Dexter: Review & Commentary

[Mister Obvious]

Wrapping up on the connections between Dexter and Mr. Robot, at least what I can remember right now...

Both characters:

1. Are vigilantes.

2. See ghost dad.

3. Started out disinterested in sex.

4. Collect memorabilia from their... activities.

5. Obsessed with privacy and discretion.

6. Have forgotten siblings.

Furthermore, in Resurrection, Dexter is sometimes sporting a black hoodie, Mr. Robot's signature attire... the piece belonged to a cyber security professional.

It absolutely is a nod to Mr. Robot.

Seems like in recent years, TV shows have been trying to take all the elements of PAST shows that were SUPER successful and mix 'em all together.

Brilliant in my opinion, and especially in this case, I don't mind it.

[Mister Obvious]

It absolutely is a nod to Mr. Robot.

But really, since Dexter came out in 2006...

The truth is that Mr. Robot borrowed from Dexter.

And was very fucking successful at it, so it's all good.

Damn...

Like I said. Greatest show of all time.

But back to Dexter.

[Mister Obvious]

The only reason I started watching Dexter at all was because I saw this interview with Uma Thurman...



1:45.

I was like oh damn, there's Uma Thurman, haven't seen her in a hot minute, huge Kill Bill fan, you know how it is.

Then she mentioned she was gonna be in the "new Dexter" and I was like well, damn, guess I better finally watch it.

People have told me I needed to watch this show for years, but I guess it just wasn't time until now.

[Mister Obvious]

Which leads me into the "weird things" I've experienced that lead back around to Dexter and only make sense in retrospect...

Hmmm.

Should I really discuss this...

[Mister Obvious]

Bah, fuck it, why not!?

[Mister Obvious]

So I'll just go in chronological order...

Back in like 2003, I was running a free message board on InvisionBoards, cuz I was just a kid, couldn't buy a domain name, etc.

Well, I was entirely alone on this message board (what's changed?!) except...

There was one other person there, a total anon, no idea how the hell they found the place.

They registered under the name "Beezlebub" or some such variation.

They would make cryptic posts. It was strange shit.

Ultimately I got spooked out and deleted the whole thing (what's changed!?) but I never forgot this weird, admittedly 'dark' name they'd chosen to go by...

[Mister Obvious]

Fast forward to circa 2013, and guess what I'm doing...

Starting another message board.

But this attempt was actually a Facebook format ripoff, it tried to combine Twitter/FB/YT, all the things. There was even video etc. It was a VERY ambitious undertaking and totally convinced me that I gotta stick to old school discussion forums, just words on a screen, maybe a couple pics/gifs here and there, cuz that other shit is WAY too much maintenance and storage space.

Can't believe I even tried it, TBH. Plus the software was... I mean, definitely not MyBB or Wordpress levels of longstanding/tried and true. But props for trying to branch out I guess.

Anyway...

As per usual, there was really no one else besides a few close friends of mine on this site. I mean literally like 3 of them.

But one day this random, anonymous person no one had invited appeared...

They registered a whole profile, but they just stuck to the forum section, didn't really use any other part of the site.

Their name was "Dark Passenger"...

Yup.

Along the same weird lines as "Beezlebub" if you ask me.

[Mister Obvious]

And if you're Beezlebub or Dark Passenger and you're still following me, HMU, let's be friends...

[Mister Obvious]

TBH it was prolly my original assigned agent. Prolly old as shit or dead.

Anyway...

Back to the story.

[Mister Obvious]

Back around 2014, I was super into 'chillwave' and all the other dreamy electropop that was coming out at the time.

Ah man that was some good shit.

Only problem was, most of the time the songs were WAAAAAY too fucking fast.

I often had to edit them to my liking, which is exactly what I did with this one song...

[Dark Passenger - Teeel]



https://www.instagram.com/reel/C15CsOYPsV5

And hey, you know what, let me not hate. It's good. It's boppy. It's almost even a little disco-y. You guys know how much I love disco.

But my edit was better...



I like my electronic music kinda slow and bassy, y'know, I like a little bit of heavy ambience. I uploaded that vid to my original music video channel but I dunno the exact date cuz I deleted 'em all.

Anyway, the words "Dark Passenger" really had no meaning to me at the time. Sure, that rando guy had registered on my site using the name, and by that point, I'm sure I'd seen the words around various places because of the popularity of Dexter.

But I'd never looked into it, didn't know WTF it meant, didn't try to figure it out.

Fast forward to 2018...

"The Dark Passenger"
https://www.sectual.com/thread-6223.html

I posted the video when I was on a cryptic bender cuz I was feeling some type of way, and then I went into a rant about what "the dark passenger" REALLY IS...

I found this searching the phrase to see if there are any good explanations of what the 'dark passenger' is...

http://dexter.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Passenger

I've never seen this show (not even once) and really don't know anything about it.

This definition of the 'dark passenger' is flawed in a 'made for TV' kind of way...

In other words, it's a 'dumbed down' definition.

Using the analogy from that link, the driver is not controlled by the passenger... the driver is in control of the vehicle. The passenger is at the mercy of that truth. The passenger is an observer, just riding along... conversations take place between the driver and the passenger, etc.

The 'dark passenger' isn't always evil... in my opinion, an evil dark passenger is only as common as truly evil people are. Having said that, in my experience, it is dark. And 'dark' doesn't mean evil. We're all dualistic beings, light and dark... that doesn't make us evil. Although some are totally evil, LOL.

The dark passenger is often a voice of wisdom, typically a specialized type of wisdom, knowledge/experience in a particular field. The dark passenger typically 'rides along' with an embodied being, as part of the passenger's karma. This is why the dark passenger is 'dark'. They are assigned to experience things through a vessel (passenger seat) for the purpose of 'community service', on the Universal level.

So now that I've ACTUALLY SEEN the show...

I can honestly say my original take on the meaning of the term was totally correct.

What we see on the show is indeed a dumbed down version of the concept.

However it's important to remember that the show is based on the book "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" (2004) by Jeff Lindsay.

His book apparently took off so fuckin' hard that they made a damn TV show out of it, props to that guy.

His 'Dexter' series consists of 8 books. The TV show only followed the first book somewhat, then kinda branched out into its own thing, which is probably for the best.

Book 3 of the series is called "Dexter in the Dark" and the opening chapter gives the origin story of the Dark Passenger. The TRUE, real origin story.

It's the most hated on book in the series, which is just an absolute shocker. I guess an ultra simplified explanation for the origin of evil itself is like WAAAY too out there for most people. They just can't grasp it.

You can read the opening chapter in the Amazon sample or listen to the audiobook version sample...

https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Dark-Jeff-...0307276732

Excellence.

[Mister Obvious]

E7 drops on Paramount+ in a few minutes.

I'm nervous.

And deliriously tired.

And I have a sammich sitting here, it's been out for like 3 hours.

Got some cheese, some olives, some BBQ taterchips.

'Bout to watch this new episode and tear this shit up.

Will I even commentate on this one? I dunno.

It's VERY late, far past my bedtime.

If I comment on the episode, it'll just take me like 3 hours to watch it.

I'll definitely be typing out my thoughts, but it probably ain't gonna be a timestamp kinda situation.

[Mister Obvious]

It's VERY late, far past my bedtime.

That's another thing...

NEVER in the history of EVER have I stayed up to watch a TV show as it airs for the first time.

That's how good this show is.

Making me stay up til after midnight...

Crazy shit.

[Mister Obvious]

I'm nervous.

I really am though. Like a couple bad episodes could just tank this whole stellar rating.

That shit CANNOT happen. They can't let it happen.

Dexter: Resurrection is gonna go down in history and that's all there is to it.

[Mister Obvious]

Off topic, but Paramount+ is literally the greatest streaming service ever.

[Mister Obvious]

Dude I bet Michael C. Hall got SO MUCH ASS back in the early 2000s, ESPECIALLY after he started playing Dexter.

Holy shit...

Could you imagine, women AND men, EVERYONE throwing themselves at you just cuz you play a likable serial killer on TV.

Humanity is warped yo.

I bet even to this day he can't dodge all the ass getting thrown at him.

It never ends.

You'd think it would be awesome, but maybe you just get used to it after a while and it's like everything else.

[Mister Obvious]

Paramount+ is always like 20 minutes late dropping new episodes, but I still love them anyway. A lot of people complain though.

[Mister Obvious]

Might have to take back what I said. Paramount+ is giving a 404 error when I try to load the new episode. Everyone is super pissed off. This is the latest they've ever been with a new episode, they've royally fucked up this episode release for the most diehard fans. People are mad cuz they're staying up late just to see this and it's not working out.

[Mister Obvious]

Summary of Dexter: Resurrection...

Dex is recruited into the "killer club" (under false pretenses) by Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage), a billionaire with a fetish for serial killers. Charley (Uma Thurman) is most likely ex special forces and she works for Prater. They put on these private gatherings for the serial killers, and Dexter starts knocking them off one by one.

The other noteworthy killers are Gemini (David Dastmalchian), Mia (Krysten Ritter), and Rapunzel (Eric Stonestreet).

Angel Batista is the only OG series cast member (besides Harry) who has a considerable role this season so far.

Harrison is Dex's son, his character came along in the first couple seasons of the show, and now he's grown up. During New Blood, he was in high school. In this season he's going to college. He works at a hotel.

Blessing is Dexter's friend/landlord.

Claudette (Det. Wallace) and her partner are the cops investigating the murder of the bad guy (Ryan Foster) from E1 who Harrison killed because he was about to date rape a fellow hotel guest.

That should be all the catching up necessary.

There have been A LOT of theories swirling about this show, what direction it's gonna take, who is who, etc. I don't wanna throw out too many spoilers or theories. If I had reviewed each episode from the start, it'd be different. There are major spoilers that I'm probably not gonna give away if I can possibly avoid it.

And honestly, I am ditching Paramount+ on their own platform, I'm just gonna get the service through Amazon. Their releases are always right on time.

https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Resurrecti...B0F4M6VKMH

[Mister Obvious]

There have been A LOT of theories swirling about this show, what direction it's gonna take, who is who, etc. I don't wanna throw out too many spoilers or theories. If I had reviewed each episode from the start, it'd be different. There are major spoilers that I'm probably not gonna give away if I can possibly avoid it.

Believe it or not, I'm actually super over protective when it comes to spoilers.

But I've noticed that the official channels of these TV shows post spoiler clips all the fucking time.

I dunno how long this has been a thing, but I think it's a bad approach.

If you just scrolled through the official Dexter YT channel, you'd know half the shit that is gonna happen.

Granted I usually never check out their YT channels, so maybe they just post that stuff to 'catch' people who would otherwise never see the show at all.

I'm not sure why I should be guarding spoilers so hard when the show itself drops them left and right online where everyone can see it.

That's not to mention the "review" YT channels who put spoilers in their thumbnails too. Maybe THEY started it and the official channel is just trying to beat them at their own game. Regardless, whoever started it, I think it's too bad.

Spoilers suck.

You'd have to avoid YT and every other popular site until you're done watching shows if you didn't wanna risk having things spoiled.

[Mister Obvious]

Dexter Resurrection Review

[Dexter: Resurrection Season 1 Episode 7 Trailer]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36351476



https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Resurrecti...B0F4M6VKMH

S10 E7 - "Course Correction"

1:50 dude oh my God, the cinematography is INSANE on this show. It's MOVIE QUALITY through and through. I'm blown away.

2:00 Dexter looks unhinged as fuck. He be on the edge for real for real.

I cannot believe I'm looking at Uma Thurman and Peter Dinklage on the screen right now. IN DEXTER. That's CRAZY. These are ICONIC actors right here. LEGENDS.

Dinklage is terrific. He's a delight every second he's on the screen. I've never watched Game of Thrones, so I don't know anything about his character on that show. I don't need to. His excellence stands wholly on its own. You don't need to recognize him from any other role. He takes everything to the next level with his mere presence. I think he's very handsome, he's got such a rugged look. He's so good.

David Dastmalchian is gorgeous too, his style is freaky goth. Guarantee he's a total weirdo IRL and privately. He's got the shine though, can't be denied.

So much eye candy this season. Of course MCH takes the cake cuz he's THE fucking man. But the rest of them ain't nothing to shake a stick at, this is one FINE cast.

6:20 so Dex has dropped the Red (his fake identity) vegan schtick and it looks like he's just gonna start being himself in front of the group. This marks a turning point. I think his patience is wearing very thin.

7:46 God BLESS, man. This show just gets BETTER AND BETTER. I cannot even believe this.

8:50 These people are fucking sickos. Dexter is gonna kill every last one of these motherfuckers. There is no doubt about it. I'd be surprised if there's more than one of them left standing by the end of this episode.

9:18 "They all have to die."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAH oh my God I'm fucking SCREAMINNNNGGGGGG.

IT'S SO GOOD, IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD.

9:50 I have CHILLS ALL OVER MY BODY, I AM NOT EXAGGERATING.

I AM SO FOR REAL.

THIS IS PEAK FUCKING DEXTER.

THIS IS DEXTER SUPREME.

THIS IS DEXTER ON GOD MODE.

THIS IS FUCKING INSANE.

Holy shit.

OH MY GOD.

I cannot believe I am alive at this great time in history.

I want to thank all my ancestors for making this possible. All those who came before me...

I am currently here. And it is good.

Michael C. fucking Hall is a PHENOMENAL ACTOR. He just nailed the absolute shit out of this, harder than he's ever nailed anything before in his life, BET. Fucking bet.

This guy is gonna win awards for this show. Period. That's it.

THIS IS A 9.9 EPISODE.

10:20 Dexter is starting to get all angsty and pissy toward Harry. He's about to snap. What the fuck is about to happen??

Oh my God he just grabbed Harry's ghost ass by the face. He is so going off. There's no way all these weirdo freaks are leaving this place alive, NO WAY IN HELL DUDE.

And let's just give James Remar credit for being an incredible actor too. It's like he was born to play Harry. What an amazing show. Everyone is knocking it out of the park.

How did they do this??? How did they actually make something this good??? HOW!?!

11:20 this better not be a fake out. He better be doing this for real. I am SHIVERING with anticipation. THIS is SUSPENSE.

I am 100% losing my effing mind over this show right now.

IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. HOW. HOW!?!?!

12:07 he's working the whole room. PEAK. FUCKING PEAK.

I'm shook.

And I'm only 12 delicious minutes in. God I want this to last forever.

The way he's totally bullshitting them exemplifies why he is THE ALPHA. Dexter is THE apex predator. They're all a joke compared to him.

14:07 whoa... Charley looks like she totally relates to what Dexter is saying right here. Do I sense a future with these two?? Are they gonna team up?? I've always thought so.

15:06 Claudette is totally not buying Angel's whole story about Dexter. She just straight up pushed his mugshot away. They're starting to think La Pasion is crazy.

17:26 "More like an endangered species." BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. If he only knew. Ah the glory.

20:20 so it's really seeming like Prater, Charley and Dexter are about to be the only people in this group. Either cuz Dex kills the rest of them, or because Prater kicks the rest out now that he's totally obsessed with Dexter.

21:40 all the flashbacks in this episode are top notch, perfectly executed.

23:34 wow, they really nailed the psycho handwriting on that letter... a mix of uppercase and lowercase, textbook. I've seen it before from too many verified crazy people. BTW, my handwriting doesn't look like that.

24:20 well that does it... Dexter is definitely gonna tell Prater he's the Bay Harbor Butcher at some point. Before it's over, he's gonna have Prater eating out of his hand, and the other people in the group are absolutely fucked.

25:52 they're playing Holly Golightly?? You gotta be kidding me. The soundtrack this season is FIIIIIIRRRRRE. They even played a Thievery Corporation song in another episode. Exquisite taste... they put together one hell of a team to create this show.

26:00 dude, Dexter wants to kill Gemini so bad he's literally twitching. He can't contain it. That shit is bubbling under the surface so hard, there's no way he's not taking somebody out by the end of this episode. It's just a matter of how it's all gonna go down.

I'm only like halfway through the episode. Commentating is THE WAY TO GO, makes the whole thing seem WAY longer. Usually these episodes go by too fast. I should have been doing this all along.

26:28 Dexter looking devious as fuck. What's he gonna say to Gemini??

26:46 "That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard." Lol, defensive much??

27:57 "We created him together." Yeah I bet they did. Cuz it was all they fucking had. Gemini has an absolutely wild origin story, count on it. We are not done hearing about this, even if Dex kills him off in this episode.

28:40 dude, Dex is COOOOOLD. Cold. That's cold, my guy. It's scenes like this that force you to remember that he really is a total fucking psycho. God bless, and I love it, but... they usually try to make Dexter so lovable. Right here, they are making him solid fucking ice. And you really feel the chill.

30:13 I swear I just went numb from the cold.

30:36 oh my God, he really just took it there. He actually did it.

31:20 hooooo... kay. I uh. That's just... I mean, I don't. I don't know what to say. This was uh... this was a lot.

35:20 well this Gigi chick is certainly a new random character that just got sprung on us. If I'm being totally honest, she's got "somebody's future kill" written all over her. I could be wrong though, prolly am. She's funky, at least it's something different.

38:04 oh my God, are we finally gonna get some more details about the New York Ripper?? Maybe this will give the insane theories even more juice. Lmao.

39:26 well these voice clips of the Ripper definitely disprove some of the theories I've personally held about who he might be. Honestly, it sounds like that Ryan asshole Harrison killed at the start of the season. But considering the other theories I've had, I'm probably totally wrong. A lot of people think Prater is the Ripper, or at least he's the one making the phone calls.

49:10 I'm thinkin' Angel's gonna have to get dealt with.

50:40 I'ma keep it real... this shit got a lil melodramatic. Which is fine, I personally LOVE melodrama. But damn. That was giving Batman.

And I just gotta say... MCH looks the part. Perfect casting. I think it's the eyebrows man. Usually I say that I think actors are just being themselves... but with MCH, I think he's probably the polar opposite of Dexter, he prolly don't even LIKE Dexter. I will talk more about that later.

51:16 Angel just planted a tracker in Dexter's car. He just sealed his own fate. He's getting dealt with one way or the other.

Another 10/10 episode.