big reveal as such.

Then I think for a final scene it would be good to see him on the chair/table with Deb, Harry, Rudy and Doakes all there. Plus maybe he would see Arthur Mitchell and other big kills. I can picture the scene in my head but its difficult to explain :pac:

I get what people are saying about Dex having to be in control and he should in theory kill himself, but to me that's just not a big enough pay off for what he's done. I want justice to be served, I dont want him to just off himself to save Deb.

I suppose a compromise would be that if he did kill himself/get murdered, I still want everyone else to find out who he really was.
I think it would be really crap for him to kill himself or get murdered and everyone mourns him because they didn't know the truth.

the_monkey

kryogen wrote: »

I would like him to be killed by another like him, he definitely deserves to be punished for his crimes.

and then they could do a spin off!

FortuneChip

I can imagine him sitting in the chair, trying to justify all he's done to himself and to us.
Listing the people he's killed, rapists, pedophiles, serial killers etc, before just realising he's bad and deserves to be murdered.
Cue evil Dexter grin just before the juice gets turned on

I really hope they don't go down a savior route, I know he's done what he can to help people and all that, but it's a rotten cliche that just doesn't fit with Dexter

loveisdivine

FortuneChip wrote: »

I can imagine him sitting in the chair, trying to justify all he's done to himself and to us.
Listing the people he's killed, rapists, pedophiles, serial killers etc, before just realising he's bad and deserves to be murdered.
Cue evil Dexter grin just before the juice gets turned on

I really hope they don't go down a savior route, I know he's done what he can to help people and all that, but it's a rotten cliche that just doesn't fit with Dexter

Agree with all of this.

This whole Dex is gonna sacrifice himself to save Deb stuff just doesn't sit with me.

gnfnrhead

I wouldnt mind a twist of Dexter killing Deb and just sailing off into the sunset. Have everyone find out once he leaves so as to eliminate the possibility of him ever coming back. Serial killers almost never get away in TV land, so it would be a nice change.

Dexter giving himself up, or sacrificing himself or whatever just seems so dull and uninteresting to me.

mahamageehad

I've been posting predictions and theories in the other episode threads but I guess here is the place to put them!

I wrote this on 4th July after seeing episode 1:

mahamageehad wrote: »

Another completely mad theory- lets say this new woman knows about Dexters past and even gave Harry the code. Harry tried to go with it because he loved his "son" and he wanted to help him in any way possible. The code is actually a construct from this woman that was fed to Dexter through Harry. Now lets say Harry was never 100% comfortable with this (which we know as he killed himself!) and he confided in his friend Matthews, who was also a good friend (lover) of this new psychopath whisperer chick. So now all three of these adults are in on the secret. Maybe Matthews even kept Dexter close and in his department after Harry died to keep an eye on him. Now, Maria has always been a pain in the höle for Matthews, when she came to him for help hunting down Dexter maybe he willingly, knowing what would happen, decided to let Dexter finish her off in his own way thus keeping the secret and getting rid of pesky old Maria, all in one go!

So far some of that has come to pass!

Bloc Party!

Typed in Spoiler: Dan Made Me Do It into google and this came up.. Its very similar to dexters story isnt it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Morgan_(bushranger)[/url]

Dan made me do it is meant to be what the last episode is called.

John Fuller was adopted by a man known as "Jack the Welshman

a nursemaid to their baby Christina, was allowed to leave the room to attend to the infant. She escaped from the station and told Mr Rutherford, the co-owner of the property, of the hold-up.

He was shot once in the back, just above the shoulder blade, by John Windlaw (also reported as Quinlan), a station employee

Maybe im completely off the mark though

loveisdivine

According to reddit the details of the finale have been leaked and of course there are some assholes out there wanting to spoil it for everyone, so it's probably time to start being careful about what you look at.

pixelburp

Hmmm; if this is true, then perhaps the forum mods here should put up a warning to anyone silly/stupid/thoughtless enough to try and spoil the ending for the rest of us? I've had enough shows in 2013 ruined for me without Dexter's final-ever episode being ruined on me too...

loveisdivine

Tell me about it. Frankie Boyle already ruined GOT for me, I don't really want this ruined too.

ixoy

pixelburp wrote: »

Hmmm; if this is true, then perhaps the forum mods here should put up a warning to anyone silly/stupid/thoughtless enough to try and spoil the ending for the rest of us?

A permanent forum ban for anyone who spoils the ending, in advance of its airing, as a minimum.

martingriff

I think we will find out more of dexter at the season end and he may have strayed from the code and be killing people we did not know of and a different serial killer has been investigated which is him. I really think he will die unless he kills Debra and becomes remorseful and hands himself in. His crimes will come out one way or the other

pixelburp

ixoy wrote: »

A permanent forum ban for anyone who spoils the ending, in advance of its airing, as a minimum.

Is that threat enough, considering that Dexter ends completely this season; getting banned from a forum likely to quieten down in a few weeks seems like minor punishment

gnfnrhead

pixelburp wrote: »

Is that threat enough, considering that Dexter ends completely this season; getting banned from a forum likely to quieten down in a few weeks seems like minor punishment

The whole forum

Sofiztikated

gnfnrhead wrote: »

The whole forum

Site ban, you mean.

loveisdivine

Bloc Party! wrote: »

Typed in Spoiler: Dan Made Me Do It into google and this came up.. Its very similar to dexters story isnt it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Morgan_(bushranger)[/url]

Dan made me do it is meant to be what the last episode is called.

John Fuller was adopted by a man known as "Jack the Welshman

a nursemaid to their baby Christina, was allowed to leave the room to attend to the infant. She escaped from the station and told Mr Rutherford, the co-owner of the property, of the hold-up.

He was shot once in the back, just above the shoulder blade, by John Windlaw (also reported as Quinlan), a station employee

Maybe im completely off the mark though

According to this article that isn't the real title. The article contains the actual title if the final ep. Won't post cos can't do spoiler on phone so check the link if you want to know.

I will say it gives nothing away at all. Much more ambiguous than the Dan one.

http://www.hypable.com/2013/06/21/dexter-season-8-finale-title/

endacl

Y'know, I'd love him to realise that he's not a psychopath after all, but that Harry was duped into seeing if this history-less kid could be made act as one. To see if Dr Vogel could manufacture a serial killer. I think she may turn out to be the guilty one here, and Dexter will realise this. There maybe plastic sheeting involved...

I think Deb will kill herself.

loveisdivine

I'm interested in how the Vogel thing will turn out. But at the minute I don't see how that storyline will lead to the ultimate demise of Dexter, it's not like he has any real feelings for her that he would be consumed with guilt if he kills her.

I don't see both Dex and Deb dying as that would leave Harrison with no one. Whilst I think that would be an interesting ending, I dont think the show has the balls to do it.

Edited to add, I've just found out the finale will air on September 15th in the US. We go on honeymoon the next day (to the US) so won't have time to download and watch! How am I gonna not find out for 2 weeks!

Bloc Party!

Vogel was listening to "Make Your Own Kind of Music" when Yates attacked her...we heard that song earlier in the season when Sussman was forced to strangle his victim.
the title for S08E09 is Make Your Own Kind of Music..

endacl

Another theory. Dexter has already been given a glimpse of what it's like to be an old decrepit serial killer. The tooth fairy?
Thus far, he's followed the inevitable trajectory of his nature. Maybe that's the poetic ending? He sets of to an empty future, with nothing but impotence and frustration to look forward to.

In this one, Deb takes Harrison. Dexter dies alone.

gnfnrhead

loveisdivine wrote: »

I don't see both Dex and Deb dying as that would leave Harrison with no one.

Jamie. She already has him for like 20 hours a day.

Or the grandparents with the seemingly forgotten Astor and Cody.

snausages

What the hell ever happened with that plotline where Robocop gave evidence to Quinn showing that Dexter was dumping bodies? Just seems like a major brainfart by the writers.

PopePalpatine

snausages wrote: »

What the hell ever happened with that plotline where Robocop gave evidence to Quinn showing that Dexter was dumping bodies? Just seems like a major brainfart by the writers.

Is this the crooked cop who Quinn hires? If so, he lured Dexter into a trap, but was stabbed. It was in season 5, so it's better if we forgot about it. :pac:

Paully D

I wouldn't be surprised if that dog Dexter has allowed Harrison to keep under the bed in the most recent episode ends up seeing him come unstuck in the end.

Something could happen that would see the cops search his home, and the blood on the dog could be the only hard evidence to tie Dexter to a murder. Being caught out in a lie by his child.

Just a thought anyway.

Rosy Posy

Paully D wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if that dog Dexter has allowed Harrison to keep under the bed in the most recent episode ends up seeing him come unstuck in the end.

Something could happen that would see the cops search his home, and the blood on the dog could be the only hard evidence to tie Dexter to a murder. Being caught out in a lie by his child.

Just a thought anyway.

This would tie in with Harry's assertion that Dexter can't have anyone truly close to him because it makes him vulnerable to being caught. I wonder if Quinn tailing Zac will eventually lead him to figure out what he and Dexter are doing and bring him in? It seemed like astonishingly poor judgement to teach Zac the code when he's already suspected of a murder.

loveisdivine

Just saw on reddit someone suggested that they should have done a flashback sort of thing with it and I actually think that would have been really good.

Maybe start the season with the Miami Metro team going into a morning meeting to discuss the current case. Only when we see the board, theres a mugshot of Dexter up there! Then we flashback and find out how it got to that point over the course of the season. Finishing with a mini manhunt to find him. Obviously people would have to die and stuff throughout the season but that would be the basic idea.

I think something like that would have added much more suspense and drama to it. It would have actually felt like a final season and you wouldnt mind them adding all these different arcs because you would know that its leading to a definitive conclusion.

At the minute I feel no tension at all. Yeah quite a few people know about Dexter but none of them are currently threatening to tell and it still feels like if someelse did find out Dex would just kill them and magically cover it all up.

snausages

That would have been cool but maybe a little cliche by now. Breaking Bad does it all the time. Not that I'm saying that Dexter couldn't do with being a little bit more like BB.

loveisdivine

I'd welcome cliche at this point tbh. Plus I dont watch a lot of those other American shows so it would still have had a "oooo coooool!" effect on me