Is Dexter Worth Watching?

Rothko

I'm thinking of watching it but I've heard that it declines in quality after a while and has a poor ending. Is it still worth watching?

Jayop

Suas11 wrote: »

I'm thinking of watching it but I've heard that it declines in quality after a while and has a poor ending. Is it still worth watching?

First few seasons are brilliant. I got about half way through the last season and gave up as it was so bad.

Still, you should watch it for sure until you get to that point.

lertsnim

Watch the first five seasons. Don't bother after that.

Agent Coulson

Watch from the start and then stop watching after John Lithgow's season.


I think that was season 4.

Afroshack

Oh watch it, it's brilliant. Season 4 is easily the best - John Lithgow is unbelievable. Season 5 is pretty decent too. I'd stop after 6 if I were you. The last season is actually embarrassingly bad, especially the season finale.

Sugar Free

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Watch from the start and then stop watching after John Lithgow's season.


I think that was season 4.

Yep it was. Brilliant season. All downhill after that!

DylanJM

I only watched until season 4 and feel it was a pretty good season to end on. Don't really feel like I'm missing out not watching the rest. I think a lot of people feel that season 4 would have been a pretty good end to the series overall.

Ironman76

Dexter seasons 1-4 are great. The golden age of TV. 5 is good, after that see what you think but finale is very disappointing. Actually the worst finale out of all the shows I've seen.

6541

Yes

Welsh Megaman

Dexter Fletcher?

He was good in 'Bugsy Malone'.




I'll see myself out.

TerrorFirmer

4 is the best season of all, so up until that point is essential viewing, although personally I found S3 very weak.

The problem is, despite the massive drop in quality from that point on, it's very hard to walk away at season 4 knowing there are four further seasons.

I consider S5 bad, S6 watchable, S7 a slight return to form with buckets of potential and then S8 is absolute dogshit.

walshb

Brilliant show that just ran on a little too much. Season 1-5 stunning!

ixoy

Not really, no - and definitely not if you're someone who can't drop out because after season 4 there's a big quality drop. Season 7 raises it a little again but the final season is utter insulting crap.

If you do watch, then seasons one, two and four are strong and three is good. Plenty of other shows out there with much higher quality averages over the course of their run.

ancapailldorcha

I'd say 1, 2 and 4 were the best with season 2 being the best. Season 1 was based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter which is the best of the novels, the others being complete and utter drivel. Season 2 took off in a different dimension thankfully. Three had very poor pacing. Lithgow managed to give the show a boost in season 4. I don't remember anything after season 4. Yvonne Strahovski was just about enough to make it barely watchabale. I never bothered with the final season, opting instead to google the ending.

Unearthly

I think its definitely a contender for worst ever series finale. It didn't help that breaking bad ended around same time which showed how to truly end a show