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post #1 of 79
10/2/11 at 7:22am
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"Dexter" returns on Showtime tonight for its 6th season in its usual 9 p.m. EDT timeslot.
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post #2 of 79
10/2/11 at 1:59pm
Does Huluplus carry current seasons of Dexter? I moved recently and to save money I didn't get showtime. I figured I would just get ala cart during Dexter but wanted to see if there might be some cheaper alternatives to watching Season 6.
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post #3 of 79
10/3/11 at 9:44am
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After enjoying She Spies here and there in syndication a few years ago, gotta give it up for Dexter's good fortune at the reunion...
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post #4 of 79
10/3/11 at 10:44am
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Originally Posted by Adam Sanchez View Post

Does Huluplus carry current seasons of Dexter? I moved recently and to save money I didn't get showtime. I figured I would just get ala cart during Dexter but wanted to see if there might be some cheaper alternatives to watching Season 6.

I highly doubt it'll be on anything else until after the season is done with. Showtime wants people to subscribe to their channel more than they want anything else.
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post #5 of 79
10/3/11 at 11:13am
Yeah, that was a good time; reminded me a bit of Grosse Point Blanke, actually. Good stuff though. Dexter is always welcome to have back.
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post #6 of 79
10/3/11 at 12:20pm
To a certain extent, it feels like the reset button has been pushed. LaGuerta and Bautista are back to not being married, Rita's kids are seemingly out of the picture, Dexter isn't involved with anyone....free to kill whoever he targets. Looks like some more Dexteresque killings for him to deal with.
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post #7 of 79
10/4/11 at 6:18am

Okay start to the season.  I wasn't a big fan of last season at all so hopefully the show gets a little bit back to it's roots.  Looks like there will be a lot of religious undertones in this one, which could potentially be a bad thing.

 

One thing that really got me though - I find it completely unbelievable that the jock seemingly got completely off with the initial investigation with the murder (suicide) of his wife.  I mean, I realize Dexter is supposed to be one of the best at what he does, but you're telling me he can solve that crime by looking at some pictures of the crime scene and matching a blood sample, but the local police department never suspected and/or investigated the husband?  Couldn't they have written that better saying he got off on a technicality or something?

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post #8 of 79
10/5/11 at 12:47am

^^^ agree about the jock getting off. Dexter notices blood on the fingernails that the investigating cops didn't. I expected him to comment on sloppy autopsy, or a quick to dismiss as suicide due to some political favor to the jock, etc.

 

Glad Dexter is back. Not happy they've moved the release of the books to coincide with the series now. I wish they'd release the books in summer to spread it out more. Knowing me, after I start reading the book I'll start incorporating book-world details into the tv-show-world and it'll just mess me up.

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post #9 of 79
10/5/11 at 8:56am
I didn't feel it was necessary to explain the favorable treatment of the jock. We all know such treatment happens.
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post #10 of 79
10/6/11 at 12:24am
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I didn't feel it was necessary to explain the favorable treatment of the jock. We all know such treatment happens.



Except the favorable treatment is only speculation on our part. All you see on the show is Dex sees blood under the nails in a photo and thinks the jock did it and off we go.

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post #11 of 79
10/6/11 at 7:00am
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Except the favorable treatment is only speculation on our part. All you see on the show is Dex sees blood under the nails in a photo and thinks the jock did it and off we go.

True, but the show has never focused on why Dexter's "targets" escaped conventional justice. It's all about how he gets to the kill.
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post #12 of 79
10/11/11 at 8:59pm

I really hope this Colin Hanks/Edward James Olmos story line goes somewhere because I have zero interest in it right now.

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post #13 of 79
10/17/11 at 7:36am
I liked the latest episode a lot. Once again, Dexter confronts a character who causes him to analyze himself. The spilling of the slides was a nice touch. I also really liked the introduction between Deb and the new detective. Looks like an interesting new character. And the imagery of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the sort of thing that got me hooked on this show in the first place.
Edited by RobertR - 10/17/11 at 7:48am
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post #14 of 79
10/17/11 at 7:56am
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Ronny Cox was a hoot as the tooth fairy killer.
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post #15 of 79
10/17/11 at 8:10am
Yeah, he always seems to play enjoyably bad characters.
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post #16 of 79
10/22/11 at 11:16am

So is there anything to Masuka's hot intern being obsessed with the Ice Truck Killer?  Could she be the one to discover Dexter's past and eventually lead to his demise?

 

Still really disappointed with the EJO storyline.

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post #17 of 79
10/24/11 at 7:33am
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Heh, we find out why the intern stole the prosthetic arm in the episode last night.

Didn't realize how much screen time Mos would be getting. At least Dexter is finally clued in on a serial killer(s) on the loose. Knew Deb would let loose with the f-bombs in the news interview, just like LaGuerta knew, but it turned out okay since the captain liked the frankness. Not sure about the new guy on Deb's team. Angel and Quinn toking up was sort of funny in an impromtu buddy-buddy moment between them.
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post #18 of 79
10/24/11 at 12:24pm
LOVE this show!
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post #19 of 79
10/24/11 at 1:13pm

I thought last nights ep was really solid.   I tended to agree, if a police lt. came out and said 'look, I'm not going to parse my words, because all I care about is catching this f---, so keep your eyes out' there is a HUGE crowd of people who would go for that.   Yes, there would be some offended by the language, but a lot of people would like the "I'm here to Kick-ass" mentality Deb projects.

 

I she is damn good in that role.   I also found all of the scenes at the hospital to be VERY good; they help to slowly grow his character, loved everything about it.

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post #20 of 79
10/24/11 at 2:00pm

Eh, I don't know.  The Mos stuff is okay.  And at least the story line with EJO/Collin Hanks got a little more interesting.  Harrison conveniently getting sick was kind of lazy just to get Dexter more in touch with his spiritual side.

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post #21 of 79
10/24/11 at 3:10pm

I don't know, I've always liked Mos voice, so having him in the role he's in works for me ;)

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post #22 of 79
10/25/11 at 6:36pm
Eh, I'm not really sure about this season, the theme of it (religion, mostly) seems to lack subtlety compared to previous years, but the scene at the end from the time they found the girl in the greenhouse on was legitimately the most creepy scene that I think I've ever seen on this show (in a good way, of course biggrin.gif ).
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post #23 of 79
10/27/11 at 4:56am
There's speculation about whether the Olmos character is real, or just in CH's imagination.
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post #24 of 79
10/27/11 at 5:22am
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There's speculation about whether the Olmos character is real, or just in CH's imagination.


I think I saw this in the preview for next week, so I'll spoilerize...

 

Warning: Spoiler! (From previews) (Click to show)

 

They showed a newspaper headline with Olmos' picture and the headline 'Doomsday Killer'.

 

But I suppose it's possible that the character was once real and is no longer alive except in Collin Hanks' imagination.

 

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post #25 of 79
10/31/11 at 10:04am
The latest episode casts doubt on the "Gellar is a ghost" idea. Why would a ghost use a cell phone? Or bleed?
Edited by RobertR - 10/31/11 at 1:40pm
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post #26 of 79
10/31/11 at 10:41pm

What's funny is I thought the idea that Gellar wasn't real was absurd, but now after watching this episode I'm actually thinking it might be true.  Like perhaps the Colin Hanks character killed him a while ago but he lives on in his mind.  I mean, with them being out in public like that, and then pushing his foot on the gas pedal.  The cell phone thing would be a cheat though - not that he used one, but that they showed him apart from Travis.

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post #27 of 79
11/1/11 at 5:41am
Maybe he left himself a voicemail.
In one view there was blood running down his head, in the next it was gone.

My guess is that the real Gellar did like to "shake things up" and "make people think" but Travis took it too seriously and was enraged when Gellar tried to throttle him back and killed him and is trying to continue Gellar's "teachings".
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post #28 of 79
11/1/11 at 3:52pm

I have no dog in this fight but in a hallucination wouldn't it be possible for the hallucinator to visualize the hallucinatee on the phone?

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post #29 of 79
11/7/11 at 8:47pm
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Kudos to casting Molly Parker as Colin Hanks' character's sister, they sort of do look related. Loved Quinn getting clocked.

Loving the manifestation of Dexter's dark passenger now.
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post #30 of 79
11/7/11 at 9:28pm

I thought the Hanks/Olmos story was gaining a bit of steam, but it seems to be right back to the drivel it started out as.  What a pointless drag to the season.

 

Enjoyed the Brother Sam stuff, but it appears that's coming to a close.

 

Kind of ridiculous that Nick would just assume they had nothing on him linking him to the murder.  That scene was laughable.

 

Oh well, at least according to the previews...

 

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

"Trinity" makes a comeback.  Or at least seemingly his son.

 

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