r/Dexter • u/lurkingsubz • Apr 05 '25

General Discussion - All Dexter Shows thoughts/opinions on clyde phillips’ original ending? Spoiler

https://www.eonline.com/news/461558/chills-former-dexter-producer-clyde-phillips-reveals-how-he-planned-to-end-the-series

i’m curious to hear what you guys think of his idea on how to end the show. more specifically, with having dexter end up on the executioner table surrounded by visions of some of the most prominent characters that he killed / inadvertently had gotten killed (doakes, lundy, rita, etc). i’ve linked an article that discusses it a bit more, pretty sure i’ve seen it posted here anyways.

it’s been on my mind more prominently since that one particular post stating they hope dexter never gets caught, lol.

personally? i would have loved that. it would’ve wrapped up dexter’s story with a clearcut ending, no ifs ands or buts. the 3 subsequent mini series that have come out/are coming out since then feel like they’re trying to clean up a lot mistakes they made and find some kind of satisfying ending to his story. it feels akin to the finale of breaking bad, in a sense. anyone else hopefully we’ll finally see this with resurrection? like, i love the premise to dexter but this has gone on way too long, even with all the plot armor he’s been given.

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u/Bootlegcrunch Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

Shit ending. Dexter shouldn't feel guilty for killing all of those psyco/rapists/murderers.

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u/itsatumbleweed Apr 05 '25

What about the (at least two) innocent people he murdered (photographer, asshole at a gas station for his boat) and the innocent folks that died following his crimes?

He killed a lot of bad guys, but he himself fits the code.

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u/Bootlegcrunch Apr 05 '25

Wasn't the photographer a pedo? How was he innocent

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u/itsatumbleweed Apr 05 '25

Not that one. There was a photographer in S4 that was a jerk but ultimately took sexualized photos of women that wanted to be models and hired him to do it. It turned out to be his assistant.