Pityrules, the critical response to the finale has been mixed. Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, the LA Times, and IGN all praised it. It isn't "99%" of columnists who hate it.

Thanks for responding civily and staying serious. Given the anti-Dexter hysteria of the Peanut Gallery, you could've responded glibly and facetiously, so I appreciate the fact that you didn't.

I know Joshua's gay. I'm gay. Gay guys can make gay jokes.

There is a distinction between bashing a show and bashing its cult-like followers. So much over-the-top Dexter-bashing is attributable to BB-fanboyism, since the shows were (rightly or not) considered peers and rivals for years.

Which you "just got"?

According to Wikipedia, the universal view of the BB errrr AV Club fanboys' that this episode sucked ass is pretty wildly out of scope with the views of critics, which has been wildly mixed and polarized.

Joshua,

FV you are very well spoken for a 15 year old. It is pathetic that grown men are ridiculing your good-natured attempts at criticism and self-deprecating humor.

"Compliments" [sic] your imbecility? Oh the irony…

tl;dr. But I did (sadly) read, and what I heard from hoopoe is this:

Stack,

Meeting a *specific* friend (not just any friend, but one particular friend) at a bar you didn't know he frequented may be, as I say, like a 1/100 chance But when you see a friend, you actively seek him out and engage him in conversation; Walt's striking up a conversation with Jane's dad was pure coincidence.

This is exactly what I mean by irrational hatred. You claim that Rita's death occupied 2 minutes of the show, when the entire fifth season was about the psychological fallout imposed on Dexter. The first three episodes were centered around Rita's funeral, flashbacks of her relationship with Dexter (featuring new…

lmfao you spent time googling a symbolic logic paper written by a 100 year old metaphysician? Who is *arguing* in a peer-reviewed philosophy paper against the view — presumably held by peers — that logical inconsistency is equivalent to logical inconsistency. Mind-blown.

The bar scene was some of the most engrossing television I've ever seen. Perfect acting and scripting, as noted above. And Walt being driven to murder Jane for the sake of getting his "nephew" clean made perfect dramatic sense. Horrifyingly, Walt's application of the "never give up on family/always do what's needed to…

I can't speak for FatVirgin, but please note that none of those epithets apply to people who simply say Dexter is bad or even sucks. I think it's a C to C+ show right now, relative to average TV dramas, with a B+ for acting, a B- for characters, and D+ plot. I do think people are taking for granted the good with the…

I have to disagree with this; whether or not she enjoyed talking to Walt's mother, the chances that she'd call him that weekend (esp. given her intense and explicit suspicions about Walt's prior disappearances), or that Walt's mother would call the White's home phone, were far too high to just chance it. Ditto…

I'm amused that you fail to grasp the subtleties of a show you undoubtedly worship. The bar conversation with Jane's dad was the plot device that motivated Walt to return to Jesse's apartment, which made him complicit in Jane's death. This despicable act (murder, imo) was earthshaking in its plot and character…

First off, I appreciate the civil response. Since the "peanut gallery" here is overwhelming on your side, you didn't have to do that, so thank you. Let me try again to explain my views on the general consensus expressed here.

I've only watched the first two seasons and these are remarkably egregious examples. (Another improbable plot device is Walt randomly meeting Jane's dad at the bar, minutes before he basically murders her.) Sorry but BB is a TV drama, even if among the best that medium has to offer. That means logical holes and wildly…