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Dexter finale12/21/2023 ![]() Although both shows ended, only one show's fanbase was almost unanimously satisfied with that ending. Goldwyn mentions the fans of both Dexter and Breaking Bad, and how they are both incredibly large and passionate. Goldwyn doesn't seem to be too happy about how Showtime denied them the option of killing off Dexter. People have a relationship with ' Dexter,' even if it doesn't have the size and the ferocity of the fanbase for ' Breaking Bad.' But it has a very core loyal following." When we told them the arc for the last season, they just said, 'Just to be clear, he's going to live.' There were a lot of endings discussed because it was a very interesting problem to solve, to bring it to a close. According to Goldwyn, Showtime wouldn't let Dexter end in one particular way: Recently, Variety spoke with producer John Goldwyn about how the writers decided to end Dexter. We remain friends and I'm very thankful for that.Many fans were unhappy with the ending and it seems like the writers may have been, too. The context of our relationship changed, but the relationship didn't end. And the fact that we were able to work together in a committed and intimate way and continue to tell a story that we both felt was worth telling meant a lot to both of us. But ultimately, it was tremendously gratifying. On working with former wife Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) after the marriage ended: "It was challenging, inasmuch as we'd obviously gone through a lot. On strange fan encounters: "Some people have volunteered to be a victim! And when I met Morgan Freeman, he said "Congratulations on your whole life." It was as if I were being invited to heaven by God himself! Though I imagine he's got a pretty serious itch he's aching to scratch." ![]() staring at the wall in a prison of his own making, and I think his self-imposed exile from the world continues. On what Dexter is up to now: " coughs That's a good question. Oh, and three more great things to share from MCH's amazing Reddit, which was thoroughly enjoyable through and through: But is what I personally would have pitched."Īlternate universe Dexter ending? We need you. "I chose not to stay with the show, and so everybody did what they did, and I had no problem with that…and I think they did a good job with the final episode. " what I personally would have done should I have stayed with the show," said Philips. I think it would have been a great, epic, very satisfying conclusion." Literally, his life flashed before his eyes as he was about to die. That everything we've seen over the past eight seasons has happened in the several seconds from the time they start Dexter's execution to the time they finish the execution and he dies. "That's what I envisioned for the ending of Dexter. All the big deaths, and also whoever the weekly episodic kills were. "And in the gallery are all the people that Dexter killed-including the Trinity Killer and the Ice Truck Killer (his brother Rudy), LaGuerta who he was responsible for killing, Doakes who he's arguably responsible for, Rita, who he's arguably responsible for, Lila. We appreciate the sentiment, but when you take into account the sad state of the entire final season of Dexter, and the finale's series of events that really made no sense whatsoever (Spoiler: He put Deb's body on a boat, disappeared and showed up looking like the Bounty paper towel man…because suddenly, being a serial killer was a CHOICE?! Say what now?), we still can't help but crave the ending that original executive producer Clyde Phillips (who left the show in late 2009) told us he had wanted to pitch as the ending. Of course, Dexter is also a pragmatist and a self-preservationalist so he didn't do himself in. anything he touched would eventually be destroyed and so he felt he neededto let it all go. "Given what had been through," Hall explained, "and his attempts to have his cake and eat it too in regards to indulging his compulsion to kill AND have a more authentic life, his self-imposed exile did resonate. Still, Michael did sorta-kinda defend what the writers were going after.
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