***Some minor/major spoilers included***
This is easily the best season finale of Dexter since The Getaway, Season 4's final episode. There's tension, chaos, major suspicious things happening drawing attention (to extent; we know how good Dexter is when it comes to not making mistakes... yes, mostly), drama, love, choices, suspense, bullets, blood, and a lot more. The little subplots feel more like actual, prominent main points (Hannah, Estrada, etc), and of course our main part of the story here is Dexter vs LaGuerta, who now wholeheartedly believes that Dexter is The Bay Harbor Butcher. There's a lot involved in this episode, with some of the best acting in the entire series, especially from Michael C. Y'all as antihero Dexter and Jennifer Carpenter as Lieutenant Debrah. I can safely say it's one of the three most... shocking endings we've had, alongside The Getaway and This is The Way the World Ends. I don't think its series finale, from Season Eight is shocking, more depressing and dividing. Some of the best Dexter moments from the entire Seventh season take place in this episode. The scenes with Doakes are brilliant, it was amazing seeing him again! Always angry, always formidable, always suspicious...
Hannah is behind bars, but of course, knowing Hannah, she manages to 'escape.' Dexter wants Estrada all to himself, the other who participated in the dismembering of Dexter's biological mother, Laura Moser. What I love about this episode is its shocking and violent ending, not quite as gruesome as The Getaway, but it's still a massive crack to the skull. I enjoy the interrogation scene with Maria and Dex a lot, and I love how Deb interferes because, at the end of the day, she truly loves her brother. Admittedly, I was never fond of the whole being in love with Dexter thing, but because of how well and talented an actor Carpenter is, I don't mind it so much. They handled it... okay, it is strange but then again, it's still a TV series about a forensics expert in blood spatter murdering people who have escaped justice as he follows a specific code, talks to his father who isn't there, and doesn't really feel anything emotionally, with all the guts, gore, carnage, comedy, and horror you can think of. Far fetched? A little, but amazingly written and executed overall. Dexter is a top five series of all time for me. People who say they're a fan of just the first four seasons, I don't get it. Subjective, preference, of course.. but season seven is written very well and has some amazing episodes.
I think this is my favourite episode of the Season Seven, and it's in my top 10 Dexter episodes (I think I'd rank it as my seventh favourite episode of the entire series honestly). There's a lot to indulge, but it's presented well and there's a lot to grasp at the end. It's crazy that, after all this time, the one who kills LaGuerta is Deb. Wow. And the way it's done, the writing, the acting... it's so, so good. It makes me a touch sad that some people don't see the promising episodes of the last four seasons. Sure, 5, 6, and 8 aren't nearly as good as 1-4, but 7 truly is, and this episode captivates you, you're engaged, and you're left wondering what is in stake for the remaining parts of the series and just what will happen.. to Dexter..
This is easily the best season finale of Dexter since The Getaway, Season 4's final episode. There's tension, chaos, major suspicious things happening drawing attention (to extent; we know how good Dexter is when it comes to not making mistakes... yes, mostly), drama, love, choices, suspense, bullets, blood, and a lot more. The little subplots feel more like actual, prominent main points (Hannah, Estrada, etc), and of course our main part of the story here is Dexter vs LaGuerta, who now wholeheartedly believes that Dexter is The Bay Harbor Butcher. There's a lot involved in this episode, with some of the best acting in the entire series, especially from Michael C. Y'all as antihero Dexter and Jennifer Carpenter as Lieutenant Debrah. I can safely say it's one of the three most... shocking endings we've had, alongside The Getaway and This is The Way the World Ends. I don't think its series finale, from Season Eight is shocking, more depressing and dividing. Some of the best Dexter moments from the entire Seventh season take place in this episode. The scenes with Doakes are brilliant, it was amazing seeing him again! Always angry, always formidable, always suspicious...
Hannah is behind bars, but of course, knowing Hannah, she manages to 'escape.' Dexter wants Estrada all to himself, the other who participated in the dismembering of Dexter's biological mother, Laura Moser. What I love about this episode is its shocking and violent ending, not quite as gruesome as The Getaway, but it's still a massive crack to the skull. I enjoy the interrogation scene with Maria and Dex a lot, and I love how Deb interferes because, at the end of the day, she truly loves her brother. Admittedly, I was never fond of the whole being in love with Dexter thing, but because of how well and talented an actor Carpenter is, I don't mind it so much. They handled it... okay, it is strange but then again, it's still a TV series about a forensics expert in blood spatter murdering people who have escaped justice as he follows a specific code, talks to his father who isn't there, and doesn't really feel anything emotionally, with all the guts, gore, carnage, comedy, and horror you can think of. Far fetched? A little, but amazingly written and executed overall. Dexter is a top five series of all time for me. People who say they're a fan of just the first four seasons, I don't get it. Subjective, preference, of course.. but season seven is written very well and has some amazing episodes.
I think this is my favourite episode of the Season Seven, and it's in my top 10 Dexter episodes (I think I'd rank it as my seventh favourite episode of the entire series honestly). There's a lot to indulge, but it's presented well and there's a lot to grasp at the end. It's crazy that, after all this time, the one who kills LaGuerta is Deb. Wow. And the way it's done, the writing, the acting... it's so, so good. It makes me a touch sad that some people don't see the promising episodes of the last four seasons. Sure, 5, 6, and 8 aren't nearly as good as 1-4, but 7 truly is, and this episode captivates you, you're engaged, and you're left wondering what is in stake for the remaining parts of the series and just what will happen.. to Dexter..