10-31-2011, 10:11 PM | #441 |
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was about to post how that didn't make sense but it all adds up. god damnit
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11-05-2011, 03:09 PM | #442 |
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It looks like I gave you quite the Halloween fright.
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11-07-2011, 10:42 AM | #443 |
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Fuckin' hell, that was great.
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11-07-2011, 03:58 PM | #444 |
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Looks like his mouth was moving that way. I like how with the appearance of Brother Sam we get teased that Dexter might actually get better only to go crazy in the end while Tom Hank's son seems to be fighting the darkness.
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11-08-2011, 12:11 AM | #445 |
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This season has been great. I think next week they are closing the book on the "Kyle Butler" story that they never went back to. Based from the preview, it seems that the only people who know who Kyle Butler is will probably be killed.
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11-08-2011, 01:38 AM | #446 |
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was so excited when I saw Brian
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11-14-2011, 05:06 PM | #447 |
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Best episode of the season. It would have made more sense for Brian to show up in season five though after Rita's death instead of the guy Dexter knew for two weeks and was initially thinking of killing.
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11-14-2011, 05:40 PM | #448 |
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I think it was more to do with the fact Dexter was beginning to see a different side to himself through Brother Sam's religion and his words to him about forgiveness, only for Sam's killer to ruin that and force Dexter into a knee-jerk reaction kill as opposed to it actually being about Sam's death. The darkness in Dexter (Brian) completely took over him teporarily.
Like you said though it was a very good episode, and this episode made it seem even more certain to me that Edward James Olmos is in Colin Hanks' head, although the previews for next week make me reconsider slightly. Looks like the main plot is picking up next week big time. |
11-14-2011, 08:10 PM | #449 |
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Yeah the comment dexter made about it, "unlike my dark passenger, his can be killed..." makes it sound like the professor is real.
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11-15-2011, 07:53 PM | #450 |
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Don't know why anybody would think the Professor is not real.
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11-15-2011, 08:19 PM | #451 |
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Because it mirrors Dexter pretty well when he comes up against somebody so similar to himself. It'd make for good (albeit slightly predictable) storytelling if it is the case. Plus the fact the Professor hasn't interacted with anybody other than Colin Hanks. I can't actually remember if he's had anything to do with the torturing scenes, but in this very last episode Brian stabbed a guy with a pitchfork so it can be a similar situation there. Nobody else has actually acknowledged him.
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11-15-2011, 09:18 PM | #452 |
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.......the dude isn't real... Mind = Blown
But seriously, it is a fun idea to entertain. I believe he is real, but if he's not, I'll still be shocked. |
11-17-2011, 12:55 AM | #453 |
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I'm on the fence a bit about whether the professor is real or not, but mostly leaning toward him being a figment of Colin Hanks' imagination. This season really seems to be centering on dual personalities; darkness and light. I know that the entire show has had a lot to do with these concepts, but this one especially.
Brother Sam went from being a very bad person to a very spiritual, forgiving and kind person. Deb is fighting with the duality of trying to be the boss while also trying to be herself. And Dexter is of course fighting with his dark passenger, and the reappearance of his brother only furthers this. It would make sense that Colin Hanks' character is also fighting with his own dark passenger in the same way. There's also several other facts. Firstly that no one else ever interacts with the professor - not once. Secondly, none of the victims ever see him, especially the girl who escaped, who was blind folded the entire time. Think about the scene where Colin has sex with the brunette and the next morning he wakes up to find her tied up and gagged in the kitchen. His "other side" could have easily woken up, beaten her, tied her up and gagged her, and then gone back to sleep, only to wake up as "the real him" and "find her" tied up. It'd be a very creepy schizophrenic situation, and very befitting of this series. The professor has also been "missing" for 3 years, so no one has seen him in a very long time - it would make sense that when Colin first started to turn to his dark side that he killed the professor himself. This is also just the kind of plot device that the Dexter writers would use to try and have a big "twist" toward the end of the season when it's revealed that the professor's decomposed body is locked up in the church or something. Guess we'll see. |
11-17-2011, 10:24 AM | #454 |
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I would agree but when they were questioning the girl in the hospital she made it sound like there were actually 2 people there, 1 young and 1 old. But it was a traumatizing event and it could be that he was doing a voice like in the movie Psycho.
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11-22-2011, 03:42 AM | #455 |
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Damn. More questions than answers.
Can't wait for the next ep to see how Dexter ends up covered in blood |
11-22-2011, 11:01 AM | #456 |
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Damn! It didn't even dawn on me that the professor could be imaginary until I read this thread. Threw me for a whole 'bother loop.
Is it just me, or is Dex getting kind of careless when it comes to potential victims? |
11-22-2011, 11:40 AM | #457 |
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This past episode is the first where I have thought "Ok... yeah, maybe the professor is imaginary"
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11-24-2011, 07:55 PM | #458 |
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I hadn't thought of that either, but it makes sense. Especially with the photo of the two, and how it ended up smashed in the trash bin when it was hidden behind the toaster.
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11-24-2011, 07:56 PM | #459 |
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Also, that shovel hit wouldn't have knocked a fly out.
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11-28-2011, 03:12 AM | #460 |
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11-28-2011, 01:04 PM | #461 |
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Kinda glad they revealed it now rather than dragging it out to be a huge surprise in the last episode, seeing as a lot of people seem to have figured it out pretty early on.
I'm loving Batista and Quinn as partners this season as well. |
11-28-2011, 03:03 PM | #462 |
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Son of a bitch.
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11-30-2011, 08:25 PM | #463 |
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Just caught up... SON OF A BITCH! MIND = BLOWN!
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11-30-2011, 08:46 PM | #464 |
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12-02-2011, 09:58 AM | #465 |
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No it wasn't. The entire season was written to make people speculate about it.
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12-02-2011, 10:08 AM | #466 |
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They need to do something really appalling to end this season with, so far they've only been going through the motions. They could have done so much more since the end of season four. This might be their last chance to redeem the show.
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12-02-2011, 10:35 AM | #467 |
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I think there's a fairly good chance that Deb might find out about Dexter at the end of this season. At least I think they should go that route with her recent animosity towards him and his distant ways towards her. It would be a bit shit if they just hugged and made up at the end.
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12-02-2011, 11:42 AM | #468 |
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Wasn't it a couple of episodes back where Dexter pondered whether or not Deb would find out about him and he'd have to kill her? They seem to at least be foreshadowing some kind of confrontation.
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12-02-2011, 12:08 PM | #469 |
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12-02-2011, 03:56 PM | #470 |
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The show has taken a hit ever since they switched show runners. They have no idea what to do with the side characters anymore so they stick them into these froced subplots that don't go anywhere while turning them into these one dimensional ethnic drones. At least in previous seasons all of that peripheral stuff worked to develop Dexter's character and put context to the main plot. They've gotten sloppy with details to make everything else fit.
I feel a little bad about complaining because I still watch it every week and it does become increasingly difficult for a show to maintain its edge after being on the air for a few years. It's still enjoyable, but that sense of "tension" in storyline progression isn't as strong as it was in previous seasons. Maybe the end of this season will prove me wrong. I will only talk about the plot for now on, I promise. |
12-02-2011, 04:08 PM | #471 |
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I do like the new black guy they have.
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12-03-2011, 04:19 PM | #472 | |
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12-03-2011, 05:05 PM | #473 |
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12-03-2011, 05:21 PM | #474 |
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I mean honestly, it had to come some time. I'm glad there will be another 2 after this one though because that says to me that they'll have plenty of time to finish it off however they want.
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12-03-2011, 08:17 PM | #475 |
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Didn't even expect another two seasons. I thought maybe the next season would be the last.
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12-05-2011, 12:20 PM | #476 |
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lol "I AM the Bay Harbor Butcher."
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12-05-2011, 04:10 PM | #477 |
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yeah that was pretty great. liking this season in general. not the strongest, but it is a subject they've never covered with dexter so it is still new ground.
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12-05-2011, 07:35 PM | #478 |
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So when are Deb and Dexter gonna do the dirty?
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12-05-2011, 08:27 PM | #479 |
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Kinda marked out when I saw the chick from My Boys
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12-05-2011, 09:48 PM | #480 |
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Actually it is sort of. The Trinity Killer was religious and they chatted about God before Dexter chopped him up.
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