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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: The series was well-received by fans.... up until the last episode, which was widely lambasted. On [=IMDb=], every episode has an average rating of over 8.0, except the last episode, which has an abysmal 4.7. Fans criticized [[spoiler:the title character's sudden murder by his own son, and characters suddenly acting illogically and the story having massive leaps in logic just for the sake of rushing to the abrupt conclusion.]] A significant number of fans thought it was somehow an even ''worse'' finale than the already reviled original conclusion.
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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: The series was well-received by fans.... up until the last episode, which was widely lambasted. On [=IMDb=], every episode has an average rating of over 8.0, except the last episode, which has an abysmal 4.7. Fans criticized [[spoiler:the title character's sudden murder by his own son, Batista's role being completely wasted, and characters suddenly acting illogically and the story having massive leaps in logic just for the sake of rushing to the abrupt conclusion.]] A significant number of fans thought it was somehow an even ''worse'' finale than the already reviled original conclusion.
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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: The series was well-received by fans.... up until the last episode, which was widely lambasted. On [=IMDb=], every episode has an average rating of over 8.0, except the last episode, which has an abysmal 4.7. Fans criticized [[spoiler:the title character's sudden murder by his own son, and characters suddenly acting illogically and the story having massive leaps in logic just for the sake of rushing to the abrupt conclusion.]] A significant number of fans thought it was somehow an even ''worse'' finale than the already reviled original conclusion.
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%% CriticalDissonance: Until the finale, the show was received positively by both critics and fans. But while the finale was generally received positively by critics, it has a 4.4 rating on IMDB, making it the lowest scoring episode of Dexter.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: [[spoiler:Kurt]], in addition to his homicidal tendencies, appears to have some extreme form of OCD which manifests itself in his obsession with the killing ritual having to be exactly the same every time down to the last detail, to the point of sobbing when he shoots Chloe on the wrong part of the body.
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** In the final episode, [[spoiler:Harrison suddenly realizes that he has no "Dark Passenger" and is just angry at Dexter for leaving him, despite displaying all sorts of sociopathic tendencies throughout the season to mirror him to Dexter, such as manipulating others and making himself into a VillainWithGoodPublicity, violent fantasies and tendencies directed towards innocent people, and even engaging in murder with Dexter. This is especially jarring given that the FreudianExcuse is repeatedly mocked with both of the Caldwells blaming their father for their crimes, but applied with Harrison with no hint of irony.]]
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** In the final episode, [[spoiler:Harrison suddenly realizes that he has no "Dark Passenger" and is just angry at Dexter for leaving him, despite displaying all sorts of sociopathic tendencies throughout the season to mirror him to Dexter, such as manipulating others and making himself into a VillainWithGoodPublicity, violent fantasies and tendencies directed towards innocent people, and even engaging in murder with Dexter. This is especially jarring given that the FreudianExcuse is repeatedly mocked with both of the Caldwells blaming their father for their crimes, but applied with to Harrison with no hint of irony.]]
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** For fans that didn't sit well with the fact Dexter faked his death and abandoned his son Harrison, they can be settled with Dexter's reasoning that he believed his own murderous urges might pass on to him or worse, hurt his son.
** Deb, returning as Dexter's dark passenger, has been received very positively.
** After the later seasons were criticized for seemingly justifying Harry teaching Dexter the Code (with the RetCon of Dr. Vogel), the fifth episode has "Deb" rightly call out what he did as child abuse.
** The series clarifies that Dexter did not leave Hannah in the dark about his FakingTheDead. He sent her a letter requesting she and Harrison stay out of his life since he's TheJinx to everyone who gets close to him.
** [[spoiler:Attempted by having Dexter KilledOffForReal in the GrandFinale. Season 8 infamously was mandated to keep Dexter alive at the end due to ExecutiveMeddling. Whether or not this was handled well has led to a severe BrokenBase.]]
** For fans that didn't sit well with the fact Dexter faked his death and abandoned his son Harrison, they can be settled with Dexter's reasoning that he believed his own murderous urges might pass on to him or worse, hurt his son.
** Deb, returning as Dexter's dark passenger, has been received very positively.
** After the later seasons were criticized for seemingly justifying Harry teaching Dexter the Code (with the RetCon of Dr. Vogel), the fifth episode has "Deb" rightly call out what he did as child abuse.
** The series clarifies that Dexter did not leave Hannah in the dark about his FakingTheDead. He sent her a letter requesting she and Harrison stay out of his life since he's TheJinx to everyone who gets close to him.
** [[spoiler:Attempted by having Dexter KilledOffForReal in the GrandFinale. Season 8 infamously was mandated to keep Dexter alive at the end due to ExecutiveMeddling. Whether or not this was handled well has led to a severe BrokenBase.]]
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* TheScrappy: Molly Park seems to be intended as a comic relief DeadpanSnarker with quirky disregard for social decorum, but comes across as a {{Jerkass}} thanks to her forced SirSwearsALot manner of speaking, KnowNothingKnowItAll attitude, callous mocking of Harrison's trauma, and GenreBlindness making her TooDumbToLive.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler:Angel Batista appears in just two episodes, with his only narrative function being to accidentally make Angela start to distrust Dexter and give Dexter a reason to flee Iron Lake at any cost. Many fans feel it was a waste that the character didn't get the chance to confront Dexter for the crimes he committed, including his part in the deaths of Doakes and LaGuerta.]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler:Angel Batista appears in just two episodes, with his only narrative function being to accidentally make Angela start to distrust Dexter and give Dexter a reason to flee Iron Lake at any cost. Many fans feel it was a waste that the character didn't get the chance to confront Dexter for the crimes he committed, including his part in the deaths of Doakes and LaGuerta.[=LaGuerta=].]]
