Goodbye Miami

It's been noticeable how the series has been going downwards towards the end, but this episode is the top of the cake - so bad, beyond weak!!! script is never been as stupid as in this one. From a very smart, sneaky, cautious Dexter to a looser Dexter. Common!

We had a long (two weeks) break from Dexter. It's been a while. Make Your Own Kind of music exposed totally different direction of the show, since it brought brain surgeon back, who turned out to be Dr. Vogel's senior son. Having regrets because of her acts, Evelyn does not want Dexter to kill Oliver Saxon.

If you saw preview of this episode, you might know that Dex is leaving Miami with Harrison and Hannah. But before that, he tries to kill Saxon to make Dr. safe. The same time, he secretly talks to Debra about his future plans in Argentina and farewells with Homicide Department.

Goodbye Miami gives a great hope that our favorite serial killer is back to his real work - killing other killers and he will never be distracted by random things like love, life, care and women. The whole season seemed to be very calm compared to previous 7. It is understandable that things change in order to bring the show to the end, but we don't want to see Dexter turning into another happy ending sad drama.

For the first time, this episode made me think that maybe the writers want to turn Dexter into a person who rids of his bad habits, who becomes alike others (otherwise becomes abnormal). I do really hope it does not happen, it will disappoint a lot.

Oliver Saxon refreshes this episode a lot. He is a smart serial killer, probably one of most dangerous ones Morgan has ever faced. But he still does not bring much new on the table. I am sure that Dexter is going to chase him until the very end of the show and I can not wait to see how it culminates.

Hannah is still popular with copes. US Marshal keeps looking for her closer. It seems that he has got doubts about Dexter, especially when he's escaping from Miami. He even questions Deb, but hopefully does not get much news. As for the Debra herself, she seems to be struggling with something inside. She is a step before gets back to Miami Metro and her conscience does not let to wear be a cop hiding two serial killers in her house. She tries to talk to Quinn about something but it does not work. I have a minor doubt that Deb is trying to give a little clue to someone about what's going on with her life.

I still think that Jennifer Carpenter has one of the her best seasons in every sense. She is in the center, her character is way too dramatic & stuck between two worlds, she sometimes has breakdowns. I think she is back as a major award contender.

Goodbye Miami could be a good episode if it aired somewhere in the middle of whole show, however, as the 10th episode of show finale?! No, it does not work much. It has some tricky hints in the end, that I hope writers will open up, but how long do we have to wait? I believed they'd give some tasty piece of Dexter this episode.

They did not!

I am not going to write long review as i belong to those category of people who liked to keep things short and simple. For starters, Dexter is one of the best TV series that a viewer thoroughly enjoys watching and relate with his own real life and question his own conscience. I certainly did not want this season to be the same like others where dexter keeps on killing people instead i wanted dexter to see his other side of himself and succumb to his emotions to truly realize what it means to be a human. I wanted less drama and less action but more intense introspection from his end and i am happy that dexter did that all. He realizes that even after he is gone from Miami the killing will not stop, there will be crime present and its no longer in his hands to keep playing the role of self-appointed judge. He deserves a better life than the present, one that is devoid of all the psychopathic nonsense and so does harrison and hannah!

Let us all embrace to the fact that the director is not going to listen to the hate-mongers, rather he will give a meaningful end to this season and perhaps might even keep the windows open for a season 9, just in case they decide to tell us dexters story after he goes to Argentina. i wish, there was another season after this! i am so happy to see Dexter becoming a better man than what he initially thought he is. He deserves a better life and a little more love for the audience. After-all he has been a guardian to the Miami city for 8 long years..

Dexter use to be fun.

A kind of release from the mundane dramas all around us, but now it's overfilled with tiresome dialog and drivel that bores its fan base into tearing drones. Vogel was such a boring character and now gone, flush another episode away. Only two left and my sense is it will not end to the satisfaction of its fan base of the previous 7 Seasons.

It better culminate with something special like a "Dirty Harry" revenge statement, "Do you feel lucky, asshole?" as Dexter stabs Oliver Saxon into his chest, gushing blood everywhere, then propelling him over the side of his boat and into Biscayne Bay.

So far it's too milquetoast for Dexter.

And beautiful Hannah, how boring her dialog has been for such a potentially dynamic character as the asinine manhunt and Deb's confusion and extreme pain from Dexter's obvious rejection of her opinions, leave us wanting for more.

Unfortunately, the end will leave us hanging, if it doesn't get any better than this….. Goodbye Dexter!

Literally every aspect that has made Dexter a great show in the past is missing here.

• No manhunt
• No threats to Dexter being exposed
• No kills
• No thrills
• No development of rivalry between Dexter and the main season villain

I'll simply never understand why the writers decided that the second half of the final season of Dexter should be where they ramp everything down. This should have been where all the stops were pulled. This should have been where Dexter faces his biggest threats ever from both the main season villain and Miami Metro Police.

Instead we get a full hour of Dexter calmly lamenting on his decision to leave Miami. I sincerely have absolutely no idea what the writers were going for at this point.