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"Dexter" Finds Religion: Season Six Teaser

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (13)

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“Dexter” is gradually running out of places to go. There are two fundamental conclusions which the show can come to. Either Dexter stops killing or doesn’t. Stopping killing happens through death, prison, or Dexter deciding to stop. The problem though is that Dexter continuing to kill after the show ends, presumably with the trademark sly grin at the camera and an implied bloodily ever after, or stopping killing simply because he’s caught or dies, are contingent on the main character not evolving any further than he already has. The only permutation that relies on Dexter evolving as a character is the one in which he ceases to kill. The problem is of course that such an evolution cannot occur until the show’s ending is nigh.

“Dexter” has been entertaining as a show, but I don’t feel that Dexter as a character has really evolved and changed in any substantial sense in several seasons, despite some fantastic guest characters and plot twists. This teaser for season six tosses out an interesting development, Dexter finding religion:

Ok, so maybe they’ll ditch the angle a couple episodes in, or maybe it will be disastrous. But I have two thoughts. First, how much did that stone angel at the end remind you of Doctor Who? Second, whatever poor priest has to take Dexter’s first confession is going to need some therapy.

(source: SlashFilm)









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Comments

I have never been less excited for a new season of Dexter as I am after that shitty promo.

Perhaps I'm still pissed off from last season and all the balls it sucked.

Posted by: beet salad at July 20, 2011 10:08 AM

I am also devastated that Andy Whitfield won't be returning for Spartacus: Vengeance, and has been replaced by someone else. Yeah, you heard me, devastated.

But seriously, I can't believe he has cancer.

So....yeah.

Posted by: beet salad at July 20, 2011 10:20 AM

What beet salad said, but the exact opposite.

Posted by: TheOtherGreg at July 20, 2011 10:26 AM

So Dexter is turning into The Boondock Saints: The TV Series?

Posted by: wuggle at July 20, 2011 10:31 AM

Last season did not suck it just has to follow an unbelievably good season. No matter what it would have been terrible by comparison. With that said, there has been a lot of character progression. He isn't the same man he was when the series started. With that said, just a teaser really. Nothing to go on, at least for me. As I hate doing that with things. No fun when you end up watching it, if you guess every possible outcome and get it right the millionth time.

Posted by: googergieger at July 20, 2011 1:29 PM

I'm out, unless Deb finds out this season. Really, she must be either a) the dumbest cop in the history of ever, or b) incredibly, redonkulously naive when it comes to her own brother, to the point where she needs some serious help.
I mean, really: there was an effing plastic sheet between her and the truth last season, and she STILL didn't figure it out.
The writers need to poke their lazy-ass brains and figure out how to clue Deb into the truth while still keeping it interesting. Otherwise, this show is over.

Posted by: Jessie at July 20, 2011 2:06 PM

Apparently I say really a lot...REALLY.

Posted by: Jessie at July 20, 2011 2:13 PM

I think him on the run should be where this goes next. He gets outed(I wish, wink) and is on the run would be pretty tense throughout the whole series. I mean the best moments in Dexter have been when someone knows his secret or when someone is dangerously close to finding out. Imagine a whole season of that! With that said, Deb has always needed Dexter's help to be any sort of competent.

Posted by: googergieger at July 20, 2011 3:11 PM

Dexter on the run may be interesting, especially if the kids are in tow. Unfortunately, I see the writers sticking to the tried and true formula that's made this a hit show, because not enough people will find it an insult to their intelligence and quit watching.
Deb's idiocy strains the boundaries of believability...there's no way she made it through police training and was promoted to a detective with that level of obliviousness.

Posted by: Jessie at July 20, 2011 5:13 PM

to me, that doesn't look like dexter is finding religion so much as it looks like he might be on the brink of a psychotic break. now, dexter with a christ complex could be quite an interesting new turn, considering he's always seemed to try to mitigate those kinds of feelings toward his work in the past.

i've had a psychotic break. the things it can do in terms of warping one's ego, judgment and sense of self are astounding. i think this looks promising.

Posted by: lennon`o at July 20, 2011 9:46 PM

oh, good! i like the psychotic-break / holy-messiah-sent-by God-complex angle that's just been mentioned. I haven't watched this show for the last 2 seasons - I got bored with it after he fell in love, married and had a baby (oh yeah, like, that's realistic), but if Dexter gets all holier-than-thou with his serial killing vengeance, it would make me watch the show again. I believe the only thing scarier and more true to life than a mass murderer taking out mass murderers is a RELIGIOUS NUT mass murderer taking out people he considers to be evil people as dictated by his faith's delusions. It makes logical sense for the show to go this way: how many batshit Jesus freaks would love to be in Dexter's shoes, and actually are, to a certain degree? (And, no, I'm not picking only on Christianity. I dispise all religions. I'm really Bill Maher in disguise.) Plus, wouldn't it make more sense if Dexter dispensed with this affected Clark Kent Police Crime Scene Analyst identity and just went "rogue"? As a Bible Thumper, he could 'submit' to his 'higher calling', drop the innocent ruse, stand up in church and proclaim proudly - "hey! this way to crazy!" People are such moronic deadbrained sheep, they'd flock to him as the new messiah. He could even start his own Charles Manson-style cult, declare war on evil and create a formidable army of Mormonlike Dexter disciples for a bloody door-to-door Crusade. Now THAT is scary. And very realistic. I also agree that his sister is stupid for not figuring it out yet. Maybe the writers could finally reveal that she's mentally retarded, but was given a pass and promoted because she has connections with powerful people. That's Former President Bush's life story after all, so it's plausible.

Posted by: Brian Kehinde at July 21, 2011 7:17 AM

I read an article that say the apposite of what you say, so what is the true, your article or the other one, well, i guess you both have other opinion on the same subject

Posted by: Zoila Easterly at July 26, 2011 7:11 PM

Our teachers are paid by state & local taxes, not Federal funds. Same with Police and Firemen. this is just another giveaway for political payoff.

Posted by: Beau Andrzejewski at August 8, 2011 2:38 AM