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The critics’ view: Season finale a disappointment

Posted by dexterfan

December 15, 2008 |

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’ve found Dexter’s third season to be the weakest in the show’s brief history. Yesterday’s season finale did nothing to change that opinion.

In fact, critics across the country agree with me. Here’s one review that provides a good summary of what most TV critics have been saying since the finale aired.

There is hope for Season 4, though. This season looks like it will focus on Dexter becoming a famiy man. He’s married now, of course, with a new child on the way. How will Dexter sneak away to commit his murders? How will he hide his secrets now that he is no longer living on his own? And, most importantly, will he even want to kill anymore now that he is slowly transforming into what he would have labeled as a “normal human” in Season 1?

Despite Season 3’s mishaps, I have high hopes for Season 4. Yes, this year was a disappointment, and the season finale was especially a letdown. And I’m still waiting for the character of Angel to have something really interesting to do. But the Dexter writers have shown us in Seasons 1 and 2 that they are capable of generating great suspense and memorable storylines. Maybe Season 3 was a fluke, and Season 4 will remind us of why we all loved this show in the first place.


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