Dexter Final Season First Look: Watch the Official, Debra-centric SPOILER-Filled Trailer!
Dexter Season 8 - Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) and Dexter (Michael C. Hall) (Cr: Showtime)
Dexter Season 8: Behind the Scenes (VIDEO) Cast interviews
Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) and a sleazoid drug-dealer with whom she is doing drugs and having sex, are watched by Dexter (Michael C. Hall) (Cr: Showtime)
Dexter Season 8 NEW! 3-Minute Trailer (VIDEO)
After seven seasons, the end begins. Don't miss the season premiere of Dexter on Sunday, June 30th at 9PM ET/PT only on Showtime
From left: C.S. Lee as Masuka, Michael C. Hall as Dexter and the newly cast Jadon Wells as Dexter's son, Harrison Morgan. (Cr: Showtime)
After teasing us for months with frustratingly short sneak peeks at Dexter‘s upcoming eighth and final season, Showtime is finally giving us what we’ve been waiting for: the first full-length trailer!
The following three-minute promo sheds disturbing new light on the mental and emotional breakdown Deb will suffer in the wake of LaGuerta’s murder.
Cocaine binges? Check. Anonymous sex? Check. Prescription drug dependency? Check. DUI bust? Check. Full-on confession? Maybe check**...
I disagree that they are teasing this early in the pre-season, Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) 'making a confession' to the police in light of the fact that we hear audio of a phone call between Dexter and Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington) in which Quinn tells Dex that 'Your sister was brought in for a DUI last night.' Also, (most) screencaps don't lie: See below.
Here is Deb, getting stopped for the DUI: Notice the distinctive coloring on her coat sleeve.
I think Debra is in no shape to make a coherent statement; it is in fact one of many times, I'm guessing, that Deb will almost spill her dark secrets in this final season of Dexter.
Here Deb is in the same jacket....
....struggling to speak in order to provide 'an official statement' to Lt. Quinn (Desmond Harrington)
Can You Spot Any Clues in This Dexter Season 8 BTS Photo Set?
Dexter Season 8 behind-the-scenes Miami Metro (Cr: Showtime)
Above is a lovely set of HQ photos of the DexterMiami Metro set.
So what, if anything, can we gather as clues about Dexter's 8th and final season from these images?
Besides that the lights are on and no one appears to be home, we can see that Dexter has filmed at least through episode 806--halfway to the finish line! Also, we know that John Dahl is directing epsiode 806, which is titled 'A Little Reflection' and will air on Showtime on August 4, 2013.
Additionally, Dexter episode 806 was written by James Manos, Jr., who has worked in different capacities on both The Sopranos and The Shield as well as previously on Dexter.
According to IMDb, Dexter episode 806 has a guest cast that includes Dora Madison Burge as 'Niki',
Sean Patrick Flanery as 'Jacob Elroy',
Bethany Joy Lenz as 'Cassie',
Charlotte Rampling as Dr. Evelyn Vogel,
Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah McKay and
Jadon Wells as Dexter's newly cast son, Harrison Morgan.
And--that's all I've got. Feel free to drop a comment with your interpretation of this photo set!
Update:
Dexter - Casting News - Kenny Johnson get Multi-Episode Arc
Kenny Johnson (The Shield, Sons of Anarchy) is joining Dexter‘s upcoming eighth and final season in a multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned exclusively. Johnson will play U.S. Marshall Cooper, a no-nonsense and formidable lawman who is hired by P.I. Jacob Elway (recurring guest star Sean Patrick Flanery) to hunt down an infamous criminal.
He's a serial killer with a code but will his 'body of work' be remembered as that of a monster or will his legacy be that of one who created a masterpiece?
Dexter season 8 on Showtime starts June 30 @9 pm (Cr: Showtime)
I know it's just a promo and Dexter obviously suffers from a compulsion to kill, but I never thought of him as deluded. This promo has him seriously pondering if history will remember his work as a masterpiece?! Now, if we are talking about a description of Dexter the show, I can get on board with that. Hm. I'm probably reading too much into it.
The season 8 premiere of Dexter is June 30th at 9PM ET/PT.
Dexter Season 8: Tease - Masterpiece (VIDEO)
'Dexter' Final Season Finds Dex Weighing His Legacy (VIDEO)
After releasing cryptic key art (after the jump) that questioned whether Dexter (Michael C. Hall) would survive the upcoming eighth (and final) season of Dexter, the likeable serial killer is now weighing just how he might be remembered.
In a new clip, Dex looks to leave behind a legacy -- a "monument" to make his mark -- as he questions just what he created. As the camera pans out, Dexter's potential legacy is revealed: Artistic portraits of his extensive and noteworthy victims, including the Trinity Killer, Miguel Prado, Brian Moser, Issak Sirko, Jordan Chase, Lila West and innumerable others.
"Will they call it monstrous or a masterpiece?" he ponders.
Is There Any Way Back For Deb From Cop To Killer or Has Dexter Destroyed His Sister?
Jennifer Carpenter as Deb and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in 'Dexter' Season 8 (Cr: Showtime)
The cast and crew of Dexter discuss Debra's progression from cop to killer.
The first time we met Dexter's Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) on the job, she was on the street--literally. She was so far down the rung of the cop hierarchy that she worked undercover as a prostitute and knew all the working girls on a first-name basis.
As time moved forward, so did Debra, until the day she achieved her dream of becoming a detective. Deb was very good at what she did and probably would have remained working as a detective for the foreseeable future. But Deb's future became something that never, in her darkest dreams, could she have imagined. Because her boss, the hyper-ambitious, unethical Maria LaGuerta used her as a pawn, Debra was thrust into the role of Lieutenant of Miami Metro, a job she neither desired nor was in any way prepared for.
Deb however, was determined to make the best of it and she was managing OK until her world fell apart when she literally walked into a crime scene--that of her beloved brother Dexter (Michael C. Hall), stabbing his latest prey right in the heart.
In shock and disbelief, Deb agreed to allow Dexter to cover up the crime but she insisted he stop killing altogether. Dexter, for his sister's sake, tried to resist his urges, but in the end he went back to killing, which became an insurmountable problem for Debra.
LaGuerta again forced her way into the picture, only this time she was in pursuit of Dexter who she believed was the Bay Harbor Butcher instead of the deceased Sgt. Doakes. Ultimately, in a container in a shipping yard, Debra had to make the choice between sparing Dexter and effectively condemning her brother to death for his crimes or killing Dexter, which she found impossible to do.
As we open up Dexter's final season, six months have passed since the moment that Deb changed from a cop to a killer. As Dexter laments in this Deb-centric video, he has destroyed his sister.
Where can the two possibly go from here? Might Deb embrace a dark side of her own--and what form would that take? Meanwhile, how is Dexter to help Deb when he's still indulging his darkest side and she cannot bear the sight of him? It's gonna be very interesting to see where season 8 takes them--and us!
What Does The Psychopath Whisperer Want From Dexter?
Cop: 'Are you have problems with 'gators, Dexter?' Dexter: (pause, gestures) 'Gator ate my puppy.' (Cr: Showtime)
Dexter Excuses Supercut (VIDEO)
Watch a compilation of Dexter's best excuses from the last 7 seasons!
Throughout the series, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) has had to make up dozens of excuses--lies, actually--on the fly but he's nothing if not a quick thinker. He's probably lied more to his sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) than anyone, provoking her to ask, 'Where in fucktopia were you?' Dexter has had a lot of "personal business," that seems to puzzle Deb--though she never really questioned his honesty, before last season, when this happened:
Debra had to chose in the season 7 finale whether to shoot her boss, Maria LaGuerta, who had uncovered Dexter's serial killing ways and was begging Deb to 'put him down.' Dexter smoothly manipulated the situation, encouraging Deb that she had no other choice but to shoot him. After anguishing for what seemed like an enternity, Deb shot LaGuerta in cold blood, sparing her cold-blooded serial killer brother.
Dexter Season 8: Tease - Dexter and Ray Donovan NEW Scenes (VIDEO)
Don't miss the season premiere of Dexter beginning June 30th at 9PM ET/PT!
This brand new Dexter tease gives us more details about the struggles and eff-ups that continue six months after Debra murdered LaGuerta. We see Deb taking a bad beating in a storage unit, then cut to the thug that beat her being surprised by "someone' who shoots him through his car windows. Did Deb do that--or was it Dexter?
Dexter sees his sister coming apart and exclaims, 'Deb, look at youself, you're lost!' To which Deb emphatically responds: 'No, you're lost!
Charlotte Rampling Guest Stars on Dexter Season 8 (Cr: Showtime)
The "psychopath whisperer" (Charlotte Rampling) unnerves Dexter so much that he demands of her, "What do you want?!"
After the jump: Dexter Wrap-up Audio Podcast with Lila (Jaime Murray) and Rita (Julie Benz) and more images from the latest Dexter tease!
'A mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering first-hand information on Dexter’s past.'
Part of the Dexter season 8 cast (Cr: Showtime)
We are rapidly approaching the season 8 premiere of Dexter, which will also bring us the series' conclusion. Since this is such a crucial part of the entire series, I'm laying out now how I will share information about Dexter episodes before they air.
In writing about Dexter I've done my best to separate true spoilers from the 'in-case-you-are-behind-on-your-viewing 'spoilers.' Forever A Fangirl's policy is, if the episode has been broadcast or in some way made legally available for the public to view, then anything said about it is not a spoiler.
Put simply, spoilers happen before the episode is broadcast. Just the same, since there's just not enough room to explain the nuances of a sorta-spoiler, a small spoiler and a SPOILER in my blog post titles, I'm using the word 'spoiler' whenever I have intel on an episode or character or story arc that has not aired.
That said, any inside information that I may have picked up prior to a Dexter epsiode being broadcast I will share--up to a point. Otherwise, why bother watching? Perhaps 'tease' is a better word, as if you are determined enough you may glean from the tease enough info to put two and two together. OK? Okay.
Showtime issued a press release today which you can scroll down to read. Though it is cool to know that the story picks up six months after Deb murdered Maria Laguerta, I'm going to hone in on the enticing mention of this character:
'a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering first-hand information on Dexter’s past.'
Previously, Showtime described her thusly: "a neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in working with young psychopaths and profiling criminals in unorthodox ways" (my italics).
British acting veteran Charlotte Rampling is joining Dexter (I believe her part is considered 'recurring') as Dr. Evelyn Vogel. Here she is pictured at work:
Charlotte Rampling as Dr. Evelyn Vogel on Dexter Season 8 (Cr: Showtime)
I don't know about you, but I'd say what Dr. Vogel is doing in this screenshot is pretty 'unorthodox'.
Can't wait to find out how she impacts Dexter's life!
Dexter - Season 8 - Press Release
Dexter (Season 8 – FINAL SEASON)
1 hour, 12 episodes
Premieres: Sunday, June 30th at 9pm (ET/PT)
Dexter stars Michael C. Hall in his Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning role as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department. Season eight begins six months after LaGuerta’s murder – and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer.
As Deb (series star Jennifer Carpenter) struggles to deal with the consequences of her actions, a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering first-hand information on Dexter’s past.
The series also stars Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Aimee Garcia, David Zayas, Geoff Pierson and James Remar.
DEXTER is tied as the No. 1 rated series on SHOWTIME along with Homeland, watched by 6.2 million weekly viewers across platforms in its seventh season, its highest-rated yet. The season seven finale attracted 7.24 million viewers in the finale week, the series highest total week ever.
Produced by SHOWTIME, DEXTER is executive produced by John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck, Manny Coto, Tim Schlattmann, Wendy West, Jace Richdale and Michael C. Hall.
With over 13 million fans on Facebook and 440,000 followers on Twitter, DEXTER has one of the largest and most engaged fan communities among any television series. The series consistently ranks at the top of the iTunes charts, and is a leader in the "Social TV" space.
Dexter Season 8: In Production with David Zayas (VIDEO)
(Credit: Showtime)
Showtime has been busy piling on the season 8 Dexter videos--not that anyone is complaining!
If you keep a close eye out, there are several semi-spoiler-y images that you can check out. I screencapped them all so you can do your own sleuthing but from the top we have:
David Zayas, who plays Batista, appears to have taken Deb's place as per his stance at the podium in the staff meeting room. That then means that Deb has stepped down as Lieutenant and from the looks of this sneak peek she's gone down a couple of rungs to doing undercover work.
Speaking of police work, in the 'Dexter Season 8: In Production with David Zayas' clip, after he introduces his son who is his stand-in, we can see part of the whiteboard where the details of the current crime investigation are laid out. We have a serial killer whose crimes have been dubbed the "Surgeon Murders." We also have serveral shots which illustrate some of the Surgeon's work like this one, which, bonus! includes Charlotte Rampling:
Charlotte Rampling in her recurring role in Dexter season 8 (Credit: Showtime)
In the Killer or Innocent Victim Dexter Clip, Dexter frets about what he has done to Debra's psyche. After spending much of his life protecting her, he may now have destroyed her. Jennifer Carpenter, who plays Debra, does a particularly great job of expressing a wide range of emotions in the clip, which is one of the reasons we love her so.
The Behind A Mask Dexter Clip again has Michael C. Hall, who plays Dexter, doing the voice-over. He's fretting again, this time about how his mask is slipping evermore and he's certain that his time of remaining the anonymous vigilante is coming to an end.
Killer or Innocent Victim (Dexter Spot)
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Behind a Mask (Dexter Spot)
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More Dexter Season 8: In Production with David Zayas VIDEO Screencaps after the jump!
Jennnifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan and Michael C.Hall as her brother, Dexter in the season 7 finale. (Credit: Showtime)
Don't miss the season premiere of Dexter June 30th at 9PM ET/PT.
It seems pretty likely, based on the most recent set photos of the scene and now, finished footage of Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) and Dex (Michael C. Hall) acting out the scene, that the time frame in which it takes place is just weeks after LaGuerta's death. Anyone that thought Deb would keep a stiff upper lip about the LaGuerta mess and soldier on , doesn't know Deb very well--and that probaby includes her brother, Dexter.
It will perplex Dexter how Deb can completely withdraw from him but I think there is the part of his brain that would reason that she needs time to 'get used to the idea' of how repulsive Dexter's behaviour really is. Dexter has beeen calling himself 'a monster' since the first epiosde; it is not 'news' to him.
The Dexter season 7 finale and the season 8 aftermath (Credit: Showtime)
Update! Full sequence screencaps from Dexter the Final Season (Scroll below)
Extended Deb & Dex Scene Shows How Far Apart They Are Now
Dexter - Final Season begins June 30 on Showtime (Cr: Showtime)
First Season 8 Extended Scene (VIDEO) below:
Dexter (Michael C. Hall), only weeks after Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) murdered LaGuerta to prevent her from turning him in, seems completely oblivious to the tumult that Deb is experiencing.
Dexter Season 8 - Miami Metro's best? (Credit: Showtime-access-tumblr-com)
She wasn't handling knowing that Dexter was a serial killer all that well and now, because of her love for her brother she's allowed him to draw her in to his murderous ways--and Debra hates both Dexter and herself but above all, herself for turning into a despicable creature that she does not recognize as the old Debra, who will not ever be able to look at herself in the mirror and just see "Deb," ever again.
Has the murder of Maria LaGuerta by Deb on Dexter's behalf at the end of season 7 started Deb on the path to a place she won't be able to come back from?
To thank you for your love and support over the last seven years, we wanted you, the fans, to be the first to see an exclusive sneak peek at the eighth and final season of DEXTER!
'Dexter' June 30th at 9pm ET/PT on Showtime.
Learn more at http://www.sho.com/dexter
We can confirm that the upcoming eighth season of our groundbreaking series DEXTER® will be its final one. Today’s announcement coincides with the release of an exclusive tease from the premiere of the series’ eighth and final season, which debuts on Sunday June 30th at 9 p.m. ET/PT . The series premiered on October 1, 2006 and has grown its loyal audience every season since its debut. DEXTER was the recipient of the prestigious Peabody Award, as well as 25 Emmy and 10 Golden Globe Award nominations, and was twice named one of AFI’s top ten television series.
“When it debuted in 2006, DEXTER redefined the genre, by taking the anti-hero to new heights and pushing the boundaries of the television landscape,” said Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. “DEXTER paved the way for the next generation of award-winning hit SHOWTIME series, and its cultural impact will be felt for years to come.”
“DEXTER is a landmark franchise for our network, and we cannot wait to unveil the conclusion of this series, as we know it, to the millions of passionate fans who have supported the show season after season,” said David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. “We’d like to thank Michael, Jennifer, and DEXTER ‘s indomitable cast, executive producers, writers and crew for eight incredible seasons.”
The exclusive tease from DEXTER ‘s eighth and final season premiere gives fans a sneak peek into the mindset of Dexter and Debra Morgan after LaGuerta’s death in season seven.
To watch the clip, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy6u5rXqN5o.
DEXTER stars Michael C. Hall in his Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning role as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department. Season eight begins six months after LaGuerta’s murder – and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer. As Deb (series star Jennifer Carpenter) struggles to deal with the consequences of her actions, a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering first-hand information on Dexter’s past. The series also stars Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Aimee Garcia, David Zayas, Geoff Pierson and James Remar.
Dexter and Ray Donovan Promo (VIDEO)
- New scenes.
Michael C. Hall as "Dexter" & Jennifer Carpenter as "Debra Morgan' on Dexter in June 2013 (Credit: Showtime)
Since Dexter has been murdering people for 20 years, he's able to glide smothly past Maria LaGuerta's death by Deb's bullet (after Deb was forced by Maria-- to chose betweem Maria and Dexter).
Deb, never the picture of emotionally stability, has something to process or 'live with' for the rest of her life and she must reconcile herself with it, fully which the latest season 8 shots seem to imply that she's not as indicated on a recent DEXTER post on this blog.
Dexter has fallen from revered older brother to sociopath older bro with whom and because of whom, Debra has jeopardized her career/her life.
Michael C. Hall as "Dexter" in Dexter - New seasonJune 30 2013 (Credit: Showtime)
For more in the meantime, be sure to visit the official "Dexter" page on Showtime, "like" "Dexter" on Facebook, and follow "Dexter" on Twitter.
Ray Donovan Promo (VIDEO)
- New scenes - after the jump:
As much as I love a solid TV news exclusive like this one from EW, I still enjoy the on-set Tweets from Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter's sister, 'Deb') the most (@J2theCarpenter). Have a look at some of the shots she's posted (as well as a fan shot). I'd bet my eldest son, that Carpenter's onscreen character, Debra Morgan, is going to find herself driving into a pond and looking a bit worse for wear (see photo) afterwards. No context yet other than Carpenter referring to the scene as happening in episode 4, which I guess actually is some context. Check back for more spoilery Tweets from Carpenter and other Dexter updates, as we get closer to the June 30 2013 premiere date of Dexter on Showtime!
Dexter - Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski) on Dexter's Table (VIDEO)
Yvonne Strahovski is officially returning to Dexter for the show’s eighth season.
Yvonne Strahovski returning to 'Dexter' --EW EXCLUSIVE
The actress is set to reprise her role in a multi-episode arc this summer as Hannah McKay, the gorgeous killer florist. Last season, Hannah became Dexter’s twisted love interest and a major thorn in his side. When we last saw her in the seventh season finale, Hannah had escaped from prison, and Dex was seemingly lucky to get away from her. “We both knew it would come to this, one of us dead or behind bars,” Dexter said. With Hannah returning, we suspect this time one of them (or both?) won’t escape so easily.
Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah McKay and Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in 'Dexter' (Credit: Showtime)
'Dexter' star Yvonne Strahovksi on Twitter
James Hibberd talk about the new season 8 of 'Dexter' with returning guest star Yvonne Strahovski (Hannah McKay)
As if Dexter Morgan didn't have enough problems on his hands, his
world is now getting set to be invaded by a loony actor from the land of
HBO's hit series "Entourage." Read on to find out who his dark
passenger will have to deal with next.
THR is reporting that Rhys Coiro has been tapped to guest star in an episode of the Showtime serial killer drama. He'll play a tough bail jumper that Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) is tracking in the upcoming eighth and potentially final season of the Michael C. Hall series. He joins new cast membersCharlotte Rampling, Nick Gomez, and Sean Patrick Flanery.
SOURCE: http://www.imdb.com/news/ni48046724/
Rhys Coiro w. Alex Skarsgård in Straw Dogs
Rhys Coiro has been tapped to guest star in an episode of the Showtime serial killer drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
He'll play a tough bail jumper that Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) is tracking
in the upcoming eighth and potentially final season of the Michael C.
Hall starrer.
Are there major spoilers in these Dexter on-set shots?
'Dexter' - Season 8 - Behind-the-Scenes Set Photos of Deb (Jennifer Carpenter)
There may well be. Take a look at Jennifer Carpenter, who plays Dexter's sister Deb. Have you ever seen her dressed like this? I'll answer. No. Never. Super-long crimped hair and super-short cut-offs make for a sexy 'day-at-the beach' look. But, she's not at the beach. Deb is a workaholic and last we saw of her she was wearing blazers as part of her higher authority cop look.
Could Deb have quit the Miami PD? Think about it. Unlike Dexter, Debra is not accustomed to faking it every day of her life--and to have to walk into a building full of cops each day after murdering Maria LaGuerta in cold blood? To me, that says at least a temporary leave. If you have some other ideas feel free to share them in the comment section!
'Dexter' - Season 8 - Behind-the-Scenes Set Photo of Dexter (Michael C. Hall) Not nearly as much to see here other than Dex is wearing one of his signature sherbet-colored shirts.
We will start getting some answers when the story will begin to unfold June 30 2012 at 9 p.m. on Showtime when Dexter season 8 returns as as a lead-in for Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan, which stars Liev Schreiber as a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous.
Jennifer Carpenter's Twitter is an excellent Dexter News Source!
Deb's (Jennifer Carpenter) new ride on Dexter season 8 (June 2013)
I realized just prior to the beginning of Dexter season 7 that the actor that plays Dexter's sister Deb, Jennifer Carpenter (Twitter name: @J2thecarpenter), is an excellent source of behind-the-scenes information about Showtime's Dexter, which as you probably know is returning this JUNE(!)
Dexter season 8 first read through Tweet
Unlike some celebrities that Tweet photos of their latest meal (or bowel movement), Carpenter Tweets really interesting stuff without giving away anything that would imperil her job. When she's not filming Dexter, she sends out some very funny stuff as well, often with attached photos. So let's look at some of the latest Tweets from 'Deb' to learn what's up with "Dexter" which returned to filming what is probably it's final season on February 11, 2013.
'Are you shitfuckingkidding me?' - JC
Yes, offscreen Carpenter talks much like her onscreen character (in her Tweets, at least).
Nick Gomez signs on for Dexter season 8 in a recurrring role
Finally, as SpoilerTV reported, Nick Gomez (@Nicksgomez) has signed on as a recurring player in Dexter season 8.
Michael C. Hall with Aimee Garcia in Dexter (2012) Credit: Showtime
Actress Aimee Garcia, who has been recurring as graduate student Jamie Batista, has been promoted to series regular, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Garcia has been recurring on the Showtime serial killer drama, where she
cares for Dexter's son, Harrison while his father juggles his Dark Passenger and job
as a blood-spatter analyst at Miami Metro. She's the sister to Dexter's
colleague, Angel (David Zayas).
Dexter - Season 8 - Casting News - Sean Patrick Flanery gets major role
Masters of Horror - Season 2, "That Dammed Thing" - Sean Patrick Flanery as Kevin Diyah Pera/Showtime
Sean Patrick Flanery will give Dexter some Indy cred when he plays a major part in the Showtime drama’s upcoming eighth season.
The actor formerly known for playing the title role in The Young Indiana
Jones Chronicles joins the cabler as Jacob Elroy, a former
cop-turned-private eye in Miami, our sister site Deadline reports.
Charlotte Rampling (pictured with Alexander's dad, Stellan Skarsgård)
Dexter - Season 8 - Casting News - Charlotte Rampling gets recurring role
A veteran British actress has landed a key role in the upcoming eighth (and possibly final) season of Showtime’s Dexter.
Charlotte Rampling has been cast in a recurring role as a neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in working with young psychopaths and profiling criminals in unorthodox ways. We hear the role has a significant impact on next season’s story.
I'm intrigued by each of these roles for one reason: They all seem to point to the noose tightening around both Dexter's (Michael C. Hall) and Deb's (Jennifer Carpenter) necks.
Firstly, expanding Aimee Garcia's role to a regular means of course, that she'll be getting more face time--but doing what? "Jamie Batista" could play a very important role in any information -gathering that might be going on in regard to Dexter. Since she is Dexter's son Harrison's nanny, she has a great deal of knowledge about Dexter's comings and goings, though until this point she has seemed to be playing dumb about his weird night-time schedule. One might suppose that her suspicions are aroused or she is somehow recruited to start paying more attention to the tell-tale details of Dexter's very odd daily schedule. (Side note: Aimee Garcia was born in 1978! You do the math (she looks so youthful!)
Sean Patrick Flanery's casting in a 'major part' as 'Jacob Elroy, a former
cop-turned-private eye in Miami' as could bode ill for Dex and Deb, as could the creation of the character of 'a neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in working with young psychopaths and profiling criminals in unorthodox ways'. Charlotte Rampling will have a recurring role as the yet-to-be named character. As a profiler, she too will be a potential threat to Dexter and Debra.
It's strictly supposition on my part, but my feeling is that in this (supposedly) final season of Dexter that we will be kept guessing as to whether Dexter and Deb will be made to pay for their crimes and if so, to what extent. It could make for a very compelling season but in any case, I'm very excited that the story will begin to unfold June 30 2012 at 9 p.m. on Showtime when Dexter season 8 returns as as a lead-in for Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan, which stars Liev Schreiber as a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous.
If you have any guesses, theories, or comments about Dexter eighth season, please share below!
Surprise, mother f**ker! Dexter Returns for Season 8 in June!
This is one I didn't see coming, but according to Showtime boss David Nevins' announcement at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, the hit drama will debut three months earlier than usual on Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c, where it will lead into a brand new Showtime original drama.
Dexter and Ray Donovan Summer 2013
The return of Dexter and the premiere of Ray Donovan Sunday, June 30th only on Showtime.
Check out this NEW Video (above) that catches you up with Dexter's NEW schedule as well as the Liev Schreiber vehicle, 'Ray Donovan.'
Liev Schreiber in 'Ray Donovan' (Cr: Showtime)
The Showtime hit is moving to summer for what could be its final season. Dexter season 8 will debut June 30 at 9 p.m. to serve as a lead-in for Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan, which stars Liev Schreiber as a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous.
Showtime's entertainment president assures that the Dexter
team will still have plenty of time to create a strong season. “They
had a lot of advance warning [that this was happening] and they know
where they’re going,” he said. “No less production time; a little less
vacation time.”
Dates released for more NEW and returning Showtime Original Programming:
In addition to the big news that Dexter fans have only to wait five more months for season 8 to commence, Nevins announced that Showtime's Golden Globe & Emmy award-winning thriller Homeland, will return for its third season Sept. 29 and will be paired with the new Masters and Johnson period drama Masters of Sex.
More 2013 dates from Showtime: Shameless, House of Lies and Californication premiered on Sunday, January 13; Nurse Jackie and The Borgias April 14; The Big C: Hereafter will conclude the series starting April 29. Web Therapy will be on sometime this summer. Episodes will return early 2014. Here’s a video preview of Ray Donovan and Masters:
MASTERS OF SEX and RAY DONOVAN, the newest additions to the critically-acclaimed and award-winning slate of original series from Showtime, will premiere in 2013.
Ausiello: Yes. Producers have quietly begun looking
for a 6-year-old boy to play a 4-year-old boy throughout S8, which makes
me wonder if Harrison is going to experience a growth spurt between
seasons.
Michael C. Hall and Lauren Velez in the Dexter season 6 Finale (Credit: Showtime)
The countdown to Dexter‘s endgame has begun.
The Showtime serial killer thriller will introduce two major recurring characters in its upcoming eighth and likely, final season — and both could spell trouble for Dex and Deb.
First up is Dr. Evelyn Vogel, a formidable and whip smart neuro-psychiatrist in her late 50s who assists the law in profiling criminals (like, perhaps, the one who murdered LaGuerta?).
This particular character's job description and roughly, age (and sex) made me think of Dr. Kay Scarpetta in the Patricia Cornwell series.
The show is also on the hunt for a 40ish actor to play Jacob Elroy, a handsome and straightforward former cop who now runs his own private eye business. GUESSES: Angel (or Tom?!) hires him to find out who killed his ex-wife/ex-partner-in-crime.
Dex and Deb are doomed to be found out if she and 'Jacob' start dating. He's her type, older and 'in the business.' I think, sooner or later Deb will be the one to crack and spill both her and Dexter's secret.
But I can totally see Dex attempting to take the fall for his sister though and vehemently dissuading her from doing the same for him. Just the same, I see him always feeling what he does is just and worthy, though he understands how vastly different a murderer like himself is from someone who has never done so.
The concluding season of Dexter is can't miss TV. It ought to be a total ride.
In case you missed it: Sample a full episode of Dexter. Here. Now.
Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) improvised this mind-blowing, heart-wrenching scene after she kills her boss, Sgt. Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) in cold blood as Dexter (Michael C. Hall) looks on. (Cr: Showtime)
What's in store for Dexter next season?
Q: Will anyone else be suspicious of Dexter next year?
TVG: It
probably doesn't help that the once-suspicious Quinn will be starting a
fling with Dexter's nanny Jamie, since that will put him right back in
the lion's den. Still, "Quinn learned to hold all his cards close to the
vest," showrunner Scott Buck says.
"He knows that he certainly has a lot of information that other
people at the station are not aware of, so what he knows could certainly
come out at an opportune moment." Let's just see if Quinn survives
dating Angel's little sister. "I can't imagine Angel would be too happy
about that," Buck says.
Executive Producer Scott Buck discusses the season 7 finale.
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall in the season 7 finale of Dexter ( Cr: Showtime)
Despite Dexter's (Michael C. Hall) momentous decision in the penultimate episode 11 to turn evidence over to the cops, which leads to Hannah's (Yvonne Strahovki) arrest for the murder of Sal Price, it turns out that Hannah is really the least of Dexter's worries in the season finale.
Instead, Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) arrests Dexter for the murder of Hector Estrada, and it rattles her so that she refuses to look at him as she Mirandizes him. She's making a major move here. Despite Dexter's coworkers at the station's shock and disbelief, they'd feel even more so if they knew that Dexter set up everything to look like LaGuerta is trying to frame him — and since she was involved in expediting Estrada's release from prison, no one will trust her judgment now--effectively stopping her cold in her search for the true Bay Harbour Butcher. Or one would think.
Much as she has seemed to reach a hundred dead ends in her pursuit of the truth, LaGuerta forges on, deciding this time to go after Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), uncovering the gas station surveillance tapes that show Deb filling up a gas can near the church where Travis (Colin Hanks) died and evidence was destroyed in a petroleum-fueled fire. This could prove what the single blood slide could not--that Debra helped Dexter cover up the serial killer's murder.
After Deb informs Dex about how deep they both are in muck with LaGuerta, Dex searches LaGuerta's home and finds she has obtained a warrant for the GPS on Dexter and Deb's phones, which will then prove the Morgan siblings were both at the church during the fire. (cont.)
Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter and Lauren Velez in the season 7 finale of Dexter ( Cr: Showtime)
At this point, Dexter has a big decision to make--whether or not to flee, or as Harry puts it, abandon the code and "kill an innocent." Dexter refuses to run, saying he is standing his ground using the slippery, still alive Estrada as bait, tracking the ex-con down and returning to the familiar dock-side shipping container. He extracts his vengeance on Estrada, the man who ordered the hit on his mother, as he waits for LaGuerta (who he has Estrada call and who is hurrying on her way), by stabbing him in the chest.
But then, as she did in the season 6 finale, Debra interferes with her brother's plan. Again, Dexter finds himself staring down the barrel of his sister's gun. *Poof* goes Dexter's plan to set up and murder LaGuerta, who arrives as orchestrated, making it look like she and Estrada killed each other in a gun fight.
Debra arrives as a drugged up, semi-conscious LaGuerta is coming around. She begs Deb to do the right thing, to 'put him down.' Dexter then makes his plea using reverse psychology telling Deb that LaGuerta is right, Deb's a good person and, stealing Hannah's line as Dexter was about to put her down, tells Deb, 'Do what you gotta do.'
A shaking Deb doesn't surprise us as she chooses her brother not to kill as Dexter previously chose his sister over his lover, Hannah. She puts a bullet in LaGuerta. (It was recounted that Jennifer Carpenter as Deb improvised the scene that followed her killing LaGuerta. I think she was brilliant--to me, this is as shattering as Dexter discovering Rita in the bathtub (season 4 finale, Trinity murder).
Deb then breaks down, sobbing over the dead LaGuerta. Later, we see Dex (still wearing his kill shirt) and Deb arriving arm-in-arm at Angel's (David Zayas) New Year's/Retirement party, still dazed from the chaos and carnage.
"Is this a new beginning or the beginning of the end?"
Dexter ponders in voiceover.
It seems a sure bet we'll get that answer in Dexter's final season next fall.
Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter and Lauren Velez in the season 7 finale of Dexter (Cr: Showtime)
Michael C. Hall as Dexter with Lauren Velez as Sgt. Laguerta in Dexter 7.12 (Credit: Showtime)
Dexter 7x12 Promo "Surprise, Motherfucker!" (HD) Season Finale
Dexter must protect himself as LaGuerta closes in on his secret in the Dexter Season 7 finale.
Hannah goes to jail; LaGuerta continues her investigation.
Michael C. Hall as Dexter with Lauren Velez as Sgt. Laguerta in Dexter 7.12 (Credit: Showtime)
It's time now to make your best guess as to how Dexter season 7 will wrap up.
Last week, after discovering that Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski) attempted to murder his sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), Dex (Michael C. Hall) took decisive action after lab results from a water bottle he found in Deb's wreaked car showed the water to be 40% spiked with prescription medication that knocked Deb out while she was at the wheel of her car. He retrieved the poison pen that Hannah used to kill Sal Price, the 'true crime' writer, and turned it over to Deb so she could bring charges against Hannah for his murder. The episode closed on a solemn note with Hannah declaring as they cuffed her that Dex 'should've killed (her)'.
I have to say, I felt greatly relieved as Dexter was behaving entirely as I would think he would given the great closeness he has with Debra. I never questioned that he would 'choose' Deb over Hannah but it wasn't clear until it came to a matter of life and death. Interesting too, how Dex echoed Deb's own words about keeping company with Hannah: "You'll never be safe."
The season would seem to be wrapped up save for one very important detail: Sgt. LaGuerta's (Lauren Velez) dogged determination to clear her former lover, cop, and Dexter nemesis, James Doakes (Erik King) of the moniker of having been the "Bay Harbor Butcher.' As we saw, she narrowed the possible suspects down to Dexter and despite finding evidence to the contrary which implicated Doakes (and which she correctly suggested Dexter could have planted) and assuring her former boss Tom Matthews (Geoff Pierson) that she would cease and desist, she continues in the season finale at full steam ahead in her efforts to take Dexter down.
How far will she go? Are the promo photos and sneak peeks which indicate that Dexter is arrested real or are they a fantasty or recollection like this is?:
James Doakes (Erik King) appears in the season 7 finale of Dexter on Showtime December 16
And what about Hannah? She knows Dexter's big secret. He must have considered that she would tell the cops what she knows--and that, coupled with what LaGuerta thinks she knows would seem to be all that is needed to seal Dexter's fate.
Finally, what is Debra going to do? as Hannh rightly points our, debra is being selective in her pursuit of justice by arresting Hannah and but Allowing dexter to remain free? Will Deb's conscience get the better of her and will she free Hannah? This screen shot would seem to imply that something big happens as Hannah is out of shakles and outside Dexter's apartment!
Yvonne Strahovski in Dexter 7.12 (Credit: Showtime)
Update: TVGuide Dexter SPOILER:
Q: Will Hannah turn in Dexter during the DEXTER finale?
A: That will be the big question of the hour. But Michael C. Hall says Dexter may come to regret turning her in for more than one reason.
"I think he was open to a sense of possibility and open to a sense of a
legitimate future in a way that he never has been before and that's not
going to be an easy thing to dismiss," he says. "He believes that
Hannah does love him and will keep his secret. He, if nothing else,
believes she'll do it out of a sense of self-righteousness, that she was
able to keep secrets in a way that he couldn't."
Jennifer Carpenter, Michael C. Hall & Yvonne Strahovski in Dexter 7.11 "Do You See What I See?" (Cr: Showtime)
Season 7 Dexter is really keeping me guessing as to where the "new
Dexter," now sans his Dark Passenger, is headed. In this Sunday's episode, Debra zigs when she should've zagged, it's Christmastime in Miami and things for Dexter and Hannah continue to
roll along nicely--until a large bump in the road threatens to derail
their future together.
Dexter : What are the Odds? Sneak Peek (VIDEO)
Matthews interrogates Dexter.
Dexter 7.11 "Do You See What I See?" (Cr: Showtime)
DEXTER SEASON 7 – Episode 711 – “Do You See What I See?” Synopsis
As Christmas approaches, Dexter tries to balance his life with Hannah
and his relationship with Debra, but unbeknownst to Dexter, Debra
follows up on what could be an incriminating tip that Hannah’s father
gave her. However, when Dexter learns that the man responsible for
ordering his mother’s death has been released from prison, he zeros in
for a kill that might end all kills.
Written by Manny Coto & Wendy West, Directed by John Dahl
DEXTER SEASON 7 – Episode 711 – “Do You See What I See?”PROMO
DEXTER Episode 7.11 - Yvonne Strahovski and Michael C. Hall (Cr: Showtime)
TVGuide SPOILER Ahead!
Q: Wow, Dexterkilled Hannah's father. What won't he do for her on Dexter? A: He probably wouldn't
look the other way if she tried to kill one of his family members — and
considering that Deb is his only family, it should come as no surprise
that Dexter will look askance when she gets into a very
suspicious-looking car accident. Will he ever be able to have a future
with Hannah now? On the bright side, Dexter will try to put the kibosh on LaGuerta and Matthews' investigation into the Bay Harbor Butcher — but that doesn't mean Maria has really given up.
Yvonne Strahovski as 'Hannah McKay' and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in Dexter episode 710 (Cr: Showtime)
This is the episode that propels us to the end...
Dexter : With the Creators: The Dark... Whatever VIDEO Interview (VIDEO):
Executive Producer Scott Buck discusses Dexter's realization about his Dark Passenge.
Beware! Dexter Executive Producer, Scott Buck, in explaining the shift in Dexter's perception of himself and specifically, his "Dark Passenger' utters what some viewers could consider SPOILERS. Some of the most intriguing observations & quotes from Dexter episode 710 follow:
'This is the season that Dexter (Michael C. Hall) grows up and accepts responsibility for what he has done and for who he is.'
Says Dexter: 'If there's no dark passenger then I'm responsible for everything I've done.'
Continues Buck, 'This (710) is the episode that is going to propel us to the end.'
Dexter : Season 7, Episode 10 Wrap-Up (Audio Podcast)
Producer Scott Reynolds sits down with Desmond Harrington and then is joined by Executive Producer Scott Buck to answer fan questions.
Michael C. Hall as Dexter and Jennifer Carpenter as Deb in 'Dexter' on Showtime. Season 7 finale is Dec 16
Just caught up and watched this episode. Turns out that Hannah's
father is pretty much what you'd expect of a guy who was OK with letting
his daughter (almost) drown as a young child.
Some major attitude adjusting continues to go on between Deb and Dex.
Debra makes Dex a promise in regard to Hannah McKay but how far that
promise will extend into the future remains an open question. In fact,
there are several 'open questions,' with Laguerta's re-investigation of
the Bay Harbour Butcher case and her bringing her old boss Tom, on-board
to help with the case, probably the most compelling, not including the Dex-Deb-Hannah situation. What a mess!
It seems that the heat is going to remain on 'high' all the way through the finale--which is soon!
SPOILER: In this episode, Dexter deliberately breaks a major component of Harry's Code and has no conflicting feelings about it whatsoever.
Life continues to be complicated for Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski) Cr: Showtime
Synopsis: DEXTER SEASON 7 – Episode 710 – “The Dark… Whatever”
A surprise visit from Hannah’s father puts Dexter on alert, and the
Phantom Arsonist’s crimes become more gruesome. Defending Nadia’s honor
forces Quinn into a dangerous situation, and LaGuerta brings on former
Deputy Chief Matthews to help her with the Bay Harbor Butcher case.
Written by Lauren Gussis & Jace Richdale & Scott Reynolds
Directed by Michael Lehmann
SPOILER: This week Hannah's father pays Dexter a surprise visit? That is entirely out of left field. SPOILER: I have not watched the eppy yet but I have two photos of Dexter doing a kill and neither one is of Hannah's father. EDIT: Sorry, those are next week's photos. My bad. I'm not saying if it is 2 photos of one kill or not. I do have a real spoiler for episode 7.10 and it is here.
Dexter - Episode 7.10 - The Dark…Whatever - Synopsis
Dexter is unnerved when Hannah's father pays him a surprise visit; the Phantom Arsonist's crimes become more vicious; and Quinn defends Nadia's honor and finds himself in a volatile situation. Meanwhile; LaGuerta asks a former superior for help on the Bay Harbor Butcher case. Original Air Date: Dec 2, 2012
SOURCE: http://www.tvguide.com/
'Of course you have a _choice_... Why do I get the feeling that you want to wrap him in plastic?' Hannah to Dex (Yvonne Strahovski & Michael C. Hall in Dexter 7.10) Cr: Showtime
'Clint McKay' in Dexter episode 710
Wonder just how conflicting Hannah's Dad's recollections of 'life with Hannah' will be to hers? Is he a scumbag like she paints him? Worse?
NEW! Dexter Episode 710 Promo VIDEO:
Dexter : Frustrated Sneak Peek VIDEO:
Dexter tells Hannah about his Dark Passenger.(and she almosts LOLs)
Hannah totally does not 'get Dexter' which if they didn't have an 'end-date' stamped on the relationship, this bit guarantees.
Ray Stevenson as "Issak" On Dexter 709 Helter Skelter on Showtime (Credit: Showtime)
Previously on Dexter:
Dexter : 'Out of My Control' Episode 709 Recap (VIDEO):
Dexter arrives at the hospital to see Hannah.
When Isaak Circo (Ray Stevenson) learned that the Koshka gang sent two experienced hitmen to kill him, he approached Dexter with an offer to help him kill them in exchange for calling off their blood feud. Dexter initially declined, but agreed once Circo kidnapped Hannah to increase his leverage. It ... gave rise to a strange and entertaining alliance between the two gentleman killers.
As it turned out, they each held true to their side of the bargain. Dexter put his serial-killing skills to good use and quickly took out the first hitman at a rifle range. Isaak did not betray Dexter as he led the second assassin onto a Koshka-owned barge, Circo came through, and gunned the guy down from above.
A short moment of victory then George Novikov (Jason Gedrick), Isaak's fed up second-in-command, showed up and shot Isaak in the stomach. Declining going to the hospital, Isaak pretty much accepted his situation--that he was going to die, and asked Dexter to take him out on his boat so he could be cast away to sea with his dead lover, Victor. Issak being Issak that meant that he would have one last philosophical discussion about 'love' with Dexter as well.
Ray Stevenson, by turns super smooth and super-scary, did the Isaak character beautifully. He may have been the most complex and sane of all the Dexter villains.
Who is that in the background with Hannah? If you have been paying close attention you should be able to piece together a guess! I'll give you a big huge clue after the jump in one of the photos below!
Yvonne Strahovski as "Hannah McKay in Dexter Episode 7.09 'Helter Skelter'**
DEXTER SEASON 7 – Episode 709 – “Helter Skelter” Synopsis:
Dexter is preoccupied with Isaak still on the loose, but an internal
struggle within the Koshka Brotherhood could work to Dexter’s advantage.
And while Miami Metro is on the hunt for a Phantom Arsonist, Dexter
goes to great lengths to protect his relationship with Hannah, asking a
favor of Debra that causes her to question her loyalty to Dexter. Original
Air Date: Nov 25, 2012 Source: TV Guide
Written by Tim Schlattmann, Directed by Steve Shill
Scenes from Dexter 709 'Helter Skelter' airing this Sunday on Showtime (Cr: Showtime)
Next on Dexter: '
Leverage' VIDEO Sneak Peek:
Dexter comes to Debra after he learns about Hannah's kidnapping.
Ray Stevenson as Issak in Dexter 709
'I just want to talk.' -- Issak to Dexter
Do you believe that Issak 'just wants to talk'--or does he want something more?
Dexter : 'I Just Want to Talk' Sneak Peek (VIDEO):
Dexter comes home to find Isaak in his apartment.
'There's the small matter of the two men who want me dead--and your stubborn refusal to help'--Issak to Dexter
Last Week:
Dexter : 'In Love' VIDEO Recap
Debra admits her true feelings to Dexter.
Dexter: What do you mean, you're in love with me?
Deb: I don't even know if I like you...ugh fff...forget it!
Last week included a real revelation--one that we've known of since season 6 but Dexter just learns of. He's uncomprehending--he had not clue one until Deb let fly her true (former?) feelings for him.
SPOILER: In Episode 709 – “Helter Skelter” next Sunday Dexter has a definitive response to Deb's declaration. His perspective may help Debra come to terms with her feelings or it may confirm to her something much darker--about not only herself--but Dexter and someone else.
All that and a bunch of promo PHOTOS & sneak peek videos, too!
Scroll down and click through on the thumbnails for full size!
Spoiler!!! Dexter is totally about to kill the guy in the photo!
But he's just a truly random (bad) guy so I feel OK about telling you that what is happening in the photo is exactly what's is going down in a mere second after you hit the 'play' button, if you chose to pause during this scene as you view it.
Dexter 7x08 Promo "Argentina" (HD) VIDEO:
Let's see what else can I tell you but not truly spoil.
Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) finally comes clean to Dex about her (pre-catching him serial killing in the church) feelings about him, albeit in a way that I wouldn't have chosen. I thought it a bit too much of a stretch too soon after finding out sibling Dexter is a serial killer, to get all wrapped up in how appropriate Deb's feelings for her 'in-name-only' brother. (They were foster kids in the same foster family.) I get how they only have one another and she was very dependent and looked up to him all her life--that there would be sibling 'love'--but even off-screen, this stuff sometimes happens.
Dexter has a definitive reaction to the news which will complicate/probably kill any future love affair potential.<exhale>
Dexter Sneak Peek VIDEO - All I Have Left:
Dexter confronts Debra about killing Hannah McKay.
Guess what/who 'Issak Sirko' (Ray Stevenson) is shooting at?
(Answer is after the thumbnail promo photos (below)
Dexter 708: Market For Some Orchids (VIDEO):
Debra confronts Hannah McKay.
Michael C. Hall in 'Dexter' Episode 708
A call back to how Dexter learned to 'act human' in his working life in a police dept. He found that the folks at work liked him more when he brought donuts so he often did so.
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Argentina” Episode 708 Synopsis:
Dexter tries to keep Debra in the dark about his relationship with
Hannah, but a surprise visit from Astor, Cody and Harrison throws a
wrench into Dexter’s plans. Now out of jail, Isaak renews his pursuit of
Dexter, while Quinn continues his power struggle with the Koshkas. Written by Arika Lisanne Mittman, Directed by Romeo Tirone
SOURCE: http://www.tvguide.com/
Michael C. Hall & Christina Robinson ('Astor') in DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Argentina” Episode 708
In other developments in DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Argentina” Episode 708 - Astor and Cody grew up!
Preston Bailey as 'Cody' in Dexter 708 Credit: Showtime
More DEXTER Episode 708 Promo PHOTOS and DEXTER 707 Recap (Excerpt) after the jump:
Santiago Cabrera as 'Sal Price'. Poor Sal. The Curse of Deb strikes again. :(
(Credit: Randy Tepper/Showtime)
The lastest DEXTER Wrap-Up Podcast featuring Yvonne Strahovski ,"Hannah
McKay' on Dexter is now available via embedable YouTube videos! links
follow for the rest of the Dexter season 7 Podcast series:
Synopsis: DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Chemistry” Episode 707:
Written by Manny Coto & Karen Campbell, Directed by Holly Dale
Things heat up as Dexter and Hannah grow closer, and when Sal Price discovers the two are involved, he wants the exclusive story. Sal helps Debra uncover new evidence about Hannah, while Quinn makes questionable choices to protect his girlfriend, Nadia.
Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah McKay, Dexter Season 7 (Credit:Showtime)
Dexter : Dirty Cop Sneak Peek (VIDEO):
Nadia learns about the money George gave Quinn.
Katia Winter and Desmond Harrington in Dexter episode 706 (Credit:Showtime)
Dexter : Lifeguarding Sneak Peek (VIDEO):
Deb saves Dexter for a change.
Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah McKay, Dexter Season 7 (Credit: Showtime)
Mchael C. Hall as Dexter and Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah McKay, Dexter Season 7 (Credit:Showtime)
SYNOPSIS: DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Do the Wrong Thing” Episode 706
Dexter becomes more intrigued by Hannah, while Debra gets to know local crime writer Sal Price, who has dug up some possibly incriminating dirt on Hannah. Quinn gets made an offer he tries to refuse, while Batista is drawn to a new business opportunity. And try as Debra might, she can’t stop LaGuerta from upending the Bay Harbor Butcher case…
TEN SPOILERS ABOUT DEXTER “Do the Wrong Thing” Episode 706:
Dexter tables his next victim and uses an unusual weapon to do his work
Batista dines alfresco and considers making it a habit
Dexter gets a lesson in horticulture
Deb again helps Dexter 'get away with murder'
Heart disease is on the rise
Joey is made an offer he cannot refuse
Issak twists an arm to secure his position in prison
Two of Miami's finest tamper with evidence
Joey has an unwelcome dinner guest
George must find a way to free Issak from prison
Whichever side you come down on with the storyline developing with Dexter and Hannah, be prepared for some wicked twists and turns. I've heard rumor that Yvonne Strahovski, who plays Hannah McKay may be signing on for Dexter's final season--which is next season (8). That makes me quite conflicted because as much as I'm warming up to--or at least intrigued by the character, I'm fervently hoping she won't be taking the place of someone like say, Dexter's sister (Jennifer Carpenter). Carpenter has given a tour de force performance this season, hands down her best one yet and I would hate, hate, hate if this were to be her last season. I guess it all remains to be seen. Gotta be patient and see where the bloody chips fall and remember that nothing official has been announced (yet). Gah.
Desmond Harrington, Katia Winter in DEXTER episode 705 Credit: Randy Tepper/ Showtime
Dexter "Swim Deep' Promo (VIDEO)
Here's the Synopsis and two sneak peek VIDEOS from the October 28 episode of Dexter "Swim Deep'
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Swim Deep” Episode 705
Written by Scott Reynolds, Directed by Ernest Dickerson
While trying to uncover why Louis was killed on his boat, Dexter must out-maneuver Isaak, who’s after Dexter – and Debra. New leads are brought to light on the Wayne Randall killing spree case by his alluring former accomplice, Hannah McKay, who Dexter discovers has a secret.
Dexter SNEAK PEEK VIDEOS Episode 705 "Swim Deep' --watch after the jump or click the links:
DEXTER's Wrap Up podcast featureds an interview with the famed composer Daniel Licht. Check it out as well as each new behind-the-scenes, insider look at the making-of DEXTER, every Sunday after the episode airs on SHOWTIME. Host Scott Reynolds (Producer) interviews the show's actors, directors and more!
Yvonne Strahovski joins Dexter as 'woman-with-past, "Hannah McKay"
Dexter: Warning! The stakes just got higher... again
Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) warns Dexter (Michael C. Hall) that if he continues with his 'life choices' 'bad shit' is going to find him and Harrison. She pleads with Dex to consider sending Harrison to be raised by Rita's parents with his half sibs, Aster & Cody. Dexter strongly resists the idea, arguing that he--Dexter can best raise and protect his son, no one else. It's fun to watch Debra go through stages of gaining some slight acceptance of the knowlege that her brother is a serial killer and then swings all the way to 'no way in hell' can she allow Dexter to kill one more person. Despite her shifting feelings she will ultimately pick a side but she cannot ever feel good about it.
Spoiler hint for episode 704 Dexter 'Run.'
Dexter gives up something precious in this episode.
I am an episode ahead in viewing Dexter and am really intrigued by the Dex/Hannah budding relationship. Something totally inverted from what I expected happened involving the two. It really was executed nicely, turning some rather plot-heavy tables on one of them.
Hannah is 'off' somehow. Her affect is...wooden. Now she speaks of 'rumour' that Dexter was the last person to speak to Wayne before his suidice by Mack truck. Why does she care, given especially what Wayne had told Dexter-- that Hannah wanted nothing to do with him? Strange. Why does she wish to know his last words and re-live something she said she was 'trying to put behind' her?
Just a quick note to remind you that Sunday has arrived and
that means another nail-biting, adrenaline-rush-inducing night of
television on Showtime with all-new episodes of DEXTER beginning at 9
pm/8pm Central and HOMELAND at 10pm/ 9pm Central!
Here are a few more notes about DEXTER:
Have you tuned into James Remar’s (Dexter and Deb's dad, "Harry') inside scoop on the official DEXTER podcast, Dexter Wrap-Up, yet? If so, great, as Remar has insightful observations about this season's new infusion of thrills.
Next up on Dexter Wrap-Up, is everyone’s favorite forensic scientist (he wishes, haha), Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee), who stops by on Monday!
Dexter Producer Scott Reynolds will go
behind-the-scenes with Lee as they discuss tonight's episode as well as
what we can expect this season. Check it out on iTunes, Monday, October
14:http://s.sho.com/V6VRYx. It's FREE!
If you would like to be a part of the podcast action, send your
questions to one of the social sites listed at the bottom of all my
Dexter posts (just scroll down). Reynolds and executive producer Scott Buck pick questions for each week’s episode so, keep those questions coming!
Also, don’t forget to test your knowledge with the killer trivia game Dexter's Disciples. After each episode this season, the game will be updated with new questions. Play Dexter's Disciples here: apps.facebook.com/dextersdisciples
Remember to tune in this Sunday for the continuation ofDEXTER(at
9PM ET/PT) only on Showtime. Follow along with the Sho Sync app to get
the ultimate experience! You can download it now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/QwhRez. It too, is free but you must be at least age 17 to use it.
She's been called "Dexter's new obsession"(!) Enjoy these (non-spoiler) promotional photos from Episode 7.03-7.05 of Yvonne Strahovski ('Hannah McKay'):
Jennifer Carpenter as Lt. Debra Morgan on DEXTER Episode 7.03 'Buck The System' on Showtime Sunday nights (Credit:Randy Tepper/Showtime)
Thus far this season, DEXTER has felt reenergized and this week's episode (7.03, "Buck The System") continues with the same great feeling that the show is fired up on all cylinders and burning brightly.
As a long-time Dexter fan, I'm thrilled with the powerhouse performances of Jennifer Carpenter as the now severely distressed Debra alongside the quiet intensity of Michael C. Hall in the title role as serial killer Dexter. In addition, the supporting cast seems to have caught hold of the same energy boost as they each seem to have found their groove for season 7.
The guest stars are intriguing and/or truly menacing and with the addition this week of the lovely Yvonne Strahovski as 'Hannah McKay' and in episodes to come (scroll down for synopses of upcoming episodes that give us some idea of where she'll fit in the the over-arching storyline), it appears the pieces are in place for a memorable season 7!
Michael C. Hall and Yvonne Strahovski in Dexter episode 7.03 (Credit: Randy Tepper/Showtime)
Synopsis DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Buck The System” - Episode 7.03:
Dexter tries to bring Debra on-board with his new target, while the Ukrainian mob seeks revenge for the killing of one of their own. Quinn grows close to a dancer at the mob’s strip club, and LaGuerta attempts to enlist Batista to help her with re-opening the case of the Bay Harbor Butcher, who she believes is still out there.
Written by Jace Richdale, Directed by Stefan Schwartz (Credit: Showtime)
DEXTER SEASON 7 Episode 7.03 - 'Buck the System' Promo PHOTO Stills (HQ)
After the jump: DEXTER Sneak Peek Previews and Synopses!:
Jennifer Carpenter as Debra and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in DEXTER episode 7.02 "Sunshine & Frosty Swirl'.
NEXT on DEXTER Episode 7.02:
"Sunshine and Frosty Swirl"
Season 7, Episode 2
Episode Synopsis:
When a local convict claims he has new information regarding a
fifteen-year-old crime spree, Miami Metro sets out to unearth new
evidence on the case. While Debra attempts to cure Dexter of his killer
tendencies, the Mike Anderson case leads to the Ukrainian mob, and a
vengeful Louis won’t stop meddling with Dexter’s life.
So by now you, me, Dex and Deb have all somehow survived the immediate aftermath of Deb walking in on Dexter in mid-kill. That was one of the most fraught-with-tension moments in all of Dexter, I think. Debra, though severely shaken, managed to keep her wits about her even as the scene before her and how Dexter explained it just wasn't making any logical sense. Any wonder that this is only the beginning of the Dex and Deb dance that will continue for the foreseeable future? Gone is the sometimes bumbling Officer Deb of old, replaced by Lt. Morgan, who has not only justifiably gained confidence in her abilities but now has the power to destroy Dexter's world, a thought that would have never entered her mind prior to her gruesome discovery. She did after all surprise him at the church because she wanted to confess being 'in love' with him. (Sidenote/small SPOILER: Dexter EP's have confirmed that by mid-season Dex and Deb will have had (some permutation of) 'the discussion' that Deb had intended to have with her brother prior to the 'big reveal.'
Dexter however, has not really altered his perception of anything. Within seconds of being discovered and with decades of wearing a facade of a non-sociopath, Dexter snaps into course-correct mode, making excuse after excuse for what Deb is witnessing, many of which seem entirely plausible--unless you are blowing smoke at Deb the bulldog, who is not gonna let go of this bone until she fully wraps her head around it and when she deems that the pieces now fit. Dexter was beginning to think he was getting a handle on the damage control that was mandatory after being caught, literally red-handed, but the very final moments in the premiere episode begged a very different question.
Stayed tuned for episode 2 which is even more mind-blowing that the premiere episode!
The new season of Dexter feels like another 'Trinity' or season 1 or two. Very brisk, the acting is primo (as always) as actors who seemed underused are getting more screen time doing pretty cool, interesting things. All-in-all Season 7 offers us a genuinely re-energized Dexter.
Oh yeah.
Dexter is now talking to Deb about his 'Dark Passenger!'
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall in Dexter, premiering on Showtime Sunday Sept. 30 (Credit: Showtime)
Just hearing those words tumbling from his mouth, rather than his thoughts via Michael C. Hall's ubiquitous (and exceptionally listenable) voice-over is weirdly creepy.
Jennifer Carpenter is being given some serious screen time as Dex's sister Debra, grappling yet again with some seriously fucked-up shit. The most serious ever, to be precise.
Part of Deb's and Dex's world's have just ceased to exist. Deb screams at Dex after yet another gut-wrenching revelation by him, 'I will never be OK!' In fact, in the first couple days in the aftermath of Deb's discovery of Dexter's murderous streak, Deb remarks to him that Dex 'is a sick fuck,' and that she 'almost turned (him) in this morning.' Dex is a very unhappy camper and Deb is barely keeping it together in a mission to save her brother.
Deb is discovering one horrifying thing after the next and she's only seen Dex in action once. What happens if she 'breaks' (so to speak) and turns him in? This question is one of many surely plaguing Dexter as we begin season 7.
Dexter : Angel Batista VIDEO:
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Are You…?” Episode 701
Written by Scott Buck, Directed by John Dahl
Reeling from Debra witnessing Dexter kill Travis Marshall, brother and
sister attempt to reconcile while struggling to cover up their
involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an
unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta
finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor
Butcher Case, which could mean trouble for Dexter – and Debra…
After the jump:
Bonus! Dexter and Deb - Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter on working with her husband (VIDEO)
Dexter - Early Cuts: All in the Family - Chapters 1 - 5
Dexter: Early Cuts All in the Family Chapter 5 VIDEO:
Starring Michael C. Hall and illustrated by David Mack. Written by Dexter producer Scott Reynolds. New Early Cuts merchandise is available at http://store.sho.com.
Dexter Early Cuts 'All in the Family' Chapters 1-5
Dexter: Early Cuts: All in the Family Chapter 4 VIDEO:
Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family Chapter 3 VIDEO:
Dexter receives some new clues in his hunt for the prostitute killer.
Starring Michael C. Hall, written by Scott Reynolds and illustrated by David Mack.
Dexter Early Cuts : All in the Family Chapter 2 VIDEO:
Dexter Early Cuts : All in the Family: Chapter 1 VIDEO:
Dexter Early Cuts - All in the Family Chapter 1-5 VIDEO
DEXTER's Early Cuts has just released its next episode. In this chapter, Dexter's on the hunt for the prostitute killer, what will he dig up?
Edit/ After re-watching these 'Early Cuts' and having viewed Dexter's season 7 debut (on Showtime Sept 30) I can see a strong tie-in between the 'old' Dex and Deb and the present day brother - sister unit. Dexter and Deb's behaviour in the present took shape years ago and the Early Cuts are excellent at adding dimensions to the Dexter-verse!
Coming soon: DEXTER's Disciples! Follow along this season with these interactive mini-games. More info is on it's way in the next week or 2-- so check back!
Don't forget to tune every week for the DEXTER Podcasts for the hugely-anticipated seventh season of Dexter where you'll go behind-the-scenes of each episode with writer Scott Reynolds, and showrunner Scott Buck.
Finally, do not forget to check out the DEXTER official Facebook and Twitter pages to submit your questions as well as gather some really great, fresh, Dexter images, news and happenings!
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Though Dexter is going into it's seventh season, I think it quite likely that the most exciting part of the series lies ahead.
Dexter, at it's core, is a story of a serial killer and his big secret, the 'Dark Passenger' who compels him to kill. Having to carry this secret alone has led to a pretty isolated life for Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall). Without his sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), there's a good chance Dexter's life would have been even more dysfunctional: he may have never married or had a child, which though they did not dampen his need to feed his Dark Passenger, did in fact open Dexter up to being able to love.
In season 1, Dexter declared that he did not really understand what it meant to love someone, believing he could not do so but 'if he could,' that person would be his sister, Deb.
It turned out that he loved both his now-dead wife, Rita and his biological son, Harrison as well as Deb.
However, with Debra now literally witnessing Dexter feeding his Dark Passenger by plunging a knife through serial killer Travis's heart, there has been created as actor James Remar ('Harry') puts it, 'a tectonic shift' in Dexter's world.
This is indeed the end of 'Dexter's secret belonging to him'.
The biggest question to be answered is what now lies ahead? My guess is more--much more-- shifting.
Dexter returns Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c on Showtime.
Season 7, Episode 1 Synopsis:
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Are You…?”
Episode 701 Written by Scott Buck, Directed by John Dahl Reeling from Debra witnessing Dexter kill Travis Marshall, brother and sister attempt to reconcile while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor Butcher Case, which could mean trouble for Dexter – and Debra…
Credit: Showtime 7.01 - SPOILERS - I think this photo is symbolic of no matter how awful this is going to be, the siblings will get through it. Like the saying, ' The ony way out is through'.
Both Deb and Dex seperately still have their own pretty huge issues besides this one that just ran over them both. The 'other stuff' has bound them to one
another thus far. It still needs to 'evolve'. I'll bet Deb's Q's about Dex just all completely changed!
'Am I in love with him? Fuck that!--Should I put him in handcuffs!?'
Michael C.Hall in Season 5 DEXTER on Showtime (Key Art Credit: Showtime)
I watched Dexter episode 7.01 for the first time today(!) My post **May contain unintentional spoilers**. I assume you read the message boards so nothing really new here except for the impressions Dexter season 7's debut episode left for me.
Debra's (Jennifer Carpenter) is grappling in an attempt at processing witnessing brother Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in the act of a serial killer-style execution at an open crime scene--the abandoned church of season 6.
(I hope they got Prof. Gellar's (Edward J.Olmos) basement deep-freezed corpse out before Dexter & Deb torched the abandoned, barn-like church place).
Some viewers have expressed, during this seeemingly endless hiatus, the opinion that Deb 'should have known ' Dexter's true nature.
Maybe.
Paying attention to these another flashbacks featuring Harry Morgan (James Remar) and Dexter & Deb as kids and their Mom! it's apparent Harry believed Dexter a monster even as a preadolescent--tho' a monster he loved/was responsible for--but could Harry have done things differently and had Dexter not grow up to be a serial killer? Dexter has pondered these very questions. Will Deb too when Dexter gives her the 411 on Harry Morgan?
The episode 7.01 flashbacks do show us how ineffective Dexter's mom was at changing 'Harry's way' of raising Dexter. 'Allergic to dogs' is a good one. 'Allergic' to all small creatures would be Harry's more complete comment--tho' young Dexter seems to disagree.
Maybe the part of Dexter's true nature--one of which is 'to never get caught', has until now been more sharp than Debra's. Debra is behind the curve on Dexter in the understanding the mind of a serial killer, but as the show has let Debra play out her arc as sister-of-Dexter it is only realistic that she shoudl catch on and that going into the last couple seasons she woud discover his big secret and their new reality unfolds, because for this couple, for Dexter and Deb to 'make it past this', they have to come to an understanding of one another. Long road ahead. Should be fun (and probably quite deadly)!
I've always liked this snippet of the DEXTER intro where you see yet another instance of suggesting how tightly- wound Dexter is But I still don't think he could ever deliberately kill Deb. (Credit: Showtime)
Season 7, Episode 1 Synopsis:
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Are You…?” Episode 701
Written by Scott Buck, Directed by John Dahl
Reeling from Debra witnessing Dexter kill Travis Marshall, brother and sister attempt to reconcile while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor Butcher Case, which could mean trouble for Dexter – and Debra…
Dexter season 7 'In the beginning...' (Credit: Showtime)
It's pretty clear that Dexter is invoking the Code, part "Never get caught." Wow. Dexter immediately overrules Deb. Interesting, though not unsurprising. A part of him knew that he couldn't keep it from her forever. I wonder if a part of her knew anything?
The Beginning (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
Dexter season 7 'In the beginning...' (Credit: Showtime)
Dexter - Season 7 - Press Release SPOILERS:
Season 7 returns in explosive fashion, as Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is finally forced to confront his greatest fear, as Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) witnesses his insatiable, ritualistic slaying of a killer. Now Deb knows the secret of his Dark Passenger, his undeniable thirst for blood, and the Code that their father Harry (James Remar) instilled in him as a young boy.
But as Deb tries to reconcile the unfathomable idea that her beloved, mild-mannered brother is Miami’s most notorious serial killer, Dexter is still pulled by his natural impulses to seek out the guilty and exact his brand of vigilante justice, which leads him on the trail of a brutal Ukrainian mobster (Ray Stevenson).
Along the way, Dexter meets Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski), a strong, independent woman with a past that she's struggled to put behind her. As a turn of events leads Miami Metro Homicide to ask for her help in solving some old cases, Dexter works with her and begins to wonder if there's more to this woman than she's professed.
Update: Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family, chapter 1:
Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family, chapter 1. Dexter hunts a new killer on New Year's Eve:
Dexter and it's cast are a fixture at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. Showtime's long-running series' Dexter panel never fails to be a SRO crowd of enthusiastic, loyal fans. The 2012 edition was no different--it may well have been even more exciting than any previous year (remember how Dexter season 6 ended?)
Despite the lack of solid spoilers for Dexter season 7 that came out of Comic-Con 2012, there are plenty of intriguing hints and body language cues that you can enjoy trying to decipher. I know I did!
Media--video--photos--tweets--were flying fast and furious and I tried to swoop in and gather all the good stuff that I could. However, if I've failed to credit someone, please let me know and I'll fix it right up.
Every year I feel kind of envious that I don't still live in Southern California, where the annual event is held as I've not yet attended and I do want to at least once!
Fortunately, Showtime did all of us a big favour by collecting the highlights of the Dexter Panel on numerous professionally-shot videos which I've compiled with other Dexter SDCC media for you to enjoy right here!
Dexter at the SDCC 2012 - (l-r); Producer, Wendy West; Michael C. Hall; and Jennifer Carpenter during the Dexter Panel at Comic-Con 2012. Photo: Francis Specker/Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime
Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel: Dexter Morgan is For the People (VIDEO):
Michael C. Hall discusses the reactions he gets from people for playing a serial killer.
Jennifer Carpenter (Debra) attempts to relate what her character's emotional life is life in the upcoming season.
(l-r); Producer, Scott Buck; Producer, Wendy West; Michael C. Hall; Jennifer Carpenter; and Yvonne Strahovski during the Dexter Panel at Comic-Con 2012. Photo: Francis Specker/Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime
Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel: What Will Deb Do? (VIDEO):
Jennifer Carpenter discusses whether or not Debra knows that Dexter is a serial killer.
Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel: Run (VIDEO):
Take a deep breath because there are many video highlights from the Dexter 2012 panel!
Jennifer Carpenter as Deb in Dexter (Showime) season 7 episode 1 (Sept 30)
Intel From Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel:
About that opening 2 minutes of season 7...
Q: Is Deb actually buying what Dexter is selling in first few minutes of Season 7?
A: “He hopes so… In that moment,” Michael C. Hall said with a laugh. Added Jennifer Carpenter, “She’s just taking one step at a time; she takes one step forward and is sent 10 back.”
Look for Season 7′s Deb to embrace her position of power a bit more than in previous years. “She actually needs [her authority] now. It’s the one card she has to play,” Carpenter teased. “At any second — if Deb lives after what you just saw [in the promo] — she could tell someone to put cuffs on him.” Long story short, “It’s like Dexter and Deb are just fish swimming [in opposite directions] for awhile.”
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall in Dexter season 7 on Showtime - Sept 30, 2012
Familial Love?
Carpenter might be alone in these sentiments, but she was not as taken aback by Deb’s seemingly sudden affections toward her “brother.”
“There was certainly a fascination that I thought Deb had with Dexter [early on], so it didn’t feel like it was so bizarre to play that last season.”
However, she added, “I think him stabbing somebody trumps those thoughts.”
Dexter and Deb in a new series of 'The Early Cuts'
Family that slays together stays together - VIDEO:
The animated webisode series returns this summer. Illustrations by David Mack. Written by Scott Reynolds.
Deb watches Dexter take off in Dexter: The Early Cuts (Showtime Summer 2012)
The year is 2000:
Dexter speaks in voice-over about prostitute killings being low-priority police matters over a montage of a bloody slashing/slayings. In his job with Miami Metro as Dexter Morgan, blood-spatter analyst, he finds opportunity to look more closely at the case for clues. He finds a pattern to the location of the homicides ('a star') and decides to attempt an intervention before the next one occurs.
Dexter voice-over: 'The family that slays together, stays together' followed by a long, regretful shot at a puzzled-looking teenage Debra.
'The father', Dexter intones as he determines 'who' is driving the son to kill.'
Oh, the symbolism! Dexter didn't see it as it pertains to his own family back then. Will he though, in the present time, now that Deb knows of his Dark Passenger begin to understand the many pieces that went into the puzzle of what made Dexter Morgan a serial killer? Will Dexter's own little family stay together and if so, how?
My Dark Passenger Exposed (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
Published on Jul 9, 2012 by SHOWTIME (VIDEO):
The following (borderline erotic) teasers feature the “siblings” writhing around separately (and suggestively) on a black bed, while Dexter’s signature voiceover ponders what’s to come. Will Deb learn to accept his true identity (“I found a way to live with my secret, but I never had a choice… Does she?”)? Or will he have to take deadly drastic measures to protect himself (“The only thing worse than not knowing what she’ll do is not knowing what I’ll do.”)?
These two promo clips for season 8 Dexter are disturbing on several levels, including erotic. It was said that they were gonna deal with the 'Deb is in love with her brother' story more in season 8 so...there you go. Shouldn't complicate a hugely complicated situation at all. I'm sure.
On second thought, it could be wound up pretty quickly via the oft-used trope of 'let's just do this' and get it over with--and then the sexual tension will be gone. That could end a lot of ways but there's one big hurdle, Dexter's high moral code would probably prevent him from doing Deb--ever. She sees him sexually, she thinks. He has never thought of her 'that way.' Given the stuff that went down in the season 6 finale and that on his best day, Dex is not exactly 'studly,' I doubt that sexual activity of any kind witll be on his 'to-do' list.
Dexter returns for season 7 Sunday, September 30 at 9 PM ET/PT.
What Happens Next? (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
Of the two new Dexter Spots, "My Dark Passenger" and 'What Happens Next?', 'What Happens Next'could be anthems for both Dexter and Deb in season 7 DEXTER as they take stock of What Happened and What Are they Going To Do (about it). Meanwhile, I'm assuming that as much as it ever was--on steroids(!) it will have to be 'business as usual' for the sibs at Miami Metro. It's not like crime is going to just stop now that the serial murderer's, murderer has been discovered by Deb to be her bro, Dexter.But bonus(!) Dex helped Deb solve a case she didn't even know she had!
It's going to be a crazy mother-effing season 7 of a final 8 so there is very little to lose by taking risks with the writing. I think the season that begins Sept 30 on Showtime may be getting more far out in some ways than ever before. Why not? It could be fun! Very fun! Finish DEXTER and go out balls to the wall...with a question mark...
Jennifer Carpenter as 'Debra Morgan' and Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter Morgan' in Dexter on Showtime, returning Sept 30, 2012
Truth Brings Light (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
TEASER TRANSCRIPT:
Dexter's new teaser trailer gives us an initial idea of Debra Morgan's reaction to meeting her brother's Dark Passenger for the very first time.
"Jesus, Dexter!" she blurts. He responds in a level tone,"Deb, it's me."
"Get away from the body," Deb answers, gun trained squarely on Dexter, almost as if by muscle memory.
Truth Brings Light (Dexter Spot) SCREENCAPS::
DEXTER returns Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c on Showtime for it's seventh (and 2nd to last) season, picking up right where it left off.
TVGuide.com talked to DEXTER executive producer Sara Colleton to get the scoop on season 7:
The last we saw of Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in Season 6, he had finally delivered his own biblical form of vengeance upon Travis (Colin Hanks)... in the closing moments of the finale. Unfortunately, Dexter wasn't alone in that church, with Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) planning to profess her love to her brother before walking in on him moments before driving a knife into Travis.
Clearly, Deb's reaction will be Dexter's greatest obstacle this season as he's faced with someone finally taking off his mask. But his sister isn't the only person Dexter will have to worry about when evidence at the church suggests the Bay Harbor Butcher is back. Considering Dexter framed Sgt. Doakes (Erik King) for that, even Debra may not be able to protect him.
TVGuide: If last season was about finding faith for Dexter, what is this season about?
Colleton: It is about things he's never experienced before, which are regret, responsibility, shame, betrayal, all of those things...
TVGuide: Deb only saw Dexter kill Travis on the table, but will she learn everything this season?
Colleton: Yeah...She was on her way to the church at the end of the last season because ... she not only loved her foster brother Dexter, but she is in love with him. So now what does she do? ...Dexter was always elusive and Debra always thought it was because of her, and now she knows it wasn't about her, it was about him really protecting her.
As the head Miami Metro homicide division... it has to really affect her sense of justice...and Dexter, of course, his world is equally rocked. He's never had to deal with these kinds of emotions — regret, guilt, a sense of having let Deb down and also, obviously, the gnawing suspicion that at any time, she could have him arrested.
Refresh your memory with season 6 funale scene VIDEO:
Dexter 6x12 - Season 6 finale scene - Dexter kills Travis and gets caught by Deb (HD) VIDEO:
TVGuide: Given what Deb learns about Dexter, how will that change her sudden revelation that she has feelings for him?
Colleton: It has to explored but obviously what she learns is going to affect it... so all of the things that have been the bedrock of Deb's life get moved around..
TVGuide: Will we see a vulnerable side to Dexter this season?
Colleton: Oh, yes. It is like Superman's cape has been taken off. He's extremely vulnerable and that is very interesting to see and to explore.
TVGuide: Speaking of Harry (James Remar)... how will his advice to Dexter differ from what we've seen before?
Sara Colleton: It's very upsetting to Harry. Deb realizes now, too, that this was never her being 'Daddy's second best'. She will learn all about Harry training Dexter and that is another thing that is going to rock her world...
TVGuide: What other obstacles will Dexter face because of Deb's discovery?
Sara Colleton:There are other complications that will come in because, at the crime scene, Dexter's blood slide is discovered by Lieutenant LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) because he loses it in the chaos that ensues and she immediately recognizes it's his.
The only other time that she had seen this blood slide was in the copy case of the Bay Harbor Butcher. Sergeant Doakes, her ex-lover and dear friend (everyone) thought he was the Bay Harbor Butcher, and thought that when he died, the Bay Harbor Butcher died with him.
Now, she begins to suspect, "Is the Bay Harbor Butcher still alive and how can I set about proving ..Doake's innocence?" ... that's a silent thing at the start, but it's... going to eventually work its way back to Dexter.
Ray Stevenson plays Issac, the head of a crime syndicate who owns many nightclubs in Miami.. He comes to Miami when his very close personal lieutenant is accused of killing a Miami cop and then suddenly disappears...This is going to be a long story arc.
Jason Gedrick plays George, the U.S. manager of all of his clubs.
Yvonne Strahovski plays 'Hannah', (a woman) who took off from this small Florida town with an older guy and then went on this wild killing spree. When they got caught, she turned state's evidence on him, he went to jail for life. and she started a new life. Years later she's in her 30s, has started a new life and then she meets Dexter... Hannah is a still water that runs very deep... and is quite unlike any woman Dexter has ever known...Hannah has a cool aloofness, but there's something about her that will intrigue him.
Do you have scoop for Louis Greene him on Dexter? A: The creeper who sent Dexter the hand from the Ice Truck Killer case will be back! "We realized that Louis has a whole darker side and people who become fans can turn into dangerous stalkers in the blink of the eye. That's what Louis has turned into," Colleton tells us. "[Dexter will] discover the Ice Truck Killer hand — he has no idea it's in his home — and what the writing on the palm of it means."
Make sure you click through and read all the TVGuide articles in their entirety. I culled info and mostly rewrote the excerpts except actual quotes of course, but there is a lot of material to cover at this huge, huge juncture in the Dexter-verse.
Another thing I recommend and am starting for myself beginning tomorrow night, is to re-watch Dexter, starting from Season 1 episode 1. I realized that in this 7-year period I've watched many of the episodes only one time and I've forgotten many details that based on what I'm reading now, I am going ot want to be fresh about. Plus, I'd like to go back and study the evolution of the Dex and Deb relationship more closely. Besides the serial killer aspect, the Dex and Deb dynamic has been the most compelling for me to watch. I'd come to DEXTER as a Michael C. Hall fan but I'd not seen Jennifer Carpenter's work prior to Dexter. In the last few years her portrayal of Debra has gotten really quite outstanding. Truly, Carpenter has really grown as an actor right before our eyes. You should join me. It'll be fun!
Dexter season 7 Sept 30 Showtime - Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) season 7: She knows.
Though for the past six seasons we've loyally watched 'DEXTER,' a stellar Showtime offering about a serial killer who only kills 'bad people,' we all knew that we were also tuning in to see the 'Dexter and Deb' show. The adopted children of Harry Morgan behaved as blood siblings, closer it seemed at times, despite Dexter's horrific secret with his serial killer dual life always just barely out of Deb's sight-line.
Dexter (Michael C. Hall) pondered again and again how Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) might react were she ever to discover what her big brother was doing during his many seemingly off-the face-of-the-earth disappearances and then just as suddenly, his dropping back into their lives as if he'd never stepped out.
But as the audience has known all along, Dex was duping Deb. Finally, we saw in the season 6 cliff-hangar finale, Deb has now literally caught Dexter red-handed committing a murder. Where will they go from here? Is there any 'going' anywhere from here? Debra has, over the years, expressed frustration to both Dexter and her therapist that as much as she loves and leans on Dexter, she's not sure that he feels the same towards her, that perhaps (to paraphrase) he's keeping part of himself closed off, inaccessible to her which really pains her. Now they are at the rip-the-lid-off-the-box-of-secrets-Dexter's-harbouring-moment. All of it is hers to know. Will she, though, want to face this horrible reality? Dexter's up for it--up for anything, one would think, to bring Deb back down to the new reality. But what will all this entail--how will it even be possible with both of them headed into the lion's den (Miami Metro) each day bearing this huge reveal? Stay tuned, starting September 30th on Showtime!
Truth Brings Light (Dexter & Deb Spot) VIDEO:
Michael C. Hall as DEXTER - returns in Sept 30 on Showtime
The first (real) teaser for the seventh season of Dexter asked whether Debra will accept Dex following her grim discovery, but this first poster for the upcoming season focuses squarely on the serial killer. Originally posted: http://seriable.com/dexter-first-season-7-poster
Showtime has unveiled a great new spot for the upcoming seventh season of Dexter, centering on theme of truth and acceptance in the wake of last season’s dramatic cliffhanger. The new spot features images of Dexter and Debra reflecting the different shades that comprise their relationship and Dexter’s acceptance of who he is.
Dexter narrates the piece.
Dex: “They say truth brings light. It’s the lies that live in darkness. But here we are, in the moment of truth.
He continues: “Everything in my life has brought me to this point. It’s what I am. It’s all I am. I can accept that. ..But can she?
Since Dexter is currently shooting season 7, there's every reason to expect more goodies-sharing (please and thank you).
DEXTER - Episode 7.01 - Are You....? - First Promotional PHOTO (Full Size):
Cool photograph, no? Do you think maybe Dexter is speaking the episode title: 'Are you... going to shoot me?' or...'Are you...going to ask me what I'm doing/why I'm doing it?' 'Are you...OK?' 'Are you...going to arrest me?' 'Are you...going to listen to my explanation?' So many possibilities! Could it be Deb saying 'Are you...going to tell me what happened?' 'Are you...crazy? ' Are you...@#&!$ in the head? Good episode 1 title for this red-letter day, which began in the DEXTER season 6 finale when Deb finally catches her brother in the act. Too bad it gives nothing away!
Speaking of giving nothing away, so far I've got nothing on episode one details. Think that might be how the Dexter peeps wish to keep it until the very last minute? (Rhetorical. Of course they do!)
If you scroll down however, you can read up on episodes 7.02, 7.03 and 7.04 and you will absolutely see the big picture beginning to form about Dexter and Deb's world beyond this earth-shattering revelation. This season is looking very good, indeed! Check back for more on Dexter in the run-up to season 7 and of course, complete coverage of DEXTER season 7, which premeires on September 30 on Showtime!
Dexter Returns (Season 7) VIDEO:
From DEXTER EP Scott Buck via TV Guide:
Picking up immediately where the finale left off, Season 7 will open with Debra's horrified reaction to seeing her brother kill last season's baddie, Travis. "Viewers might think we shy away from that moment of Debra walking in and seeing Dexter stabbing into Travis' chest, but it's just the opposite," says executive producer Scott Buck. "She now has to deal with what she's seen and what she knows. And it forces him to defend and define himself."
That's complicated given Deb's romantic feelings for her brother.
"It's ironic that people are fine with Dexter jabbing people in the heart but mortified by this romance," says Buck. "We're not shying away from those feelings of hers, either."
Bonus: Instead of one Big Bad, this season will have several — and a Ukrainian strip club owner named Sirko (Ray Stevenson) looks especially psycho.
DEXTER, Episode #7.03, "Buck the System" CASTING CALL:
Writer: Jace Richdale (6.06 "Just Let Go")
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Location: Los Angeles
Shoot Dates: 6/15-26
Airs on October 14, 2012.
[RAY SPELTZER] 30, 6'-6'4", physically heavily worked out/muscled and intimidating, a powerhouse of a guy. He is a blue-collar guy who has a history of violent behavior. NOTE: Actor must shave his head halfway thru the ep. RECURRING GUEST LEAD (2 ep arc)
[MELANIE] 30, caucasian, pretty, fit. She is a cocktail waitress in a regular bar. Co-Star.
[IT GUY] 30s, smart, he is a computer guy. 4 Lines/1 Scene.
[SUSPECT] Male, 30s to mid 40s, caucasian. He is a foul-mouthed, sketchy, blue-collar, cocky suspect in a police interrogation room. 4 Lines/1 Scene.
[UNI] 30s, Latino, fit. He is a uniformed officer at Miami Metro Homicide. 1 Line/1 Scene
DEXTER, Episode #7.02, "The Shadow Knows" CASTING CALL:
Writer: Manny Coto Director: Steve Shill Location: Los Angeles Shoot Dates: June 5-14
[TONY RUSH] Mid 30s, Caucasian, attractive, football player's build. He is the former bouncer of a Miami strip club. GUEST LEAD
[WAYNE RANDALL] Late 30s to early 40s, Caucasian, small town America, built, nice looking, tough and hardened yet thoughtful. A prisoner who is serving a life sentence for homicide. 1 DAY GUEST STAR ROLE.
[FBI AGENT] Late 30s to mid 40s, professional, fit, straight-forward. He is an agent at an investigation scene. 1 Speech and 4 Lines/2 Scenes.
[LAB TECH] Late 20s to early 30s, male, professional. He is a lab tech at a private lab facility. 2 Speeches and 1 Line/1 Scene
[NAKED WOMAN] Mid to late 20s, blonde, pretty in a punk or goth kind of way. We see this seductive woman in a compromising way with a guy on tape. 1 Line/1 Scene. Must be comfortable doing nudity (above the waist frontal and full backside) and doing sexual situations.
Avatar and The Shield tough guy Matt Gerard is coming to the show’s seventh season. He’s going to play a 'blue-collar violent criminal' in a multi-episode arc next season. As previously reported, Dexter also has Ray Stevenson (Rome) playing a Russian mob bad guy next season.
Could Dexter be getting a new lady-love partner-in-crime? It has been a whole season since the vengeful Lumen left Dex, and we're hearing that we'll meet a new lady with a violent past this season — but we also hear she's actually expected to stick around for a while. She's now trying to live a quiet life... until she meets Dexter.
It seems that the casting for roles in DEXTER season 7 has begun in earnest. A number of casting calls went out earlier this week and now there's a name to go with a character with a 'major recurring role.'
From AUSIELLO:
In the first piece of casting for the show’s upcoming seventh season, Dexter has tapped Rome (HBO) actor Ray Stevenson to join the ensemble in a 'major recurring role' TVLine has learned exclusively.
Stevenson will play a high-ranking member of an Eastern European crime ring who arrives in Miami determined to learn who killed one of his associates.
Ray Stevenson
Stevenson has starred in TV's "Rome" and in movies like "Thor" and "Punisher: War Zone," will also star in the "Thor" sequel and this summer's 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation.'
"Dexter," which was renewed for a seventh and eighth season by SHOWTIME in November, will begin its seventh season on September 30.
No further details were available, including whether Stevenson will function as the new season’s 'Big Bad'.
Looking over the casting descriptions, it's possible that Stevenson will be playing this guy:
[VIKTOR KAREV] 30s, handsome, well dressed, stylish, slight Eastern European accent. He is a polished businessman who can get his hands dirty when he has to.
Also, I must take exception to Ausiello's assumption that there will be a single 'big bad' in season 7 DEXTER. If you recall (and how could you not?!) when last we saw them, Dex's (Michael C. Hall) sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), had just discovered Dexter in the act of committing a murder, decked out in his usual garb in his made-to-order 'kill room.' There is no way, no how that this is going to be a 'normal' season of Dexter (if there is such a thing) so I'm not ready to wager that anything this season will be business as usual.
Dexter's seventh season premieres Sunday, Sept. 30.
HOMELAND SCOOP!
Q: Is it too early to ask for Homeland scoop?
TVGuide: Never! Even though Carrie (Claire Danes) was booted from the CIA by David Estes at the end of Season 1, I hear she'll be travelling overseas on a special mission -- with Estes' approval -- when the new season, which reportedly takes place six months later, begins. And speaking of Estes: One of Brody's (Damien Lewis) first assignments from Abu Nazir requires him to break into a safe in his office!
Scott Buck: The Way The World Ends: Scott Buck discusses the season 6 finale of Dexter.
Update 12.19.11 - Episode 6.12 Season Finale - 'The Way The World Ends' Behind the Scenes VIDEO:
I completely disagree with Scott Buck about it 'being time' for Dexter and Deb to be 'in love.'
He may just as well have said,"We were running outof ideas creatively so we thought we'd throw this at the audience. They'll be sure to tune in in droves, come season 7.'
Deb is IN LOVE with her brother?! Never in the six years (well, 5.75 yrs.) we watched them did they give any inkling whatsoever that she felt that way. That is so crap. And my guess is that little plot device is going to drop almost immediately next season since witnessing Dexter kill--in full kill garb at that, is going to blow all that navel-gazing bull out of her head. They just wanted to make very, very sure that we'll 'understand' why she doesn't turn him in. So unnecessary. Hall and Carpenter were/are fully convincing as sibs with familial love. I'm still fuming about it because it strikes such a discordant note (not because of potential 'incest') and does a disservice to the characters. For me, the 'I'm in love with him' line was so bizarre that Deb witnessing Dex kill really did not do anything for me. Bah. Way to ruin 6 years of build-up.
(Previously)
I don't personally know the IMDb source of the narrative for DEXTER's season 6 finale but based on what I do know about the finale (and the Debra storyline, in particular), it makes good sense.
Does it make for good DEXTER, though? I'm not going to comment until I see it other than to say, that after I heard SPOILER that the big 'Oh my GOD!" moment happened in the last minute of the show END SPOILER, I surmised that it involved Debra seeing Dexter's Dark Passenger.
You'd have had to have slept through this season to not have seen the groundwork being layed with Dexter and Deb for the big reveal. It was pretty much paint-by-numbers. 1. Get Quinn out of the picture--out of Deb's life--making room for the 'Deb knows about Dex's Dark Passsenger' subplot for the next 2 seasons. 2. Underscore repeatedly that Dexter and Deb are veryclose. 3. Throw a bit of red herring into the mix to drive home to Deb that she really loves her brother--though she must realize at some point, not that way. 3. Have Deb and Dexter again working closely on a serial killer case leaving open the possiblity for...anything.
Happy watching! If you are so inclined, drop back and share with me what you thought of the Dexter Season 6 finale and the the big reveal.
DEXTER just saved a boatload of illegals:
Recap of Dexter Season 6 Finale - 'This Is The Way The World Ends'
Batista is trying to get Quinn transferred, since he's been effing up so much lately. Quinn told Batista that he spoke with his union rep and he can just claim that he's got an alcohol problem and if he gets help, they can't get rid of him.
Though the package he sent to Dexter, an Ice Truck Killer souvenir, arrived the intern Louis story was left unresolved. His internship at the lab is almost over. He asks Musuka if there is any way he can stay on as a lab assistant, and Musuka tells him in his best Yoda voice that "finish his training he must" or something to that effect but says he'll send him stuff every once in awhile to keep his 'dick wet'. (Ew.)
Travis is shocked and angered to find out that Dexter is alive. Dexter tells him that he can't kill Harrison, "the lamb" and he has to kill Dexter ( the anti Christ) first or he won't complete his work before the eclipse/'end of the world'. Travis asked Dexter if he has any of his needles with him and tells him to inject himself.
Dexter agrees to inject himself with one of his needles if Travis puts Harrison on the elevator, which Travis does. Dexter appears to inject himself and pass out. Travis hovers over him to kill him and then Dexter knocks Travis out, and somehow manages to get a Harrison, still dressed as a lion and Travis out of the building with no one noticing. Miami Metro shows up, only finding one dead cop (courtesy of Travis).
Q: What was the scene we saw in the promo where she tells Dexter she loves him?
A: It was at the beginning of the episode. Dexter gets home from his ordeal at sea which by the way HE DID NOT SWIM to shore. Anyway, Deb barges in to Dexter's apartment, blurting, OMG, we got a report that your boat washed up on shore." "Thank God you are okay; it's the second time in a few days that I thought you'd died.' 'I love you.' Dexter actually says "I love you, too" and Deb seems surprised and I think she says "Really?" After the encounter she barges in to her therapist's office confessing that she is 'in love' with Dexter.
In the last 60 seconds of the episode Debra actually sees Dexter stab Travis in the chest, and then Dexter sees Deb:
...in the abandoned church. Deb asked Dex earlier in the episode to do a final forensic sweep of the church. Dexter had mentioned to Jaimie when handing off Harrison that he had to work on a crime scene for Deb. So I think Deb must've dropped by Dexter's after talking to her therapist and Jaimie told her that Dexter was at some crime scene...and lo and behold, Deb meets Dex's Dark Passenger.
Dex is just completing his typical kill scene. He's got his rubber apron on and Travis is on the table, all plastic-wrapped, cheek-sliced and about to be knifed.
Deb, still near the entrance-way, witnesses the stabbing saying nothing, then Dex turns to see her and utters the last two words of the episode, 'Oh God.'
Question: What’s the deal with Masuka's intern Louis sending Dexter the arm of his dead brother? Ausiello: The deal is… you’ll have to wait until Season 7 to find out. Asked why he left the Louis (Josh Cooke) thread dangling in the finale, exec producer Scott Buck told me, “I think what we’re doing with Louis is setting him up for things to come.”
Next on DEXTER Episode 12: 'This Is The Way The World Ends' SYNOPSIS:
In the Season 6 finale, Dexter and Homicide race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act; Debra struggles with a new emotional reality.
Update/
Season 6, Episode 12
Episode Synopsis: In the sixth-season finale, Dexter and Homicide try to stop the Doomsday Killers from committing one final murder, while Debra deals with a new emotional situation. Original Air Date: Dec 18, 2011
Guest Cast: Mos as 'Brother Sam'
DEXTER SNEAK PEEK: 'He Just Left'
Travis kidnaps Harrison.
DEXTER Season 6 Finale SPOILERS and SPECULATION:
When we first see Dexter, he’s floating in the middle of the ocean, desperately clinging to the debris of the rowboat. Although we know that Dexter will survive, there’s a helpless desperation that we haven’t seen in him for some time. He’s resigned himself to the fact that he’s going to die and finds it ironically fitting that his body will vanish into the sea without a trace. His deepest fear and regret isn’t death itself, but that he will never see Harrison grow up and become a man. It’s a great start to the episode.
If there’s any doubt that Jennifer Carpenter is this season’s MVP, then just check out the excellent performance on display here. If she gets any kind of award consideration this year, guaranteed her highlight clip will be pulled from this episode.
Colin Hanks goes out on a fairly strong note. If you’re a Hanks hater, nothing will change your mind here, but he looks worn down and weathered in a few scenes achieving the right amount of menace. It’s hard to remember him as the somewhat sympathetic man-child killer (and that’s a compliment). If you’ve enjoyed Season 6 so far, then Episode 12 is a nice capper on the continuing adventures of Dexter Morgan.
On the other hand…
If you’re looking for a “ties up all the loose ends/ advances the plot” finale, then Episode 12 might disappoint. Almost... Some plot details remain a mystery, some end with a general shrug, and others with a convenient “resolution”. If you’ve had issues over Dexter’s easy escapes and convenient logic, then there’s more ammo to fuel the fire here.
Here’s your final hints n’ teases:
Good impressionist, Masuka, he is.
Travis checks the mail
“Oh God”
But here’s one more important teaser…
...the sound of a major bombshell going off in the final minute of the episode.
Everything I’ve written above won’t matter come Monday morning, because THIS is the final impression that will be burned into your brain over the next 9 months. Bring on Season 7!
We've come to expect penultimate episodes of 'Dexter' seasons to be heart-pounding and intense, but the second-to-last episode of Season 6 raised the stakes of serial-killing suspense.
In 'Talk to the Hand,' Dexter thwarted a poison gas attack aimed at Miami Metro and lost a showdown with Travis that ended with him set out to sea, surrounded by a ring of fire. It also opened a Pandora's box of step-sibling sexual tension when Deb's therapist suggested that Deb might be in love with Dexter.
To help bring some perspective to such a dizzying episode, AOL TV has an interview-cap with Dexter Morgan himself, Michael C. Hall. We discussed tonight's episode, the developments of Season 6 and where 'Dexter' may be headed in its final two seasons. Hall offered his thoughts on the Wormwood attack, the Gellar twist, and the new, strange wrinkle in his complex relationship with Jennifer Carpenter. Read on for the interview.
A lot of wild things happened in this episode, but the most interesting was the introduction of some weird, incestuous sexual tension between Deb and Dexter. So your TV step-sister who may have feelings for your character also happens to be your real-life ex-wife. Are the writers just trying to mess with you at this point?
Hall: Absolutely. [Laughs] But not without our blessing. Jennifer and I were aware that the story was moving in this direction. We laugh about it, we shake our heads ... but you know, in as much as there are inevitable parallels, we're both very professional and committed to telling this story.
(Hall, cont.) And frankly, whatever's happened with Jennifer and me and our relationship's evolution notwithstanding, Dexter in the first episode says, "If I could ever have feelings for anyone, I'd have them for Deb." I think those two characters have been on some kind of collision course from the get-go.
Dexter seemed almost like a super-hero in this episode, thwarting the Wormwood attack and then miraculously surviving the ring of fire at the end. He often seems indestructible. Do you ever worry that the lack of realism can hurt the storytelling?
I honestly feel that from the beginning, there is undeniably, just if you look at the logistics, there is a fantastical element to the world of the show and this guy's abilities. It's not a show that's based on a graphic novel or a comic book, but it feels like it is.
Ya know, on set, we are very much aware of the logistical or literal implausibility of so many of the things that happen on the show, but I think there is a suspension of disbelief that is required of our audience.
You look at the end of the first season ... he subdues the Ice Truck Killer, and gets him back into the Ice Truck Killer's room that's like, part of an active crime scene, and slashes his throat? It's all absurd really, but there's some sort of serendipitousness or fantastical coincidence ... I've suggested in other interviews that while we don't see it, Dexter definitely has the power of flight and can turn himself into smoke. ...
Is Dexter a strong swimmer?
Hall: I mean, come on. Yeah. He better be. Or he better luck into something. I'll tell you this much ... that San Pedro water is not warm. It was pretty cold. It was hard to pretend I was in Miami. My teeth might have been chattering a take or two. Hopefully they can cut around it.
After the Gellar twist, fans have now moved on to wondering about Louis Greene. People are wondering if he's connected to the Ice Truck Killer. My own theory is that he's used his own algorithmic powers to isolate Dexter as the Bay Harbor butcher.
Hall: That's indeed a possibility. He's a formidable guy given his access and expertise. It seems pretty clear that he's somewhat obsessed with Dexter in a way that is ... potentially problematic. ...
That gets you wondering about how messed up psychologically Dexter actually is. You know, in addition to being a sociopath.
Hall: Yeah. That was kind of a magical moment when we get to see Dexter in that basement watching Travis talk to the imaginary Gellar while having a conversation over his shoulder with his imaginary father. He's nuts, man.
12.02.11 UPDATE: DEXTER"S 8th Season to be it's Last:
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER Episode 6.10 - 'Ricochet Rabbit' (SHO):
Next on Dexter Season 6 Episode 10 - Ricochet Rabbit:
Dexter tries to figure out the Doomsday Killers' next victim before it's too late after learning the truth about Gellar; Debra has a panic attack reaction at a crime scene, which leads her to the realization that she leans too heavily on her brother.
DEXTER season 6 is getting some really sour feedback from critics and audiences alike.
The latest EW magazine opines that season 5 was 'weak' and Season 6 is 'weaker.'
The complaints are being fired mostly at the 'DDK' (Doomsday Killer--not really even a great acronym made from that) storyline. The consensus seems to be 'fire the writers,' which is unsurprising as the actors on Dexter continue to be of the caliber that they usually are but the season 6 storyline has not been able to engage viewers ala season 4's 'Trinity Killer' storyline (which I think besides DEXTER season 1, will be the standard to which all seasons will be held). Possibly, the return of Dexter's bio-brother (in Harry form) was the biggest let-down as anticipation for his return began at the end of season 1.
What could have further plumbed the depths of Dexter's psyche ended up more as a jokey, pseudo-Thelma and Louise one-off episode. Dexter never seemed in danger of slipping into an extended bout of Rudy-like behaviour and therein lay the problem. And then *poof* Rudy was gone. That was a wasted opportunity, if there ever was one.
I'm a from-day-one 'Dexter' fan as I followed Michael C. Hall from Six Feet Under to this and I believe he never disappoints. I would have ranked it as my favourite show until this season (though it is by no means 'bad' nor do I wish to stop watching it).
In addition to being the star of Dexter, Hall, as you see in the credits is an executive producer (EP) of the show. I think he needs to step in and step it up for seasons 7 -8. ( Showtime has announced two more seasons of Dexter have been approved.)
I did like the DDK twist of this past week. Now I want to see what they are going to do with it. I have high hopes as I'd like to see season 6 end without giving anyone (including me) more reason to carp about the show.
'Gellar's Paintings' - Deb, Batista and Mike discover DDK's hideout.
'You Killed Me' - Travis discovers the truth about Gellar
Update #2 (12.03.11) SPOILERS:
EW DEXTER SCOOP (12.02.11)
Though plans could still change, SHOWTIME entertainment president David Nevins tells EW the working assumption is indeed that 'Dexter' will conclude in the eighth season. Moreover, the creative endgame starts sooner than you think — the remaining episodes of the current sixth season will set into motion events that will resonate through the remainder of the series. “Coming back for two more years gives us clarity about how and when it will go out,” Nevins said at Showtime’s annual holiday party in Los Angeles on Thursday night. “There’s things that are going to happen [this season] that will set up a very clear endgame that will take two seasons to tell. You have got to be there for the last two episodes.”
Homeland | Speaking of top-notch cable dramas, the Dec. 18 freshman finale of Showtime’s spy thriller will play host to a showdown between its two leading ladies, Claire Danes and Morena Baccarin, who thus far have been traveling in rather separate circles. “We have a fantastic confrontation,” Morena Baccarin told me. “After Jessica puts it together who Carrie is, they have this sort of face-off.” Pressed for further details, all Baccarin would add is, “It takes place at my house, and it is intense.” My question: Does “who Carrie is” mean “CIA spook trying to finger my husband for treason,” “harlot who bedded him,” or a bit of both?
Claire Danes as CIA spook Carrie Mathison in Homeland on Showtime CREDIT: Showtime
HOMELAND Update! (12.02.11) SPOILER:
Q: What can you tell me about Brody’s plan?
A: This week’s episode, titled “Representative Brody,” doesn’t particularly give us too many more clues about any secret plot he might have going because everything about his future is seemingly out on the table — as you might have surmised from the title of the episode. The problem is Jessica has to be on board before Brody makes any leap, and let’s just say she’s less than thrilled about the idea.
Bonus dish: The end of the hour will find Carrie (Claire Danes) in a hospital bed after a horrible and incredibly terrifying incident.
Michael C. Hall as 'DEXTER' on Showtime - Episode 6.09 - 'Get Gellar' Credit: Showtime
Michael C. Hall (above) looks great as hungry-again, season 6 Dexter. Both season 4, which featured the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) and Rita's (Julie Benz) murder by Trinity and season 5, with the physically and emotionally damaged, 'Lumen' played by Julia Stiles, who Dexter helps get justice and by doing so gets past his 'kill slump,' helped make Dexter 6.0 who he is.
It was very hard to guess what we were in store for on season 6 Dexter with the lead, Michael C. Hall and his leading lady offscreen and co-star on Dexter, Jennifer Carpenter's divorce from one another.
It wasn't uncalled for to speculate whether 'Deb', a critical player as Dexter's younger sister in Dexter, would be killed off due to possible tensions with exes working long hours together on the set of the hit Showtime series.
Their scenes together this season seem OK--they are after all actors, but the tone and pace to season 6 is off. It seems to go in fits and starts maybe because some things seem too arbitrary like the hiring of 'Mike, the Chicago cop' and the near complete abandonment of the character. I mean, what is he there for? He does look pretty, eye candy for the ladies, I won't disagree with that.
I thought I would have loved the Gellar (Edward James Olmos) and Travis Mitchell (Colin Hanks) storyline. I don't. The whole 'DDK' thing is just not doing it for me (and every time Deb says "DDK" referring to the Doomsday Killer, it sounds like she's yakking about what she had for lunch--BLT, DDK, BK sandwich...
That the women victims are outnumbering the men is troubling but I see from the promo that there's at least another DDK victim in episode 9--and from the screen caps you can see he's male.
Not sure how I feel about Deb willingly seeing a shrink. I see that she sees that her personal life is a mess and I get why maybe she's tired of it being so. But this road to ' insights' can only lead to a dark passenger and I don't mean Debra's.
Jennifer Carpenter as Lt. Debra Morgan in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'
Dexter receives help from an unexpected source while hunting the Doomsday Killers and staying one step ahead of Homicide; Debra discovers something new about herself in therapy.
Edward James Olmos as Prof. Gellar in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'
Dexter: Travis's Dark Passenger
Dexter prepares a kill room for Gellar.
David Zayas as "Angel Batista' in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'
Dexter: Bowls of Wrath
Miami Metro tries to figure out DDK's next tableau.
Colin Hanks as "Travis Mitchell' in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'
Michael C. Hall as 'DEXTER' on Showtime - Episode 6.09 - 'Get Gellar' Credit: Showtime
Jennifer Carpenter as Lt. Debra Morgan in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'
Molly Parker as 'The Whore Of Babalon'/Cindy, Travis's sister
Michael C. Hall as 'DEXTER' on Showtime - Episode 6.09 - 'Get Gellar' Credit: Showtime
Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter' in Dexter - Episode 6.08: 'Sin Of Omission' (SHO)
Dexter Episode 6.08: 'Sin Of Omission' Preview (SHO)
Dexter uses lessons he learned from Brother Sam to follow up on some new leads in the Doomsday investigation; Debra butts heads with Captain LaGuerta over the case of a dead call girl.
Dexter 6.08 Sneak Peek:Funerals and Doughnuts
Dexter learns that Miami Metro knows about Travis Marshall.
Dexter 6.08 Sneak Peek: Pathetically Mundane
Gellar tries to convince Travis to return to him.
Dexter Season 6 Upcoming Episodes Synopsis [SPOILERS]:
S06, E08 Sin of Omission
Dexter uses lessons from Brother Sam (Mos) to follow up on leads; Deb and LaGuerta butt heads.
S06, E09Get Gellar Dexter gets help from an unexpected source; Debra learns something about herself in therapy.
S06, E10 Ricochet Rabbit Dexter tries to find the Doomsday Killers' next victim; Debra reacts strongly to a crime scene.
S06, E11Talk to the Hand Dexter works to catch the Doomsday Killers; Debra's battle with LaGuerta boils over.
S06, E12This Is the Way the World Ends Dexter and the Homicide team race to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final act; Deb copes with a new emotional reality.
'This: Am I reading too much into this or is Episode 12 eluding to the fact that Deb finds out about Dexter?'
And this...
Q: Will Travis help Dexter take down Gellar on Dexter ?
A: Travis will stop playing follow the leader when he pays the ultimate price for abandoning Gellar. The latest DDK victim will, in a bizarre way, become a catalyst for Deb to reevaluate her own relationship with Dexter.
...together, are the start of the beginning of the end of Dexter's sister Deb's big blind spot in regard to the very odd hours that her brother has kept since adolescence as well as a few other 'odd' things he's said and done throughout the same time period.
DEXTER gets tense as both Dexter and Miami Metro start to close in on Gellar. And you'll never guess who ends up helping Dexter (or why). - (11.17.11 SHOWTIME)
Q: Does the Jonah storyline in episode 6.07 have Any fallout in DEXTER episode 6.08 (this Sunday)?
Episode 6.08, Dexter is back in Miami and the focus returns on The Doomsday Killer. However, he will have to deal with Debra, who is pissed off. Not only he disappeared for a week, but she doesn’t know where he went. That’s pretty much the fallout: angry Debra.
Q: Will Travis help Dexter take down Gellar on Dexter ? A: Travis will stop playing follow the leader when he pays the ultimate price for abandoning Gellar. The latest DDK victim will, in a bizarre way, become a catalyst for Deb to reevaluate her own relationship with Dexter.
This week on HOMELAND, Brody gets a major proposal from a very powerful woman, and Carrie finds Tom Walker's contact. Too bad he's got diplomatic immunity. (11.17.11 SHOWTIME)
After the jump - A love letter from Showtime: DEXTER RENEWED x2!:
The beautiful women of Showtime's SHAMELESS like Emmy Rossum in NSFW VIDEO scenes and screencaps FROM THE SHOW as well as magazine scans from other sources. (Copyright: Showtime)
Here Deb is in the same jacket....
....struggling to speak in order to provide 'an official statement' to Lt. Quinn (Desmond Harrington)
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