I think he understands now.

The people who accused Dexter of murder were all murdered. No one finds this strange.

But then you're missing all the critical endgame twists, like the fact that the one kid who showed up for a couple episodes and wasted everyone's time is dead. He was a fatty tumor in the story and they just cut him out with no visible change in the underlying tissue.

"I keep forgetting how REAL people react to dead bodies!"

I disagree. This season has been conceptually hilarious just because of its tragic timeslot that pits it squarely against Breaking Bad. I love Season 8 just because its cowardice can't be rationally explained. Everyone knows how this story needs to end. It writes itself. Just go on autopilot and have Miami Metro find…

"Can I really do it? Can I show this underage boy my Dark Passenger? Can I trust him to keep quiet if he sees it?"

Saul: What if…we sent Hank to Belize?
Walt: Belize?
Ghost Pre-Heisenberg Walt: Belize? Why would I send Hank to Belize one year in the future? I barely have enough money to pay the bills even with my job at the carwash!
Saul: Yeah, just……..send him to Belize. Like where Mike went.
Walt VO: Yeah, Mike is going to…

(Hank sits at his laptop, using his Universal Database to look at security camera footage from Tuco's hideout)

BTW, for those of you keeping score: Dexter's mother was murdered. Dexter's brother was murdered. Dexter's sister was kidnapped by Dexter's brother, who tried to murder her. The coworker that suspected Dexter of murder was murdered. Dexter's wife was murdered. Dexter's spiritual mentor, Mos Def, was murdered. Dexter's…

If you think Dexter is a good show now then you must have had part of your brain scooped out.

Thank you for showing me your butt, Michael C. Hall. Glad you made it a point to moon me in our final moments together.

Part of the reason we love Breaking Bad is that even in its ultra-compressed timeframe, it still finds time for things like a fat man lying down on a big pile of money.

I literally teared up when Marie held the baby, because I'd always thought Marie's kleptomania was the one dangling narrative thread of Breaking Bad, the one callback that could never really pay off in any satisfying way. But as a raw, primal urge to protect a child, it was devastating.

Jamie is literally babysitting Harrison at Quinn's place. This isn't even Dexter's child anymore. If we had eight more episodes I'm pretty sure the writers would trick themselves into thinking Jamie is Harrison's single mom.

But then we wouldn't have time for those quiet little character beats, like when Dexter VO's "I keep forgetting how REAL people react to dead bodies!"

I saw the D+ and let out a little "Oh sweetie…"

Is this show angry at us? Are we being punished? Why is this so aggressively not what it should be?

Dexter: "Don't come to my house! We can't meet in public!" (Dexter closes his door and and heads outside so they can meet in public)

All the chess pieces are in place: Quinn didn't get a promotion, everyone forgot about Deb confessing to LaGuerta's murder and then passing out, Masuka's long-lost daughter resurfaced, a woman Jamie thought was single turned out to have a boyfriend, and Dexter adopted a pet Zac Effron.

Dexter is a lot like a Nolan Batman cast entirely with those low-level mobsters who think they can intimidate Scarecrow/Joker/Bane. And if everyone else in Gotham belonged to the League of Shadows.