Dexter: New Blood
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I am a bit in a chock after the final ending. Don't know if it not a good or bad thing. They could have been using a couple of more episodes to wrap it up. But this was dark.
Great minds discuss ideas,
average minds discuss events,
small minds discuss other people…Eleanor Roosevelt
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@flashboy I so agree. In my opinion, it felt contrived as the dynamic between Dexter and Kurt Caldwell didn't feel as if they had a reason to be archrivals or whatnot. It's hard to explain because, in only ten episodes, it seemed like episode 6 had some real potential going as far as the subject of character development is concerned. However, in episode 7, the writers did this whole entire 180-degree turn to where it was plot-driven instead of character-driven.
It wasn't THAT bad of a finale, but yet, it was. I always find it laughable when actors appear on talk shows (Michael C. Hall in this case) like The View or Late Night With Stephen Colbert and they talk about how revivals are dedicated to the fans because in most cases, dedicated fans had felt cheated from the series finale before (e.g., Dexter; Sex And The City). Yet, the revival is a bust and still pissing off the fans, lol!
Going back to Dexter: New Blood, trying to wrap it up in 10 episodes is impossible to do. It wasn't just Kurt Caldwell, but the estranged relationship between Dexter and his son Harrison wasn't well written either. Yeah, it needed more depth, and you can't do that in one season. That's why it felt contrived to me.
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Just finished it and was left unsatisfied on many fronts.
The dialogue and delivery of Dexter-as-Jim was bland and one-note. Who would date him (other than to f--k him)?
I also felt sorry for Jennifer Carpenter, harping and harping in the now-tired "ghost or mental delusion" trope.
Most worrisome is how Harrison makes a clean exit -- could they be planning a reboot for the younger set? It did set viewership records for Showtime:
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@flozen Oh, wow. 8 million viewers. That's good considering premium channel viewership. Last I read before the series finale, the ratings were ... meh. However, I'm not shocked. Guiding Light rose to #4 in daytime ratings for their finale after 72 years in radio/television history. I guess for me, I was clinging on to hope that Dexter: New Blood would've had more episodes than just 10. Come to think of it, didn't Twin Peaks: The Return had a revival with 16 episodes? I can't think right now, lol! BUT! Twin Peaks left me a satisfied viewer.
Basically, it needed more episodes to cover every angle as there was so much to be told. For any finale, you gotta do it right.
If there will be a spin-off that features Harrison, it will be a good move on Showtime's part as most of their shows don't seem as if they cater to the 18-34-year-old demographic and that's the audience that every network or streaming service wants to grab or target after. In the world of streaming, the competition is getting real if HBOMax or Showtime wants to stay afloat.
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I didn't care about the story...but I did want to fuck Harrison.
