This show made me think about the notion of spoilers. We are in a time now where we have so many options to view shows that it's easy to take your time to see things. I waited a long time to see this season, primarily because it seems to me that you need to be in a certai frame of mind to watch Dexter, and I was debating whether it was just too creepy for me. But in the meantime, I had kept general tabs on the show. I saw that this season had been well reviewed. I read the accolades for John Lithgow as the serial killer, and I did want to see his performance. And almost universally, in the reviews I saw of this season, without any advance warning, I saw a sentence that I wish I hadn't read. This season was meant to end on a surprise note, but it seemed that no one writing could keep the secret, which is understandable, because, as that type of critic, you kind of have to write about it, but I needed a SPOILER ALERT. Even if it had been further down in the article, I would have known that this was going to be about the ending and I wouldn't have read it, but it was sometimes in the lead paragraph. So I knew, and I wish I hadn't, because it was written in a way that you weren't supposed to know.
I still ended up loving the season. The thing I really like about this show is that they do put in a lot of twists and turns to the plot and they also talk about larger issues of humanity that you wouldn't necessarily think would be part of a show about a serial killer. So this season was a lot about the importance of family and can you be a serial killer and a family man? It seems ridiculous looking at those words on the screen, but in the world of Dexter, it makes sense.
My one complaint about this season is that there seemed to be many occasions where Dexter had the opportunity to execute his mission and he failed to do so, and that didn't always seem believable to me. He was also extraordinarily reckless at certain points with a sloppiness that perhaps come after the wear and tear of three seasons. Some of that was interesting to me, and some was hard to believe that he was not under more scrutiny. But there were some surprisingly touching moments. Despite knowing the ending, I do want to see what happens next. This time, I have read very little of Season 5. With this show, it is best to go in with as little information as possible.
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