Just finished watching Dexter for the second time. Overall I enjoyed it but the decline in quality post Season 4 is even more apparent on a rewatch (although the first half of Season 7 is great). Still it's never less than watchable...until the final season. Season 8 is just so very, very dull. I can forgive massive leaps of logic, in fact I can forgive a lot, one thing I can't forgive is dullness. This is a series about a serial killer, it shouldn't be boring yet half way through Season 8 my attention started drifting elsewhere. As for the finale, hmmpphh.
It's a shame that the show couldn't maintain the quality of the first four seasons, if it managed that it'd be top tier television. As it stands, it's still a good watch albeit one with diminishing returns.
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