I 've only seen last season and found it predictable and boring. I picked up " Showtime " Premium Cable Channel because I wanted to catch a few movies that would not air on HBO. I believe YvyB gets Sky Channel or cable , dunno what Aegon, Macha or the Warden receives.
I really enjoy "Homeland" starring Claire Danes and the crazy Irish American family starring William H. Macy as an alcoholic.
I spent oct of my time chasing Dr Who or Torchwood re-runs, even gwtting up a 2 am to watch. What a first class idiot-savant/ Nerd I am.
I will invest in Apple TV for Netflix broadcasts soon. Just as soon as my budget normalizes. I need a few more $$ gold dragons to complete my setup.
@Wildseed, I cant just start watching a show in the middle, that would drive me nuts.
The first 4 seasons were great, the last ones not so much but when you have been with the characters for so long you tend to stick around. At least I do.
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@Wildseed, I cant just start watching a show in the middle, that would drive me nuts.
The first 4 seasons were great, the last ones not so much but when you have been with the characters for so long you tend to stick around. At least I do.
Wow, it's been airing for that long ? no wonder . With the exception of the Wm H Macy sitcom, all other
shows I've caught on Showtime are first season series ( Homeland and 1 or 2 others ). Starting in the Middle
isn't usually a great move I''d agree, however as a viewer stumbles onto a series unheard of before it's not
quite the viewer's fault. As a few people have mentioned Breaking Bad, I'm eager to order those seasons once
my Netflix gets set up. Joshua Taylor said he'd send me a bottle of Dornish Red if I don't like it .
With Dr Who and Torchwood , I started many generations later than YvyB and I absolutely love it and follow w/o
any diffficulty. I've figured out much with each episode and can go up against most Whovians. I'm a Timey
Wimey officianado. Many of the core subjects are actual physics and aeronautical stuff which strike home for me.
Again with Dexter, it's too bad the show is going downhill. I really enjoyed watching the lead actor in Six Feet
Under, an older series he starred in. ( Anthony Michael Something ).
FUCKIT! I did not see that coming, oh thank goodness I can just download the next season instead of waiting an entire year. DNA how the hell did you survive? GRRM can take some cues from these writers...RITA IS DEAD :cries:
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Haha Her death was spoiled for me just like Ned's, I knew she was gonna die at some point but did not know when and how. It seemed she was not popular with Dexter fans and she was written off she show.
Heh, how about Dexter's sister? She might just have the foulest mouth I've ever seen on a woman. LOL
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I actually liked Rita, it's a good thing Dexter can't feel, cause I keep thinking about her dying alone cause of Dexter and I feel guilty! I like her, she's really funny when she has an epiphany
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When you compare the pace and structuring of Dexter's final season to Breaking Bad's there is a massive gulf in class, this season just feels like another regular one to me.
Yup, no stakes. No tension, new characters are dead-ends. The only thing that keeps me going is my curiosity to see how it all ends.
Not much else.
Yeah that's pretty much the only reason to keep watching now. It's ashame to see such a great show like Dexter decline like this but that's what happens when you go on for too long, you run out of steam.
I am beginning to think five or six seasons is a really good number for cable shows, The Wire for example went on for the right amount of time. Even Mad Men is beginning to feel stale now.
I do worry about GOT's future, even though they have the amazing source material to fall back on I struggle to see them overcoming fatigue and keeping people interested. We'll see, I think it's got a better shot of surviving because of the rich world and intriguing characters George created.
This show and Breaking Bad are both ending, and while every scene in Breaking Bad lead to more tension, working towards a finale. Dexter is kinda flopping around, if you didn't know this was a finale season, you would think this was some mid-season duldrum.
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