Again, for people who either haven't watched Dexter yet but plan to, or aren't finished watching the whole show, I suggest you stay out of this thread if you want to avoid spoilers. You've been warned.
Is it me, or was Dexter's ending kind of a compromise? I imagine a character like Dexter is very polarizing for the audience, therefore making it easy to displease half of the audience. Dexter getting caught, or dying, or even just being on the run, would all risk pissing off a part of the audience, as each of those outcomes would be irreversible. So with Dexter still alive, the ending is, well, open-ended, as each of those outcomes are still possible.
Still, they had to make the final episode impactful, and they did by killing off Debra, and by giving Quinn and Angel Batista a small glimpse of Dexter's homicidal nature. The former certainly worked, and it's just saddening to watch the final scene and know that Debra is gone, forever, even though it's his fault she died as he litterally pulled the plug on her, though if she was never going to come out of her coma anyway, then Dexter might have been justified in what he did. Still, I admit I feel sorry for Quinn, given the emotional turmoil that the dissapearance of Debra's body must have caused him.
But in the end (heh), the ending wasn't much of an ending. I'm certainly not going to atomathically believe that Dexter will spend the rest of his life alone, as after all, he could still be alive in say, thirty years. He could be tempted to reunite with Hannah and Harrison in all that time, and track them down. Speaking of those two, talk about a loose end. Hannah's past could come back to bite her, she could easily kill again, and Harrison could pay for her actions.
Anyone here who watched the show in it's entirety, how did you feel about the ending?
