YMMV / Dexter: New Blood

• Anti-Climax Boss: After killing Kurt's henchman, Kurt himself turns out to be fairly simple to take down. His final attempt to kill Dexter and Harrison results in an Epic Fail when they turn out to not even be home, his lair is easily discovered, and he walks right into an ambush at his house. Then again, he did leave a rather crucial letter to Angela as a last parting gift.
• Ass Pull:
  • In the final episode, 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 Villain with Good Publicity, violent fantasies and tendencies directed towards innocent people, and even engaging in murder with Dexter. This is especially jarring given that the Freudian Excuse is repeatedly mocked with both of the Caldwells blaming their father for their crimes, but applied to Harrison with no hint of irony.
  • Dexter’s last inner monologue before dying claims that he has never loved anyone until now (Harrison). This is despite all the previous times in the original series that Dexter said he truly loved someone: Rita and Astor in Season 5, Hannah McKay in Season 7 and 8, and of course Deb in the original finale. The line essentially ignores all of his Character Development in both series.
• Audience-Alienating Ending: 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 the title character's 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.
• Awesome Moments: See Here
• Captain Obvious Reveal: By the time the person murdering runaways is revealed in episode 4, the only viewers likely to be surprised are ones who thought the culprit was so blatantly obvious that they must have been a Red Herring.
• Catharsis Factor:
  • Kurt's death in episode 9 is downright beautiful to watch after seeing him murder unfortunate runaways for a whole series.
  • Wiggles's karmic execution by Dexter in flashback is also fitting given the man was an outright child predator.
• Complete Monster ("The Family Business"): The clown known only as Mr. Wiggles is a particularly depraved child killer. A sadist who uses his job to find victims, Wiggles abducts, tortures, and murders them, with photos taken as trophies. Having killed near a dozen children, Wiggles is killed by Dexter just before he can abduct and murder a new victim.
• Critical Dissonance: 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 4.7 rating on IMDB, making it the lowest scoring episode of Dexter, and many fans complained that the creators somehow managed to screw up the ending of Dexter again.
• Diagnosed by the Audience: 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.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Chloe, Kurt’s second on-screen victim is well-remembered for being Defiant to the End towards the Runaway Killer, trying multiple gambits to get out of the room, and not falling for his “you’re free to go” ruse. Kurt is ultimately forced to physically drag her outside, but she still refuses to run like he says, knowing that he wouldn’t just let her go.
• Heartwarming Moments: Dexter and Harrison's reuniting and hugging at the end of Episode 8. Honestly, every single time Dexter shows how deeply he cares for Harrison, down to him being attentive enough of Harrison's feelings to ask him if he's alright while dismembering Kurt. Really shows he's far from a typical psychopath.
• It's the Same, So It Sucks: Some fans were disappointed that, despite the new surroundings and circumstances, the Runaway Killer storyline mostly repeats the same beats as previous seasons. A Serial Killer with a Signature Song and a Freudian Excuse who skirmishes with Dexter for a few episodes after learning his identity, before being easily drugged and executed after a brief Motive Rant on the kill table.
• Moral Event Horizon: While Dexter is a serial killer, his culpability is somewhat murky since he was essentially molded into what he is by Harry, but what makes him especially irredeemable is his attempt at turning Harrison into a Serial-Killer Killer.
• Most Wonderful Sound: After 8 years and 35 minutes, hearing Dexter's voiceover narration as he prepares to kill Matt Caldwell.
• Narm:
  • Kurt gives Dexter a titanium screw, noting that it withstood the fire that disposed of Matt's body. Dexter then returns to his vehicle after the confrontation and Googles what titanium screws are. It makes no sense at all for a forensic analyst of Dexter's ability to not know what those are. He'd probably have also come across them in one of the hundreds of murders he'd committed.
  • Molly’s podcast episode of the Bay Harbour Butcher has an incredibly cheesy moment at the end when she unironically says: “If I’m right, the Bay Harbour Butcher may still be out there, still feeling… butchery.”
• One-Scene Wonder: Batista in episode 5 and Arthur Mitchell in episode 7. The latter has one line but manages to be the most memorable part of the episode.
• The Scrappy: Molly Park seems to be intended as a comic relief Deadpan Snarker with quirky disregard for social decorum, but comes across as a Jerkass thanks to her forced Sir Swears-a-Lot manner of speaking, Know-Nothing Know-It-All attitude, callous mocking of Harrison's trauma, and Genre Blindness making her Too Dumb to Live.
• Take That, Scrappy!: After two seasons of being Scott Buck's Creator's Pet, Hannah McKay is confirmed as dead and gone.
• Tear Jerker: See Here
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: 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.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: A final showdown between Dexter and Batista would be epic if it weren't for the fact that Dexter died before Batista even arrived at Iron Lake.
• Unexpected Character: Angel Batista returns for three scenes. He is the only returning character that is not a hallucination.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Harrison to some. He gets away with every crime he committed, including killing Dexter in the final episode, and it’s implied that he deserves this. This is despite him being a Karma Houdini for setting up Ethan as a school shooter, and showing clear signs of being a manipulative sadist arguably even worse than Dexter as a teenager.

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