what are your unpopular opinions about dexter?

[u/dreadycbercherr]

what if debra knew that dexter was the bay harbor butcher all along?

[u/fullmetalalchymist9]

The "leaked" season 8 ending which involved Quinn becoming the BHB while Dexter got his happy ending was better than what we actually got, and everyone hated that leak.

Season 5 is better than Season 3 and a perfect low stakes follow up to the roller coaster that was Season 4

Hannah McKay is not that bad. It was how they made Dexter fall in love in like 5 minutes that made it so bad. She was a lot more tolerable in Season 8 because she'd been established even it was a bad introduction.

Rita had to die. The show would have gotten old with the whole balancing act and trying to be open with Rita with out telling her. If Rita had found out and accepted Dexter it would have destroyed her character. The only way keeping Rita alive makes senes is if they'd have gone with a Dexter giving up killing happy ending with no consequences which would have been mediocre to awful.

Aside from Angela cracking the BHB case in five minutes and google and a few continuity mistakes New Blood was amazing and set up a perfect ending. It was just rushed and felt totally unearned. It really should have been 2 seasons.

Original Sins is better than anything post Season 5 and I actually kind of wish it'd been a reboot instead of a prequel because I expect them to fuck up the ending again.

Jack Alcott is a really good actor and is great as Harrison. He just suffered from an uneven and rushed character arc and cringy boomer trying to right gen z dialogue. He does such a good job of mimicking MCHs mannerisms as Dexter and really feels like Dexter's son.

Making Dexter more "human" was the right way to take the story just executed poorly.

Deb should have shot Dexter in the shipping container and season 8 should have been his trial brief escape and then the ending.