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Television shows are a tricky matter to deal with. You have to be able to attend to the needs and pleasures of your audience in order to keep the show going strong. Although not all shows can be proven a success story and last as long as \u2018Seinfeld\u2019 or \u2018Friends,\u2019 but they all have their own opportunity to leave the fans with a feeling of satisfaction and gratitude.<\/p>\n
Having a certain time frame for a shows run allows the producers and the writers a chance to flesh out the stories and tie any loose ends that the show has created. When knowing ahead of time that a show will end, it can either be a good thing, like \u2018Breaking Bad,\u2019 in which most aficionados thought was really good and it tied up loose ends very nicely, or a not so good thing, like \u2018Heroes,\u2019 a show that had so much potential in the beginning and immediately flat lined.<\/p>\n
Most recently, another hit TV show just went off the air, ShowTime\u2019s \u2018Dexter,\u2019 a drama series about a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Dade Police Department that lived a secret life as a serial killer. He was taught a morality system that was referred to as \u201cThe Code,\u201d a set of rules that his deceased father created that allows him to suppress his thirst to kill by killing people that deserve to die, such as criminals and murderers.<\/p>\n
The eighth and final season had the tagline of \u201cThe End Begins\u201d in all of the ads that were created. But did the final episode prove worthy enough to be in the ranks of other great shows? The problem was that one does not want to see a vigilante like Dexter have a happy ending. Even though he had a difficult life growing up, being adopted and his mother being murdered in front of him, he was still considered a villain of some sorts. This isn\u2019t like in Bryan Singer\u2019s \u2018The Usual Suspects,\u2019 where Kevin Spacey\u2019s character was the mastermind behind all the deaths and robberies, and his lying and manipulation allowed him to work around the feds and escape without them even having a clue. A twist like this was possible because it was done in a way to give the audience mystery and suspense, something that no one saw coming. Dexter lived by the code, but the fact still remained that he was still a serial killer. Albeit he was doing it for the right reasons, it can be considered immoral and unethical.<\/p>\n
Although the show had a troubling season, by introducing characters that we thought we should have cared for but were killed off an episode or two later and bringing up past characters whose story arc ended just fine. It was starting to close every part of the show, up until the final scene. After a very gratifying ending that left Dexter running head on to an upcoming tropical storm, giving the allusion that Dexter was done for and dead. They decided to pull a bait and switch and have him fake his death so that his son can live a normal life, something that he was afraid he wasn\u2019t able to provide for him. Even though he left his son, Harrison, under the care of a wanted fugitive, Hannah McKay. Not one of his brightest moves.<\/p>\n
One of the smartest things that the writers did with this show was how they handled the death of Dexters adoptive sister, Deb. She was also a part of the police department, first as a homicide detective then, as the show progressed, the police lieutenant. She eventually found out about her brothers secret life and that was the beginning of the downward spiral that was her life, especially since she realized that she was in love with him. She was finally starting to make amends with herself as a person, but then ultimately she was shot and taken to the hospital in critical conditions. The doctors told Dexter that her vitals looked promising but unfortunately, moments later, she was induced into a coma. All signs during the episodes leading up to the finale looked promising for the conclusion of her character, but that sudden twist was a strong emotional connection that reached out to the audience.<\/p>\n
The final season of Dexter was a roller coaster of highs and lows, especially with an ending that left the viewers thinking to themselves \u201cwhat the heck?\u201d It had a beautiful conclusion with Dexter holding his beloved sister in his arms and then throwing her into the water, as he did with all his other \u201cvictims,\u201d this in a way brought the show full circle. Disregarding the final scene and how they let Dexter live, he shouldn\u2019t have deserved a happy ending, arguably enough since he put himself in a state of isolation that proved to be questionable.<\/p>\n
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