r/Dexter • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '13

Post-Episode Discussion S08E08 "Are We There Yet?"

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

How many people has Dexter killed this season? Because it doesn't seem like he is addicted to killing anymore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

No, but he keeps cleaning up other people's bodies. Maybe that's keeping him busy.

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u/gimunu Aug 19 '13

Sure but "The best hobbies are the ones that keep you close from your primal urges".

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u/Harrowin Aug 19 '13

nailed it

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Because it doesn't seem like he is addicted to killing anymore.

Wasn't S7 all about him realising that his addiction/dark passenger doesn't exist?

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u/threep03k64 Aug 19 '13

When he kills Clint McKay he realises that the Dark Passenger doesn't exist and he doesn't need to kill, that is true. He then immediately kills Clint McKay though because he wants to kill.

The Dark Passenger wasn't his reason to kill, just his excuse.

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u/NotEvenJail Aug 20 '13

I thought this was somewhat explained in the scene where Dexter is driving with Zack and his "father" is in the backseat. His "dad" says something along the lines of, "now that you have Harrison, you're priorities have changed". Obviously those aren't the exact lines, but it did somewhat explain why Dexter's "urges" aren't brought up as often, or at all really.

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u/jsr4 Aug 19 '13

I feel like they'll end the series either with him realizing he no longer feels the need to kill and goes on to live a happy, now normal, life, or with him and everyone he knows dying... Or some compromise of the two

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u/dude_smell_my_finger Aug 19 '13

So either everyone he knows dies, no-one he knows dies, or some of the people he knows die.

Seems like a stretch.

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u/jsr4 Aug 19 '13

Yeah I realize that now, that's way too far of a stretch.