the dexter franchise did a lot of fucked up stuff but nothing surpasses harrison dating the daughter of the woman dexter is dating and all of them acting like its normal
"Dexter died in books, why are y'all so surprised"
I think you forget one small detail: Brian was also alive during the entire series. He introduced himself to Dexter's family, he bought Cody and Astor presents, he spent time with them (he took them out on their first kill, a stray dog! Him, not Dexter), and Rita seemed to genuinely like Brian and felt safe enough around him to breastfeed Lily Anne (speaking of, why the hell did Dexter have a son in the show instead of a daughter whom he adored?) in front of him and to let him pick up the kids from school and take them to a 'restaurant'. Brian became "the highlight of their week" (that's an actual quote from book 5). Brian saved Dexter, Deborah and her boyfriend in book 5 (those two bc he knew that Dexter cared about them and he wouldn't forgive Brian if he didn't), he killed a guy for Dexter (a wrong one bit nonetheless—because Dexter asked him to.) He died in Dexter is Dead, the same book Dexter died himself and not in the way the show did it. Sooo... If we're talking about following the books, where is this significant person in Dexter's life in the show and why the hell was he killed at the end of s1? Huh?
(I'll tell you why. Because the creators of the show were cowards.)
Harrison comes down with a terrible stomach virus. It can only get worse before it gets better, but fortunately, he has Dexter to make things a little less miserable.
Not going to lie I cried like a baby at the end , I’m not happy with the final but the scene of Harrison killing Dexter was beautiful. I truly feel like Dexter was finally at peace with himself, and was happy to be killed by his son rather than being in jail waiting for the death penalty.
Now that I’ve said that ,I'm going to rewatch the series from episode one to nine in hope that I can forget episode ten and I’ll try to convince myself that Harrison ran away with Dexter.
I might even write a fanfic about it while I'm at it
Just finished Dexter: New Blood. (Major spoilers follow!) I’m mostly pretty satisfied with the ending. I was rooting for Angela to find out everything and confront Dexter the entire time, and I’m glad that was able to more or less happen. I agree with everyone saying that this kind of ending is what was always going to happen, and that there was no satisfying conclusion possible with Dexter still free.
The only thing more I could have asked for from this show would be for Dexter to have confessed to everything. For him to turn himself in, like Harrison wanted. I guess “Don’t get caught” was too deeply ingrained for him to have made that choice, although he was seriously contemplating it back in season 2. Or for Harrison to have shot him in the leg instead of killing him, so that Dexter doesn’t have a choice but to face justice. That way at least Harrison wouldn’t have another death on his hands, and could begin to move forward in a healthier direction, like Dexter was never given the chance to, and begin to heal. Maybe that can still happen, but it’s hard to see how he’ll get past killing his father if he now has to keep that fact a secret.
But that said, I understand why they chose that ending. I hope there’s no season 2, since anything further would detract from the sense of resolution this season provided. It’s not perfect, but it’s a mostly satisfying ending and definitely in keeping both series’ themes and ideas.